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VIRGINIA 
CHARLOTTESVILLE 

LIBRARIES 


I 


GENEALOGICAL 


AND 


FAMILY    HISTORY 


OF 


WESTERN  NEW  YORK 


A  RECORD  OF  THE  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  HER  PEOPLE  IN  THE  MAKING 

OF  A  COMMONWEALTH  AND  THE   BUILDING 

OF  A  NATION 


COMPILED  UNDER  THE  EDITORIAL  SUPERVISION   OF 

WILLIAM  RICHARD  CUTTER,  A  M. 

corresponding  secretary  and  historian  of  new  england  historic-genealogical 

Society:  librarian  emeritus  of  woburn  public  library:  author 

of  "cutter  family."  "history  of  arlington,"  etc.,  etc. 


VOLUME   II 


ILLUSTRATED 


NEW  YORK 
LEWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

1912 


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o.vl 


Copyright  1912 

BY 

Lewis  Historical  Publishing  Company. 


NEW  YORK 


The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
HATCH     Hatch   family  of   Buffalo,  New 

York,  herein  recorded,  was  a  son 
of  Sir  Walter  Hatch,  of  England. 

(i)  William  Hatch,  the  first  of  his  name 
in  America,  and  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  was  born  in  Sand- 
wich, Kent  county,  England,  from  which  place 
he  emigrated  to  America  before  1633.  In  the 
course  of  a  year  or  two  he  went  back  to  Eng- 
land for  his  family,  and  returned  in  March, 
1635,  in  the  ship  "Hercules,"  with  his  wife 
Jane,  five  children  and  six  servants.  He  set- 
tled in  Scituate  in  Kent  street  in  1634,  prior 
to  his  return  to  England,  and  on  arriving  the 
second  time,  with  his  family,  resumed  his  resi- 
dence there.  He  kept  a  store  and  was  rated 
a  merchant  of  ability.  He  was  a  very  active 
and  useful  man  in  town  and  church,  being 
lieutenant  of  militia  and  the  first  ruling  elder 
of  the  Second  Church  of  Scituate,  which  was 
founded  in  1644.  He  died  November  6,  1651. 
Thomas  Hatch,  supposed  to  have  been  an 
elder  brother  of  William,  lived  first  in  Dor- 
chester, but  moved  to  Scituate,  where  he  died 
in  1646,  leaving  five  children :  Jonathan,  Wil- 
liam, Thomas,  Alice  and  Hannah.  Children  of 
William  and  Jane  Hatch,  all  born  in  England : 
Jane,  married  John  Lovell;  Annie,  married, 
1648,  Lieutenant  James  Torrey;  Walter,  of 
further  mention;  Hannah,  married,  1648, 
Samuel  Utley;  William,  died  in  Virginia, 
about  1646,  married  Abigail  Hewes,  and  had 
Phoebe;  Jeremiah,  died  in  1713,  married,  in 
1657,  Mary  Hewes,  and  had  fourteen  children. 
(H)  Walter,  eldest  son  of  Elder  William 
and  Jane  Hatch,  was  born  in  England,  in 
1623 ;  died  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  March, 
1 701.  He  is  on  the  list  of  those  capable  of 
bearing  arms  in  1643.  He  settled  on  a  point 
of  land  in  Scituate,  southeast  of  the  Second 
Society's  meeting  house,  and  spent  his  life  in 
farming.  He  married  (first)  May  6,  1650, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  Hol- 
brook,  of  Weymouth,  who  was  mother  of  all 
his  children.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
,  of  Marshfield,  August  5,  1674.  Chil- 
dren,   all  born   in    Scituate:     Hannah,   born 


March  13,  165 1 ;  Samuel,  December  22,  1653, 
farmer  and  shipwright;  Jane,  March  7,  1656; 
Antipas,  October  26,  1658,  died  unmarried, 
December  7,  1705;  Bethia,  March  31,  1661, 
married,  1683,  Michael  Ford;  John,  July  8, 
1664,  died  August,  1737;  Israel,  of  further 
mention;  Joseph,  December  9,  1669. 

(HI)  Israel,  son  of  Walter  and  Elizabeth 
(Holbrook)  Hatch,  was  born  in  Scituate, 
Massachusetts,  March  25,  1667,  died  October, 
1740.  He  married,  July  27,  1699,  Elizabeth 
Hatch,  a  kinswoman.  Children :  Lydia,  born 
October  16,  1699;  Israel  (2),  May  5,  1701, 
married  Mary  Hatch,  had  Bethial  Thomas, 
born  October  27,  1725 ;  Elizabeth,  January  22, 
1704,  married  Samuel  Oakman,  of  Marshfield, 
January  6,  1725 ;  David,  of  further  mention ; 
Jonathan.  October  28,  1709. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Israel  and  Elizabeth 
Hatch,  was  born  April  9,  1707.  He  married, 
March  7,  1731,  Elizabeth  Chittenden.  Chil- 
dren :  Zephaniah,  of  further  mention ;  David, 
born  May  2,  1735;  Desire,  January  24,  1740; 
Thomas,  May  20,  1743 ;  Lucy,  March  29,  1746; 
Rachel,  October  12,  1748. 

(V)  Zephaniah,  eldest  son  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  (Chittenden)  Hatch,  was"'^l5oqi^  in 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  March  18,  1732,  ^frd. 
died  in  Pembroke,  Massachusetts,  November  " 
19,  1815.  He  married  there  (second)  May  7, 
1771,  Mary  Vinal.  (Published  intentions  of 
marriage  add  a  "Mrs."  to  her  name.)     This 

is  no  doubt  a  second  wife.  The  vital  records 
of  Scituate  do  not  contain  his  death  nor  the 
birth  of  any  of  his  children,  these  being  re- 
corded at  Pembroke,  Massachusetts.  Three  of 
his  name,  Zephaniah,  served  in  the  revolution, 
from  Pembroke,  Massachusetts,  the  first  two 
in  Captain  Thomas  Turner's  company,  in  1775, 
three  days,  and  again  in  1777,  one  month  and 
three  days.  This  is  undoubtedly  Zephaniah  Sr. 
in  both  cases.  He  enlisted  again  in  1778,  in 
Captain  Ichabod  Bonney's  company,  serving 
two  months  and  eleven  days.  (Massachusetts 
Records).  The  third  name  is  undoubtedly 
Zephaniah  (2),  son  of  Zephaniah  (i).  He 
also  served  from  Pembroke,  as  sergeant  of 
Captain  Freedom  Chamberlain's  company,  in 


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177s,  and  served  under  several  enlistments  un- 
til 1780.  Children  of  first  wife,  name  not 
known :  Josiah,  of  further  mention ;  Deborah, 
baptized  May  3,  1761 ;  Ruth,  September  9, 
1764;  Sarah,  October  12,  1766.  Child  of 
second  wife:  Lucinda,  baptized  November  8, 
1772. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  Zephaniah  (i)  and 
Mary  (Vinal)  Hatch,  was  born  1754,  in  Pem- 
broke, Massachusetts,  and  baptized  September 
18,  1759.  He  served  in  the  revolution  from 
Pembroke,  as  a  private  in  Captain  Freedom 
Chamberlain's  company;  marched  March  5, 
1776,  served  five  days  with  the  company  when 
it  marched  on  the  alarm  of  March  5,  1776,  at 
the  time  of  taking  Dorchester  Heights;  also 
in  Captain  John  Turner's  company.  Colonel 
Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment,  marched  Sep- 
tember 28,  1777,  service  one  month  three  days. 
Family  authorities  say  that  he  served  as  sur- 
geon. He  married,  in  Duxbury,  Massachu- 
setts, November  7,  1779,  Elizabeth  Weston, 
and  settled  in  Granville,  Massachusetts. 

(VH)  Junius  Hopkins,  son  of  Josiah  and 
Elizabeth  (Weston)  Hatch,  was  born  in  Gran- 
ville, Massachusetts,  about  1795,  died  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  April  20,  1869.  He  obtained 
a  good  education,  and  for  several  years  taught 
sdiool.  During  these  years  he  prepared  for 
the  profession  of  law  under  the  perceptorship 
of  Judge  William  Van  Ness  and  Ogden  Ed- 
wards. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  in 
1839  settled  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  and 
dealt  in  real  estate,  dealing  extensively  in 
Michigan  lands.  He  not  only  was  instru- 
mental in  sending  many  settlers  to  that  state, 
but  with  his  wife  became  pioneer  settlers.  They 
settled  near  what  is  now  St.  Joseph,  Michigan, 
where  he  cleared  a  farm  and  founded  a  set- 
tlement. While  he  was  so  engaged  his  wife, 
who  was  an  earnest  missionary  worker,  opened 
a  mission  school,  the  first  in  the  state.  After 
enduring  the  perils  and  hardships  of  the  pion- 
eer and  helping  to  create  a  state,  he  returned 
to  Buffalo,  which  he  had  always  considered 
his  home,  and  passed  his  last  days  in  that  city 
in  the  enjoyment  of  the  wealth  his  pioneer 
enterprise  had  brought  him.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  learning  and  energy.  He  took  a 
leader's  part  wherever  he  was,  and  always 
commanded  the  respect  of  his  fellows.  He 
was  elected  to  the  New  York  state  assembly 
and  served  with  credit.  He  married,  in  1835, 
Sarah  Catherine  Mitchell,  of  New  York  City, 


born  1815,  died  1847.  Children  who  grew  to 
maturity:  i.  Junius  Hopkins  (2),  born  in 
Monroe,  Michigan,  April  5,  1837 ;  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Lansing,  Michigan;  married  Anna 
Robinson,  and  has  Lottie,  Elsie  and  Roger 
Conant.  2.  Edward  N.,  born  in  New  York 
City,  February  8,  1841 ;  married,  February  24, 
1873,  Mary  Thayer.  Children :  William,  Al- 
bert, Rose  and  Conant.  3.  Albert  Gallatin,  of 
further  mention.  4.  William  B.,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1845,  died  October  19,  1868;  unmarried. 
5.  Grace  B.,  born  October  27,  1849;  un- 
married. 

(Vni)  Albert  Gallatin,  son  of  Junius  Hop- 
kins and  Sarah  Catherine  (Mitchell)  Hatch, 
was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  February  21, 
1842.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
old  public  school  No.  18.  He  finished  his  edu- 
cation at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  graduating 
from  the  high  school.  After  leaving  school 
his  father  put  him  and  his  brother  Edward  N. 
on  the  farm  near  St.  Joseph,  Michigan,  think- 
ing to  give  them  a  good  start  in  life.  He  sent 
them  a  large  number  of  peach  trees  with  which 
to  start  their  orchards,  but  the  boys  were  hav- 
ing a  good  time  fishing  and  hunting,  and  left 
the  tree  planting  for  another  time.  When  a 
year  later  their  father  visited  the  farm,  instead 
of  a  thriving  orchard  he  found  the  trees  in 
the  original  bundles,  lying  on  the  ground.  He 
decided  the  boys  were  not  intended  for  farmers 
and  all  returned  to  Buffalo.  Here  Albert  G. 
secured  a  position  in  the  Manufacturers  and 
Traders'  Bank,  which  he  filled  for  one  year, 
then  became  clerk  in  a  leather  and  wool  house, 
where  he  remained  for  some  time,  and  after 
becoming  thorough  master  of  the  business  en- 
gaged in  the  same  line  on  his  own  account. 
He  formed  a  partnership  with  Hartwell 
Bowen,  and  as  Bowen  &  Hatch  did  a  very 
successful  business  for  several  years.  The 
death  of  Mr.  Bowen  dissolved  the  firm,  Mr. 
Hatch  disposing  of  his  interest.  He  then  be- 
gan dealing  in  real  estate,  and  for  many  years 
has  been  one  of  Buffalo's  energetic  and  suc- 
cessful operators.  His  greatest  interest  is  per- 
haps in  the  pursuit  of  the  study  of  archaeology, 
and  in  the  gathering  of  what  is  said  to  be  the 
finest  private  collection  in  existence.  He  is 
an  authority  on  this  most  valuable  science  that 
supplies  the  material  which  neither  history  nor 
present  information  can  furnish,  concerning 
the  relics  of  man  and  his  industries,  and  the 
classification  and  treatment  of  ancient  remains 
and  records  of  every  kind,  historic  or  prehis- 


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toric  of  ancient  places  and  customs.  He  has 
devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  and  money  to 
gathering  his  collection,  which,  as  stated,  is 
considered  by  experts  as  one  of  the  finest  in 
existence.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married  (first),  1866,  Charlotte  Spicer,  who 
died,  leaving  two  children:  Katherine,  mar- 
ried Baron  Alexander  Van  Schroeder,  of  Ger- 
many; and  Anna.  He  married  (second),  Jan- 
uary' 25,   1889,  Kate  M.  Smith,  of  Orange, 

New  Jersey. 

(The  Holbrook  Line). 

Elizabeth  Holbrook,  wife  of  Walter  Hatch 
(see  Hatch),  was  of  English  descent,  perhaps 
birth.  Her  father,  Thomas  Holbrook,  born  in 
Brantry,  England,  came  to  America  in  1635, 
with  his  w'ife  Jane  and  four  children,  two 
more  being  born  in  America.  He  settled  in 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  where  he  became 
a  man  of  wealth  and  prominence.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  grantees  of  Rehoboth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  for  not  removing  to  his  lands 
there  they  were  forfeited  in  1645.  He  owned 
lands  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  where  his 
sons,  Captain  William  and  Thomas  (2)  re- 
moved in  1660.  Captain  William  purchased 
land  in  Conihassett  and  made  permanent  set- 
tlement. Thomas,  however,  only  remained  un- 
til after  his  marriage  in  Scituate  to  Deborah 
Daman,  then  shortly  after  returned  to  Wey- 
mouth. Thomas  was  selectman  of  Weymouth, 
1645-46-51-54.  He  was  elected  representative 
to  the  general  court,  1649,  ^"^  was  one  of  the 
committee  to  lay  out  the  highway  between 
Weymouth  and  Dorchester.  Thomas  and  Jane 
Holbrook  had  three  sons  and  three  daughters, 
as  named  in  his  will,  which  was  probated 
April  24,  1677,  although  made  December  31, 
1668,  with  codicil,  five  years  later.  His  wife 
Jane  survived  him.  The  will  recites:  "To 
wife  Jane  all  my  estate  during  her  life,"  (re- 
questing sons  John,  William  and  Thomas  to 
be  helpful  to  her)  "as  she  is  ancient  and  weak 
of  body."  His  property  was  afterward  to  be 
divided  between  the  three  sons  and  "my  three 
daughters,  Ann  Reynolds,  Elizabeth  Hatch 
and  Jane  Drake."  Elizabeth  married  Walter 
Hatch,  who  was  of  the  second  generation  in 
America,  and  progenitor  of  Albert  Gallatin 
Hatch,  of  the  eighth  generation. 


On  paternal  lines  this  branch 
STRINGER    of   the   Stringer   family  de- 
scends in   comparatively   re- 
cent years  from  English  forbears,  while  the 


maternal  line  traces  back  to  the  earliest  settle- 
ment in  New  England  and  the  early  Pilgrims, 
John  Alden  and  Priscillai  MuUins,  of  the 
"Mayflower."  George  Alfred  Stringer  of  Buf- 
falo is  a  paternal  grandson  of  John  Stringer, 
who  was  born,  lived  and  died  in  Dartford, 
county  of  Kent,  England.  He  had  six  sons 
,  that  came  to  the  United  States :  William,  the 
eldest,  who  went  out  to  California  in  '49  in  his 
own  vessel,  settled  in  San  Francisco,  and  died 
there  many  years  later;  Charles,  a  merchant 
of  Elmira,  New  York,  whose  family  now  re- 
sides in  New  Jersey;  Frederick,  who  settled 
in  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  in  the  clothing 
business,  married  Miss  Howell,  a  cousin  of 
Mrs.  Jefferson  Davis,  wife  of  the  President 
of  the  Southern  Confederacy ;  Thomas,  of  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  later  of  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
where  he  died;  James,  who  located  in  New 
York  City,  where  in  company  with  the  Town- 
sends  formed  the  bookselling  and  publishing 
house  of  Stringer  &  Townsend,  one  of  the  first 
bookstores  in  the  city,  and  later  published  one 
of  the  first  editions  of  Cooper's  Novels. 

(II)  George,  son  of  John  Stringer,  was 
born  in  Dartford.  England,  in  1809.  He  came 
to  the  United  States  about  1830  and  located 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he  shortly 
afterwards  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business. 
About  1859  he  removed  to  Buffalo  and  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  wrapping  paper 
and  twine,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  in  that 
business  in  Buffalo.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  business  life  of  Buffalo,  and  was  well 
known  in  church  and  town.  For  several  years 
he  was  vestryman  of  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church,  and  aided  in  the  establishment  and 
operation  of  other  institutions  of  his  city.  He 
married  Clarissa  Alden  Ellsworth  of  East 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  a  descendant  of  John 
Alden,  of  the  "Mayflower,"  Sergeant  Joseph 
Alden,  a  revolutionary  soldier  of  Connecticut, 
and  of  Lieutenant  Solomon  Ellsworth,  also  a 
Connecticut  revolutionary  soldier.  Children: 
I.  George  A.,  of  further  mention.  2.  Clara 
Alden,  deceased.  3.  Emma  Ellsworth,  mar- 
ried Nirum  A.  Lamphear,  now  of  Los  An- 
geles, California.  4.  John  Edwards,  married 
a  cousin,  Qara  Stringer,  both  deceased. 

(III)  George  Alfred,  son  of  George  and 
Qarissa  Alden  (Ellsworth)  Stringer,  was  born 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  October  23,  1845. 
About  1859  his  parents  removed  to  Buffalo, 
New  York,  which  has  since  been  his  home. 
He  prepared  for  college  under  private  teach- 


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ers,  but  financial  reasons  turned  him  to  a  busi- 
ness career.  After  a  clerkship  in  an  insurance 
office,  he  became  a  member  of  the  insurance 
firm  of  Rounds,  Hall  &  Company.  Afterward 
for  about  twenty-five  years  he  was  engaged 
in  the  same  business  as  senior  partner  of 
Stringer  &  Cady.  Since  the  dissolution  of 
that  firm  he  has  carried  on  an  independent 
business  in  loans,  insurance  and  brokerage. 
Since  3896  Mr.  Stringer  has  been  closely  con- 
nected with  the  work  of  the  Buffalo  Historical 
Society,  of  which  he  is  a  trustee,  serving  six 
years  on  the  board,  and  nine  years  as  vice- 
president.  He  is  also  a  corresponding  member 
of  the  Rochester  Historical  Society,  Rochester, 
New  York;  Niagara  Frontier  Landmarks  As- 
sociation, for  marking  historical  sites  (execu- 
tive committee  ^nd  chairman  financial  commit- 
tee) ;  president,  1889-1902,  1904-1911,  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars ;  now  president  of  the  Buf- 
falo Chapter  of  that  Society;  ex-president 
Buflfalo  Chapter,  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  ex- 
president  Buflfalo  Chapter,  Mayflower  Society ; 
for  twenty  years  a  member  of  the  Grolier  Club 
of  New  York  (now  resigned) ;  Bibliophile 
Society  of  Boston,  and  was  one  of  fifteen 
members  selected  to  contribute  to  Volume  V 
of  the  superb  edition  of  "Horace"  issued  in 
1891  (Ode  V,  "To  Augustus,"  with  introduc- 
tion) ;  president  Browning  Society  of  Buffalo; 
delegate  to  the  "One  Hundred  Years  Peace 
Society"  from  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars; 
Hakluyt  Society  of  London;  for  past  fifteen 
years  financial  secretary  Buffalo  Society  of 
Artists,  and  member  of  University  Qub  of 
Buflfalo.  Mr.  Stringer  has  published  "Shakes- 
peare's Draughts  From  the  Living  Water," 
(privately  printed  1883)  J  "Leisure  Moments 
in  Gough  Square"  (1888);  and  "The  King 
and  the  Cross"  (1901).  In  1904  Hobart  Col- 
lege conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree 
Master  of  Arts.  For  thirteen  consecutive 
years  he  was  a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Epis- 
copal Church  of  BuflFalo.  He  married,  in 
Buflfalo,  April,  1869,  Eliza  Coe,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Jesse  and  Ann  Eldridge  Walker  of  Buf- 
falo.    Child:   Geraldine  May  Alden. 

Judge  Jesse  Walker,  graduated  from  Mid- 
dlebury  College  (Vermont)  and  after  pur- 
suing a  course  of  legal  study  at  Rochester, 
New  York,  settled  in  BuflFalo  in  1835,  where 
he  resided  until  his  death,  September,  1852. 
For  many  years  he  gave  almost  undivided  at- 
tention to  the  duties  of  the  oflfice,  master  in 
chancery,  but  at  times  was  engaged  in  the  ac- 


tive practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  a  man 
of  fine  literary  tastes,  and  acquired  local 
celebrity  as  a  cultured,  finished  scholar.  In 
185 1  he  was  elected  judge  of  Erie  county, 
being  the  second  to  hold  that  oflSce.  During 
his  term  of  service  on  the  bench,  so  soon  cut 
short  by  death,  he  discharged  the  duties  with 
great  satisfaction  to  the  bar. 

(The   Ellsworth  Line). 

(I)  Clarissa  Alden  Ellsworth  Stringer  was 
a  daughter  of  Stoddard  and  Clarrisa  Alden 
Ellsworth,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  Josias 
Ellsworth,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  son  of 
John,  said  to  have  been  a  descendant  of  Sir 
John  Ellsworth,  of  the  time  of  Edward  III., 
who  resided  in  Cambridgeshire,  England. 
Josias  Ellsworth  was  born  in  1629.  Hinnan 
says  he  was  in  Connecticut  in  1646.  His  name 
first  appears  on  Windsor,  Connecticut,  town 
records,  in  connection  with  his  marriage,  No- 
vember 16,  1654,  to  Elizabeth  Holcomb.  The 
same  year  he  bought  a  house  and  lot.  In  1655 
he  bought  the  property  later  known  as  the 
Chief  Justice  Ellsworth  place.  In  1664  he 
was  a  juror;  was  made  freeman.  May  21, 
1657 ;  in  1676  he  was  a  contributor  to  the  Con- 
necticut relief  fund  for  the  poor  of  other 
colonies.  He  died  August  20,  1689,  aged  sixty 
years.  His  estate  was  valued  at  £655.  His 
widow,  Elizabeth,  died  September  18,  1712. 
She  is  mentioned  as  a  member  of  the  Windsor 
church  in  1666.  Children:  Josias  (2),  Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  Martha,  Thomas,  Jonathan,  John, 
of  further  mention ;  Job  and  Benjamin. 

(II)  Lieutenant  John,  son  of  Josias  and 
Elizabetli  (Holcomb)  Ellsworth,  was  baptized 
October  15,  1671,  and  was  killed  by  the  fall 
of  a  tree,  October  26,  1720.  He  was  the  first 
settler  in  the  town  of  Ellington,  where  he 
lived  on  the  west  side  of  Town  street,  nearly 
opposite  the  old  Ellsworth  place  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Connecticut  river.  He  married, 
December  9,  1696,  Esther,  daughter  of  Daniel 
White,  of  Hartford.  She  died  September  7, 
1766,  aged  ninety-five  years.  Children:  John 
(2),  of  further  mention;  Daniel,  Esther,  Anne, 
Martha  and  Ann. 

(III)  Captain  John  (2),  son,  of  Lieutenant 
John  (i)  and  Esther  (White)  Ellsworth,  was 
bom  November  7,  1697,  died  January  4,  1784. 
He  was  a  captain  of  militia,  and  served  in  the 
Indian  wars.  He  married,  November  8,  1734, 
Ann  Edwards,  born  April  28,  1699,  died  April 
II,  1790,  aged  within  sixteen  days  of  ninety- 


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one  years,  daughter  of  Rev.  Timothy  Edwards, 
of  East  Windsor,  Connecticut.  Children:  i. 
Captain  John  (3)  ;  from  a  journal  kept  by 
him  it  appears  he  was  on  an  expedition  for 
the  governor  on  the  Mississippi  river  in  1774-5 
and  for  his  services  was  granted  a  tract  of 
land  where  the  city  of  Natchez  now  stands. 
2.  Solomon,  of  further  mention.  3.  Frederick. 
4.  Ann,  married  Colonel  Lemuel  Stoughton. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Solomon,  son  of  Captain 
John  (2)  and  Ann  (Edwards)  Ellsworth,  was 
bom  April  30,  1737.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lutionary war  as  a  lieutenant  of  Captain 
Lemuel  Stoughton*s  company,  of  East  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  militia,  who  marched  on  the 
Lexington  Alarm  of  April  19,  1775.  He  died 
October  19,  1822,  aged  eighty-five  years.  He 
married,  December  2^,  1758,  Mary  Moseley, 
born  December  8,  1737,  died  February  16, 
1823,  aged  eighty-six  years.  Children :  Mary, 
Ann,  Solomon,  Elizabeth,  Stoddard,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Abigail,  Abner  Moseley,  John, 
Marilda,  Timothy,  Timothy  (2),  Joseph  and 
Ann. 

(V)  Stoddard,  son  of  Lieutenant  Solomon 
and  Mary  (Moseley)  Ellsworth,  was  born 
April  14,  1767,  died  October  31,  1845,  ^t&^d 
seventy-eight  years.  He  married  (first)  May 
13,  1793,  Anna,  daughter  of  Colonel  Lemuel 
and  Ann  (Ellsworth)  Stoughton.  She  was 
bom  November  7,  1776,  died  May  24,  1806, 
"a  female  infant  buried  in  the  same  grave." 
He  married  (second),  May  21,  1807,  Clarissa, 
daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Hyde) 
Alden,  "a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Alden,  of 
Mayflower  fame."  She  was  born  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  August  12,  1785,  died  at  New 
Britain,  Connecticut,  March  7,  1881;  aged 
ninety-six  years.  Children  of  first  marriage: 
Ann,  died  in  infancy;  Stoddard  (2),  married 
Aurelia  Mather;  Ann,  died  aged  forty-one 
years ;  Mary,  died  aged  ten  years ;  Selene  (or 
Selma) ,  unmarried ;  Edwards,  died  in  infancy ; 
Edwards  (2),  died  unmarried.  Children  of 
second  marriage:  Qarissa  Alden,  of  further 
mention;  Lydia,  married  Dr.  M.  P.  Orton; 
Sarah,  married  John  W.  Stoughton;  Cather- 
ine, married  Eli  Horton ;  Hannibal,  died  aged 
eighteen  years:  Mary  E.,  married  John  W. 
Stoughton;  child,  died  at  twenty  months. 

(VI)  Qarissa  Alden,  daughter  of  Stoddard 
and  his  second  wife,  Clarissa  (Alden)  Ells- 
worth, was  born  April  i,  1808,  died  July  4, 
1888,  aged  eighty  years.  She  married,  1833, 
George  Stringer,  of  Buffalo  (see  Stringer). 


(VH)  George  Alfred  Stringer. 

(The  Alden  Line). 

(I)  Clarissa  Alden  Ellsworth  Stringer  was  a 
granddaughter  of  Sergeant  Joseph  and  Lydia 
(Hyde)  Alden,  and  a  descendant  on  paternal 
lines  of  John  Alden,  of  the  "Mayflower" ;  on 
maternal  lines,  of  William  Hyde,  of  Norwich, 
Connecticut.  John  Alden,  believed  to  be  of 
English  descent,  was  not  a  member  of  the 
Puritan  colony  at  Leyden,  and  does  hot. seem 
to  have  come  with  the  "Mayflower"  for  re- 
ligious reasons,  for  Governor  Bradford  says: 
"John  Alden  was  hired  for  a  cooper  at  South 
Hampton,  where  the  ship  victualed,  and  being 
a  hopeful  yonge  man  was  much  desired,  but 
left  to  his  own  liking  to  go  or  stay  when  he 
came  here,  but  he  stayed  and  married  here." 
Notwithstanding  the  prominence  he  attained  in 
Plymouth  in  his  deeds  of  gift  or  sale,  he  in- 
variably describes  himself  as  "cooper,"  occa- 
sionally as  "yeoman,"  and  once  as  "gentle- 
man." He  was  educated  above  the  average, 
and  tradition  says  he  was  "the  tallest  man 
in  the  community."  He  was  the  youngest 
signer  of  the  "Compact,"  and  was  "the  last 
male  survivor."  He  was  born  in  1599,  died 
September  12,  1687.  He  married,  in  the  spring 
of  1621  or  1622,  Priscilla  Molines  (Mullins), 
daughter  of  William.  She  is  said  to  have  been 
about  eighteen  at  the  time  of  her  marriage, 
which  was  the  second  or  third  performed  in 
the  colony.  She  does  not  again  appear  in  the 
records  save  as  the  mother  of  his  eleven  chil- 
dren, until  1680.  At  the  funeral  of  Governor 
Josiah  Winslow  were  present  "the  Venerable 
John  Alden,  with  Priscilla  on  his  arm."  He . 
held  offices  of  the  highest  trust.  No  impor- 
tant measure  was  proposed  or  any  responsible 
agency  ordered  in  which  he  did  not  have  a 
part.  He  was  deputy  assistant,  and  from 
1666  to  1687,  first  on  the  board  of  assistants, 
and  styled  deputy  governor.  "On  him  devolved 
the  duty  of  presiding  in  the  absence  of  the 
governor,  and  on  these  occasions  he  ruled  with 
dignity  and  perseverance."  He  was  often  one 
of  the  council  of  war,  many  times  an  arbitra- 
tor, a  surveyor  of  lands  for  the  government, 
and  on  several  important  occasions  was  au- 
thorized to  act  as  agent  or  attorney  for  the 
colony.  He  was  chosen  treasurer  in  1656, 
holding  that  office  three  years.  In  those  days 
the  salary  of  public  officials  was  very  small, 
and  refusal  to  serve  was  met  with  the  penalty 
of  a  fine.     Constant  devotion  to  the  public 


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service  so  '^reduced  his  estate"  that  the  court 
todc  notice  of  it,  and,  valuing  him  so  highly, 
felt  they  could  not  afford  to  lose  him,  and 
took  action,  as  is  shown  in  the  following  rec- 
ord :  "In  regard  that  Mr.  Alden  is  low  in  his 
estate  and  occationed  to  spend  time  at  the 
court  on  the  countreys  occations,  and  soe  hath 
done  these  many  years,  the  court  have  allowed 
him  a  small  gratuity,  the  sum  of  ten  pounds 
to  be  payed  him  by  the  treasurer."  He  divided 
his  estate  among  his  children  before  his  death, 
and  spent  his  last  days  with  his  son  Jonathan. 
He  left  no  will.  "The  writers  who  mention 
him  all  agree  as  to  his  industry,  integrity  and 
exemplary  piety,  and  he  has  been  represented 
as  a  worthy,  useful  man  of  great  humility,  and 
eminent  for  the  sanctity  of  his  life.  He  was 
decided,  ardent,  resolute  and  persevering,  in- 
different to  danger,  a  bold  and  hardy  man,  of 
incorruptible  integrity,  an  iron-nerved  Puritan 
who  could  hew  down  forests  and  live  on 
crumbs.  He  was  always  a  firm  supporter  of 
the  clergy  and  the  church,  and  everything  of 
an  innovating  nature  met  his  determined  op- 
position." Children:  Elizabeth,  the  first  white 
woman  born  in  New  England;  John,  Joseph, 
Sarah,  Jonathan,  Ruth,  Rebecca,  Priscilla, 
Zachariah,  Mary,  David. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Priscilla 
(Mullins)  Alden,  was  bom  in  Plymouth,  1627, 
after  May  22,  He  was  freeman  m  Duxbury, 
Massachusetts,  1657.  He  served  repeatedly  on 
the  "grand  inquest"  until  1685,  and  was  one 
of  the  surveyors  of  highways.  He  had  his. 
father's  share  of  land  in  Bridgewater,  and  is 
third  on  the  lists  of  grants  of  lands  on  the 
north  side  of  the  town. 

Joseph  Alden  married,  1657,  Mary  Sim- 
mons, daughter  of  Moses,  who  came  in  the 
ship  "Fortune."  Children:  Isaac;  Joseph, 
Sarah,  Mercy,  Elizabeth  (these  three  prob- 
ably), John,  and  perhaps  Mary. 

(III)  Deacon  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Mary  (Simmons)  Alden,  was  bom  about 
1667,  died  1747.  He  lived  in  South  Bridge- 
water;  married,  1690,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Dunham,  of  Rymouth.  Oiildren: 
Daniel ;  Joseph,  died  young ;  Eleazer,  Hannah, 
Mary,  Joseph,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Mehitabel, 
Seth. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Deacon  Joseph  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Dunham)  Alden,  was  bom  1690,  re- 
moved to  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died  1770;  married,  1717,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Shaw.    Children:    Joseph,  Daniel, 


Abigail,     Zephaniah,     Hannah,     Hannah 
Mehitabel,  Barnabas,  Ebenezer,  Mary. 

(V)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Daniel  and  Abigail 
(Shaw)  Alden,  was  born  1718;  married,  1742, 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Solomon  Packard.  Chil- 
dren: Zenas,  Martha,  Rev.  Abishai,  Joseph, 
and  perhaps  others. 

(VI)  Sergeant  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Joseph 
(3)  and  Susannah  (Packard)  Alden,  was  bom 
May  9,  1753,  died  January  i,  1832.  He  served 
in  the  revolution  as  sergeant  of  Captain  Amos 
Wallbridge's  company,  Stafford,  Connecticut, 
militia,  Lexington  Alarm.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1782,  Lydia  Hyde,  born  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  January  6,  1761,  died  February  7, 
1839.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  with  his  wife 
Lydia  is  buried  in  the  new  cemetery  on  the 
hill  in  Stafford.  Children.  Joseph,  died  in 
infancy ;  Joseph,  Horatio,  Hannibal,  Zephinah, 
Levi  Harvey,  Martha,  Clarissa,  of  further 
mention;  Lydia,  Almeda. 

(VII)  Clarissa,  daughter  of  Sergeant 
Joseph  (4)  and  Lydia  (Hyde)  Alden,  was 
bom  at  Stafford,  Connecticut;  married  Stod- 
dard Ellsworth,  son  of  Solomon  and  Mary 
(Moseley)  Ellsworth.     (See  Ellsworth.) 

(VIII)  Qarissa  Alden,  daughter  of  Stod- 
dard and  Qarissa  (Alden)  Ellsworth,  married 
George  Stringer.     (See  Stringer.) 

(IX)  George  Alfred,  son  of  George  and 
Clarissa  Alden  (Ellsworth)  Stringer.  (See 
Stringer.) 

(X)  Geraldine,  daughter  of  George  Alfred 
and    Eliza    Coe    (Walker)     Stringer,    bom 

March,  1879. 

(The   Hyde  Line). 

(I)  Lydia  Hyde  Alden,  grandmother  of 
Clarissa  Alden  (Ellsworth)  Stringer,  was  a 
lineal  descendant  of  William  Hyde,  of  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut,  who  came  from  England, 
it  is  supposed,  with  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  the 
first  minister  of  Hartford;  sojourned  a  short 
time  at  Newton,  Massachusetts,  and  removed 
with  him  to  Hartford,  Connecticut  in  1636. 
He  later  removed  to  Saybrook,  thence  to  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut.  He  was  a  man  of  consid- 
erable importance  among  the  settlers  of  Nor- 
wich, and  was  frequently  elected  selectman. 
He  died  at  Norwich,  January  6,  1681.  No 
record  has  been  found  concerning  his  wife, 
and  there  is  record  of  but  two  children,  Sam- 
uel ;  and  Hester,  who  married  John  Post. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Hyde,  the 
emigrant,  was  born  about  1637,  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut.    He  came  with  his  wife  to  Nor- 


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wich,  Connecticut,  in  1660.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  had  lines  assigned  him  at  Norwich  West 
Farms,  where  he  died  in  1677,  at  the  age  of 
forty  years.  He  married,  in  June,  1659,  Jane 
Lee,  of  East  Saybrook,  now  Lyme,  Connecti- 
cut, daughter  of  Thomas  Lee,  who  came  from 
England  in  1641  with  wife  and  three  children. 
He  died  on  the  passage,  his  wife  and  children 
settling  later  at  Saybrook.  Children :  Samuel, 
John,  William,  Thomas,  Jabez,  Elizabeth, 
Phebe,  Sarah. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  and  Jane 
(Lee)  Hyde,  was  born  at  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut, July,  1672.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Nor- 
wich West  Farms  (now  Franklin),  where  he 
died  April  9,  1755.  He  married,  December, 
1697,  Mary  Backers,  born  November,  1672,  at 
Norwich,  died  March  27,  1752,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Sarah  (Gardner)  Backers,  of 
Norwich.  Children:  Thomas,  Jacob,  Abner, 
Mary,  Phebe,  Jane. 

(IV)  Captain  Jacob,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Backers)  Hyde,  was  born  at  Norwich 
West  Farms,  Connecticut,  January  20,  1703, 
died  there  January  22,  1782.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  October  11,  1727,  Hannah  Kings- 
bury, born  March  13,  1709,  at  Haverhill,  Mas- 
sachusetts, died  at  Bennington,  Vermont, 
while  on  a  visit  there,  March  16,  1770.  Chil- 
dren: Jacob,  Ephraim,  Joseph,  Jonathan, 
Mary,  Hannah,  Ruth,  Silence,  Rebecca,  Phebe. 

(V)  Ephraim,  son  of  Captain  Jacob  and 
Hannah  (Kingsbury)  Hyde,  was  born  at  Nor- 
wich West  Farms,  April  23,  1734.  He  set- 
tled at  Stafford,  Connecticut,  where  he  and 
his  w^ife  died.  He  married  Martha  Giddings, 
of  Norwich.  Qiildren:  Nathaniel,  Ephraim, 
Jacob,  Jasepr,  Eli,  Hannah,  Lydia,  Martha, 
Eunice. 

(VI)  Lydia,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Martha  (Giddings)  Hyde,  was  born  at  Staf- 
ford, Connecticut,  where  she  died  February  7, 
1839.  She  married,  February  28,  1782,  Ser- 
geant Joseph  Alden.     (See  Alden). 

(VII)  Clarissa,  daughter  of  Sergeant  Jo- 
seph and  Lydia  (Hyde)  Alden,  married  Stod- 
dard Ellsworth.     (See  Ellsworth). 

(VIII)  Qarissa  Alden,  daughter  of  Stod- 
dard and  Qarissa  (Alden)  Ellsworth,  married 
George  Stringer.     (See  Stringer). 

(IX)  George  Alfred,  son  of  George  and 
Clarissa  Alden  (Ellsworth)  Stringer.  (See 
Stringer) . 

(X)  Geraldine,  daughter  of  George  Alfred 
and  Eliza  Coe  (Walker)  Stringer. 


The  name  Bryant  can  be  traced 
BRYANT    to   Sir   Guy   De   Bryant,   who 

lived  in  the  time  of  Edward 
III.,  and  whose  descendants  had  their  seat  in 
the  Castle  of  Hereford,  Wales.  In  1640  there 
were  four  familes  by  the  name  of  Bryant  liv- 
ing in  Plymouth  Colony:  John  Briant,  of 
Taunton,  John  Briant  Sr.,  of  Scituate ;  Stephen 
Briant,  of  Plymouth ;  and  Lieutenant  John,  of 
Plympton.  It  does  not  appear  that  they  were 
related,  although  tradition  has  it  that  John  of 
Scituate  and  Stephen  of  Rymouth  were 
brothers. 

(I)  The  first  mention  made  of  Abraham 
Bryant,  progenitor  of  Warren  W.  Bryant,  of 
Buffalo,  is  in  Reading,  Massachusetts,  at  a 
date  sufficiently  later  for  him  to  have  been 
a  son  of  one  of  the  above,  but  it  does  not  so 
appear  on  the  records.  Abraham  Bryant  was 
a  blacksmith,  and  lived  on  Elm  street,  Reading, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  selectman  in  1696 
and  1701.  He  married  (first)  in  1664,  Mary 
Kendall,  born  1647,  ^^^^  1688,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Thomas  Kendall,  an  original  settler  of 
Reading,  removed  there  from  Lynn.  He  was 
deacon  and  selectman,  and  died  in  1681.  His 
wife  Rebecca  died  in  1703.  He  had  no  son 
who  lived  to  adult  age,  but  his  eight  daughters 
married  and  transmitted  his  blood  through 
many  different  families.  Abraham  Bryant 
married  (second)  Ruth,  widow  of  Samuel 
Frothingham.  She  died  in  1693.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Mary,  born  1668,  married,  1684, 
John  Weston;  Rebecca,  born  1668,  died  1670; 
Abraham,  born  1671 ;  Thomas,  1674;  Anna, 
1676;  William,  of  further  mention;  Kendall, 
1680;  Abigail,  1683,  died  1694;  Tabitha,  1685. 

(II)  Kendall,  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary 
(Kendall)  Bryant,  was  born  in  Reading,  Mas- 
sachusetts, 1680.  He  settled  in  the  town  of 
his  birth,  where  he  lived  his  entire  life.  He 
engaged  in  farming.  He  married  there,  in 
1704,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Major  Jeremiah 
and  Mary  (Smith)  Swaine.  Children,  born  in 
Reading:  Elizabeth,  1705;  Kendall,  1709; 
Anna,  twin  of  Kendall;  Jeremiah,  1714;  Mary, 
1717;  James,  1719;  Hepsibah,  1722;  Abigail, 
1724. 

(III)  Kendall  (2),  son  of  Kendall  (i )  and 
Elizabeth  (Swaine)  Bryant,  was  born  in  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts,  in  1709,  died  at  the  home 
of  his  son,  John  or  Thomas,  at  Jaffrey,  New 
Hampshire,  November  30,  1797.  The  "His- 
tory of  Jaffrey"  states  that  he  came  from  Mas- 
sachusetts to  Jaffrey,  and  lived  on  lot  fourteen, 


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range  four,  of  that  town.  His  homestead  re- 
mained in  the  family  until  the  death  of  Colonel 
George  Bryant,  in  1865.  Kendall  Bryant,  his 
wife  and  son  John,  were  charter  members  of 
the  First  Church  of  Jaif rey.  He  married  Mary 
Martin,  who  died  at  Jaffrey,  March  17,  1794, 
aged  eighty-four  years.  Children,  born  in 
Reading  and  Peperell,  Massachusetts : 
Thomas;  John,  1750,  died  March  14,  1800, 
married  Lucy  Lawrence. 

(IV)  Thomas,  eldest  son  of  Kendall  (2) 
and  Mary  (Martin)  Bryant,  was  born  between 
1730  and  1740.  He  was  living  at  Concord, 
Massachusetts,  from  1762  to  1769,  and  doubt- 
less for  a  number  of  years  thereafter,  for  his 
son.  Captain  Chandler  Bryant,  served  in  the 
revolution  from  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  as 
late  as  1779-80.  Thomas  settled  later  in  Jaf- 
frey, New  Hampshire,  with  his  father  and 
younger  brother  John.  He  probably  also  lived 
in  other  Massachusetts  towns  before  remov- 
ing to  New  Hampshire,  as  he  was  fence  viewer 
and  taxpayer  in  Peperell  as  late  as  1794.  His 
widow  died  in  Templeton,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1815,  aged  eighty-five  years.  She 
was  then  living  with  her  son  Nathan.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts:  Na- 
than, January  11,  1762,  died  at  Templeton, 
Massachusetts,  July  13,  1828;  Elizabeth,  born 
July  5,  1763;  Chandler,  November  18,  1764, 
served  in  the  revolution  as  captain,  married 

(first)    Elizabeth  ,    (second)    Susanna 

Byam ;  Daniel ;  Samuel,  of  further  mention ; 
Reuben,  born  March  11,  1769,  lived  at  Con- 
cord. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Bryant,  was 
born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts,  May  i,  1767. 
He  removed  to  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  married,  November  10.  1805,  Esther 
Wright,  born  August  12,  1781,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Ruth  Wright.  Later  he  removed 
to  New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire,  from  there 
going  to  Utica,  New  York,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  general  store.  Children  recorded  in 
Woburn:  Charles  Austin,  born  August  17, 
1806;  Warren;  George  H.,  married  Sarah 
Sweeney;  Samuel. 

(VI)  Warren,  son  of  Samuel  and  Esther 
(Wright)  Bryant,  was  born  in  Woburn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, March  24,  181 1,  died  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  1893.  He  came  to  Buffalo  first  in 
1827,  when  but  a  lad  of  sixteen  years,  making 
his  first  trip  by  boat  and  stage.  lie  did  not 
remain  in  Buffalo,  but  returned  to  Woburn, 
where  he  continued  until  1831,  when  he  came 


again  to  Western  New  York,  bringing  with 
him  some  cash  capital  which  he  invested  in  a 
general  store  at  Geneva.  He  did  not  like  his 
location,  but  soon  came  to  Buffalo  and  started 
business  opposite  the  First  Church.  In  1847 
he  bought  the  building  north  of  the  corner  of 
Main  and  Exchange,  which  block  has  ever 
since  remained  in  the  family.  In  1848  he 
changed  his  store  from  a  grocery  to  a  toy 
and  novelty  store,  which  prospered  exceed- 
ingly. He  made  several  trips  to  Germany, 
buying  his  goods  and  importing  them  direct. 
For  several  years  his  brother,  George  H. 
Bryant,  was  associated  in  business  with  him. 
George  H.  was  captain  of  the  vessel  "St. 
Joseph,"  trading  on  the  lakes  between  Buffalo 
and  Chicago.  He  was  the  organizer  of  the 
Western  Transportation  Company,  of  which 
he  was  vice-president.  As  his  wealth  in- 
creased, Mr.  Bryant  engaged  in  outside  opera- 
tions. He  was  largely  interested  in  the 'West- 
ern Transportation  Company.  In  1859-60-61 
he  w^as  collector  of  the  port  of  Buffalo.  In 
1861,  with  several  others,  he  purchased  the 
old  Niagara  Street  railroad,  made  needed  re- 
pairs and  improvements,  later  selling  the  line 
to  the  Buffalo  Street  Railway  Company.  In 
1864  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Buffalo 
Savings  Bank,  an  office  he  held  until  his  death 
in  1893,  over  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  was 
a  wise  and  conservative  banker,  closely  safe- 
guarding the  depositors'  interests,  yet  extend- 
ing all  needed  financial  aid  to  men  and  enter- 
prises that  were  deserving  and  substantial. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church, 
and  was  instrumental  in  having  a  congrega- 
tion started  in  Buffalo,  the  first  in  the  city. 
He  afterward  left  the  congregation,  not  liking 
the  minister  in  charge.  He  was  active  in  the 
Volunteer  Fire  Department,  and  for  some 
years  was  superintendent.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  but  never  sought  or  held  elec- 
tive office.  He  married  Amelia  Stebbins  of 
Clinton,  New  York,  who  died  September  9, 
1890.  They  had  ten  children,  three  of  whom 
lived  to  mature  years:  i.  Warren  Wright,  of 
further  mention.  2.  Joseph,  married  Sarah 
Taft,  of  Whitingsville,  Massachusetts;  chil- 
dren: Warren  Taft  and  Kendall  S.  3.  Mary 
S.,  died  in  1907,  unmarried;  she  resided  in 
Buffalo  with  her  brothers  until  her  death ;  she 
was  a  most  lovable  woman,  and  one  deeply 
mourned  by  her  surviving  brother  and  friends. 
(VII)  Warren  Wright,  son  of  Warren  and 
Amelia  (Stebbins)  Bryant,  was  born  in  Buf- 


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falo,  New  York,  in  1844.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools,  finishing 
at  Antioch  College,  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio.  He 
was  delicate  when  sent  to  the  latter  place,  but 
before  leaving  had  regained  his  health.  In 
1865  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Buffalo 
Savings  Bank  as  clerk,  and  worked  his  way 
up  through  successive  grades  until  he  became 
receiving  teller.  Later  he  resigned  that  posi- 
tion and  has  since  lived  retired  from  business 
life.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Mr. 
Bryant  is  unmarried. 


The  surname  Buck  is  ancient  both 
BUCK  in  England  and  Germany,  and 
seems  to  have  been  of  German 
origin.  The  spelling  varies  greatly ;  following 
are  some  of  the  forms:  Boc,  Bock,  Boch, 
Bocke,  Bok,  Book,  Bouke,  Buc,  Buch,  Busq, 
Buke,  and  many  others. 

William  Buck,  emigrant  ancestor,  came  to 
New  England  in  the  ship  "Increase,"  sailing 
in  April,  1635,  from  England,  and  landing  a 
month  later  at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He 
gave  his  age  as  fifty  years,  and  accordingly 
was  born  about  1585.  His  son  Roger  was 
with  him,  and  his  age  was  given  as  eighteen. 
He  settled  at  Cambridge,  and  in  1652  had  a 
grant  of  land  twenty  acres,  lot  No.  91,  in  Cam- 
bridge Survey,  so-called.  Here  he  built  a  new 
home  for  his  family,  in  what  was  called  the 
west  field,  northeast  from  Garden  street,  on 
what  is  now  Raymond  street.  He  was  a 
ploughwright  by  trade.  He  died  intestate 
January  24,  1658,  and  was  buried  in  the  old 
cemetery  at  Cambridge.  His  son  Roger  was 
adrhinistrator  of  his  estate. 

(I)  The  English  habitation  of  Emanuel 
Buck,  emigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the 
Buck  family  in  America  cannot  be  definitely 
stated,  but  strong  proof  leads  to  the  conclusion 
he  was  from  the  county  of  Norfolk.  Neither 
is  the  date,  ship  or  place  of  landing  known. 
It  is  supposed  that  Emanuel  Buck  was  a  rela- 
tive, and  many  suppose  a  son  of  William  Buck, 
who  came  in  the  "Increase,"  although  there 
is  no  record.  He  first  appears  in  the  records 
as  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  There  is  con- 
clusive proof  that  Emanuel  and  Enoch  Buck 
of  that  place  were  one  and  the  same.  It  is 
said  that  the  Puritans  objected  to  his  name,  its 
meaning,  "God  with  us,"  being  too  sacred. 
To  please  them  he  took  the  name  of  Enoch. 
However,  his  baptismal  name  Emanuel  will 
here  be  used.     He  settled  in  Wethersfield  in 


1647,  accompanied  by  his  brother  Henry.  They 
were  respectively  twenty-three  and  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  Emanuel  was  a  miller,  Henry 
a  blacksmith,  and  each  plied  his  trade  in  con- 
nection with  farming  during  the  remainder  of 
their  days.  Henry  married  Elizabeth  Churchill, 
and  died  July  7,  1712.  Emanuel  was  admitted 
a  freeman  May  21,  1659;  was  juror,  1661-62- 
75 ;  grand  juror,  1675 ;  elected  constable  in 
1668;  selectman,  1669,  and  several  re-elections. 
He  is  of  frequent  mention  in  Wethersfield  rec- 
ords, made  many  land  transfers,  and  seems 
to  have  been  a  good  citizen.  He  died  intestate 
in  1700.  Nothing  is  known  concerning  his 
first  wife's  name  further  than  that  it  was 
Sarah.  Mary  Kirby,  his  second  wife,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Kirby,  who  came  from  Row- 
ington.  near  Kenilworth,  Warwickshire,  Eng- 
land, in  the  "Hopewell,"  1635,  aged  twelve 
years.  He  was  of  Hartford,  Middletown  and 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  A  deed  on  Middle- 
town  records  gives  several  parcels  of  land  to 
"my  daughter,  Mary  Buck."  He  left  a  wife, 
Mary,  and  eight  children.  Children,  three  by 
first  wife:  Ezekiel,  born  June  15,  1650;  John, 
November,  1652 ;  Jonathan,  April,  1653 »  Mary, 
January.  1659;  E^vid,  of  whom  further; 
Sarah,  born  April,  1669;  Hannah,  April  12, 
1671;  Elizabeth,  June  4,  1676;  Thomas,  June 
10,  1678;  Abigail,  August  i,  1682.  Mary  sur- 
vived her  husband,  and  her  death  occurred 
January  12,  17 12. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Emanuel  and  Mary 
(Kirby)  Buck,  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, April,  1667.  He  continued  a  lifelong 
resident  of  that  town,  and  was  engaged  in 
farming  until  his  death,  September  20,  1728. 
He  married,  June  14,  1690,  Elizabeth  Hub- 
bert,  or  Hubbard,  born  16(56,  died  March  25, 
1735,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Jor- 
dan) Hubbard.  Daniel  was  son  of  George 
and  Mary  (Bishop)  Hubbard.  Tradition  says 
George  Hubbard  came  to  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1633.  He  is  recorded  in  Wethers- 
field October  15,  1635,  where  he  lived  three 
years,  then  removing  to  Milford,  where  he 
joined  the  church  January  15,  1644.  He 
bought  land  in  Guilford,  September  22,  1648. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
Bishop,  of  Guilford.  Children  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  Buck :  Elizabeth,  born  February  16, 
1690;  Ann,  April  25,  1693;  Daniel,  September 
13,  1695;  David,  November  13,  1698;  Mary, 
September  9,  1700;  Josiah,  of  whom  further; 
Joseph,  born  April  5,  1705 ;  John,  January  18, 


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1707;    Eunice,    December    19,    1709;    Mabel, 
June  5,  17 12. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  David  and  Elizabeth 
(Hubbert)  Buck,  was  born  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  January  16,  1703,  died  February 
8,  1793.  He  married,  May  28,  1731,  Ann, 
born  171 1,  died  November  9,  1772,  daughter 
of  Charles  Deming,  of  Boston.  Children :  Ann, 
born  February  25,  1732;  Mary,  October  31, 
1733 ;  Elizabeth,  April  7,  1735 ;  Prudence,  De- 
cember 15,  1737;  Josiah,  April  23,  1742; 
Daniel,  of  whom  further;  Mabel,  March  12, 
1748. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Josiah  and  Ann  (Dem- 
ing) Buck,  was  born  June  13,  1744,  died  Jan- 
uary 6,  1808.  He  married,  December  3,  1775, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  General  Gurdon  Salton- 
stall,  of  Boston,  and  descendant  of  Thomas 
de  Saltonstall,  1358.  The  first  of  the  name 
known  in  America,  Richard  Saltonstall,  son 
of  Sir  Richard,  was  closely  identified  with 
Connecticut  colonial  history.  He  married 
Muriel,  daughter  of  Brampton  Gurdon,  of 
Suffolk  county,  Elngland.  Their  son,  Colonel 
Nathaniel  Saltonstall,  was  of  Haverhill,  Mas- 
sachusetts, was  assistant  member  of  the  gov- 
ernor's council  and  judge;  he  married  Eliza- 
beth Ward.  Their  son  Gurdon  was  born  1666, 
graduate  of  Harvard  College,  1684,  and  was 
ordained  minister  at  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1 69 1.  On  the  death  of  Governor  John 
Winthrop  in  1707  he  was  chosen  his  successor, 
and  became  governor  of  Connecticut  in  1708, 
remaining  in  ofRce  until  1724.  He  married 
(first)  Jerusha  Richards;  (second)  Elizabeth 
Rosewell;  (third)  Mary  Clark.  General  Gur- 
don, ninth  child  of  Governor  Gurdon  Salton- 
stall, was  colonel  and  brigadier-general  in  the 
revolutionary  army  prior  to  1776;  was  first 
collector  of  the  port  of  New  London,  1784; 
married,  March  15,  1732,  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  Henry  John  Winthrop,  of  New  London; 
they  had  fourteen  children.  Their  daughter 
Sarah,  youngest  child,  born  June  17,  1754*  died 
November  19,  1828,  married  Daniel  B\ick. 
Children  of  Daniel  Buck :  Ann,  bom  Novem- 
ber 28,  1776,  died  young;  Gurdon,  bom  De^ 
cember  3,  1777,  died  August  4,  1852,  married, 
April  20,  1805,  Susan  Manwaring,  of  New 
York;  Daniel,  born  October  2y,  1779,  married 
(first)  Julia  Mitchell,  (second)  Elizabeth 
Selden,  who  died  March,  1887,  aged  one  hun- 
dred years  one  month,  twenty-four  days: 
Charles,  born  November  21,  1782,  married 
Sophronia   Smith ;  Winthrop,  of  whom   fur- 


ther ;  Ann,  died  young ;  Dudley,  born  June  25, 
1789,  married  Hetty  G.  Hempsted,  (second) 
Martha  Adams. 

(V)  Winthrop,  son  of  I>aniel  and  Sarah 
(Saltonstall)  Buck,  was  bom  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  December  9,  1784,  died  August 
19,  1862.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Wethersfield 
all  his  life.  His  home  was  one  of  the  two 
houses  built  by  Josiah  Buck  for  his  sons,  Josiah 
and  Daniel.  The  first  was  built  for  Josiah  in 
1774  on  the  east  side  of  the  street,  and  Daniel's 
in  1775  on  the  west  side  at  the  corner  of 
Jordan  Lane,  directly  on  the  site  of  the  old 
home  of  his  father,  which  was  torn  down  to 
make  way  for  the  new.  Both  of  these  houses 
still  stand  in  excellent  condition.  Winthrop's 
is  still  occupied  by  his  youngest  son  Henry, 
whose  son  will  in  time  inherit  it,  making  five 
generations  to  own  the  farm  and  four  to  oc- 
cupy the  homestead.  Daniel's  house  is  occu- 
pied by  Edward,  grandson  of  Winthrop  Buck, 
making  four  generations  which  have  occupied 
it,  and  Edward  has  a  son,  who  will  continue 
the  occupancy.  Winthrop  Buck  married  (first) 
January  29,  18 12,  Eunice  Parsons,  died 
August  5,  1812,  aged  twenty-four  years, 
daughter  of  Gideon  Parsons,  of  Amherst, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (second),  Decem- 
ber 28,  18 14,  Eunice,  daughter  of  Dr.  Abner 
Moseley,  of  Wethersfield,  a  descendant  of 
John  Moseley,  or  Maudsley,  born  in  Lanca- 
shire, England,  came  to  America  with  his  wife, 
one  account  says,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John," 
Captain  Soueb,  which  sailed  from  Plymouth, 
England,  March  30,  1629,  and  landed  at  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  in  1630.  Another  ac- 
count says  they  came  in  the  ship  "James,"  in 
1635,  21"^  settled  at  Matapan,  near  Dorchester. 
John  was  made  freeman  March  14,  1639,  and 
was  granted  land  in  1656.  His  wife  was  Cor- 
nelia or  Elizabeth ,  or  perhaps  he  was 

twice  married.  His  son.  Captain  John,  born 
in  Dorchester  or  Boston,  Massachusetts,  1638, 
removed  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where  he 
lived  until  1677,  when  he  removed  to  West- 
field.  He  returned  to  Windsor  some  time  be- 
fore his  death,  August  18,  1690.  He  married, 
December  14,  1664,  Mary  Newberry,  daughter 
of  Benjamin.  They  had  ten  children.  Their 
son  Joseph,  third  child,  was  born  December 
21,  1670,  removed  to  Glastonbury,  Connecti- 
cut, after  I7i5,and  died  there  in  I7i9;he  mar- 
ried, in  1696,  Abigail  Root;  there  are  eight 
children  named  in  his  will.  Abigail  was 
daughter  of  John   (2)  and  granddaughter  of 


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John  Roote  (i),  who  came  from  England  in 
1640.  Abner,  eldest  son  of  Joseph  and  Abigail 
(Root)  Moseley,  was  born  in  Westfield,  1699, 
died  February  11,  1766;  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Lyman,  of  Northampton, 
June  5,  1722.  Their  son,  Joseph  Moseley  (2), 
born  August  13,  1735,  died  October  25,  1806; 
married  Hopy  Robbins,  December  10,  1761. 
Their  son,  Dr.  Abner  Moseley,  born  April  13, 
1766,  married,  November  14,  1792,  Eunice, 
daughter  of  William  and  Jerusha  Welles. 
Their  daughter,  Eunice,  born  October  8,  1793, 
died  August  24,  1862,  married,  December  28, 
18 14,  Winthrop  Buck.  Children  of  Winthrop 
and  Eunice  Buck:  i.  Martha,  born  November 
26,  1815,  died  August  12,  1900.  2.  Winthrop 
(2),  bom  December  16,  1816,  died  July  28, 
1900;  married  Charlotte  Woodhouse.  3. 
Eunice,  born  December  21,  1819,  died  March 
12,  1897.  4.  Maria,  bom  January  30,  1821, 
died  I>ecember  8,  1894.  5.  Robert,  born  March 
8,  1823,  died  August  16,  1881 ;  married  (first) 
at  Hastings,  Minnesota,  Lucina  M.  Emerson ; 
(second)  Helen  Frances  Jones.  6.  Roswell 
Riley,  of  whom  further.  7.  Kate  Moseley, 
born  February  i,  1833,  ^^^^  December  31, 
1907;  married  John  Buckingham,  of  Brook- 
1)01,  New  York.  8.  Henry,  born  December  6, 
1834;  married,  November  30,  1875,  Theresa, 
daughter  of  George  Robinson ;  he  occupies  the 
old  homestead  at  Wethersfield,  built  by  Josiah 
Buck  in  1775;  children:  Henry  Robinson, 
John  Saltonstall,  and  Charles  Howe. 

(VI)  Roswell  Riley,  sixth  child  and  third 
son  of  Winthrop  and  Eunice  (Moseley)  Buck, 
was  bom  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1826,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1904.  When  about  nine  years  of 
age  he  became  an  invalid  from  complicated 
hip  trouble,  and  until  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
he  was  an  intense  sufferer.  Having  a  naturally 
sensitive  disposition  and  an  acquisitive  mind, 
he  read  and  studied  extensively  while  confined 
to  his  bed.  After  reaching  manhood  and  be- 
coming so  far  recovered  as  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness, he  found  with  satisfaction  that  he  was 
fully  able  to  hold  his  own  intellectually  with 
those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  His 
first  business  experience  was  with  Fales  & 
Gray,  car  builders,  of  Hartford,  to  whom  he 
went  on  crutches.  He  remained  five  years 
with  this  firm.  In  1854  he  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  became  associated  with  the  firm  of 
Sturges  (Solomon)  and  Buckingham  (John). 
George  Sturges,  an  intimate   friend  of   Mr. 


Buck,  finally  took  his  father's  place  in  the 
firm.  Solomon  Sturges  was  the  pioneer  in 
building  elevators  in  Chicago  for  the  storing 
of  wheat.  The  growth  of  his  business  forced 
the  building  of  elevators  at  Buffalo,  and  in 
1864  Mr.  Buck  was  sent  there  to  superintend 
the  building  of  the  Sturges  elevator.  When 
completed  he  was  retained  in  Buffalo  as  man- 
ager of  the  Sturges  interests.  The  elevator 
burned  October  27,  1897.  In  1874  he  returned 
to  Chicago  and  remained  two  years,  then  was 
appointed  again  to  Buffalo,  where  he  was  in 
charge  of  the  Sturges  &  Fulton  elevators,  con- 
trolled by  the  Sturges  Elevator  Company,  of 
which  he  was  secretary  and  general  manager. 
In  1888  this  cornpany  was  absorbed  by  the 
Buffalo  Elevating  Company,  and  Mr.  Buck 
retired  from  active  business  life. 

During  his  active  years  Mr.  Buck  was  inti- 
mately connected  with  important  Buffalo  in- 
terests. During  the  years  1871-72-73  he  was 
a  trustee  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  chairman 
of  the  reference  committee  of  the  Merchants* 
Exchange  from  1886-89,  and  in  1890  was 
elected  treasurer.  The  reference  committee 
settled  all  disputes  that  arose  between  mem- 
bers of  the  Exchange.  Here  the  judicial  quality 
of  his  mind  was  of  the  greatest  value.  His 
mlings  were  undisputed  and  gave  evidence  of 
having  been  carefully  arrived  at.  His  office 
was  at  No.  16,  Board  of  Trade,  until  toward 
the  close  of  life,  when  he  had  a  desk  in  the 
office  of  his  son,  George  S.  He  was  generous 
in  his  dealings  with  men  and  liberal  in  his 
benefactions.  He  was  active  in  the  Charity 
Organization  Society,  founded  December  11, 
1877,  and  served  on  its  various  committees 
during  its  earlier  years.  He  was  a  devoted 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Buffalo,  which  he  served  as  trustee.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican. 

He  married,  November  8,  1866,  at  Buffalo, 
Maria  Catherine,  died  May  5,  1905,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Josiah  and  Delia  (Marsh)  Barnes.  She 
was  a  most  attractive  and  scholarly  woman, 
a  graduate  of  the  Buffalo  Female  Academy, 
class  of  1855,  holding  two  medals  won  in  her 
junior  year  for  excellence  in  mathematics  and 
composition,  prizes  that  were  supposed  to  be 
won  by  seniors  only.  The  family  residence 
was  at  182  East  Swan  street  until  May,  1883, 
when  the  residence  at  513  Franklin  street  was 
purchased,  which  is  now  the  home  of  Miss 
Harriet  M.  Buck,  their  only  daughter.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Buffalo:     i.  Harriet  Moseley, 


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born  August  i6,  1867.  She  graduated  from 
Buffalo  Seminary,  and  except  for  tours  of 
travel  at  home  and  in  Europe  has  spent  her 
life  in  Buffalo.  She  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Graduates'  Association,  one  of  the  leading 
women's  clubs  of  Buffalo,  and  served  one  term 
as  president.  Since  childhood  she  has  been  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Buffalo,  and  active  in  the  benevolent  work  of 
the  church.  She  is  president  of  the  Woman's 
Circle  of  that  church,  a  member  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Century  Club  and  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  Buffalo  Chapter,  by 
right  of  the  patriotic  services  of  her  ancestors. 
General  Gurdon  Saltonstall  and  Major  Moses 
Seymour,  of  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  She  re- 
sides at  the  old  Buck  homestead,  513  Franklin 
street.  2.  Winthrop  Seymour,  born  May  13, 
1870,  died  May  24,  1878.  3.  George  Sturges, 
of  whom  further. 

A  nephew  of  Winthrop  and  Eunice  (Mose- 
ley)  Buck  was  the  famous  organist  and  musi- 
cjd  composer,  Dudley  Buck,  son  of  Dudley  and 
Martha  (Adam)  Buck.  He  was  born  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  March  10,  1839,  and  died 
October  6,  1909.  He  early  evinced  a  genius 
for  music.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was 
organist  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  and 
in  1858  left  Trinity  College  (junior  year)  for 
a  thorough  musical  education  in  Europe.  He 
studied  at  the  Leipsic  Conservatory  under 
Moritz  Hauptman  and  Ernst  Friedrich  Rich- 
ter  for  harmony  and  composition,  with  Julius 
Rietz  for  orchestration,  with  Moschelles  and 
Plaidy  on  the  piano,  with  Schneider  at  Dres- 
den on  the  organ.  After  three  years  spent  in 
Germany  he  studied  another  year  in  Paris. 
Returning  to  the  United  States  in  1862,  he 
was  at  once  appointed  organist  of  the  North 
Congregational  Church  at  Hartford,  where  he 
remained  until  1869.  He  made  a  national 
reputation  in  the  years  1864-1879  by  a  memor- 
able series  of  organ  concert  tours  in  the  course 
of  which  he  played  in  every  city  of  importance 
and  in  many  of  the  smaller  towns.  In  1869 
he  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he  became  or- 
ganist of  St.  James  Episcopal  Church.  In  the 
great  fire  of  October,  1871,  his  home  was 
destroyed,  with  the  loss  of  a  valuable  library 
and  many  manuscripts,  including  several  un- 
published compositions.  He  at  once  removed 
to  Boston,  where  he  was  appointed  organist 
at  St.  Paul's  Church  and  at  the  Music  Hall. 
In  1875  Theodore  Thomas  invited  him  to  New 
York  as  assistant  conductor  of  his  orchestral 


concerts  at  Central  Park  Garden.  Prior  to 
this  he  had  been  with  Mr.  Thomas  as  org-anist 
during  the  May  Festival  at  Cincinnati.  In 
1876  he  became  organist  and  choirmaster  of 
Holy  Trinity  Church  at  Brooklyn,  and  con- 
ductor of  the  Apollo  Qub.  In  1876  he  was 
appointed  by  the  Centennial  Commission  com- 
poser of  the  music  for  the  Festival  Ode,  "The 
Centennial  Meditation  of  Columbia,"  the  work 
being  rendered  under  Theodore  Thomas'  di- 
rection by  a  chorus  of  one  thousand  voices,  and 
an  orchestra  of  two  hundred.  Another  suc- 
cessful composition  was  his  setting  of  portions 
of  LxDngfellow's  ''Golden  Legend,"  which  car- 
ried off  the  prize  of  one  thousand  dollars 
offered  by  the  Cincinnati  Musical  Festival 
Association.  Among  his  large  works  are  the 
"Legend  of  Don  Munio,"  "The  Voyage  of 
Columbus,"  "The  Light  of  Asia,"  and  many 
other  lighter  compositions.  Among  the  most 
effective  of  his  compositions  for  the  church 
are  the  series  of  four  short  cantatas  "The 
Coming  of  the  King,"  "The  Story  of  the 
Cross,"  "Christ  the  Victor,"  "The  Triumph 
of  David."  In  the  field  of  male  voice  music 
he  achieved  both  fame  and  success.  Mr.  Buck 
was  among  the  first,  if  not  the  first,  leading 
American  composer,  and  time  but  adds  to  the 
appreciation  in  which  he  is  held. 

(VII)  George  Sturges,  youngest  son  of 
Roswell  Riley  and  Maria  Catherine  (Barnes) 
Buck,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  February  10,  1875. 
On  account  of  his  eyes  he  was  not  allowed 
to  attend  school  until  he  was  nine  vears  of 
age.  After  four  years  in  private  school  he 
entered  the  high  school,  covering  the  usual  ten 
years  primary  and  intermediate  work  in  four. 
During  his  high  school  years  he  started  the 
High  School  Calendar,  a  school  paper  that  is 
still  continued.  He  was  graduated  in  1892. 
He  then  entered  Yale  University,  whence  he 
was  graduated  A.  B.,  class  of  1896.  In  his 
junior  year  he  was  a  junior  exhibition  man 
(oratorical  contest),  and  years  later  found 
among  his  father's  effects  a  set  of  books  that 
had  been  won  by  his  grandfather,  Josiah 
Barnes,  in  the  same  contest  at  Yale.  George 
S.  was  also  a  senior  exhibition  man. 

Deciding  upon  the  profession  of  law,  he  en- 
tered the  Law  School  of  the  University  of 
Buffalo,  being  graduated  LL.B.,  class  of  1898. 
He  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Buffalo  with  Qinton  &  Clark,  remain- 
ing with  them  until  1899.  He  then  made  a 
tour  of  Europe,  and  on  his  return  opened  a 


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law  office,  September  7,  1899,  ^"  EUicott 
Square,  Buffalo,  and  later  in  association  with 
Almeron  H.  Cole,  as  Buck  &  Cole.  Now  he 
is  in  practice  alone  (1911),  with  offices  in  the 
Erie  County  Savings  Bank  Building.  While 
his  practice  is  general,  he  specializes  in  the 
care  and  management  of  estates.  He  stands 
high  in  his  profession,  and  is  an  especially 
safe  counselor.  He  is  a  lecturer  on  "Negli- 
gence" at  the  Buffalo  Law  School,  and  special 
lecturer  in  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation Accountancy  Course.  Mr.  Buck  is  a 
progressive  Republican  and  a  vital  force  in 
city  politics.  In  the  fall  of  1903  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Erie 
coimty,  re-elected  1905-07-09.  In  1907  he  was 
a  candidate  on  both  tickets,  and  in  all  his  cam- 
paigns has  had  the  endorsement  of  the  Muni- 
cipal League.  Since  1908  he  has  been  chair- 
man of  the  finance  committee,  which  implies 
leadership  in  the  board.  He  has  also  served 
on  the  charitable  institutions,  and  laws  and 
legislation  committees,  but  his  principal  work 
has  been  done  in  the  finance  committee.  As 
a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  he  has 
been  instrumental  in  securing  many  needed 
reforms,  in  the  letting  of  contracts,  changing 
compensation  from  fees  to  salaries,  and  in 
giving  the  widest  publicity  to  all  measures 
brought  before  the  board,  particularly  in  the 
matter  of  appropriations  and  in  the  passage 
of  the  new  tax  law,  and  in  the  establishing  of 
the  Erie  County  Lodging  House.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Government  Association  of  Buffalo;  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Hughes  Workers,  and 
in  1 9 10  was  a  delegate  from  Erie  county  to 
the  Republican  state  convention  held  in  Sara- 
toga. Mr.  Buck  is  equally  active  and  useful 
as  a  church  worker,  belonging  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  which  he  served  as 
deacon  for  two  years,  and  since  1908  as  elder. 
For  three  years  he  was  Sunday  school  super- 
intendent of  the  Welcome  Hall  Settlement,  a 
mission  maintained  by  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  In  1908-09  he  was  secretary  of  the 
Presb)rterian  Union,  and  is  now  its  president. 
He  is  also  much  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  is 
vice-president  of  the  Equality  Club,  a  depart- 
ment of  the  Association  work.  His  college 
fraternities  are  Beta  Theta  Pi  (Yale)  and 
Phi  Delta  Phi  (Legal).  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Erie  County  Bar  Association,  and  since 
1907  a  trustee;  in  1909  he  was  appointed  by 


the  trustees  of  the  Bar  Association  chaiFman 
of  the  committee  to  draft  a  bill  to  present  to 
the  legislature  to  reorganize  the  inferior  courts 
and  conduct  them  in  the  main  upon  the  system 
adopted  by  the  city  of  Chicago.  This  has 
proved  of  great  benefit,  and  is  perhaps  the 
most  important  and  far  reaching  service  Mr. 
Buck  has  rendered  his  city.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
the  Manufacturers'  Club,  two  important  or- 
ganizations of  the  business  men  of  Buffalo. 
Noven:ber  7,  191 1,  he  was  elected  auditor  of 
Erie  county ;  this  official  is  in  fact,  though  not 
in  name,  a  comptroller  as  well  a^  an  auditor. 
His  social  club  is  the  University,  which  he 
served  four  years  as  a  member  of  the  gov- 
erning committee,  four  years  on  the  member- 
ship committee,  and  one  year  as  chairman.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Canoe  Qub. 
He  is  a  member  of  Ancient  Landmarks  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  Zuleka  Grotto. 
He  married,  October  6,  1903,  at  Buffalo, 
Ellen  Louise,  daughter  of  Elisha  P.  Hussey, 
M.D.  Children:  i.  Roswell  Seymour,  born 
August  22,  1904.    2.  Ruth,  born  May  29,  1906. 

3.  Olivei,  born  April  11,  1908.  Mr.  Buck  re- 
sides at  60  Irving  Place,  Buffalo. 

(The  Barnes  Line). 

Stephen  Barnes,  of  Branford,  Connecticut, 
settled  in  that  town,  coming  from  Long 
Island,  where  there  is  record  of  the  family 
at  East  Hampton.  Stephen  and  wife  Mary 
had :  Benjamin,  born  December  13,  1702,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Abbott;  Stephen,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Sarah,  bom  May  17,  1708,  married 
Ezekiel  Rogers ;  Experience,  born  December  4, 
1710. 

(II)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i)  and 
Mary  Barnes,  was  born  January  2,  1705,  died 
March  27,  1777.  He  removed  with  his  wife 
Mary  (or  Martha)  to  Southington,  but  the 
births  of  his  seven  children  are  recorded  in 
the  Branford  town  records:  i.  Mary,  born 
October  22,  1726,  married  Jacob  Carter.  2. 
Stephen,  bom  December  3,  1728,  married 
Sarah  Barnes.    3.  Jonathan,  of  whom  further. 

4.  Martha,  bom  August  22,  1734.  5.  WilHam, 
November  10,  1738;  married  Martha  Upson. 
6.  Nathan,  born  August  25,  1742;  married 
Sarah  Byington.  7.  Asa,  born  August  24, 
1745 ;  married  Phebe  Atkins. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Mary  (or  Martha)  Barnes,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1731,  died  January  7,  1807.    He  was 


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of  Southington,  Connecticut'.  He  married, 
August  4,  1757,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Heze- 
kiah  Woodruff.  Children:  i.  Jonathan,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  October  21, 
1764.  3.  Mary,  March  4,  1767,  died  July  6, 
1772.  4.  Stephen,  born  February  12,  1769, 
married  Sally  Andrews.  5.  Sylvia,  born 
August  7,  1771 ;  married  Roswell  Hart.  6. 
Lois,  born  1772;  married  Gideon  Smith. 
7.  Levi,  born  June  28,  1777;  married  Kezia 
Woodruff.  8.  Joel,  born  1779;  married  Re- 
becca Stephens.  9.  Truman,  born  1783 ;  mar- 
ried Loly  Barrett. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  eldest  son  of  Jonathan 
(i)  and  Elfeabeth  (Woodruff)  Barnes,  was 
born  in  Southington,  Connecticut,  March  13, 
1763.  In  1784  he  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege (academic  department),  studied  law  and 
settled  in  Tolland,  Connecticut.  He  became 
county  judge  and  a  member  of  the  Connecticut 
legislature.  He  was  a  skillful  lawyer,  pos- 
sessed of  a  keen  sense  of  humor  which  often 
enabled  him  to  attain  the  object  sought.  He 
married,  February  17,  1787,  Rachel,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  (Colton)  Steele. 
Josiah  was  a  grandson  of  Mercy,  daughter  of 
Major  Bradford,  chief  military  officer  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  and  son  of  the  famous  Gov- 
ernor Bradford,  of  the  "Mayflower."  Chil- 
dren: I.  Jonathan,  born  November  21,  1789; 
graduated  from  Yale  College,  academic,  1810 ; 
studied  law;  settled  at  Middletown,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  died,  December  24,  1861.  "JonsL- 
than  Barnes  undoubtedly  stood  at  the  head 
of  the  bar  of  Connecticut  as  a  counselor  at 
law."  He  studied  music  from  a  scientific  point 
of  view,  and  said  that  his  best  commentary  on 
the  Bible  was  that  he  had  read  and  translated 
it  in  seven  different  languages.  2.  Julius 
Steele,  born  February  23,  1792,  died  November 
II,  1879,  at  Southington,  Connecticut.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  Academic  School,  stud- 
ied medicine,  and  settled  in  Southington, 
where  he  had  an  extensive  practice.  3.  Edwin, 
born  July    13,    1794,   died    August    6,    1795. 

4.  Randolph,  born  June  29,  1796,  died  in  Htts- 
burgh,     Pennsylvania,     September    4,     1819. 

5.  Eliza  Woodruff,  bom  September  20,  1799; 
married  Dr.  Alanson  Abbe.  6.  William,  born 
February  8,  1802,  died  December  22,  1872,  at 
Warehouse  Point,  Connecticut,  where  he  had 
passed  his  life  in  successful  law  practice. 
7.  Josiah,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  Dr.  Josiah  Barnes,  youngest  child  of 
Jonathan  and  Rachel    (Steele)    Barnes,   was 


born  in  Tolland,  Connecticut,  March  26,  1804. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  Academic  School  in 
1825,  with  high  honors.    He  taught  school  for 
a  time  in  Tolland  county  and  at  Concord,  Mas- 
sachusetts, then,  as  now,  a  literary  centre.    He 
studied  medicine,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  March  21,  1829, 
A.  M.  and  M.  D.     He  located  at  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,     beginning    practice    with     Dr. 
Alanson   Abbe,    his   brother-in-law.      He    re- 
mained there  in  practice  until  after  his  mar- 
riage, when  he  removed  to  Buffalo,  New  York. 
This  was  in  1832.    In  that  year  Asiatic  cholera 
swept  over  the  United  States  and  had  its  vic- 
tims in  Buffalo  as  elsewhere.     The  news  of 
the  pest  to  which  her  son  was  exposed  caused 
his  ever  watchful  mother  to  write,  "My  dear 
son,  you  find  yourself  confronted  by  a  dreadful 
pestilence,  but  you  must  do  your  duty,  and  if 
in  its  discharge  you  should  be  taken  away, 
such  is  the  will  of  God ;  but  under  no  circum- 
stances must  you  think  of  coming  home."  His- 
tory proves  that  Dr.    Barnes  performed   his 
duties   not  only  in  this  emergency  but   ever 
afterward.     On  May   13,   1834,  he  purchased 
the  frame  house  on  the  north  side  of  Crow 
(Exchange)    street.     About   1845   he   moved 
over  on  the  east  side  of  Washington  street. 
About    1850,   having   become  prosperous,   he 
built  a  substantial  home  on  East  Swan  street, 
the  Delaware  avenue  of  that  period.    He  was 
secretary  in  1840  of  the  Erie  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, and  in  1848-49  its  treasurer,  and  one 
of  its  censors.     In  1849-56  he  was  one  of  the 
four  members  of  the  Buffalo  Board  of  Health. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  Clinton  and  White 
Banks.     He  was  an  attendant  of  St.   Paul's 
Episcopal  Church  upon  coming  to  Buffalo,  but 
when  St.  John's  Church  was  started  he  was 
one  of  the  many  original  contributors  toward 
the  building  fund,  and  with  his  family  con- 
nected with  the  latter  congregation.     Toward 
the  close  of  life,  Dr.  Barnes  suffered  several 
years  of  invalidism,  during  which  time  he  still 
made  a  few  visits  to  the  families  among  his 
patients  who  had  become  endeared  to  him  by 
many  ties.     He  was  possessed  of  wonderful 
psychic  force,  and  was  an  adept  in  the  power 
of  suggestion,  as  is  proved  by  the  skill  he  dis- 
played in  diagnosis  and  in  bringing  patients 
out  of  the  depths  of  disease  and  dread.     His 
presence  in  a  sick   room  radiated  hope  and 
was  a  compelling  force  of  cheer  and  encour- 
agement. His  prescriptions  became  family  aids 
and  are  to  this  day  in  use  among  many  of  the 


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descendants  of  his  early  patrons,  all  of  whom 
revere  his  memory.    He  died  June  i,  187 1. 

He  married,  May  22,  1831,  Delia,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Truman  and  Clarissa  (Seymour) 
Marsh.  Rev.  Truman  Marsh  was  a  graduate 
of  Yale  College,  class  of  1785.  After  his 
ordination  he  was  for  many  years  rector  of  St. 
Michael's,  in  .Litchfield,  a  town  founded  by 
his  ancestor,  Lieutenant  John  Marsh,  of  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut.  Clarissa  (Seymour)  Marsh 
was  the  daughter  of  Major  Moses  Marsh,  who 
served  thoroughout  the  revolutionary  war.  His 
figure  may  be  noted  in  Trumbull's  famous 
painting,  "The  Surrender  of  Burgoyne."  Her 
direct  ancestor,  Richard  Seymour,  came  to 
America  in  1636.  She  died  in  BuflFalo,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1875.  Children:  i.  Maria  Catherine, 
married  Roswell  Riley  Buck;  (see  Buck). 
2.  Dr.  Edwin  Randolph,  bom  in  Buffalo,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1838;  he  was  educated  in  private 
schools  in  Buffalo,  entered  Yale  College,  grad- 
uating in  the  class  of  i860,  in  the  academic 
course.  He  first  took  up  the  study  of  land- 
scape gardening  and  rural  architecture,  but 
the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  changed  his 
plans  and  he  began  the  study  of  medicine. 
About  July  1st,  1862,  he  shipped  as  ward 
master  on  the  hospital  transport  "Daniel  Web- 
ster,'' reporting  to  General  McQellan  at  Har- 
rison's Landing,  on  the  James  river.  In  1863 
he  was  acting  assistant  surgeon,  Eighth  Regi- 
ment National  Guard,  State  of  New  York,  at 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  In  1864  he  was 
acting  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army, 
at  Chattanooga,  remaining  about  eight  months 
as  surgeon  in  charge  of  the  post  dispensary. 
He  then  returned  to  Buffalo.  In  June,  1865, 
he  was  graduated  M.  D.  at  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  where  he  had  attended  lec- 
tures as  well  as  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons.  During  the  cholera  epidemic 
of  1866  he  served  in  the  Brooklyn  Cholera 
Hospital  on  night  duty.  In  the  fall  of  1866 
he  returned  to  Buffalo  and  became  associated 
with  his  father  in  practice.  In  the  early  seven- 
ties he  was  director  and  surgeon  in  the  Buffalo 
Free  Medical  and  Surgical  Dispensary.  From 
1872-78  inclusive  he  was  attending  surgeon 
on  the  staff  of  the  Buffalo  General  Hospital, 
after  which  he  was  in  private  practice  for  sev- 
eral years.  He  married,  June  6,  1905,  Mrs. 
Theresa  (Mitchell)  Osborne,  and  now  resides 
at  513  Franklin  street.  3.  William  Josiah,  born 
1846,  and  died  November,  1875.  4.  Laura  Sey- 
mour, bom  February  14,  1849;  married,  Octo- 


ber II,  1876,  Frank  M.  Fisher,  of  Buffalo. 
Children:  Charles  Edwin,  Marion  F.,  Laura 
Barnes,  Beverly  Boyd,  George  Roswell,  Elsie 
Seymour  and  Frank  M.  (2). 

Elias    Child,    in   a   genealogical 

CHILDS  work  published  in  1881  regard- 
ing the  Child,  Childs  and  Qiilde 
family  from  1630  to  1881,  says  of  the  family 
in  general :  "They  possess  enough  of  the  im- 
pulsive element  to  defy  dangers  and  to  grapple 
with  difficulties  to  obtain  a  manly  independ- 
ence, the  determination  and  perseverance  with 
which  many  have  m^t  and  overcome  difficul- 
ties, and  the  boldness  and  daring  in  adventure 
displayed  by  others  will  thrill  the  reader  and 
awaken  his  admiration.  We  often  find  the 
love  of  knowledge  drawing  them  away  from 
the  bustle  and  ambition  of  life  into  the  quiet 
seclusions  of  the  study,  where  they  find  their 
sweetest  companionship  with  some  history,  ro^ 
mance  or  philosophical  treatise.  A  manly  in- 
dependence has  ever  been  more  to  the  race 
than  fame,  wealth  or  position,  while  none  of 
these  would  be  despised  or  rejected  if  they 
were  the  legitimate  rewards  of  industry  and 
virtue.  As  benefactors  of  their  race  they  are 
usually  sympathetic  and  active." 

There  are  three  men  of  this  name  who  were 
prominent  in  English  history :  Sir  John  Child, 
of  Surat,  E.  J.,  was  well  known  as  a  civic  and 
military  leader;  Sir  Josiah  Child,  of  London, 
was  a  merchant,  political  economist  and  philan- 
thropist; and  Sir  Francis  Childs,  of  London, 
was  a  banker,  goldsmith  and  sociologist.  Judge 
Salmon  Child,  of  Saratoga  county.  New  York, 
was  the  first  of  the  family  to  bear  that  title; 
he  was  also  member  of  assembly  from  that 
county  in  1820.  Orville  W.  Childs  was  one 
of  the  foremost  practical  civil  engineers  in  the 
United  States ;  the  Hon.  Calvin  Child  was  a 
graduate  of  Yale  College,  and  held  the  office 
of  United  States  district  attorney  of  Connecti- 
cut, receiving  his  first  appointment  from  Presi- 
dent Grant;  Professor  Samuel  F.  Morse,  the 
inventor  oi  the  telegraph,  was  the  grandson 
of  Sarah  Child ;  Mayor  Jonathan  Child  was 
first  mayor  of  Rochester,  New  York,  in  1834. 

The  coat-of-arms  generally  used  by  the 
Childs  families  is  as  follows :  Gules,  a  chevron 
engrailed  ermine,  between  three  eagles  close 
argent.  Crest:  An  eagle,  wings  expanded  or 
elevated  argent,  enveloped  with  a  snake  proper. 
Motto :    "Imitari  quam  invideri" 

(I)  William  Child,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 


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settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  made  freeman  in  1634.  He  is  thought 
to  have  been  a  brother  of  Ephraim  Qiild,  who 
left  parts  of  his  estate  to  his  nephews,  sons 
of  William  Child.  William  Child  doubtless 
came  over  with  Ephraim,  or  else  before  him. 
He  married  in  England,  and  his  son  Joseph 
was  probably  born  there,  as  his  birth  record 
is  not  found  in  the  Watertown  records.  He 
seems  to  have  died  early,  not  being  accus- 
tomed to  the  severe  climate.  His  widow  is 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Palmer  Child,  who  left  her  some  of  her  ward- 
robe. Children:  Joseph,  born  about  1629; 
Richard,  mentioned  below;  John,  born  in 
Watertown,  1636. 

(H)  Richard,  son  of  William  Child,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  in  1631. 
He  shared  with  his  brothers  in  the  legacies  of 
their  uncle,  Ephraim  Child.  He  took  the  oath 
.of  fidelity  when  he  became  of  age.  He  died 
November  11,  1694.  He  married  (first)  at 
Waltham,  Massachusetts,  March  30,  1662, 
Mehitable,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dimmick  of 
Barnstable,  Massachusetts.  She  died  August 
I,  1676,  and  he  married  (second)  January  16, 
1678,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Traine.  Chil- 
dren, by  first  wife,  born  in  Watertown :  Rich- 
ard, March  30,  1663;  Ephraim,  October  9, 
1664,  died  February,  1665 ;  Shubael,  born  De- 
cember 19,  1665;  Mehitable,  1666;  Experience, 
February  26,  1669 ;  Abigail,  January  16,  1672 ; 
Ebenezer,  twin,  November  10,  1674,  died  1675 ; 
Hannah,  twin  of  Ebenezer.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife,  born  in  Watertown :  Elizabeth,  July 
4,  1681 ;  Joshua,  mentioned  below ;  Margaret, 
twin,  May  16,  1687 ;  John,  twin  of  Margaret ; 
Rebecca,  February  4,  1693. 

(HI)  Joshua,  son  of  Richard  Child,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  December 
30,  1682.  He  married,  about  1720,  Sarah 
,  and  they  lived  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children :  Sarah,  born  February  2, 
1721 ;  Joshua,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1726;  Hannah,  October  10,  1727; 
Josiah,  twin,  December  20,  1728;  Mary,  twin 
of  Josiah;  Abraham,  April  26,  1732. 

(IV)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Child, 
was  born  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1725.  He  married  in  Worcester, 
June  2,  1748,  Mary  Hinds,  born  in  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts.  August  18,  1726,  died  in 
Northboro,  Massachusetts,  April  ii,  1766, 
(laughter  of  Jacob  and  Grace  (Morse)  Hinds. 
After  their  marriage  they  moved  to  North- 


boro, where  the  children  were  born,  except 
Aaron,  who  doubtless  was  born  in  Wor- 
cester. Children:  Aaron,  died  in  Northboro 
June  16,  1823;  Artemas,  mentioned  below; 
Abner,  born  in  Northboro,  July  29,  1764. 

(V)  Artemas  Childs,  son  of  Joshua  (2) 
Child,  was .  born  in  Northboro,  August  16^ 
1762,  and  died  in  Ballston  Spa,  New  York, 
November  9,  1839.  He  added  the  "s''  to  the 
name,  making  it  Childs.  He  married,  in  North- 
boro, about  1793,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Simon 
Keyes,  of  Wilton,  New  Hampshire.  They 
lived  in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  and  in 
Ballston  Spa,  New  York.  Children:  Mary, 
born  April  11,  1794;  Lucy,  February  13,  1796; 
Sally,  October  27,  1797;  Harriet,  August  31, 
1799;  Jane  R.,  March  26,  1801 ;  Artemas, 
August  12,  1802;  John  L.,  January  20,  1804; 
Levi  Lincoln,  mentioned  below ;  Emeline,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1807;  Leander,  October  17,  1812; 
died  October  9,  1826;  Horace  A.,  July  17, 
1814. 

(VI)  Levi  Lincoln,  son  of  Artemas  Childs, 
was  bom  in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1806,  and  died  in  Gaines,  Orleans 
county.  New  York,  where  they  lived.  May  16, 
1857.  He  married,  about  1832,  Ann  M., 
daughter  of  Asahel  and  Polly  Wright ;  Asahel 
and  Polly  Wright  came  from  Vermont  to  Mid- 
dlebury,  Wyoming  county.  New  York,  where 
they  lived  many  years,  removing  finally  to 
Gaines,  Orleans  county,  where  they  both  died 
in  i860,  both  of  them  being  eighty-three  years 
of  age.  Children:  Louisa  F.,  bom  Septem- 
ber 30,  1833,  married,  July  4,  1853,  Calvin  P. 
Hazard;  Henry  A.,  mentioned  below;  Mary 
E.,  born  June  17,  1839,  married  Edwin  "Wil- 
son, died  July  19,  1865 ;  Helen  A.,  born  July 
18,  1842,  died  August  17,  1851;  Albert  D., 
born  November  22,  1844,  died  January  3,  1847. 

(VH)  Hon.  Henry  Augustine  Childs,  son 
of  Levi  Lincoln  Childs,  was  born  in  Carlton, 
Orleans  county.  New  York,  July  17,  1836,  in 
a  cottage  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Ontario,  just 
east  of  what  is  known  as  Point  Breeze.  When 
he  was  about  ten  years  of  age  his  father  moved 
to  Fair  Haven,  Orleans  county,  New  York, 
where  they  lived  a  short  time,  moving  later  to 
Gaines,  where  Levi  lived  until  his  death.  May 
16,  1857,  jcist  forty-nine  years  even  to  the 
same  day  of  the  month  before  the  time  his  son 
Henry  died.  Levi  Childs  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade,  and  was  known  as  an  excellent  me- 
chanic, with  a  wide  reputation.  He  was  a 
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educational  advantages.  His  son  Henry  also 
had  his  mechanical  ability,  as  was  often  shown 
in  the  trial  of  cases  involving  mechanical  prin- 
ciples; he  was  often  consulted  about  practical 
application  of  mechanical  principles,  and  his 
knowledge  of  them  was  a  great  help  in  his 
profession  as  well  as  a  source  of  pleasure  to 
him. 

Hon.  Henry  A.  Childs  received  his  first  in- 
struction in  the  stone  school  house  now  stand- 
ing at  Gaines.  Some  of  his  schoolmates  of 
those  days  tell  of  how  they  would  sit  around 
the  forge  fire  watching  his  father  make  by 
hand  the  horseshoes  for  the  following  day's 
work,  and  tell  stories  until  the  time  for  wield- 
ing the  sledge.  One  of  his  boyhood  friends, 
Harmon  Knickerbocker,  says:  "Henry  never 
went  out  with  the  boys  stealing  early  fruit, 
but  remained  at  home  to  read  some  new  book 
which  chance  had  placed  in  his  hands,  or  talk 
the  politics  of  that  day  and  age."  Another 
instance  of  the  trust  in  him  as  a  boy  was  the 
fact  that,  unknown  to  the  other  inhabitants 
of  the  village.  Dr.  Gribley,  a  cripple,  and  a 
prosperous  merchant  at  Gaines  in  those  days, 
often  gave  Henry  large  sums  of  money  to 
bank  at  Albion,  New  York.  When  he  was 
seventeen  years  of  age  he  was  employed  as 
clerk  in  a  bookstore  owned  by  his  brother-in- 
law,  Calvin  P.  Hazard,  who  married  Louisa 
Francis  Childs,  and  who  came  from  Canada 
to  Albion,  where  he  owned  the  bookstore  and 
a  lumber  yard  and  planing  mill  on  Bank 
street.  His  work  here  for  about  a  year  gave 
him  opportunity  to  become  acquainted  with 
all  the  books  he  wished  for,  and  he  made  the 
best  of  his  chances  for  reading  and  study.  It 
is  related  that  one  day  a  servant  girl  came 
into  the  store  and  asked  for  a  book  entitled 
"Perry  Go  Werry  Go  Way";  after  some 
thought  he  gave  her  "Pencillings  by  the  Way," 
by  N.  P.  Willis,  and  this  proved  to  be  the  book 
she  wanted.  This  shows  how  well  versed  he 
must  have  been  in  the  literature  of  the  day. 
It  is  said  that  he  could  memorize  so  much 
of  a  book  by  reading  it  that  he  astonished  his 
hearers.  When  the  bookstore  was  sold  he  ob- 
tained work  as  office  clerk  and  all-round  hand 
in  the  lumber  yard  of  Calvin  Hazard.  George 
Curran,  who  worked  with  him  as  hostler  and 
driver,  tells  how  together  they  drew  some  of 
the  largest  loads  of  lumber  ever  drawn  in  the 
county.  After  working  here  for  about  five 
years,  he  continued  his  education  at  Albion 
Academy,  and  the  fact  that  he  had  read  so 


much  and  studied  so  much  was  of  great  help 
in  his  school  work.  In  1857,  when  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  he  entered  Macedon  Academy, 
at  Macedon  Centre,  New  York.  This  school 
was  founded  for  the  purpose  of  giving  a  prep- 
aration for  college,  after  leaving  the  district 
schools.  He  writes  of  it  in  1891,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  institu- 
tion :  "In  recording  the  events  of  the  past  of 
old  Macedon  Academy  I  am  sure  none  other 
than  pleasant  memories  will  be  found  in  the 
events  of  her  old  students,  and  that  such  a 
record  can  contain  little  not  to  the  credit  of 
the  institution,  and  very  much  tending  to  place 
it  upon  the  highest  plane  occupied  by  those 
of  its  class."  In  1858  he  received  a  teacher's 
certificate,  in  which  he  was  qualified  as  a 
teacher  of  the  second  grade,  and  was  licensed 
to  teach  the  common  schools,  but  no  retord 
has  been  found  showing  that  he  took  advan- 
tage of  the  certificate.  In  1858  he  returned 
to  Albion,  where  he  began  his  law  studies  in 
the  office  of  Judge  B.  L.  Besack,  an  office  at 
that  time  noted  for  having  the  best  law  library 
in  Orleans  county,  and  there  were  many  who 
wished  to  get  the  apprenticeship  there.  The 
late  Hon.  Irving  M.  Thompson  at  this  time 
was  practicing  at  Albion,  and  he  had  a  case 
for  trial  at  Waterport,  New  York ;  Henry  A. 
Childs  asked  him  for  the  privilege  of  taking 
the  minutes  of  the  case.  The  request  was 
granted,  and  he  took  the  minutes  in  long  hand 
with  such  success  that  Mr.  Thompson  recom- 
mended him,  at  his  request,  for  a  position  in 
the  office  of  Sickels  &  Graves  at  Medina,  New 
York.  In  this  office  his  salary  consisted  of 
the  amounts  he  obtained  from  the  service  of 
legal  papers.  In  i860  he  was  appointed  deputy 
sheriff  of  Orleans  county  through  the  influence 
of  John  W.  Graves,  and  at  the  time  the 
Medina  Tribune  said :  "Mr.  Qiilds  is  a  young 
man  of  great  energy  of  character,  of  undoubted 
business  capacity,  and  well  fitted  for  the  place. 
He  will  make  a  first  rate  officer."  One  of  the 
Albion  papers  said :  "He  is  a  deserving  young 
man,  as  we  know  from  having  while  he  was 
yet  in  his  boyhood  initiated  him  into  the  mys- 
teries of  business."  One  of  the  first  instances 
of  his  zeal  in  his  profession  and  of  his  work 
for  advancement  is  the  following  from  the 
Medina  Tribune  in  i860:  "Sent  to  the  Work 
House:  Taber  Bentley  was  brought  before 
Justice  Bullock  on  Friday  last,  charged  with 
assault  and  battery  upon  a  Mrs.  Fry.  He  was 
convicted  and   sent  to  the  Work  House  for 


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loo  days.  Mr.  Henry  Childs,  a  young  man 
who  had  just  commenced  the  study  of  law, 
conducted  the  prosecution  and  by  his  manage- 
ment won  much  credit."  Although  he  was 
busy  in  the  study  of  law  and  in  his  office  as 
deputy  sheriff,  he  still  found  time  to  interest 
himself  in  politics.  He  was  always  a  great 
admirer  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  never  ceased 
his  search  for  books  on  this  famous  man,  fill- 
ing his  library  with  nearly  every  volume  writ- 
ten about  him.  On  May  7,  1862,  his  applica- 
tion to  practice  as  an  attorney  and  counselor 
was  granted.  At  that  time  the  Medina  Tribune 
said  of  him :  "Mr.  Childs  has  been  a  student 
in  the  law  office  of  Sickels  &  Graves  of  this 
place  for  the  last  three  years,  and  by  close 
application  to  his  studies  and  business  has  won 
for  himself  a  host  of  friends  and  become  well 
qualified  for  the  practice  of  law.  The  class 
was  one  of  the  best  admitted  in  a  number  of 
yeafs,  and  we  are  informed  that  Mr.  Childs 
was  conceded  by  all  to  stand  at  the  head,  and 
by  his  promptness  in  answering  and  readiness 
to  give  his  reasons,  exhibited  a  knowledge  of 
the  law  entitling  him  to  a  diploma  to  practice 
in  all  the  courts  of  the  state.  We  wish  him 
all  success  in  his  profession."  A  Buffalo  paper 
printed  the  following  story,  told  by  Justice 
Henry  A.  Childs  to  Justice  Lambert  and  a 
representative  of  the  Courier : 

Well,  every  lawyer's  first  case  is  interesting  to 
himself,  and  for  that  reason  I  will  tell  you  about 
mine,  with  the  distinct  understanding  that  I  am  not 
talking  for  publication. 

There  were  two  other  aspirants  for  admission  to 
the  bar  studying  in  the  same  office  with  me  just 
before  I  was  admitted  to  practice,  and  I  well  re- 
member how  eager  we  were  for  the  trial,  when  an 
old  man  who  had  been  arrested  for  some  crime 
came  into  the  office  and  asked  us  to  defend  him  be- 
fore the  magistrate.  I  worked  on  that  case  with  all 
my  might,  and  developed  a  theory  for  the  defense 
which  pleased  my  colleagues  so  much  that  they 
thought  they  could  win  the  case  without  me,  and 
virtually  kicked  me  out  of  it.  Naturally  I  was  in- 
dignant at  such  treatment.  I  knew  pretty  well  the 
justice  before  whom  the  case  was  to  come,  and  I 
went  to  him  and  told  him  how  I  had  been  treated. 
I  asked  him  if  he  would  appoint  me  to  appear  and 
try  the  case  on  behalf  of  the  people.  I  left  him 
in  a  more  contented  frame  of  mind. 

On  the  day  of  the  trial  the  other  fellows  appeared 
with  their  client,  and  I  was  a  humble  spectator  in 
the  crowd.  When  the  case  was  called  the  justice 
looked  around,  and  spying  me,  asked  me  if  I  would 
take  the  case  for  the  people.  Of  course  I  did,  and 
if  ever  I  tried  a  case  for  all  it  was  worth,  that  was 
defense,  and  had  prepared  myself  to  defeat  it. 
the  case.  You  see  I  knew  already  the  theory  of  the 
Well,  to  make  a  long  story  short,  T  won  the  case. 


The  old  man  was  convicted,  and  when  he  heard  the 
verdict  he  muttered:  *If  I  had  had  that  young  feller 
for  my  lawyer,  I'd  a  got  off  all  right !'  That  pleased 
me  immensely. 

His  first  case  before  the  court  of  appeals 
was  September  28,  1863,  and  from  that  time 
on  he  was  engaged  in  various  forms  of  litiga- 
tion before  that  court,  in  all  of  which  he  was 
universally  successful.  In  the  judicial  conven- 
tion in  Buffalo,  New  York,  October  4,  1883, 
he  was  put  in  nomination  for  one  of  the  su- 
preme justices  in  the  Western  District  of 
New  York,  and  in  the  November  election  he 
won  by  a  very  handsome  majority.  The 
Buffalo  Express,  October  5,  1883,  said  of 
Judge  Childs:  "The  nominee  for  supreme 
court  justice  is  tall,  well  built,  and  of  pleasing- 
appearance.  He  wears  a  neatly  trimmed  light 
brown  beard,  and  his  upper  lip  is  clean  shaved. 
In  speaking  he  is  deliberate.  He  is  an  affable 
gentleman,  who  makes  friends  with  all."  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  held  the 
office  of  district  attorney  in  1865  for  three 
terms,  with  a  care  and  success  which  prepared 
him  for  his  higher  position.  In  1874  he  formed 
a  copartnership  with  Senator  Pitts,  and  the 
firm  was  very  successful.  When  he  won  the 
election  for  justice,  many  papers  wrote  con- 
gratulations, even  those  which  were  not  Re- 
publican papers,  and  praise  of  him  was  wide- 
spread. One  instance  of  what  was  written 
of  him  is  the  following  from  the  Medina 
Register:  "Although  we  are  not  of  the  same 
political  aflSliation  as  Mr.  Childs,  we  are 
heartily  glad  of  his  election  as  justice  of  the 
supreme  court  in  this  district.  From  the  time 
of  his  nomination  there  has  been  no  doubt  of 
his  election,  and  he  made  a  most  flattering 
run.  It  is  seldom  that  any  candidate  has  been 
up  for  office  who  has  had  so  much  said  in  his 
favor  and  so  little  against  him  as  has  Mr. 
Childs;  and  the  reason  was  plainly,  that  his 
political  opponents  had  no  cause  to  say  aught 
derogatory  to  him  as  a  man  or  a  lawyer.  Mr. 
Childs*  career  as  a  lawyer  has  been  an  honor- 
able one,  and  no  one  doubts  that  his  career 
as  a  Judge  will  be  the  same." 

When  he  was  employed  in  the  office  of  John 
W.  Graves,  he  became  acquainted  with  his 
niece,  Julia  Rillard  Freeman,  and  after  a 
short  courtship  they  were  married,  November 
16,  1859.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Orin  and 
Permelia  (Billard)  Freeman,  who  lived  in 
Onondaga  county,  New  York.  He  died  May 
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1861,  in  Medina;  married,  October  7,  1885, 
William  L.  Marcy,  and  had  Henry  C,  Esther 
and  William  L.  Jr. ;  Mary,  born  December  25, 
1863;  John  Edward,  February  27,  1865,  ^^^d 
April  19,  1867 ;  Milford  W.,  mentioned  below ; 
Anna,  September  23,  1875,  died  May  10,  1882; 
Henry,  November  19,  1879,  died  July  26,  1880; 
Julia,  November  15,  1881,  in  Medma,  married, 
October  7,  1908,  Charles  T.  Brimson,  and  has 
William  G. 

(Vni)  Milford  W.,  son  of  Hon.  Henry  A. 
Childs,  was  born  in  Medina,  September  28, 
1869.  He  received  his  education  at  Hawley's 
private  school  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  then 
took  a  four  years'  course  at  Williams  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1893.  Two 
years  later  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  * 
from  the  Buffalo  Law  School,  and  was 
awarded  the  Daniels  scholarship  prize  for  an 
essay  on  "Constitutional  Law."  He  worked 
for  a  year  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  as 
managing  clerk  for  Marcy  &  Close.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1896,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Wesley  C.  Dudley,  and  began  practice  in  Buf- 
falo. In  1898  the  partnership  was  dissolved, 
and  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  S.  A. 
Cook  &  Co.,  manufacturers.  The  firm  was  in- 
corporated in  1908,  and  he  was  made  secre- 
tary. He  still  holds  that  position,  and  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Buffalo,  Lockport  and 
Rochester  Transit  Co.  From  August,  1909, 
until  February,  191 1,  he  was  receiver  of  the 
Buffalo,  Lockport  and  Rochester  Electric  Rail- 
road Company,  and  at  present  is  receiver  of 
the  Medina  Gas  Company.  He  is  a  Methodist 
in  religion,  and  in  politics  a  Republican.  For 
three  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Medina 
Board  of  Education.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Buffalo  University  and  Buffalo  Auto  clubs  of 
Buffalo;  member  and  director  of  the  Alert 
Qub  of  Medina ;  member  of  the  Medina  Lodge 
of  Elks :  of  the  Medina  Lodge  of  Free  Masons, 
of  which  he  is  past  master;  of  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  No.  281,  in  which  he  is  high  priest; 
of  Alpha  and  Omega  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters;  of  Geneseo  Commandery,  No. 
10,  Knights  Templar,  of  Lockport,  New  York, 
of  which  he  is  past  commander;  member  of 
the  Buffalo  Consistory,  A.  A.  S.  R.,  and  of 
Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine. 

He  married,  June  i,  1898,  Pearl  Cook,  who 
was  born  in  Medina,  daughter  of  Seeley  A. 
Cook.  Children :  Adelaide,  born  April  5,  1900 ; 
Carrie,  June  19,  1906;  Milford  W.  Jr.,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1909. 


This  name,  spelled  both  How  and 
HOW    Howe,  is  found  at  an  early  date  in 

Massachusetts.  The  branch  herein 
traced  "seems  in  all  generations  to  have  avoided 
the  final  "e,"  and  from  John,  of  Marlboro, 
down  have  given  the  family  name  the  form 
of  How. 

(II)  John  (2)  How  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners in  1657  for  the  grant  which  constituted 
the  town  of  Marlboro,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
the  son  of  John  (i)  Howe,  supposed  to  be 
the  John  Howe,  Esq.,  who  came  from  War- 
wickshire, in  England,  and  was  a  descendant 
of  John  Howe,  son  of  John  Howe,  of  Hodin- 
hull,  and  connected  with  the  family  of  Sir 
Charles  Howe,  of  Lancaster,  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  I.  John  How  (2)  resided  first  in 
Waterbury,  and  in  1639  in  Sudbury;  died  in 
Marlboro,  1687.  He  was  selectman  in  Sud- 
bury, and  in  1655  was  appointed  by  the  pastor 
and  selectmen  "to  see  to  the  restraining  of 
youth  on  the  Lord's  day."  He  is  said  to  have 
been  the  first  white  inhabitant  to  settle  on 
the  new  grant  (Marlboro).  He  came  there  in 
1657  and  built  a  log  cabin  in  close  proximity 
to  the  Indian  plantation.  He  was  always  good 
friends  with  the  Indians  and  often  settled  their 
disputes  among  themselves.  In  one  case  a 
pumpkin  vine  sprang  up  on  the  premises  of 
one  Indian  and  the  f  niit  ripened  on  the  prem- 
ises of  another.  The  question  of  ownership 
was  referred  to  John  How,  who,  with  the 
wisdom  of  a  Solomon,  called  for  a  knife, 
severed  the  fruit,  giving  each  a  half,  a  judg- 
ment said  to  have  been  perfectly  satisfactory 
to  both  parties.  His  will  mentions  wife  Mary, 
and  children :  John,  killed  by  Indians ;  Samuel ; 
Sarah,  Mary,  died  young;  Isaac;  Josiah,  of 
further  mention;  Mary;  Thomas;  Daniel; 
Alexander ;  Eleazer. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  John  How,  was  in 
Marlboro,  Massachusetts,  in  1675,  and  served 
in  King  Philip's  war.  His  estate  was  settled 
in  171 1.  He  married,  March  18,  1672,  Mary 
Haynes,  of  Sudbury,  who  survived  him  and 
married  (second)  John  Prescott.  Children: 
Mary,  died  young ;  Mary,  died  young ;  Josiah, 
of  whom  further;  Daniel,  born  May  5,  1681 ; 
Ruth,  January  6,  1684. 

(IV)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  How, 
was  bom  at  Marlboro,  Massachusetts,  1678, 
died  September  20,  1766.  He  married  (first), 
at  Marlboro,  December  14,  1706,  Sarah  Biglo 
(Bigelow) ;  (second)  November  22,  1713, 
Mary  Marble.   Children :  Phinehas ;  Abraham, 


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of  whom  further;  Rachel;  Sarah;  Mary; 
Josiah;  Jacob. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  Josiah  (2)  How,  was 
born  in  Marlboro,  Massachusetts,  April  6, 
1709;  settled  in  Brookfield,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  died  May  12,  1790.  He  married 
Martha  Potter,  born  in  Marlboro,  171 1,  died 
in  Brookfield,  December  20,  1791.  Qiildren, 
born  in  Brookfield :   Ephraim,  born  November 

23,  1733;  Abraham,  born  January,  1735,  died 
January  20,  1756;  Abner,  of  whom  further; 
Sarah,  October  24,  1738;  Rachel,  March  19, 
1741 ;  Martha,  May  15,  1744;  Persis,  July  23, 
1749;  Eli,  March  18,  1752;  Abraham,  March 

4,  1758. 

(VI)  Abner,  son  of  Abraham  How,  was 

born  in  Brookfield,  June  28,  1736,  died  there 
December  20,  1779;  married,  September  29, 
1757,  Sarah  Lane,  who  survived  him ;  was  dis- 
missed from  the  Brookfield  church  to  the 
church  in  Jaflf rey.  New  Hampshire,  September 

24,  1780.  Children,  bom  in  North  Brook- 
field: Adonijah,  born  July  24,  1758;  Persis, 
September  3,  1760;  Abner,  January  11,  1763; 
Sarah,  February  13,  1765 ;  Rebecca,  June  21, 
1767;  Job  Lane,  September  18,  1769;  Eunice, 
November  16,  1771 ;  James,  of  whom  further ; 
Thankful,  March  14,  1777. 

(VII)  James,  son  of  Abner  How,  was  born 
in  North  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  March  16, 
1774.  He  married  and  had  a  son  James,  of 
whom  further. 

(VIII)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  How, 
was  born  about  1810,  died  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  and  is  buried  in  Greenwood  cemetery. 
He  was  a  prominent  manufacturer  and  busi- 
ness man  of  Brooklyn  for  many  years.  He  was 
president  of  the  Atlantic  White  Lead  Manu- 
facturing Company ;  director  of  the  Brooklyn 
City  Railway  Company ;  director  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Gas  Company;  director  of  the  Brooklyn 
Academy  of  Music;  trustee  of  the  Brooklyn 
Polytechnic  Institute,  and  of  the  Packer  Insti- 
tute (a  seminary  for  young  ladies).  He  mar- 
ried Celestine  Wells  of  a  prominent  southern 
family  on  the  paternal  side.  Her  mother  was 
of  a  Massachusetts  family,  her  father  of  south- 
ern birth.  Theirs  was  a  runaway  marriage, 
the  bride's  mother  not  being  willing  her  daugh- 
ter should  marry  a  slaveowner.  Children  of 
James  and  Celestine  How :  i.  James.  2.  Celes- 
tine Wells.  3.  Mary  Elizabeth.  4.  Richard 
Wells,  married  Mary  Brownson ;  children : 
Richard  Wells,  Josephine  Wells,  Celestine 
Wells,  John  Brownson,  and  Kenneth  Gyose. 


5.  John  Laidlaw,  of  whom  further.  6.  Susan. 
7.  Anne  Kent.  8.  Sara  Kent.  9.  Charles. 
10.  Child,  died  in  infancy. 

(IX  John  Laidlaw,  son  of  James  (2)  How, 
was  bom  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  1848. 
He  married,  June  9,  1869,  Sarah  Louise 
Brownson,  sister  of  his  brother  Richard's  wife, 
and  daughter  of  John  and  Caroline  (Steele) 
Brownson.  Caroline  Steele  was  of  Huguenot 
ancestry  and  daughter  of  a  captain  in  the  revo- 
lutionary army.  Children:  i.  Sarah  Louise, 
bom  June  24,  1870,  died  May,  1892.  2.  Celes- 
tine Wells,  died  in  infancy.  3.  John  Laidlaw, 
died  in  infancy.  4.  James,  of  whom  further. 
.  (X)  James,  son  of  John  Laidlaw  How,  was 
bom  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  September  21, 
1874.  He  was  educated  at  the  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute, Brooklyn,  and  left  school  to  enter  busi- 
ness in  1890.  He  was  employed  first  with  the 
firm  of  Qarkson  &  Ford,  New  York  City, 
but  severed  his  connection  with  them  in  1896 
to  accept  a  position  with  the  Hartford  Rubber 
Company,  in  their  New  York  establishment, 
and  in  1899  was  advanced  to  the  manage- 
ment of  their  branch  house  at  BuflFalo,  New 
York.  In  1906  he  resigned  his  position  with 
the  Hartford  Rubber  Company  to  take  the 
management  of  the  firm  of  S.  O.  Barnum  & 
Son  Company,  of  Buffalo,  of  which  firm  he  is 
now  (1911)  a  member.  Mr.  How  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  belongs  to  the  Saturn  Club,  the  Country 
Club,  and  the  Westminster  Club.  He  married, 
April  28,  1903,  in  Grace  Church  chantry.  New 
York  City,  Fanny  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Theodore  D.  Barnum  (see  Barnum  IV). 

(The  Barnum  Line). 

(I)  Ezra  Barnum  was  a  resident  of  Dan- 
bury,    Connecticut;   married    Jerusha  

and  had  issue. 

(II)  Ezra  Smith,  son  of  Ezra  and  Jerusha 
Barnum,  was  born  June  21,  1792,  in  Danbury, 
Connecticut,  died  in  1877.  He  settled  in  Utica, 
New  York,  in  1809,  ^"^^  established  an  im- 
porting business  known  as  Barnum's  Bazaar, 
out  of  which  grew  the  S.  O.  Barnum  business 
of  Buffalo.  He  was  a  man  of  importance  in 
Utica.  When  Lafayette  made  his  triumphal 
tour  through  the  United  States  Mr.  Barnum 
was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Utica 
appointed  to  meet  him  at  Whiteboro  and  escort 
him  into  the  city  of  Utica.  He  was  prominent 
in  the  Masonic  Order ;  was  grand  king  of  the 
Grand  Chapter  of  the  Royal  Arch  Masons  of 


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New  York  state,  and  grand  captain  general 
of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Tem- 
plar of  the  United  States.  He  was  made  a 
Mason  in  1817.  He  married,  in  1815,  Mary, 
only  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Ostrum.  Chil- 
dren: Stephen  Ostrum,  of  whom  further; 
Richard :  George ;  Sarah ;  Jane,  married  David 
Golden ;  Samuel ;  Mary ;  Ezra ;  Eliza,  married 
J.  C.  Mcintosh. 

(HI)  Stephen  Ostrum,  son  of  Ezra  Smith 
Barnum,  was  born  in  Utica,  January,  1815, 
died  in  Buffalo,  October,  1899,  and  is  buried 
in  Forest  Lawn  cemetery.  In  1845  he  founded 
in  Buffalo  the  wholesale  and  retail  novelty 
business  of  Barnum  Brothers,  at  265  Main 
street,  following  the  same  lines  that  his  father 
so  successfully  followed  in  Utica.  He  was 
very  prosperous  and  left  a  business  firmly  es- 
tablished. He  was  a  director  of  White's  Bank 
of  Buffalo,  and  a  man  of  influence  in  the 
Democratic  party.  He  was  offered  the  nom- 
ination for  mavor  of  Buffalo,  but  would  not 
consent  to  run  for  office.  He  married,  in 
Utica,  in  1841,  Elizabeth  Chatfield.    Children: 

1.  Theodore     Downs,     of     whom     further. 

2.  Henry,  died  unmarried.  3.  Frederick,  de- 
ceased ;  was  an  active  member  of  the  Buffalo 
Volunteer  Fire  Department,  belonging  to  Hose 
Company  No.  11.  4.  Frank,  died  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  years.  5.  Fanny,  died  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  years. 

(IV)  Theodore  Downs,  son  of  Stephen 
Ostrum  Barnum,  was  born  in  Utica,  New 
York,  April  23,  1842,  died  in  Buffalo,  1901. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Buffalo  schools  and 
Canandaigua  Military  Academy.  He  served 
in  the  civil  war  as  captain  of  Company  C,  74th 
Regiment.  Later  he  became  associated  with 
his  father  in  business  and  on  the  death  of 
the  latter  succeeded  him,  but  only  continued 
same  one  vear  after  the  latter's  death.  He 
was  a  Republican  and  an  elder  of  Westmin- 
ster Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  of 
the  Buffalo  Club.  He  married,  June  21,  1864, 
in  Qeveland,  Sarah  Whitney,  born  1843, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Avis  (Whitney)  Avery.  Rev.  John  T.  Avery 
was  born  in  New  Lebanon,  in  1807,  died  in 
1896:  married  Sarah  Whitney,  born  1816,  died 
1893,  daughter  of  Harry  and  Sarah  (Canfield) 
Whitney,  the  latter  born  1793,  died  1868. 
Rev.  John  T.  Avery  was  a  son  of  Wil- 
liam Thomas  and  Phoebe  Throop  Avery.  Wil- 
liam Thomas  was  a  son  of  Nathan  Avery,  a 


soldier  of  the  revolution.  Children  of  Theo- 
dore D.  Barnum:  i.  Fanny  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried (first)  April  8,  1891,  Langford  Spencer 
Keating,  born  in  Buffalo,  June  2,  1868,  died 
May  31,  1899;  child:  Theodore  Barnum,  bom 
January  5,  1894;  married  (second),  April  28, 
1903*  James  How,  of  Buffalo.  (See  How  X). 
2.  Evelyn  Avery,  born  July  16,  1880,  died 
November,  1899.  3.  Stephena  Ostrum,  mar- 
ried Ralph  H.  Sidway.    (See  Sidway). 


The  name  Spalding  appears 
SPAULDING     as  a  patronymic  quite  early 

in  English  history.  It  was 
derived  from  the  town  of  Spalding,  in  Lincoln- 
shire, England,  but  how  the  name  originated 
is  a  matter  of  conjecture,  possibly  from  the 
tribal  name  Spaldas,  which  may  h^^ve  been 
left  by  the  Romans  when  they  abandoned  the 
country  in  600  A.  D.  The  name  Spalding 
was  very  early  introduced  and  extensively 
used  in  England  and  Scotland,  but  whether 
the  families  descended  from  a  common  an- 
cestor cannot  be  stated.  The  spelling  of  the 
name  is  uniformly  the  same,  Spalding,  and 
the  given  names,  with  the  exception  of  one 
or  two  in  the  Maryland  branch,  are  common 
to  all  the  families  both  in  this  country  and  in 
Great  Britain.  The  family  in  England  bore 
arms,  the  prevailing  colors  being  the  same, 
which  would  suggest  a  common  origin.  The 
letter  "u"  in  the  name,  making  it  Spaulding, 
was  first  introduced  in  America  in  the  wills 
of  some  of  the  children  of  the  emigrant  an- 
cestor. Nothing  can  be  told  of  his  English 
history,  although  the  tradition  is  that  he  came 
from  Lincolnshire. 

9  The  first  known  authentic  record  of  the 
Spalding  family  in  America  appears  in  a  Vir- 
ginia state  document  (Senate  Report)  entitled 
"Virginia  Colonial  Records,"  published  in 
1874,  and  includes  an  account  of  the  Virginia 
colony.  In  1607  the  first  emigrants  to  success- 
fully form  a  permanent  colony  landed  in  Vir- 
ginia. For  twelve  years  after  its  settlement 
the  colony  was  ruled  by  laws  written  in  blood, 
the  colonists  suffering  an  extremity  of  distress 
too  horrible  to  be  described.  Of  the  thousands 
who  had  been  sent  to  Virginia  at  great  cost, 
not  one  in  twenty  was  alive  April,  1619,  when 
Sir  George  Yeardley  arrived.  The  prosperity 
of  Virginia  began  from  this  time,  when  it  re- 
ceived as  a  commonwealth  the  freedom  to 
make  laws  for  itself.  The  first  meeting  was 
held  July  30,  1619,  more  than  a  year  before 


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the  "Mayflower"  with  the  Pilgrims  left  the 
harbor  of  Southampton.  Conclusive  evidence 
proves  that  Edward  Spalding  came  over  from 
England  with  Sir  George  Yeardley  in  1619, 
or  about  that  time.  Documentary  evidence 
proved  that  he  was  fully  established  with  his 
family  in  the  Virginia  colony  in  1623,  as  his 
name  appears  in  "Virginia  Colonial  Records" 
previously  alluded  to,  in  the  "lists  of  the  Liv- 
ing and  Dead  in  Virginia,  February  10,  1623," 
under  the  caption  of  "Attorney  James  Citie 
and  within  the  corporation  thereof"  is  to  be 
found  in  "List  of  the  Living,"  "Edward 
Spalding,  uxor  Spalding,  puer  Spalding, 
puella  Spalding";  and  again  in  the  same  list, 
under  the  caption  "more  at  Elizabeth  Cittie," 
"Edmund  Spalden." 

(I)  The  supposition  is  that  Edward  and 
Edmund  Spalding  came  from  England 
together  about  1619;  that  some  years  later 
Edward  'went  to  the  Massachusetts  colony, 
while  Edmund  joined  the  Maryland  colony 
and  was  the  progenitor  of  the  Maryland 
branch.  This  record  deals  with  Edward 
Spalding,  and  the  branch  settled  in  Buffalo, 
New  York.  Prior  to  settling  in  Massachu- 
setts, Edward  may  have  lived  some  years  in 
the  Bermudas,  then  called  the  Summer  Islands. 
By  what  means  he  reached  Massachusetts  is 
not  positively  known,  but  it  may  be  supposed 
that  he  was  jointly  interested  in  the  owner- 
ship of  a  trading  vessel,  as  Captain  Hartt,  a 
master  mariner,  was  a  member  of  his  house- 
hold. It  is  also  believed  that  he  arrived  at 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  in  1634,  as  the  first 
permanent  records  of  that  town  show  births 
and  deaths  in  his  family  from  1640  to  1641. 
He  was  made  a  freeman  of  Braintree,  May  13, 
1640,  which  proves  him  a  member  of  the  Es- 
tablished Church.  He  next  appears  as  a  set- 
tler in  Chelmsford,  and  when  Newfield  was 
settled  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors.  He 
was  selectman  three  years,  surveyor  of  high- 
ways, and  in  1664  special  mention  is  made  of 
his  fine  orchards.  He  died  February  26,  1670. 
Two  of  his  sons  and  seven  grandsons  emi- 
grated to  Plainfield,  Connecticut;  others  set- 
tled in  Vermont,  and  wherever  new  towns 
were  settled  there  was  a  Spalding,  until  today 
descendants  of  Edward  Spalding  may  be  found 
in  every  state  or  territory  north,  west  or  east. 
His  first  wife,  Margaret,  died  in  Braintree, 
in  1640.  Children:  John,  Edward,  Grace 
(buried  in  Braintree,  May,  1641).  By  second 
wife,  Rachel  (mentioned  in  his  will),  he  had: 


Benjamin,  bom  April  7,  1643  J  Joseph,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1646;  Dinah,  March  14,  1649;  Andrew, 
November  19,  1652. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Edward  (2)  Spaulding,  son 
of  Edward  (i)  and  his  first  wife,  Margaret 
Spalding,  >\as  bom  about  1635,  died  January 
I,  1708.  He  was  made  a  freeman  March  ii, 
1690;  representative  to  the  general  court  in 
1691 ;  he  is  buried  in  the  Chelmsford  burying 
ground,  where  the  epitaph  reads :  "Here  lyes 
the  body  of  Lieut.  Edward  Spolden,  aged  72 
years,  who  deceased  on  Janry  ye  10,  1707-8." 
He  married  (first),  July  6,  1663,  Priscilla  Un- 
derwood, Governor  Endicott  performing  the 
ceremony;  married  (second),  November  22, 
1 681,  Margaret  Barrett,  who  died  May  25, 
1748.  Children :  Dorothy,  born  April  3,  1664 ; 
Deborah,  September  12,  1667;  Edward,  Au- 
gust 18,  1674;  Elbenezer,  of  further  mention; 
Esther,  February  11,  1700;  Sarah  and  Mar- 
garet. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  youngest  son  of  Lieutenant 
Edward  (2)  and  his  second  wife,  Margaret 
(Barrett)  Spaulding,  was  born  January  13, 
1683;  he  was  a  cooper,  and  removed  from 
Chelmsford  to  what  is  now  Hudson,  New 
Hampshire;  also  owned  land  in  Nottingham, 
same  state,  which  he  conveyed  February  3, 

1743.     He  married   Anna  ;  children: 

Edward,  of  further  mention;  Bridget,  born 
December  25,  1709;  Experience,  March  22, 
171 1 ;  Esther,  February  22,  1712;  Reuben,  died 
young;  Stephen,  born  May  28,  171 7;  Sarah, 
November  27,  1719;  Mary,  May  4,  1724; 
Reuben,  July  26,  1728;  Anna,  November  30, 

1731- 

(IV)  Edward   (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  and 

Anna  Spaulding,  was  born  in  Chelmsford, 
Massachusetts,  March  8,  1708.  He  resided  in 
Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
deeded  land  with  his  wife  Elizabeth  in  1766. 
Children :  Levi,  of  further  mention ;  Elizabeth, 
born  November  26,  1741 ;  Lucy,  June  27, 
1744;  Esther,  August  11,  1747;  Sarah,  April 

6,  1754. 

(V)  Captain  Levi  Spaulding,  son  of  Ed- 
ward (3)  and  Elizabeth  Spaulding,  was  born 
in  Nottingham  West  (now  Hudson)  New 
Hampshire,  October  23,  1737;  died  at  Plain- 
field,  Otsego  county,  New  York,  March  i, 
1825.  After  leaving  the  home  farm  he  set- 
tled at  Lyndeboro,  New  Hampshire,  continu- 
ing his  New  Hampshire  residence  until  about 
1800,  when  he  removed  to  Plainfield,  New 
York,  where  he  died  twenty-five  years  later. 


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He  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  town,  serving 
as  selectman  in  1768  and  1774;  moderator  of 
town  meetings,  1 781 -82-85-86-91 ;  representa- 
tive to  general  court  at  Concord,  1784,  being 
the  second  man  to  be  selected  for  that  office 
from  his  town.  He  served  in  the  revolution- 
ary war  as  captain,  Third  Regiment  Volun- 
teers. This  regiment  was  engaged  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  where  Captain  Levi  Spaulding 
was  in  command  of  his  company,  and  history 
relates  that  the  New  Hampshire  troops  ren- 
dered gallant  and  efficient  service.  He  was  at 
the  battle  of  Trenton,  and  at  Valley  Forge 
during  that  terrible  winter  of  1777-78.  He 
was  afterwards  transferred  and  came  under 
the  immediate  command  of  General  Washing- 
ton, serving  throughout  the  war,  and  wit- 
nessed the  final  surrender  at  Yorktown.  He 
received  an  honorable  discharge  and  was  in 
receipt  of  a  captain's  pension  until  his  death. 
He  married  (first)  Anna  Burns,  (second) 
Lois  Goodrich,  December  30,  1778;  of  his 
eleven  children,  eight  were  by  his  first  wife. 
Children:  i.  Betsey,  born  November  18,  1759; 

married Holt.    2.  Olive,  April  8,  1762; 

married  Lovell  Lewis,  and  removed  to  Lewis- 
ton,  New  York.  3.  Edward,  of  further  men- 
tion. 4.  George,  born  September  14,  1766; 
came  to  his  death  by  drowning,  while  yet  a 
young  man.  5.  Martha,  born  April  6,  1768; 
married  (first)  Joseph  Knight,  of  New  Ips- 
wich,  New  Hampshire;    (second)    April    11, 

I793» Emerson.    6.  Esther,  born  July  7, 

1770.  7.  Levi  (2),  bom  January  25,  1772; 
killed  by  being  thrown  from  a  sleigh,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1824;  married  Qara  Godard,  and 
left  issue:  Ruth,  E>avid,  Levi,  Dana,  Nancy, 
Levi  Bums,  Qarissa  and  Sylvester.    8.  John, 

born  about   1774;   married  —  Putnam; 

they  both  lived  to  the  great  age  of  ninety-eight 
years,  dying  the  same  year,  in  Marlow,  New 
Hampshire;  children:  John,  Putnam  and 
Nehemiah.  9.  Benjamin  Goodrich,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1779.  10.  Sewall,  born  March  i, 
.1782;  settled  in  Plainfield,  New  York,  where 
he  died  August  i,  1825;  married,  January  3, 
181 1,  Nancy,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Phoebe 
(Covey)  Burdick;  children:  Louisa,  Amos 
Burdick,  Salome  and  Melissa.  11.  Lois  Good- 
rich, born  February  16,  1784;  married  Stephen 
Abbott ;  settled  at  Nashville,  New  York,  where 
he  died  about  1864;  she  aifter  1870. 

(VI)  Edward  (4),  son  of  CaptairrLevi  and 
his  first  wife  Anna  (Burns)  Spaulding,  was 
bom  in  Lyndeborough,  New  Hampshire,  No- 


vember 18,  1764;  died  in  Alexander,  New 
York,  September  14,  1845.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  an  early  settler  at  Plainfield,  Otsego 
county,  New  York ;  later  removed  to  Summer 
Hill,  Cayuga  county,  and  thence  to  Alexander, 
Genesee  county,  New  York,  where  both  he 
and  wife  died.  He  married,  October  30,  1788, 
Mehitable,  born  September  25,  1770,  died  July 
31,  1838,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sewall  Goodrich, 
of  Lyndeboro,  New  Hampshire.  Children: 
I.  Anna  Burns,  born  September  15,  1789,  mar- 
ried (first)  George  Gray,  died  1814;  of  Sum- 
mer Hill,  New  York,  April  25,  1808;  married 
(second)  August  20,  1817,  Loren  Hodges; 
died  October  i,  1846.  2.  Phebe  Putnam,  born 
September  i,  1791 ;  died  November  26,  1821 ; 
married,  April  28,  1808,  Sheffield  Burdick, 
died  November  26,  1821.  3.  Mehitable,  bom 
November  16,  1793;  married  Samuel  Crosby. 
4.  Nathaniel,  born  August  28,  1795;  soldier 
of  war  of  1812,  enlisting  from  Summer  Hill ;  • 
received  a  pension  for  his  services,  which  con- 
tinued until  his  death;  was  a  manufacturer 
of  joiners'  tools ;  married  (first)  Susan  Stage, 
of  Groton,  New  York;  (second)  Julia  Bradley 
Milliken;  (third)  Esther  Jane  Johnson;  re- 
sided in  Ithaca  and  died  in  Newfield,  New 
York,  December  13,  1871 ;  by  his  three  wives 
had  eleven  children.  5.  George,  bom  Novem- 
ber I,  1797;  married,  Febmary  13,  1828, 
Olive  Selover,  born  November  21,  1802;  died 
November  18,  1862.  6.  Elbridge  Gerry,  born 
1802,  died  young.  7.  Lucy,  born  May  20,  1804; 
married,  January  16,  1823,  Clark  Hammond. 
8.  Warren,  bom  November  10,  1806;  married 
(first)  May  8,  1827,  Caroline  Stillson,  of 
Auburn,  New  York;  (second)  November  20, 
1859,  Lavinia  Chesley,  at  Burlington,  Calhoun 
county,  Michigan;  ten  children,  all  by  first 
wife.  9.  Elbridge  Gerry  (2),  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(Vir)  Elbridge  Gerry,  son  of  Edward  and 
Mehitable  (Goodrich)  Spaufding,  was  born 
February  24,  1809,  at  Summer  Hill,  Cayuga 
county,  New  York ;  died  May  5,  1897.  When 
about  twenty  years  of  age  he  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  the  offices  of  Fitch  &  Dibble, 
Batavia  county.  New  York,  also  teaching 
school  and  acting  as  recording  clerk  in  the 
county  clerk's  office  during  the  first  two  years 
in  order  to  meet  his  necessary  expenses.  In 
1832  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Hon.  Harvey 
Putnam,  of  Attica,  where  he  continued  his 
law  studies  until  his  admission  to  the  Genesee 
county  bar.     In  1834  he  removed  to  Buffalo, 


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New  York,  where  he  continued  the  study  and 
practice  of  law,  being  connected  with  the  law 
firm  of  Potter  &  Babcock.    At  the  May  term 
of  the  supreme  court  in  1836  he  was  admitted 
to   practice    in   the   supreme   court   of    New 
York   state  as  an   attorney   and   solicitor  in 
chancery.     In  1836  he  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship with  George  R.  Babcock,  and  later  with 
Heman  B.  Potter,  continuing  until  1844,  and 
later  was  associated  with  Hon.  John  Ganson, 
with  whom  he  continued  until  1844.     During 
his  legal  career  he  enjoyed  an  extensive  and 
lucrative  practice,  but  he  is  best  known  for  his 
public  life  and  services.     In  1836  he  was  ap- 
pointed city  clerk  of  Buffalo,  and  in  1841  was 
elected  alderman,  serving  as  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee.    In  1847  ^^  ^^^  elected 
mayor  of  Buffalo.  Among  the  important  meas- 
ures   inaugurated    during   his    administration 
was  the  adoption  by  the  state  of  the  Erie  and 
Ohio  canal  basins  for  enlarging  harbor  and 
docking  facilities  at  Buffalo,  the  organization 
of  the  Buffalo  Gas  Light  Company,  for  light- 
ing the  city,  and  the  adoption  of  an  extensive 
system  of  sewerage.     In  1848  he  was  elected 
to  the  house  of  assembly,  serving  as  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  canals.    In  Novem- 
ber,  1848,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
thirty-first    congress,    which    met    December, 
1849.    He  supported  on  every  ballot  Robert  C. 
Winthrop  for  speaker ;  served  on  the  commit- 
tee on  foreign  relations;  opposed  the  exten- 
sion of  slavery  on  all  occasions ;  supported  the 
policy  of  President  Taylor  in  admitting  Cali- 
fornia as  a  free  state ;  and  opposed  the  Fugi- 
tive Slave  law  and  the  compromise  measures 
adopted  in  1850,  which  received  the  approba- 
tion  of   President   Fillmore,    who    succeeded 
after  the  death  of  President  Taylor.    In  1853 
he  was  elected  treasurer  of  New  York  state, 
and  ex  officio  a  member  of  the  canal  board, 
serving  two  years  from  January  i,  1854.    As 
a  member  of  the  canal  board  he  approved  the 
plans  and  let  contracts  for  enlarging  thb  Erie 
and  Oswego  canals.     He  opposed  the  repeal 
of  the  Missouri  Compromise  in  1854 ;  took  an 
active  part  in  organizing  the  Republican  party ; 
was  for  several  years  a  member  of  the  state 
central  committee,  and  in  i860  was  an  active 
member  of  the  congressional  executive  com- 
mittee in  conducting  the  campaign  which  re- 
sulted in  the  election  of  Abraham  Lincoln  to 
the  presidency.    In  1858  he  was  elected  to  the 
thirty-sixth     congress;     re-elected     in     i860, 
serving  four  years  on  the  ways  and  means 


committee.  As  chairman  of  the  sub-commit- 
tee of  ways  and  means  he  drafted  the  national 
currency  bank  bill,  and  originated  the  legal 
tender  act  for  the  issue  of  treasury  fundable 
notes,  to  circulate  as  money,  which  he  intro- 
duced in  the  house  of  representatives,  De- 
cember 30,  1861.  He  advocated  it  as  a  war 
measure,  and  opened  the  debate  upon  the  bill 
in  an  exhaustive  speech,  showing  the  impera- 
tive necessity  of  the  measure  to  sustain  the 
army  and  navy.  While  severely  criticised,  the 
arguments  he  presented  have  never  been  suc- 
cessfully controverted,  and  had  great  influence 
in  carrying  the  bill  through  congress.  Nearly 
all  the  most  important  loan  laws  for  carrying 
on  the  war  originated  with  the  sub-committee 
of  ways  and  means,  of  which  Mr.  Spaulding 
was  chairman.  In  1869  he  issued  a  financial 
history  of  the  war  entitled  "History  of  the 
Legal  Tender  Paper  Money  Issued  during 
the  Great  Rebellion."  In  a  letter  to  him  dated 
August  3,  1869,  Hon.  Charles  Sumner,  of 
Massachusetts,  said,  in  reference  to  this  his- 
tory, "In  all  our  early  financial  trials,  while 
the  war  was  most  menacing,  you  held  a  posi- 
tion of  great  trust,  giving  you  opportunity  and 
knowledge.  The  first  you  used  at  the  time 
most  patriotically,  and  the  second  you  now 
use  for  the  instruction  of  the  country."  After 
the  close  of  the  civil  war,  Mr.  Spaulding  re- 
tired from  public  life,  devoting  his  time  to  his 
banking  and  business  interest  until  his  final 
retirement.  He  had  been  engaged  in  banking 
since  1852.  In  1864  he  organized  the  Farmers 
and  Mechanics  National  Bank  of  Buffalo, 
owned  a  large  majority  of  the  stock,  and  was 
its  president  until  his  death. 

Proud  of  his  revolutionary  ancestry,  Mr. 
Spaulding  erected  in  1875  a  monument  in 
Buffalo  dedicated  to  the  honor  of  the  Spauld- 
ings  who  fought  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
of  whom  there  were  seven,  as  shown  on  one 
side  of  the  monument: 


LEVI 

SPALDIN 

Joseph 

Thomas 

Jonas 

Uriah 

Eben 

John 

William 

Ebenezer 

1775 

187s 

June 

17 

100  years 

;  of 

progress. 

Mr.  Spaulding  spent  his  last  years  in  quiet 
retirement  at  Buffalo,  enjoying  his  beautiful 
home,  with  surroundings  in  accord  with  his 
cultivated  tastes.     He  was  a  member  of  the 


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church  and  of  many  of  the  city's  leading  civil, 
charitable  and  philanthropic  organizations.  He 
married  (first)  September  5,  1837,  Jane  An- 
toinnette  Rich,  who  died  August  6,  1841.  He 
married  (second)  September  5,  1842,  Nancy 
Selden  Strong,  who  died  May  4,  1852;  mar- 
ried (third)  May  2,  1854,  Delia  Strong,  widow 
of  Clark  Robinson.  Children,  all  by  second 
marriage:  i.  Charlotte,  born  July  17,  1843; 
married,  February  27,  1866,  Franklin  Sidway ; 
residence,  Buffalo,  New  York.  2.  Edward 
Rich  (see  forward).  3.  Samuel  Strong,  born 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  June  26,  1849;  mar- 
ried, October  15,  1875,  i"  Buffalo,  Annie  Mar- 
garet Watson,  born  September  30,  1852  (see 
Watson)  ;  children :  i.  Marion,  born  November 
24,  1876;  married.  May  23,  1899,  William  G. 
Meadows,  born  November  i,  1870;  child:  Wil- 
liam G.  (2),  born  March  4,  1901 ;  Samuel 
Strong  (2),  born  October  30,  1902;  Rufus 
Watson,  born  July  28,  1908;  Ann,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1909.  ii.  Charlotte,  born  November 
II,  1879;  married,  May  5,  1908,  Langdon  All- 
bright,  bom  December  15,  1880;  children: 
Charlotte,  born  January  15,  1910;  Harriet, 
twin  of  Charlotte,  iii.  Elbridge  Gerry,  born 
August  2,  1881 ;  educated  at  St.  Mark's  Pre- 
paratory School,  Southboro,  Massachusetts ; 
Yale  University,  Sheffield  Scientific  School, 
graduating  class  of  1905 ;  now  of  firm  of 
Spaulding  &  Spaulding,  wholesale  dealers  in 
coal  and  coke;  member  of  Saturn,  Country, 
and  Auto  clubs  of  Buffalo,  and  Yale  Club  of 
New  York  City;  married,  November  3,  1909, 
Marion,  only  child  of  W.  Caryl  and  Grace 
(Keeller)  Ely.  iv.  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer, 
born  February  24,  1884;  educated  at  St. 
Mark's,  Southboro,  Massachusetts;  now  of 
firm  of  Spaulding  &  Spaulding;  member  of 
Saturn,  Country,  and  Auto  clubs  of  Buffalo; 
married,  December  29,  1906,  Marion,  born 
August  27,  1884,  daughter  of  Thomas  C.  and 
Lizzie  (Atwater)  Perkins. 

(VIH)  Edward  Rich,  son  of  Elbridge  Gerry 
Spaulding,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
November  7,  1845.  He  was  educated  in  the 
city  schools,  and  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Massachusetts.  At  about  the  age  of  eighteen 
he  entered  the  Farmers  &  Mechanics  Bank, 
founded  by  his  father,  became  cashier,  and 
rose  to  the  presidency.  He  also  became  presi- 
dent of  the  Buffalo  Gas  Light  Company  and 
held  this  office  until  its  consolidation  into  the 
present  company  in  1897.  This  year  practi- 
cally marked  his  retirement  from  active  busi- 


ness. He  retained  his  Buffalo  residence,  but 
occupied  it  only  about  two  months  a  year, 
passing  most  of  his  time  in  Santa  Barbara, 
California,  where  he  built  a  handsome  home. 
On  Saturday,  April  4,  1908,  he  was  injured 
in  a  runaway  accident  in  Santa  Barbara,  Cali- 
fornia, and  died  April  8th.  Later  the  remains 
were  conveyed  to  Buffalo  and  entered  in  the 
family  lot  at  Forest  Lawn  cemetery.  He  mar- 
ried, January  6,  1875,  Mary  Tenney,  daughter 
of  Amos  A.  Blanchard,  of  Buffalo,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Major  William  Tenney,  of  Hano- 
ver, New  Hampshire.  Children :  Bertha,  born 
November  2Ty  1875 ;  Exiward  Blanchard,  born 
October  31,  1879,  died  March  4,  1880;  Harry 
Blanchard,  of  whom  further;  Samuel  Strong, 
born  January  i,  1884;  Albert  Tenney,  July  25, 
1886;  Ruth  Tenney,  September  15,  1887;  Ed- 
ward Selden,  March  7,  189 1. 

(IX)  Harry  Blanchard,  son  of  Edward  Rich 
and  Mary  Tenney  (Blanchard)  Spaulding, 
was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  October  19, 
1881. 

He  was  prepared  at  the  Thatcher  School, 
Ojai  Valley,  California,  then  entered  Yale  Uni- 
versity, wh«re  he  was  graduated,  class  of  1905. 
His  business  life  began  with  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company,  with  whom  he  spent  one  year, 
connected  with  the  purchasing  department.  He 
was  then  elected  treasurer  of  the  John  R. 
Keim  Mills  Company,  of  Buffalo,  remaining 
in  that  connection  until  February,  1910,  when 
the  company  sold  their  mills  and  business.  In 
the  same  month  and  year  Mr.  Spaulding  was 
elected  treasurer  of  the  Long  Grate  Bar  Com- 
pany, engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  revolving 
and  rocking  boiler  grates.  He  is  an  Inde- 
pendent in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  His  clubs  are  the  Saturn, 
Auto,  Country  of  Buffalo,  Yale  of  New  York 
City,  and  the  Elihu  of  New  Haven.  He  mar- 
ried, October  3,  1908,  Mary  Louise,  born  Jan- 
uary 27,  1887,  daughter  of  Harry  T.  Randall, 
cashier  of  the  Manufacturers  and  Traders 
Bank  of  Buffalo. 

(The  Watson  Line). 

John  Watson  died  in  1728 ;  he  was  of  North 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island.  May  14,  1683,  he 
took  John  Straight  for  an  apprentice  "to  serve 
sixteen  years  from  the  first  of  March  last  to 
learn  his  master's  trade  of  tailoring."  In  1687 
he  was  constable;  1688,  grand  juror;  1690, 
conservator  of  the  peace;  1690,  deputy.  He 
married    (first)    Dorcas   Gardiner;    (second) 


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Rebecca    Gardiner,    supposed    to    have    been 
sister  of  his  first  wife;  six  children. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Dorcas  Gardiner,  was  born  July  22,  1676;  died 
November  18,  1772.  He  was  of  South  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island;  was  deputy,  1718-21-22-23- 
24-25-26;  married,  April  8,  1703,  Hannah 
Champlin;  died  October  31,  1720;  seven  chil- 
dren. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Han- 
nah (Champlin)  Watson,  was  bom  March  13, 
1710 ;  married . 

(IV)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3),  was  born 
May  23,  1737;  married,  October  17,  1764, 
Desire  Wheeler,  born  November  27,  1748. 

(V)  Rufus,  son  of  John  (4)  and  Desire 
(Wheeler)  Watson,  was  bom  1774;  died  1856; 
married  Mercy  Stanton,  born  May  22,  1784; 
died  March  16,  1835. 

(VI)  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  son  of  Rufus 
and  Mercy  (Stanton)  Watson,  was  born  June 
13,  1817;  died  January  15,  1880;  married,  Jan- 

'  uary  7,  1847,  Charlotte  Amelia  Sherman. 

(VII)  Annie  M.,  daughter  of  Stephen  Van 
Rensselaer  Watson;  married  Samuel  Strong 
Spaulding. 

The  first  person  bearing  the 
STOCKTON     Stockton  name  to  come  to 

this  country  was  Rev.  Jonas 
Stockton,  M.  A.,  who  with  his  son  Timothy, 
then  aged  fourteen  years,  came  to  Virginia 
in  the  ship  "Bona  Nova,"  in  1620.  He  was 
for  many  years  incumbent  of  the  parishes  of 
Elizabeth  City  and  Bermuda  Hundred,  and  be- 
came the  founder,  of  a  numerous  family  of  de- 
scendants, many  of  whom  have  become  dis- 
tinguished. His  cousin  Prudence,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Stockton,  rector  of  Alchester  and 
Kingbolt,  married,  June  18,  1612,  Edward 
Holyoke,  of  Tamworth,  later  of  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  became  the  foundress  of  the 
Holyoke  family  in  America.  The  next  Stock- 
tons to  emigrate  was,  according  to  Hotten's 
* 'Lists,"  Thomas  Stockton,  "aged  twenty-one," 
who  sailed  from  London  to  Boston  in  the  ship 
'True  Love,"  September  16,  1635.  Of  him 
nothing  more  is  known.  Finally,  Richard 
Stockton,  the  founder  of  the  family  at  present 
under  consideration. 

(I)  Richard  Stockton  was  found  in  Charles- 
ton, Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1639,  where  he 
is  witness  to  a  deed.  The  next  reference  to 
him  is  among  the  original  patentees  named  in 
the  charter  of  the  town  of  Flushing,   Long 


Island,  where  he  appears  to  have  been  a  prom- 
inent man,  being  rated  among  the  rather  well- 
to-do  citizens  of  the  place,  taking  a  prominent 
part  in  the  controversies  between  the  town 
and  Governor  Peter  Stuyvesant  on  religious 
matters,  holding  the  lieutenancy  of  the  Horse 
Guard  of  Flushing,  and  declining,  with  the 
consent  of  Governor  Niccolls,  an  election  to 
the  same  position  in  the  Foot  Guard.  Between 
1670  and  1680  he  became  converted  to  the 
tenets  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  selling 
his  Long  Island  property  he  removed  to 
Springfield  township,  Burlington  county,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  purchased  twelve  hundred 
acres  of  land  from  George  Hutchinson,  where 
he  lived  until  his  death,  between  January  25, 
1705-06,  and  October  10,  1707,  the  dates  of 
the  executing  and  filing  of  his  will.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail ,  who  survived  him,  being 

alive  April  14,  1714,  and  who,  there  is  some 
reason  to  suppose,  may  have  been  his  second 
wife.  Children,,  all  probably  born  in  New 
England  or  Long  Island :  Richard,  John,  Job, 
Abigail,  Mary,  Sarah,  Hannah  and  Elizabeth. 
(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Stockton,  was  born  about  1650  or  1660,  died 
in  Piscataway,  Middlesex  county.  New  Jersey, 
between  June  25  and  August  15,  1709.  His 
father  took  him  with  him  to  Springfield  town- 
ship, Burlington  county.  New  Jersey,  where  he 
remained  until  after  his  marriage,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Piscataway.  Later  he  bought  from 
William  Penn  the  famous  fifty-five  hundred 
acres  on  which  the  town  and  university  of 
Princeton  now  stand,  making  his  residence  on 
a  part  of  it.  In  1705  he  was  commissioned 
by  Lord  Cornbury,  ensign  of  the  militia  com- 
pany of  Springfield  and  Northampton  town- 
ships, under  Captain  Richard  Ellison,  and  in 
June,  1709,  he  became  one  of  the  trustees  of 
the  Stony  Brook  Friends'  meeting  house.  He 
married,  at  Chesterfield  monthly  meeting,  No- 
vember 8,  1691,  Susanna  (Witham)  Robinson, 
born  in  Whitby,  November  29,  1668,  died  April 
30,  1749,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Ann  Witham, 
of  Whitby,  Yorkshire,  England,  and  widow  of 
Thomas  Robinson,  of  Crosswicks.  After  her 
second  husband's  death  she  married  (third) 
Judge  Thomas  Leonard,  of  Princeton.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Piscataway:  i.  Richard, 
April  2,  1693,  died  March,  1760;  married 
Hester  Smith,  of  Jamaica,  Long  Island;  chil- 
dren: John  and  Ruth.  2.  Samuel  (of  whom 
further).  3.  Joseph,  May  5,  1697,  ^i^d  1770; 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Amy 


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(Whitehead)  Doughty;  children:  Daniel, 
Joseph,  Doughty,  Samuel,  John,  Amy,  Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  Sarah,  married  Richard,  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Farnsworth)  Stockton. 
4.  Robert,  April  3,  1699,  died  in  1744-45 ;  mar- 
ried (first) ;  (second)  Rebecca 

Phillips,  of  Maidenhead;  children:  Robert, 
Thomas,  Job,  Susanna,  Eunice,  Elizabeth, 
Sarah.  5.  John,  father  of  Richard  Stockton, 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence ;  he 
married,  February  21,  1729,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Philip  and  Rebecca  (Stockton)  Phillips,  of 
Maidenhead,  who  was  born  October  9,  1708. 
6.  Thomas,  born  1703. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  (2)  and 
Susanna  (Witham)  (Robinson)  Stockton, 
was  bom  February  12,  1694-95,  died  1739. 
He  inherited  five  hundred  acres  of  his  father's 
estate  and  lived  the  life  of  a  country  gentle- 
man. He  married  (first)  Amy,  daughter  of 
•Jacob  and  Amy  (Whitehead)  Doughty;  (sec- 
ond) Rachel,  daughter  of  Colonel  Joseph  and 
Ruth  (Horner)  Stout.  Children  by  first  mar- 
riage, Samuel  and  Amy ;  by  second  marriage : 
Joseph,  who  remained  loyal  to  the  King  dur- 
ing the  revolution;  went  to  the  Bermuda 
Islands,  where  he  founded  the  Bermuda  branch 
of  the  family;  Richard  Witham  (of  whom 
further)  ;  Jacob ;  Rachel ;  Ann,  married  Rev. 
Andrew  Hunter,  father  of  the  famous  revo- 
lutionary chaplain. 

(IV)  Richard  Witham,  second  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Rachel  (Stout)  Stockton,  was  major 
of  the  Sixth  Battalion,  New  Jersey  Volunteers 
(Loyalists).  He  was  surprised  with  sixty-three 
privates  of  his  command  and  taken  prisoner, 
February  18,  1777,  by  Colonel  John  Neilson, 
and  was  sent  in  irons  to  Philadelphia  by  order 
of  General  Putnam.  To  this  course  General 
Washington  protested,  he  considering  Major 
Stockton  should  be  treated  as  a  prisoner-of- 
war,  not  as  a  felon.  He  was  tried  and  later 
accompanied  the  Tory  refugees  to  New  Bruns- 
wick, taking  with  him  four  of  his  sons  and 
a  daughter.  Richard  Stockton,  of  Somerset 
county,  New  Jersey,  was  advertised  August 
28,  1779,  as  "a  fugitive  now  with  the  enemy,'' 
probably  the  same  person.  He  married  Mary 
Hatfield,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hatfield,  of  Eliz- 
abeth, New  Jersey.  He  became  one  of  the 
original  patentees  of  Parrtown,  later  St.  John, 
New  Brunswick,  where  he  died.  He  had  twelve 
or  thirteen  children,  and  the  eldest  son  was 
Charles  Witham  (of  whom  further). 

(V)  Charles  Witham,  son  of  Major  Richard 


Witham  and  Mary  (Hatfield)  Stockton,  was 
born  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  July  16,  1756, 
died  at  Walton,  New  York,  December  i,  1822. 
He  married  (first)  January  14,  1779,  at  New- 
ton, New  Jersey,  Elizabeth  North,  born  Jan- 
uary 13,  1764,  died  July  18,  1805.  He  married 
(second)  Elizabeth  Coleman,  born  February 
4,  1777,  died  April  14,  1848.  He  had  thirteen 
children  by  his  first  wife,  six  by  his  second. 

(VI)  Dr.  Charles  Lewis  Stockton,  second 
child  of  Charles  Witham  and  his  second  wife, 
Elizabeth  (Coleman)  Stockton,  was  bom  in 
Walton,  New  York,  January  15,  1815,  died  in 
Capeville,  Virginia,  May  23,  1874.  He  was 
reared  in  the  family  of  Erastus  Root,  who  was 
the  husband  of  his  eldest  sister.  Erastus  Root 
was  bom  in  Hebron,  Connecticut,  March  16, 
1773,  died  suddenly  in  New  York  City,  while 
en  route  for  Washington,  D.  C,  I>ecember  24, 
1846.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state  assembly, 
1798-1802,  and  many  terms  subsequently;  a 
Democratic  representative  in  the  eighth, 
eleventh,  fourteenth  and  twenty-second  con- 
gresses, 1803-05-09- 1 1- 1 5- 17-3 1-33;  state  sena- 
tor, 1818-22-30;  lieutenant-governor  of  the 
state,  1823-25,  and  again  state  senator,  1841- 
45.  He  was  the  author  of  "Addresses  to  the 
People"  (1824). 

Dr.  Stockton  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Delhi  Academy,  Walton,  Delaware 
county.  New  York,  after  which  he  matriculated 
at  Fairfield  Medical  College,  Herkimer,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
.years.  For  four  years  he  was  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business  with  his  kinsmen,  the  St. 
Johns,  in  New  York.  He  then  renounced 
business  life  and  took  up  the  study  of  medicine 
with  his  brothers,  William  Severyn  and  Rich- 
ard Witham  Stockton,  the  latter  a  surgeon  in 
the  war  of  1812,  received  his  degree  of  M.D., 
and  practiced  his  profession  in  Chautauqua 
coun^.  New  York,  and  in  the  states  of  Ohio 
and  Indiana.  On  horseback,  with  saddle  bags 
filled  with  drugs  and  medicine,  he  traveled 
through  the  states  of  Kentucky,  Missouri, 
Louisiana,  Arkansas  and  Texas,  treating  such 
cases  as  he  met  with  on  his  journeyings.  After 
a  few  years  spent  in  this  migratory  fashion  he 
returned  to  New  York,  settling  at  Ripley, 
where  he  married.  He  again  took  up  his  rov- 
ing life;  he  spent  six  years  in  the  state  of 
Indiana,  going  from  there  to  Ohio,  thence  to 
Virginia,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
He  was  a  man  of  decided  talent  and  brilliant 
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and  adventure  that  he  was  not  content  to  settle 
and  work  upward  to  the  high  positions  he  was 
qualified  to  fill.  He  was  a  strong  Abolitionist, 
his  southern  life  having  enabled  him  to  see 
slavery  as  it  existed  in  the  cotton  states  in  its 
worst  form.  He  supported  the  Republican 
party  for  many  years,  but  subsequently,  dur- 
ing the  reconstruction  period,  was  affiliated 
with  the  Democracy.  He  married,  January  i6, 
1837,  Sarah  ShaefFer,  of  Oneida  county,  New 
York,  born  May  23,  1820,  died  at  Buffalo, 
New  York,  October  11,  1900.  Children:  Caro- 
line Elizabeth,  born  January  11,  1838,  died  in 
March,  1841 ;  Henry  Eugene,  born  August  9, 
1839,  died  on  the  same  day  as  his  sister,  Caro- 
line E. ;  Mary  Gertrude,  born  January  5,  1846; 
Emma  Adalaide,  March  15,  1848;  Charles 
Gleason  (of  whom  further). 

(VH)  Dr.  Charles  Gleason  Stockton,  only 
son  of  Dr.  Charles  Lewis  and  Sarah 
(Shaeflfer)  Stockton,  was  born  in  Ohio, 
August  27,  1853.  His  early  education  was 
under  private  tutors  in  Virginia  and  Ohio, 
after  which  he  prepared  for  college  at  West- 
field  Academy,  New  York.  He  decided  on  the 
profession  of  medicine,  entered  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Buffalo, 
whence  he  was  graduated  M.D.,  class  of  1878. 
For  ten  years  he  was  engaged  in  general  prac- 
tice in  the  city  of  Buflfalo.  Since  1888  he  has 
been  Professor  of  Medicines  in  the  University 
of  Buflfalo ;  was  surgeon  of  the  Seventy-fourth 
Regiment,  New  York  National  Guard,  with 
the  rank  of  major ;  past  president  of  the  Medi- 
cal Society,  State  of  New  York,  and  Buflfalo 
Academy  of  Medicine;  for  ten  years  state 
medical  examiner  for  the  Royal  Arcanum ;  for 
three  years  physician  at  the  Penitentiary; 
house  physician  at  the  Buffalo  General  Hospi- 
tal ;  attending  physician  since  1888 ;  consulting 
physician  at  the  Erie  County  Hospital,  Ernest 
Wende  Hospital,  Sisters*  Hospital,  and  at  the 
New  York  State  Hospital  for  Crippled  Chil- 
dren, at  Tarry  town,  New  York.  Dr.  Stockton 
is  a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  and 
of  the  Saturn  and  Park  clubs  of  Buflfalo. 

He  married,  November  23,  1875,  Mary  L.  . 
Taylor,  daughter  of  D.  H.  Taylor,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Hon.  Thomas  B.  Campbell.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Harriet  Sarah,  born  August  30,  1877; 
married,  September  19,  1901,  Maulsby  Kim- 
ball ;  children :  Charles  Stockton  Kimball,  bom 
August  17,  1902;  Maulsby  Kimball  (2),  May 
20,  1904;  Emily  Nelson  Kimball,  February  2, 
1909.     2.   Mary   Louise,  born  December  16, 


1883,  died  April  28,  1905.  3.  Lucy  Witham, 
born  April  19,  1888.  4.  Dorothy  Taylor,  May 
18,  1891. 


This   name  is   found   among 
HORNING    those   of   the   inhabitants   of 

Mechlenburg,  Germany,  where 
for  many  years  prior  to  the  emigration  to  the 
United  States  the  family  had  lived.  They  were 
industrious,  hardworking  people,  possessed  of 
those  German  elements  of  character  that  al- 
ways make  for  success  in  life  wherever  they 
settle.  This  record  begins  with  John  Horning, 
of  Mechlenburg,  who  owned  a  small  farm  on 
which  he  lived  and  reared  a  family  of  eight 
children,  six  of  whom  emigrated  to  the  United 
States,  namely :  John  H.  (of  whom  further)  ; 
Joseph,  William,  Sophia,  Duretta,  Fred. 

(H)  John  H.,  son  of  John  Homing,  was 
born  in  Mechlenburg,  Germany,  1836,  died  in 
Otto,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  January 
10,  1889.  He  was  educated  in  Germany,  where 
he  married  and  worked  at  farming  until  1871, 
when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  finaJly 
settling  in  Little  Valley,  New  York.  He 
worked  for  the  farmers  of  the  town  until  his 
savings  enabled  him  to  purchase  a  farm  of 
fifty  acres,  which  he  successfully  operated  as 
a  dairy  farm.  He  prospered  and  was  a  highly- 
respected  citizen  of  the  town.  He  was  of  quite, 
unassuming  manner,  but  full  of  energy  and 
force.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Lutheran 
church  in  Germany,  but  as  there  was  no  church 
of  that  denomination  in  Little  Valley  at  that 
time  he  worshiped  with  his  family  in  the 
Methodist  church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican, but  never  took  active  part  in  public 
aflfairs.  He  married  Maria  Peters,  who  was 
born  in  Mechlenburg,  Germany,  1833,  ^^^^  ^" 
Otto,  New  York,  1884.  Children:  i.  Eliza, 
born  May  3,  1857;  married  Richard  L. 
Wearne.  2.  Henreca,  born  February  12,  1862; 
married  Fred  B.  Herrick;  children:  Vevah, 
married  Harry  Abbey ;  Arthur.  3.  Mary,  born 
May  6,  1864 ;  married  Fred  Schmail ;  children : 
Beulah  and  Otis.  4.  John  David  (of  whom 
further). 

(HI)  John  David,  youngest  child  of  John 
H.  Horning,  was  born  in  Mechlenburg,  Ger- 
many, May  7,  1866.  When  he  was  five  years 
of  age  his  parents  came  to  this  country,  set- 
tling in  Little  Valley,  New  York.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  that  place  until  the  re- 
moval of  his  parents  to  Otto,  and  in  the  schools 
of  that  town  completed  his  studies.     He  then 


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turned  his  attention  to  the  occupation  of  cheese 
making,  which  line  of  work  he  followed  in 
various  parts  of  the  country  from  1885  ^^ 
1903,  a  period  of  eighteen  years.  In  the  latter 
named  year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  C. 
J.  Qair  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  J.  Clair  & 
Company,  cheese  manufacturers,  in  which  en- 
terprise they  were  highly  successful,  and  this 
connection  continued  until  1910,  when  Mr. 
Homing  disposed  of  his  interest,  retiring  from 
the  cheese  manufacturing  business.  He  then 
devoted  his  attention  to  the  cutlery  business, 
in  which  he  is  engaged  at  the  present  time 
(1912)  and  of  which  he  is  making  a  success. 
He  is  a  member  and  steward  of  the  Methodfst 
Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Horning  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  for  eight  years  held  the  office  of  as- 
sessor in  Little  Valley,  New  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  Little  Valley  Lodge,  No.  812,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  married  Alice 
Elizabeth  Briggs,  bom  October  13,  1865, 
daughter  of  Lewis  C.  Briggs  (see  Briggs 
Vni).    Child:    Cecil  LeRoy,  born  December 

8,    1890. 

(The   Briggs   Line). 

(I)  John  Briggs,  the  first  member  of  the 
line  here  under  consideration  of  whom  we 
have  definite  information,  was  in  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  October,  1638.  He  was  possessed  of 
some  fortune,  as  would  appear  from  his  nu- 
merous land  purchases  in  Rhode  Island  and 
Massachusetts.  He  moved  to  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island,  in  1639,  was  a  member  of  the 
general  court  and  commissioner  for  the  four 
towns  of  Providence  Plantations.  He  is  of 
frequent  mention  in  colonial  records,  both  as 
an  official  and  in  land  transfers.  His  will, 
dated  April  19,  1690,  was  probated  September 
17,  1690.  He  does  not  mention  his  wife,  as 
she  had  preceded  him  to  the  grave.  He  men- 
tions sons:  John,  Thomas,  Enoch,  John; 
daughter,  Susanna. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Briggs, 
was  a  resident  of  Portsmouth  and  Little 
Compton,  Rhode  Island.  He  inherited  land 
from  his  father  and  purchased  another  tract 
at  Tiverton.  He  also  received  land  from  his 
father-in-law.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Edward  Fisher,  of  Portsmouth.  Sons :  Ed- 
ward and  John,  and  possibly  Job  and  William. 
There  is  no  record  of  daughters. 

(III)  Edward,  son  of  John  (2)  Briggs,  was 
a  wheelwright,  and  at  various  times  made  land 


purchases  in  Rhode  Island  and  Massachusetts. 
His  wife  Sarah  survived  him  and  made  sev- 
eral land  transfers  after  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band, about  1718.  Both  the  wills  of  Edward 
and  his  wife  are  found  in  Taunton  records. 
Children:  Deborah,  bofn  March  11,  1693; 
Hannah,  December  19,  1698;  Walter,  Febru- 
ary 19,  1701 ;  Josiah,  March  4,  1703;  Charles, 
February  20,  171 1.  Walter,  the  eldest  son, 
settled  in  West  Chester,  New  York,  and  is 
the  ancestor  of  a  numerous  progeny. 

(IV)  Josiah,  second  son  of  Edward  Briggs, 
was  born  in  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  March  4, 

1703.     He  married  Lillie  — .     Children: 

Sarah,  born  February  21,  1752;  Ephraim  (of 
whom  further). 

(V)  Ephraim,  son  of  Josiah  Briggs,  was 
born  June  29,  1756,  and  lived  in  Massachu- 
setts. He  ^married  and  has  sons,  including 
Ephraim  (of  whom  further). 

(VI)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Briggs,  was  bom  in  Massachusetts,  October  5, 
1785,  and  at  an  early  date  he  settled  on  Blade 
Creek,  Allegany  county,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Cheesman,  born  November  11, 
1793.  Children:  Elias,  born  July  6,  1810; 
Ephraim  (3),  March  9,  181 1 ;  Calvin,  Septem- 
ber 2.y,  1812;  Calvin,  December  6,  1814; 
Maria;  Lucinda;  John,  born  April  12,  1822; 
Elizabeth,  September  13,  1824;  James  H.,  May 
25,  1827;  Lewis  C.  (of  whom  further). 

(VII)  Lewis  C,  son  of  Ephraim  (2) 
Briggs,  was  born  May  19,  1829.  He  is  at 
the  present  time  (1912)  a  farmer  of  the  town 
of  Cuba,  Allegany  county,  New  York,  and  al- 
though in  his  eighty-third  year  actively  man- 
ages his  own  farm.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Ann  Ingalls,  born  1832,  died  April  21,  1910, 
daughter  of  John  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Mar- 
shall) Ingalls.  Children:  i.  Wallace  G.,  mar- 
ried Ida  Pratt ;  children :  Arthur  E.,  married 
Georgia  Rowland  and  has  a  son  Raymond ; 
Earl,  died  at  the  age  of  ten ;  Myrtie,  married 
John  Lyman  and  has  a  daughter  Lela ;  Maud, 
married  Amos  Peterson  and  has  Dbrothy  and 
Arthur;  Bertha,  married  Bertie  Roat  and  has 
Edith  and  Glenn;  Gladys,  married  Truman 
Gleason  and  has  Conley  Wallace ;  Ethel,  mar- 
ried Wells  Cornell ;  Hazel ;  Grace.  2.  Arthur, 
married  Mary    Jane    Greer;  children:     Lee, 

married    Edna   ;   one    child,    Russell; 

Cressie ;  Wilmah.  3.  Alice  Elizabeth,  married 
John  David  Horning  (see  Homing  III). 
4.  Addis,  married  Alice  Jenks ;  children :  Mor- 
ris, Lawrence,  Bessie. 


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The  genealogy  of  the  Jewett 
JEWETT    family  has  been  traced  to  Henri 

de  Juatt,  a  knight  of  the  First 
Crusade,  1096-1099.  In  ancient  records  the 
name  appears  as  Juett,  Juit,  Jewit,  and  in  other 
varied  forms,  but  in  all  cases  the  spelling  pre- 
serves the  pronunciation.  The  record  of  the 
Jewett  family  in  America  begins  with  the  set- 
tlement of  Rowley,  Massachusetts.  In  1638 
about  sixty  families,  led  by  Rev.  Ezekiel 
Rogers,  came  from  Yorkshire,  England,  and 
began  the  settlement  of  Rowley  early  the  fol- 
lowing season.  Among  these  pioneers  were 
the  brothers,  Maximilian  and  Joseph  Jewett, 
men  of  substance  from  Bradford,  Yorkshire, 
England.  It  is  from  Joseph  that  the  Jewetts 
of  Buffalo  descend. 

(I)  Edward  Jewett,  of  Bradford,  York- 
shire, England,  died  1615;  married,  1604, 
Mary  Taylor.  Qiildren :  William,  Maximilian, 
Joseph  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Edward  Jewett,  was 
born  in  Bradford,  England,  December  31, 
1609,  died  February  26,  1660.  He  came  to 
America,  landing  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
December  i,  1638,  accompanied  by  his  brother 
Maximilian.  He  married  Ann  Allen,  and  had 
a  son  Joseph. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Jew- 
ett, was  born  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1656.  He  married  Ruth  Wood,  and 
had  a  son  Joseph. 

(IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Jewett, 
married  Mary  Hibbard,  and  had  a  son  Nathan. 

(V)  Captain  Nathan  Jewett,  son  of  Joseph 
(3)  Jewett,  married  Deborah  Lord;  settled  in 
Lyme,  Connecticut,  and  had  a  son  Joseph. 

(VI)  Captain  Joseph  (4)  Jewett,  eldest  son 
of  Captain  Nathan  Jewett,  was  born  in  Lyme, 
December  13,  1732.  He  was  a  captain  in  the 
revolutionary  army,  serving  in  Colonel  Hunt- 
ington's regiment.  He  was  in  the  battle  of 
Flatbush,  Long  Island,  and,  being  taken 
prisoner,  surrendered  his  sword  to  a  British 
officer,  who  instantly  plunged  it  through  his 
body.  He  died  August  31,  1776.  He  married, 
May  18,  1758,.  his  second  cousin,  Lucretia 
Rogers,  born  May  4,  1740,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Theophilus  Rogers  and  Elizabeth  Hyde,  of 
Norwich,  Connecticut.    Ten  children. 

(VII)  Josiah,  fourth  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
Jewett,  was  born  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 29,  1773,  died  at  Moravia,  New  York, 
February  26,  i860.  He  moved  to  Moravia, 
Cayuga  county.  New  York,  in  1814,  where  he 


engaged  in  farming.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the 
church,  and  a  man  of  good  standing  in  his 
town.  He  married  (first)  November  29,  1798, 
Elizabeth  M.  Smith,  born  November  16,  1777, 
at  Durham,  Connecticut,  died  in  Moravia,  New 
York,  October  2,  1816.  Nine  children.  He 
married  (second)  January  16,  1817,  Sophia 
Skinner,  born  December  17,  1796,  daughter  of 
Colton  and  Prudence  (Prendegrass)  Skinner, 
of  Moravia.  Six  children,  all  born  in  Mo- 
ravia: I.  Sherman  S.,  born  January  17,  1818; 
became  a  leading  manufacturer  and  financier 
of  Buffalo,  New  York ;  organized  the  foundry 
firm  of  Jewett  &  Root  in  1843,  which  contin- 
ued thirty  years;  also  the  house  of  Sherman 
S.. Jewett  &  Company;  was  president  of  the 
Bank  of  BuflFalo  from  its  organization  until 
1890;  director  of  the  Manufacturers'  and 
Traders'  Bank,  thirty  years;  of  the  Marine 
Bank,  twenty  years ;  of  the  Columbia  National 
Bank  from  its  foundation  until  his  death,  also 
director  of  the  Bank  of  Niagara  Falls.  He 
was  heavily  interested  in  railroads,  insurance 
companies,  city  improvement,  and  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts  Academy, 
which  he  endowed  with  a  permanent  faind 
known  as  the  Jewett  fund.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  Republican  party ; 
served  in  Buffalo  common  council,  and  several 
times  as  mayor  pro  tern.  In  1880  he  was  pres- 
idential elector.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Buffalo  Qub,  and  president  of  the  Park 
Commission.  He  married,  August  14,  1839, 
Deborah  Dusenbury,  of  Buffalo.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1897.  2.  John  Cotton,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 3.  Joseph,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Dr.  Charles 
Carroll,  born  June  28,  1827;  married,  January 
17,  1856,  Ellen  R.  Burroughs,  of  Buffalo. 
5.  James  Harvey,  born  October  11,  1830; 
farmer ;  married,  June  3,  1854,  Mary  F.  Coly- 
com,  of  Sardinia,  New  York.  6.  Matilda 
Caroline,  born  December  8,  1824;  died  May 
17,  1849;  unmarried. 

(VIII)  John  Cotton,  second  son  of  Deacon 
Josiah  and  his  second  wife,  Sophia  (Skinner) 
Jewett,  was  born  in  Moravia,  Cayuga  county, 
New  York,  February  2,  1820,  died  at  Los 
Angeles,  California,  February  18,  1904.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  until 
seventeen  years  of  age  led  the  life  of  a  typical 
farmer  boy.  About  1837  he  joined  his  half- 
brother,  Samuel  Parson  Jewett,  who  was  a 
merchant  of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan.  He  at 
first  occupied  a  clerical  position,  but  showed 
such  business  ability  that  Samuel  soon  made 


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him  a  partner.  Later  John  C.  retired  from 
the  firm  and  established  a  general  store  at  Al- 
bion, Michigan.  In  1849  he  returned  to  New 
York  state,  locating  at  Buffalo,  where  he  be- 
gan in  a  small  way  the  manufacturing  of  re- 
frigerators. This  business  grew  step  by  step 
until  to-day  the  John  C.  Jewett  Manufacturing 
Company  sends  its  products  all  over  the  world. 
In  the  building  up  and  conducting  this  great 
business  he  was  ably  seconded  by  his  sons, 
Edgar  B.  and  Frederick  A.  Jewett.  Edgar  B. 
was  admitted  and  the  firm  became  John  C. 
Jewett  &  Son.  With  the  extension  of  their 
business  The  John  C.  Jewett  Manufacturing 
Company  was  incorporated.  Mr.  Jewett  re- 
tained an  active  interest  in  the  company  for 
forty  years,  and  was  the  father  of  one  of  the 
great  industries  of  Buffalo  and  New  York 
state,  and  must  al\vays  be  regarded  as  one  of 
the  important  pioneers  of  industrial  Buffalo. 
He  was  identified  with  the  Republican  party, 
and  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  February  2,  1843,  Priscilla 
Boardman,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  then  in 
her  seventeenth  year.  She  was  a  woman  of 
strong  mental  powers  and  every  Christian, 
womanly  virtue.  Children:  i.  Edgar  Board- 
man,  of  whom  further.  2.  Carrie  Amelia,  born 
October  3,  1847  j  married  Hugh  McKibbin. 
3.  Matilda  Caroline,  bom  August  11,  1849; 
married  Risley  Tucker.  4.  Ella,  born  April  7, 
1855,  in  Buffalo;  married  Willis  H.  Howes. 
5.  Frederick  Arthur,  bom  in  Buffalo,  Novem- 
ber 10,  1859,  died  April  3,  1906;  educated  in 
public  schools  and  De  Veaux  College,  Niagara 
Falls.  Early  in  1878  he  joined  his  father  and 
brother  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  John  C.  Jewett 
&  Son,  and  three  years  later  was  elected  treas- 
urer of  the  John  C.  Jewett  Manufacturing 
Company,  an  office  he  held  until  death.  He 
spent  a  great  deal  of  time  after  his  first  years 
of  close  application  to  business,  in  foreign 
travel.  He  married,  June  30,  1891,  Anna 
Louise,  daughter  of  Robert  W.  James,  of 
Lockport,  New  York;  children:  Robert  and 
Katherine.  6.  Mabel,  bom  in  Buffalo,  June 
22,  1864,  died  January  26,  1866. 

(IX)  Edgar  Boardman,  eldest  son  of  John 
Cotton  Jewett,  was  born  in  Ann  Arbor,  Michi- 
gan, December  14,  1843.  He  was  a  lad  of 
six  years  when  his  father  came  to  Buffalo, 
where  Edgar  B.  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  On  leaving  school  he  at  once  joined 
his  father  in  business,  and  in  1865  was  ad- 
mitted to  a  partnership  as  John  C.  Jewett  & 


Son.  The  business  of  manufacturing  refrig- 
erators grew  to  such  immense  proportions  that 
a  corporation  became  a  necessity,  and  in  1885 
the  John  C.  Jewett  Manufacturing  Company 
was  incorporated.  December  7,  1885,  he  was 
elected  president  and  general  manager  of  that 
company,  a  position  he  yet  holds  (1911)  in 
addition  to  other  important  official  duties.  He 
is  president  of  the  Jewett  Refrigerator  Com- 
pany and  vice-president  of  the  Cary  Safe  Com- 
pany, all  Buffalo  activities.  He  was  also  pres- 
ident of  Columbia  National  Bank  of  Buffalo, 
and  has  other  interests  of  a  minor  nature. 

Mr.  Jewett  has  never  been  so  absorbed  in 
business  as  to  overlook  his  duties  as  a  citizen. 
He  gave  twenty-four  years  service  to  his  state 
in  the  National  Guard,  and  wore  the  blue  dur- 
ing the  civil  war.  To  his  own  city  he  has 
given  honorable  service  as  chief  executive, 
and  his  influence  always  for  the  public  good. 
He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  C, 
Seventy-fourth  Regiment,  New  York  National 
Guard,  in  1861.  In  1863  that  regiment  was 
called  out,  and  he  was  on  duty  at  New  York 
City  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  during 
the  great  draft  riots,  and  was  instrumental  in 
restoring  peace  and  order  to  that  city  after  a 
week  of  riot  and  bloodshed.  Shortly  after- 
ward similar  conditions  existing  in  Buffalo,  the 
Seventy-fourth  was  again  called  into  action, 
their  service  in  the  two  cities  and  elsewhere 
covering  a  period  of  three  months.  In  May, 
1863,  he  was  elected  sergeant,  and  held  that 
rank  from  June  to  August  of  that  year,  the 
period  covering  the  draft  riots,  Lee's  invasion 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  campaign  imme- 
diately following,  in  which  Sergeant  Jewett 
participated  with  credit.  June  29,  1865,  he 
was  commissioned  first  lieutenant;  April  3, 
1866,  captain;  October  9,  1870,  inspector  of 
the  Fourteenth  Brigade;  April  11,  1877,  major 
and  also  inspector  of  rifle  practice  of  the 
Eighth  Brigade ;  October  25,  1880,  he  was  ap- 
pointed chief  of  staff  of  the  Fourteenth 
Brigade ;  March  29,  1884,  he  was  elected  brig- 
adier-general of  the  Eighth  Brigade,  serving 
until  December  7,  1885,  when  he  resigned  on 
account  of  his  increased  business  respon- 
sibilities. 

Always  a  Republican,  General  Jewett  has 
been  much  in  the  public  eye.  March  i,  1894, 
he  was  appointed  by  Mayor  Bishop,  a  police 
commissioner  of  Buffalo.  His  record  in  this 
office  brought  him 'the  nomination  for  mayor, 
and  the  following  November  he  was  elected 


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by  the  largest  majority  then  ever  given  a  can- 
didate for  that  office.  His  administration  was 
marked  by  much  needed  reform ;  twelve  new 
school  buildings,  among  them  the  new  Masten 
Park  High  School,  were  erected ;  street  clean- 
ing contracts  were  let  to  the  lowest  bidder,  and 
much  money  saved  the  city  by  this  rout  of  the 
hitherto  favored  bidders.  The  plan  of  utilizing 
vacant  city  lots  by  allowing  them  to  be  culti- 
vated, whereby  five  hundred  and  seventy-eight 
families  were  greatly  benefited,  was  a  plan  in- 
troduced by  Mayor  Jewett.  He  also  extended 
the  civil  service  to  include  the  entire  city  gov- 
ernment, and  widely  extended  the  merit  sys- 
tem. He  managed  the  business  of  his  office 
with  the  same  care  and  efficiency  shown  in 
his  private  business,  and  gave  Buffalo  a  prac- 
tical demonstration  of  clean  administrative 
methods.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
the  Good  Shepherd  (Episcopal)  and  is  prom- 
inent in  the  Masonic  Order,  holding  all  de- 
grees up  to  and  including  the  Thirty-second 
degree.  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite. 
His  club  is  the  Otowega  of  Buffalo. 

General  Jewett  has  always  been  interested 
in  the  preservation  of  the  history  of  his  family, 
and  on  July  7,  19 10,  was  elected  the  first  presi- 
dent of  The  Jewett  Family  of  America,  an  as- 
sociation of  the  descendants  of  Edward  Jew- 
ett, incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  Massachusetts  for  the  "Collection  and  pres- 
ervation of  books,  pamphlets,  documents, 
manuscripts  and  other  historical  and  antiquar- 
ian matter ;  the  publication  of  historical  articles 
from  time  to  time;  the  protection  of  records 
and  monuments  of  the  forefathers;  and  erec- 
tion of  suitable  memorials  and  the  holding  of 
re-unions  of  the  family  for  promoting  ac- 
quaintance and  good  fellowship." 

He  married  (first)  October  3,  1865,  ^^  A"" 
Arbor,  Michigan,  Elizabeth  Foster  Danforth, 
born  in  Ann  Arbor,  October  26,  1845,  ^^^^  >" 
Buffalo,  August  9,  1905,  daughter  of  George 
and  Mary  (Foster)  Danforth.  He  rnarried 
(second)  January  6,  1909,  Augusta  Elizabeth 
Fisher,  born  at  Tionesta,  Pennsylvania,  May 
9,  1870,  daughter  of  James  J.  and  Nancy  A. 
Fisher.  Children  of  first  marriage:  i.  Maude, 
born  January  8,  1868,  died  June  5,  1868. 
2.  George  Danforth,  born  May  21,  1869,  died 
August  21,  1869.  3.  John  Edgar,  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  187 1 ;  educated  in  Buffalo  schools; 
associated  in  business  with  his  father,  and  is 
vice-president  and  manager  of  the  Jewett  Re- 
frigerator Company  of  Buffalo.    He  married. 


April  24,  1893,  in  Buffalo,  Marian  Lucille 
Comstock;  children:  i.  Edgar  Boardman  (2), 
born  February  11,  1895.  "•  Richmond,  May 
2^,  1896.  iii.  John  Edgar  (2),  November  24, 
1898.  iv.  Jesse  Armstrong,  November  23,  1907. 
4.  Mabel,  educated  in  Buffalo  schools ;  married, 
in  Buffalo,  June  i,  1899,  Charles  A.  White, 
born  in  Elmira,  New  York,  August  4,  1869; 
children:  Jewett,  born  May  12,  1904;  Priscilla, 
June  2,  1907. 

The  first  of  the  Covell  family 
COVELL  in  this  country  was  Ezra  Covell, 
who  came  to  Plymouth  in  July, 
1635,  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  His  name 
was  on  the  list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  in 
1643.  The  names  Covell  -and  Cowell  were 
used  sometimes  interchangeably.  There  was 
a  John  Covell,  of  Marblehead,  in  1668,  but 
nothing  further  is  known  of  him.  Philip 
Covell  or  Cowell  lived  at  Maiden,  Massachu- 
setts ;  married  there,  November  26,  1687,  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  Philip  Atwood,  and  had  a 
daughter  Sarah,  born  April  13,  1689.  Joseph 
Covell  or  Cowell,  of  Woburn,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 2^^  1685,  Alice  Palmer  and  had  sons: 
Philip,  born  February  12,  1692,  died  young, 
and  Joseph,  born  December  9,  1694.  Edward 
Covell  or  Cowell  was  in  Boston  in  1645,  ^i^d 
there  September  12,  1691,  and  by  wife  Mar- 
garet had  John,  Joseph,  Elizabeth,  William, 
born  June  28,  1655. 

(H)  Nathaniel  Covell  is  reported  of  Chat- 
ham, Massachusetts,  son-in-law  of  William 
Nickerson  in  1667,  but  nothing  further  is 
found.  If  this  record  is  correct,  he  must  have 
been  a  son  of  Ezra  Covell,  mentioned  above. 
William  Nickerson  was  the  real  founder  of 
Monomoy  (Chatham).  During  the  first  twenty- 
five  years  it  was  little  more  than  a  Nickerson 
neighborhood.  There  was  no  settlement  of 
his  estate,  but  he  died  in  1689-90.  Several 
years  before  he  arranged  his  affairs  so  that 
the  management  passed  to  his  daughter,  Sarah 
Covell,  and  son,  William  Nickerson,  Jr.  He 
conveyed  as  early  as  February,  1685-86,  to 
Mrs.  Covell  all  his  property,  but  December  2, 
16S7,  he  and  his  daughter  joined  in  a  deed 
of  a  tract  of  land  called  Monamesett  Neck  and 
a  half-interest  in  his  other  property  except  the 
homestead  to  William  Jr.  Sarah  was  widow 
of  Nathaniel  Covell,  who  was  deputy  constable 
of  Monomoy  in  1674.  Ephraim  and  Joseph 
Covell,  doubtless  their  sons,  conveyed  land 
in  1715.     Another  son  Nathaniel  was  on  the 


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committee  to  range  and  renew  the  bounds  be- 
tween Harwich  and  Monomoy,  May  28,  1703. 
Nathaniel  Covell  Sr.  was  with  Robert  Eldred 
and  Tristram  Hedges,  all  sons-in-law  of  Wil- 
liam Nickerson,  sued  in  October,  1666,  by  a 
rival  claimant  to  their  lands.  Nathaniel  Covell 
died  soon  afterward. 

(HI)  Joseph  Covell,  of  Monomoy,  son  of 
Nathaniel  Covell,  married  (second)  March  i, 
1703-04,  Hannah  Bassett  at  Eastham.  By  his 
first  wife  Lydia  he  had  Lydia,  born  July  12, 
1701 ;  married  May  16,  1716,  Thomas  Nicker- 
son, at  Chatham. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Joseph  Covell,  lived  at 
Harwich  and  in  that  part  of  the  county  ceded 
to  Chatham  about  1723,  when  he  was  school- 
master in  Chatham  for  thirty  pounds  a  quar- 
ter. He  married,  October  12,  1721,  Thankful 
Bangs  and  had  Elizabeth,  born  July  9,  1722, 
at  Chatham;  John  (mentioned  below). 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Joseph  Covell,  mar- 
ried, at  Chatham,  May  16,  1727.  He  appears 
to  have  had  a  second  wife  Mary,  and  a  third 
wife  Jerusha,  who  was  living  in  1758.  Chil- 
dren of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Covell,  born  at 
Chatham :  Joseph,  born  July  3,  1741 ;  Nathan- 
iel;  Obadiah,  January  28,  1744;  Dorcas,  June 
I,  1747;  Isaac,  April  6,  1749;  Judah,  March 
25,  175 1 ;  Ebenezer,  December  6,  1752;  Dor- 
cas, April  4,  1755. 

(IV)  James,  son  of  Joseph  Covell,  married 
(first)  Mehitable,  who  died  November  26, 
1761,  aged  fifty-two,  at  Chatham.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Ruth .    His  records  are 

given  in  order  to  complete  all  that  is  found 
of  the  family  practically  in  this  section  at  an 
early  date.  For  many  years  he  was  town  clerk 
of  Chatham.  Children  of  James  and  Mehitable 
Covell:  Mehitable,  bom  February  15,  1727- 
28;  Ruth,  March  13,  1729-30,  married  Prince 
Nickerson;  Drusilla,  April  23,  1732;  Hannah, 
November  13,  1734,  died  young;  Joseph,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1736,  died  young ;  Joseph,  January 
10,  1737-38;  Hannah,  January  30.  1739; 
James,  June  28,  1742;  Constant,  March  3, 
1744;  Samuel,  May  22,  1748.  Children  of 
James  and  Ruth  Covell :  Ruth,  born  Septem- 
ber 13,  1764;  Joshua,  October  13,  1766; 
Nathan,  September  6,  1768. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Covell,  was 
born  about  1733  in  Chatham  or  Harwich,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  or  a  son  of  the  same  name 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  The  name  is 
not  given  with  a  "Jr.",  however,  and  the  pre- 
sumption is  in  favor  of  the  theory  that  this 


service  belongs  to  this  man.  He  was  a  private 
in  Captain  Samuel  King's  company.  Colonel 
Josiah  Whitney's  regiment,  August  to  Decem- 
ber, 1776;  also  in  Captain  Abijah  Bangs*  com- 
pany. Colonel  Nathaniel  Freeman's  regiment, 
in  the  secret  expedition  to  Rhode  Island  in 
1777.  John  Covell  moved  from  Massachusetts 
about  1786  to  Pittstown,  New  York,  and  died 
there  in  1806,  aged  seventy-three  years.  He 
had  a  son  Benjamin  (mentioned  below).  Ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1790  he  was  living 
at  Pittstown,  Albany  county.  New  York,  and 
had  in  his  family  four  males  over  sixteen,  four 
under  that  age  and  five  females.  At  that  time 
sixteen  heads  of  Covell  families  were  reported 
in  New  York  state.  All  were  doubtless  of 
this  family  and  had  moved  after  the  revolution 
in  most  instances. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (2)  Covell, 
was  born  in  Harwich  or  Chatham  in  1761.  He 
entered  the  American  army  very  young,  as  a 
private  in  Captain  George  Webb's  company, 
and  served  at  Providence,  1777 ;  also  in  the 
same  company,  Colonel  Holbrook's  regiment, 
1777-81.  He  enlisted  in  1777  for  the  war  (vol. 
iv.  "Mass.  Soldiers  and  Sailors,"  p.  24). 
Exlward  Covell,  of  Harwich,  Ephraim  Covell 
of  Harwich  and  Wellfleet,  Henry  and  Thomas 
Covell  of  Harwich,  Joseph  Covell  of  Ware- 
ham,  Peter  Covell,  of  Brattleborough,  Ver- 
mont, Richard,  Samuel,  Solomon  and  William 
Covell  were  Massachusetts  soldiers  in  the 
revolution.  The  Covells  went  to  Connecticut 
early,  especially  to  Windham  and  Hartford 
counties,  and  in  1790  fifteen  Covell  families 
were  reported  in  that  state.  According  to  the 
Chautauqua  county  history  Benjamin  was  at; 
the  taking  of  Burgoyne,  at  Sullivan's  defeat 
and  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth. 

He  married,  in  1784,  Sibyl  Durkee  in  Wash- 
ington, Connecticut.  None  of  this  name  lived 
in  Washington  in  1790.  He  came  to  New 
York  state  in  1786,  and  in  1810  removed  with 
a  large  family  to  the  present  town  of  Carroll 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
died  November  27,  1822,  aged  sixty-one.  At 
that  time  all  of  his  sons  and  daughters,  his 
brother  Seth  and  nephew  Simeon,  were  living 
in  the  neighborhood  and  the  settlement  was 
called  Coveltown.  In  a  sketch  of  Benjamin 
Covell  and  his  family  it  has  been  said  they 
"were  active  in  getting  the  first  bridge  built 
across  the  Connewango  at  Coveltown,  by  Capt: 
Charles  Taylor."  From  this  it  is  naturally 
inferred   that   they   resided   near  the  Conne- 


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wango ;  whereas  it  appears  from  the  land  com- 
pany's books  that  Benjamin  Co  veil  took  up, 
in  December,  1810,  lot  2,  tp.  i.,  r.  11  on  which 
Alexander  T.  Prendergast  and  Seth  Cheney 
now  reside  in  Kiantone.  Benjamin  Co  veil's 
wife  died  in  Covington,  Genesee  county.  New 
York,  in  183 1,  aged  sixty-nine  years. 

(VII)  Thomas,  son  or  nephew  of  Benjamin 
Covell,  was  born  January  14,  1794.  He  was 
a  shoemaker  and  farmer,  and  for  several  years 
was  a  lock  tender  in  the  Genesee  canal.  He 
served  in  the  war  of '  1812  and  was  in  the 
battle  of  Cold  Harbor.  He  was  a  devoted 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  of  strong  Christian  character.  His  wife 
Laura  was  bom  October  18,  1796,  died  in 
1875.  Among  their  children  was  Edmund  R. 
(mentioned  below)  ;  and  John  Wallace. 

(VIII)  Edmund  R.,  son  of  Thomas  Covell, 
was  born  June  13,  1818,  and  was  killed  Octo- 
ber 2,  1889.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade 
with  his  father.  He  also  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  during  his  boyhood.  He  enlisted 
In  Company  I,  Fourteenth  Regiment,  Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry,  October  15,  1862,  and  served 
throughout  the  war,  receiving  an  honorable 
discharge,  June  16,  1865.  The  Fourteenth 
was  one  of  Sheridan's  hard-fighting  regiments 
and  under  that  famous  commander  did  valiant 
service  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Mr. 
Covell  was  a  corporal  and  at  the  Beverly  fight 
he  had  his  horse  shot  from  under  him  and 
was  himself  injured.  After  the  war  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  and  engaged  in  lumbering, 
purchasing  standing  timber,  cutting  it  and  get- 
ting it  to  water  market.  He  also  engaged  in 
farming. 

He  married,  July  4,  1840,  Fanny  Morrison, 
born  December  29,  1825,  died  November  19, 
1882,  daughter  of  Abel  and  Lucinda  (Rich- 
ards) Morrison,  and  granddaughter  of  James 
Morrison,  who  fought  in  the  revolution.  Chil- 
dren: Thomas  J.  (mentioned  below);  Abel 
M.    (mentioned  below). 

(IX)  Thomas  J.,  son  of  Edmund  R.  Covell, 
was  bom  July  8,  1844,  i^  Kinzua,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  enlisted  in  an  independent  company 
in  1862  which  served  as  Company  C,  attached 
to  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Infantry,  as  scouts  and  sharp- 
shooters. He  was  also  with  Battery  B,  United 
States  Light  Artillery.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  honorably  discharged.  He  re- 
turned to  his  home  and  learned  the  trade  of 


carpenter,  which  he  followed  for  many  years. 
In  1900  he  located  in  Salamanca,  New  York, 
where  he  has  lived  since.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Methodist;  in  politics  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  December  25,  1869, 
Mary  Tomes,  born  in  1838,  died  in  1884.  He 
married  (second)  March  13,  1892,  Bertha 
Huntsman,  born  March  11,  1874.  Children 
by  first  wife:  i.  Edmund  R.,  born  November 
22,  1870,  died  1886.  2.  Philip  T.,  bom  Sep- 
tember 2,    1872;  married   Catherine  . 

3.  Guy,  born  July  10,  1878;  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Spanish-American  war,  enlisting  in  Com- 
pany I,  Sixteenth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  be- 
ing located  in  Porto  Rico;  married  Bertha 
Johnson.  4.  Fred  H.,  born  October  24,  1882, 
died  April  7,  1883. 

(IX)  Abel  M.,  son  of  Edmund  R.  Covell, 
and  brother  of  Thomas  J.  Covell,  was  born 
at  Rushford,  New  York.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  dur- 
ing his  boyhood  worked  on  his  father's  farm. 
Afterward  he  worked  in  a  factory  manufac- 
turing spokes  and  handles  until  1890,  when  he 
went  to  Kent,  Ohio,  where  two  years  later  he 
established  a  laundry  business.  Subsequently 
he  was  in  the  same  line  of  business  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  continuing  until  October  2,  1899, 
when  he  located  at  Salamanca,  New  York. 
Since  that  time  he  has  had  a  large  and  flour- 
ishing laundry  business  in  that  town.  He  is 
president  of  the  Engine  Iron  Company,  and 
deals  extensively  in  real  estate.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  its 
treasurer  and  member  of  the  board  of  trustees. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  of  Salamanca.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  October  3,  1880,  Josephine 
Wright,  born  November  11,  1861,  daughter 
of  Calvin  and  Nancy  (Flagg)  Wright,  grand- 
daughter of  Landrus  and  Rosanna  Wright. 
Her  father  was  born  March  12,  1841,  died 
August  14,  1905 ;  her  mother  was  born  in 
1840,  died  March  14,  1868.  Children  of  Cal- 
vin and  Nancy  Wright:  Josephine,  married 
Abel  M.  Covell,  mentioned  above;  Orin,  mar- 
ried Ida  Elson  and  had  a  son  Robert;  Lan- 
drus married  Emma  Perkins;  Howard,  born 
August  21,  1867,  tnarried,  October  17,  1900, 
Mae  Covell,  born  May  30,  1878,  daughter  of 
John  Wallace  Covell,  son  of  Thomas  Covell, 
mentioned  in  generation  VII.  Children: 
Qaude  Bernard,  born  May  29,  1904,  and 
Winifred  May,  November  7,  1905.    Children 


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of  Abel  M.  and  Josephine  Covell:  Fannie 
Lucinda,  born  May  24,  1883  J  received  her  edu- 
cation in  the  Salamanca  high  school,  from 
which  she  graduated  in  1902,  and  the  Fredonia 
State  Normal  School,  from  which  she  grad- 
uated in  1905;  she  married,  November  24, 
1909,  Earl  D.  Smith.  2.  Cassie  Muriel,  bom 
June  29,  1888 ;  received  her  early  education  in 
the  Salamanca  high  school,  graduated  from 
Salamanca  Training  School,  and  specialized  in 
music  at  the  Thomas  Normal  Training  School, 
Detroit,  Michigan,  1909.  3.  Arthur  Maynard, 
born  October  12,  1895 ;  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  Salamanca  schools,  also  at  Qiamber- 
lain  Military  School,  Randolph,  New  York. 


This  family  traces  its  genealogy 
GORHAM     to  the  de  Gorrams  of  La  Tan- 

niere,  near  Gorram,  Maine,  on 
the  borders  of  Brittainy,  where  William,  son 
of  Ralph  de  Gorham,  built  a  castle  in  1128. 
During  the  reign  of  William  the  Conqueror 
several  of  the  name  removed  to  England, 
where  many  of  them  became  men  of  learning, 
wealth  and  influence.  In  America  the  name 
is  ancient  and  honorable.  Although  Ralph, 
who  first  came  to  America,  did  not  come  with 
the  Pilgrims  in  the  "Mayflower,"  the  parents 
and  grandparents  of  his  son's  wife  were  pas- 
sengers in  that  famous  vessel,  so  that  de- 
scendants of  this  line  have  the  blood  of  four 
"Mayflower"  passengers  as  an  inheritance. 

(I)  James  Gorham,  of  Benefield,  Northamp- 
tonshire, England,  was  born  in  1550,  died 
1576.    In  1572  he  married  Agnes  Remington. 

(II)  Ralph,  son  (perhaps  only  child)  of 
James  and  Agnes  (Remington)  Gorham,  was 
born  in  1575,  at  Benefield,  England,  died  about 
1643,  i"  Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried in  England,  and  came  with  his  family  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Philip,"  about  1635.  O^ 
this  family  little  is  known,  the  only  recorded 
child  being  John,  of  further  mention.  It  is 
probable  he  had  a  brother  Ralph,  born  in  Eng- 
land, as  the  records  of  Plymouth  colony  in- 
dicate that  there  were  two  persons  of  that 
name  in  Plymouth  in  1639.  At  the  time  of 
Ralph  Gorham's  death  in  1643  he  left  no 
widow,  and  an  only  son  John,  who  inherited 
his  estate.  No  other  Gorhams  are  known  to 
have  been  in  the  colony  during  the  seventeenth 
century  after  the  death  of  Ralph,  excepting 
Captain  John  and  his  descendants. 

(III)  Captain  John,  son  of  Ralph  Gorham, 
was  baptized  in  Benefield,  Northamptonshire, 


England,  January  28,  1621,  died  at  Swansea, 
Massachusetts,  while  in  command  of  his  com- 
pany, February  5,  1676.  He  had  a  good  com- 
mon school  education,  and  was  brought  up  in 
the  Puritan  faith.  He  came  to  America  with 
his  father  in  the  ship  "Philip,"  probably  then 
a  lad  of  fifteen  years.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  tanner  and  currier,  which  occupied  his  win- 
ters, his  summers  being  spent  in  agriculture. 
In  1646  he  removed  from  Plymouth  to  Marsh- 
field,  Massachusetts.  On  June  4,  1650,  he  was 
admitted  a  freeman  of  the  town,  having  pre- 
viously been  chosen  constable.  In  165 1  he 
was  a  member  of  the  grand  inquest  of  the 
colony.  In  1652  he  removed  to  Yarmouth, 
Massachusetts,  purchasing  a  house  lot  adjoin- 
ing the  Bamstable  line.  He  added  to  his  es- 
tate from  time  to  time  until  he  became  a  large 
land  owner  and  proprietor  of  a  grist  mill, 
also  operating  a  tannery.  He  was  deputy  from 
Yarmouth  to  the  general  court  of  Hymouth 
at  the  special  session  of  April  6,  1653,  ^tnd 
the  following  year  was  surveyor  of  highways ; 
1673-4  he  was  a  selectman  of  Yarmouth,  and 
during  the  former  year  was  appointed  lieuten- 
ant of  the  Plymouth  forces  in  the  Dutch  war. 
During  King  Philip's  war  and  in  June  the 
following  year  his  men  attacked  the  village  of 
Swansea.  On  June  24,  a  day  that  was  ob- 
served as  one  of  fasting  and  prayer.  Captain 
John  Gorham  and  twenty-nine  mounted  men 
from  Yarmouth  took  their  first  march  for 
Mount  Hope.  In  August  the  war  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  banks  of  the  Connecticut,  and 
Captain  Gorham  and  company  marched  into 
Massachusetts.  The  results  were  very  dis- 
couraging, and  in  a  letter  to  the  governor, 
still  preserved  in  the  office  of  the  secretary 
of  state  at  Boston,  Captain  Gorham  says  his 
men  are  much  worn,  "having  been  in  the  field 
the  fourteen  weeks  and  little  hopes  of  finding 
the  enemy,  but  as  for  my  own  part  I  shall  be 
ready  to  serve  God  and  the  country  in  this 
war  so  long  as  I  have  life  and  health."  Octo- 
ber 4,  1675,  he  W21S  appointed  by  the  court 
"captain  of  the  Second  Company  of  the 
Plymouth  forces  in  King  Philip's  war."  Cap- 
tain Gorham  and  his  company  were  in  the 
bloody  fight  at  the  Swamp  Fort  in  the  Narra- 
gansett  country,  fought  December  19,  1675, 
which  crushed  the  power  of  King  Philip  and 
his  allies.  There  was  great  suflFering  and  ex- 
posure, besides  loss  of  life.  The  troops  of 
the  colonies  had  to  remain  all  night  in  the  open 
field  "with  no  other  covering  than  a  cold  and 


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moist  fleece  of  snow."  On  the  dawn  of  the 
19th  they  started  on  their  march,  and  at  one 
o'clock  reached  the  fort,  which  was  built  on 
an  island  containing  five  or  six  acres  set  in 
the  midst  of  a  swamp.  Entrance  could  only 
be  effected  in  two  places,  by  means  of  fallen 
trees,  to  cross  which  meant  almost  certain 
death  from  the  Indian  sharpshooters.  After 
three  or  four  hours  of  hard  fighting  the  Eng- 
lish succeeded  in  taking  the  fort,  sustaining 
a  loss  of  eighty  men,  besides  the  wounded. 
Hubbard  estimates  no  less  than  seven  hundred 
Indians  were  killed.  Captain  Gorham  com- 
manded his  men  during  the  fight,  but  never 
recovered  from  the  cold  and  fatigue  to  which 
he  was  exposed  during  this  expedition.  He 
was  seized  with  a  fever  and  died  at  Swansea, 
where  he  was  buried  the  following  February 
5th.  In  1677,  on  account  of  the  good  services 
of  Captain  Gorham  in  the  war  that  cost  him 
his  life,  the  court  confirmed  to  his  heirs  and 
successors  the  four  hundred  acres  of  land  at 
Papasquash  Neck  in  Swansea,  which  he  had 
selected  in  his  lifetime. 

The  present  town  of  Gorham  in  Maine  (then 
a  part  of  Massachusetts)  was  also  granted  to 
Captain  Gorham  and  his  company  for  military 
service  and  named  after  him. 

In  1643  he  married  Desire  Rowland,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Tilley)  Howland, 
and  granddaughter  of  John  and  Bridget  (Van 
De  Velde)  Tilley,  all  of  whom  came  over  in 
the  "Mayflower."  Desire  Howland  was  bom 
at  Plymouth,  ij523,  died  at  Barnstable,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1683.    Children:  i.  Desire,  bom  April 

2,  1644;  married  John  Hawes.  2.  Temper- 
ance, born  at  Marshfield,  May  5,  1646;  married 
(first)  Edward  Sturgis,  (second)  Thomas 
Baxter.  3.  Elizabeth,  tom  April  2,  1648 ;  mar- 
ried Joseph  Hallett.  4.  James,  born  April  28, 
1650 ;  married  Hannah  Hucekins.  5.  John,  of 
further  mention.  6.  Joseph,  born  at  Yar- 
mouth, February  16,  1653;  married  Sarah 
Sturgis.    7.  Jabez,  born  at  Barnstable,  August 

3,  1656;  married  Hannah.  (Sturgis)  Gray. 
8.  Mercy,  bora  January  20,  1658;  married 
George  Denison.  9.  Lydia,  November  16, 
1661 ;  married  John  Thacher.  10.  Hannah, 
November  28,  1663;  married  Joseph  Wheel- 
ing. II.  Shubael,  October  21,  1667;  married 
Puella  Hussey. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  John  (i) 
and  Desire  (Howland)  Gorham,  was  born  at 
Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  February  20,  165 1, 
died  November  11,  1715.    He  was  known  as 


Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Gorham.  He  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  John  Otis,  the  progeni- 
tor of  the  American  family  of  Otis,  of  Massa- 
chusetts. She  died  April  i,  1732,  and  was 
buried  at  Barnstable,  where  their  tombstones 
may  yet  be  seen.  Children,  bom  at  Barn- 
stable: John,  born  1675,  died  in  infancy; 
Temperance,  bom  1678 ;  Mary,  1680 ;  Stephen, 
of  further  mention;  Shubael,  1686;  John, 
1688;   Thankful,  .1690;   Job,    1692;    Mercy, 

1695. 

(V)  Stephen,  second  son  of  John  (2)  and 

Mary  (Otis)  Gorham,  was  born  in  Barnstable, 
Massachusetts,  June  23,  1683.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Gardner,  of  Nantucket,  December 
25i  1703.  He  died  in  Nantucket,  in  1743. 
They  had  eleven  children,  all  born  in  Barn- 
stable. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  eldest  son  of  Stephen  and 
Elizabeth  (Gardner)  Gorham,  was  born  May 
3,  1709;  married,  January  6,  1736,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  and  Dorcas  (Coffin)  Soley, 
of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  where  he  went 
to  live,  and  died  there  December  24,  1761.  He 
was  known  as  Captain  Nathaniel  Gorham. 
Children:  Nathaniel,  of  further  mention; 
Mary,  John,  Elizabeth,  Stephen. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
and  Mary  (Soley)  Gorham,  was  born  May  27, 
1738,  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  died 
there  June  11,  1796.  He  served  an  appren- 
ticeship with  Nathaniel  Coffin  at  New  London, 
Connecticut,  and  later  moved  back  to  Charles- 
town, Massachusetts,  where  he  engaged  in 
mercantile  life  and  became  one  of  the  most 
eminent  public  men  of  his  day.  He  was  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  court  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  speaker  of  the  house;  delegate  to 
Provincial  Congress  in  1774-75;  member  of 
board  of  war,  1778-81 ;  delegate  to  state  con- 
stitutional convention,  1779;  state  senator; 
member  of  governor's  council ;  judge  of  court 
of  common  pleas;  member  of  Continental 
Congress,  1782-83,  and  again  1785-87,  and 
president  of  that  Congress  from  June  6,  1786, 
to  the  expiration  of  his  term.  He  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  governor  of  Massachusetts  a 
delegate  to  the  convention  which  framed  the 
constitution  of  the  United  States,  took  his 
seat  May  28,  1787,  and  performed  a  very  im- 
portant part  in  the  work  of  the  convention. 
During  the  second  day's  proceedings  of  the 
convention  he  was  called  to  the  chair,  then 
was  elected  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the 
whole,  and  as  such  presided  over  the  conven- 


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tion  during  the  greater  part  of  its  delibera- 
tions. The  minutes  of  the  convention  show 
that  he  served  on  many  of  the  sub-committees, 
and  that  he  expressed  his  views  with  vigor 
during  the  many  debates.  He  was  contem- 
porary with  Adams,  Hancock,  Washington, 
Jay,  Clinton,  and  other  great  men  of  his  day, 
and  the  fact  that  he  held  so  many  important 
public  offices  at  a  time  when  no  politics  pre- 
vailed, indicates  that  he  was  a  man  of  high 
character,  strict  integrity  and  strong  mental 
characteristics.  He  retired  from  public  life 
after  the  adoption  of  the  constitution  and  in 
1788,  in  connection  with  Oliver  Phelps,  of 
Suffield,  Massachusetts,  and  others,  purchased 
from  the  state  of  Massachusetts  the  preemp- 
tion right  of  that  state  in  and  to  all  that  part 
of  Western  New  York  lying  between  Seneca 
Lake  on  the  east,  Genesee  river  on  the  west, 
Pennsylvania  on  the  south  and  Lake  Ontario 
on  the  north,  estimated  to  contain  about  two 
million  two  hundred  thousand  acres.  This  was 
known  as  the  "Phelps  and  Gorham  purchase," 
to  which  sudi  frequent  allusion  is  made  in  the 
early  history  of  the  counties  later  erected  in 
that  section.  He  died  at  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  a  eulogy  was  delivered  in  his 
memory  by  Dr.  Thomas  Welch,  June  29,  1796. 

He  married,  in  1763,  Rebecca  Call.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nathaniel  (3),  of  further  mention. 
2.  Rebecca,  married  Warham  Parks.  3.  Mary, 
married  George  Bartlett.  4.  Elizabeth.  5.  Ann, 
married  Peter  C.  Brooks ;  their  daughter  mar- 
ried Charles  Francis  Adams.  6.  John.  7.  Ben- 
jamin, an  eminent  lawyer  of  Boston,  and 
member  of  congress  from  that  city.  8.  Stephen. 
9.  Lydia,  married  John  Phillips,  and  was 
grandmother  of  Bishop  Phillips  Brooks,  of 
honored  memory. 

(Vni)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Hon.  Nathan- 
iel (2)  and  Rebecca  (Call)  Gorham,  was  bom 
October  25,  1763,  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, died  October  22,  1826.  He  acted  for 
his  father  as  agent  of  the  Phelps  and  Gorham 
purchase,  which  he  frequently  visited,  al- 
though his  father  never  saw  the  purchase.  His 
residence  in  Charlestown  was  on  Bunker  Hill, 
where  two  of  his  children  were  born.  In  1800 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Canandaigua, 
Ontario  county,  New  York,  where  he  built  a 
mansion  on  the  site  of  the  present  court  house. 
He  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  Ontario 
county,  was  judge  of  the  court  of  common 
pleas  and  president  of  the  Ontario  Bank.  He 
was  an  exceedingly  portly  man,  and  wore  the 


smallclothes  and  kneebreeches  in  the  style  of 
the  gentlemen  of  his  period.  There  is  no  pic- 
ture of  him,  but  in  the  court  house  at  Canan- 
daigua there  is  a  copy  of  a  portrait  of  Hon. 
Nathaniel  Gorham,  the  Continental,  the  orig- 
inal of  which  is  in  the  possession  of  Nathaniel 
Gorham,  of  Buffalo.  He  married,  February 
II,  1794,  Ruthy  Wood.  Children:  i.  Margaret, 
bom  November  2,  1796,  died  in  1806.  2. 
Nathaniel  (4),  of  further  mention.  3.  David 
Wood,  born  February  i,  1800.  4.  Rebecca, 
bom  May  20,  1802,  never  married,  died  in 
1857.  5.  William  Wood,  born  August  22, 
1804.  6.  Margaret  (2nd),  bom  August  11, 
1807,  died  in  1826.  7.  Mary,  bom  October 
30,  1808,  married  A.  G.  Bristol.  8.  Sarah 
Stone,  bom  October  11,  181 1,  died  in  1815. 

(IX)  Nathaniel  (4),  eldest  son  of  Nathan- 
iel (3)  and  Ruthy  (Wood)  Gorham,  was  bom 
in  Bunker  Hill,  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
August  14,  1798,  died  May  19,  1875.  He  was 
a  merchant  of  Canandaigua,  Slew  York,  where 
he  maintained  a  store  at  the  corner  of  Main 
and  Bristol  streets  for  half  a  century.  His 
residence  until  1855  was  in  the  north  half  of 
the  double  brick  house  yet  standing  at  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Gorham  streets.  In  his 
later  years  he  built  a  residence  further  up 
Main  street,  in  which  he  lived  until  his  death. 
He  married,  January  16,  1827,  Mary  Parsons, 
of  Hadley,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i. 
Nathaniel  (5),  bom  August  7,  1830,  died  in 
Detroit,  Michigan,  unmarried,  December  14, 
1853.  2.  George  Clarke,  bom  September  26, 
1832,  died  in  1836.  3.  George,  of  further 
mention. 

(X)  George,  son  of  Nathaniel  (4)  and 
Mary  (Parsons)  Gorham,  was  born  in  Canan- 
daigua, New  York,  May  25,  1837;  died  at 
Buffalo,  June  2,  1906.  He  prepared  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  en- 
tered Harvard  University,  from  whence  he 
was  graduated,  class  of  1857.  After  finishing 
his  studies  he  returned  to  Canandaigua,  where 
he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Smith  &  Lapham.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1858,  and  in  1861  removed  to  Buffalo, 
New  York.  He  was  clerk  of  the  United  States 
District  Court  in  Buffalo  until  1867,  when  he 
resigned  and  began  private  practice,  making 
at  first  a  speciality  of  bankruptcy  law  and 
practice  in  the  United  States  courts.  Later 
he  devoted  himself  more  closely  to  the  law  of 
real  estate  and  the  management  of  estates  and 
other  confidential  tmsts.     He  was  a  member 


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of  the  law  firm  of  Bass  &  Gorham,  1867-1870; 
then  of  Sprague  &  Gorham,  and  Sprag^e, 
Gorham  &  Bacon  until  1879;  then  practiced 
alone  until  1898,  in  which  year  he  entered  into 
a  partnership  with  his  son,  Nathaniel  Gor- 
ham (6).  In  1900  this  firm  dissolved,  Mr. 
Gorham  Sr.  practicing  alone  until  his  death 
in  1906.  Among  the  many  tributes  to  his 
memory  is  the  following  from  the  Erie  County 
Bar  Association:  George  Gorham,  "a  gentle- 
man by  birth  and  character,  an  incisive  and 
logical  thinker,  a  trained  lawyer,  a  sound  and 
safe  counselor,  an  honest  and  earnest  man." 
For  many  years  Mr.  Gorham  was  vice-chan- 
cellor of  the  University  of  Buffalo;  was  a 
warden  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Qiurch;  at  one 
time  president  of  the  Buffalo  Qub,  of  the  City 
Qub  and  Harvard  Club  of  Buffalo,  and  a 
member  of  the  University  Qub  of  Buffalo. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  October  23,  i860,  Emily  A., 
daughter  of  Judge  N.  K.  Hall.  She  died 
May  29,  1863.  He  married  (second)  June  14, 
1866,  Ellen  Augusta,  daughter  of  Edward  E. 
Marvine,  of  Auburn,  New  York.  She  died 
January  i,  1887.  Child  of  first  wife:  i.  Emily 
Grace,  born  August  23,  1861 ;  married,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1891,  Charles  Clifton,  of  Buffalo,  New 
York,  treasurer  of  Pierce-Arrow  Motor  Car 
Company.  Children :  Katherine  Gould,  born 
August  14.  1892,  died  January  30,  1902 ;  Gor- 
ham, bom  November  29,  1893;  Alice  Dor- 
sheimer,  May  26,  1903.  Children  of  second 
wife:  2.  Frances  Perry,  bom  March  16, 
1867;  married,  September  22,  1892,  Dr.  John 
Parmenter,  formerly  of  Buffalo,  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Geneva,  New  York;  child:  Richard, 
born  November  16,  1894.  3.  Nathaniel  (6), 
of  further  mention.  4.  Marvine,  born  Novem- 
ber I,  1870;  attended  public  schools  of  Buf- 
falo, graduated  from  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  Boston,  1893;  was  con- 
nected with  Yale  &  Town  Manufacturing 
Company  at  Hartford,  the  Buffalo  Bolt  Com- 
pany, and  later  removed  to  Detroit,  Michigan, 
where  he  was  with  the  C.  C.  Wormer  Com- 
pany for  a  number  of  years,  and  is  now  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Schweppe  &  Wilt 
Manufacturing  Company  of  Detroit.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Detroit. 
He  married,  June  30,  1909,  Sarah  Given 
White,  of  Abingdon,  Virginia;  child:  Eliza- 
beth Gibson,  bom  December  3,  1910.  5.  Mary 
Parsons,  born  June  21,  1875,  died  October  12, 
1884.    6.  Margaret  Robertson,  born  May  29, 


1877;  married,  October  10,  1899,  Earnest  Har- 
old Cluett,  of  Troy,  New  York,  treasurer  of 
Quett,  Peabody  &  Company ;  children :  John 
Parmenter,  born  September  8,  1900;  William 
Gorham,  July  16,  1903;  Gorham,  November 
12,  1907;  Margaret  Fisher,  February  28,  1910. 

(XI)  Nathaniel  (6),  son  of  George  and  his 
second  wife,  Ellen  Augusta  (Marvine)  Gor- 
ham, was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  January 
6,  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
private  schools  of  Buffalo,  and  entered  Wil- 
liams College,  from  whence  he  was  graduated, 
class  of  1890.  After  leaving  college  he  was 
with  the  Niagara  Falls  Power  Company  at 
Niagara  Falls,  1890-1895.  In  the  latter  year 
he  returned  to  Buffalo,  and  began  the  study 
of  law  in  the  office  of  Moot,  Sprague,  Brown- 
ell  &  Marcy,  and  entered  Buffalo  Law  School, 
being  graduated  in  1897,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  September  of  the  same  year.  He 
was  in  legal  partnership  with  his  father, 
George  Gorham,  until  1900,  since  which  time 
he  has  practiced  alone.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Lawyers',  Saturn  and  Country  Clubs  of 
Buffalo. 

He  married,  April  16,  1907,  Vivette  Eliza- 
beth Herschede,  of  Jamaica  Hain,  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Frank  Herschede, 
late  of  Denver,  Colorado.  Children :  Nathaniel 
(7),  born  May  12,  1908;  George,  born  Decem- 
ber 14,  1910. 


The  progenitors  of  Dr.  William 
GROVE    V.  Grove  originally  settled  near 

Reading,  Pennsylvania.  His 
family  was  from  Germany,  and  probably  were 
known  there  as  Graff,  the  name  becoming 
Grove  in  translation. 

(I)  John  Grove  is  believed  to  have  been  a 
resident  of  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  for  many 
years,  dying  at  Williamsville,  New  York,  in 
1842.  He  was  a  hat  manufacturer,  making 
the  olden  style  "beaver"  hats.  He  was  a  Bap- 
tist in  religion,  and  a  Democrat.  He  married 
Betsey  Carr.  Children:  David,  Peter,  John, 
Eliza,  Ann,  Lucy  and  Charles  Carr. 

(II)  Charles  Carr,  son  of  John  and  Betsey 
(Carr)  Grove,  was  born  in  Williamsville,  Erie 
county,  New  York,  September  28,  1828,  in  a 
house  that  stood  on  the  site  of  the  present 
SS.  Peter  and  Paul  Catholic  Church.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  grew 
to  manhood  in  his  home  village ;  in  fact,  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  years,  Williamsville 
was  his  lifelong  residence,  and  the  place  of 


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his  death,  July  i8,  1887.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years  he  began  teaching  school  in  the 
Getzville  district,  where  the  brick  schoolhouse 
now  stands,  continuing  three  years,  1845-48. 
In  the  latter  year  he  went  to  the  Island  of 
Mackinac,  where  for  six  years  he  was  engaged 
in  the  fish  commission  business,  and  in  part- 
nership with  a  Mr.  Cautler  operated  a  general 
store.  His  old  partner  is  now  of  the  firm  of 
Cautler  &  Sons,  bankers,  of  Detroit,  Michigan. 
In  the  winter  of  1853  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Peter  Grove,  for  the  trans- 
action of  a  quick  lime  business.  They  oper- 
ated in  Williamsville  for  several  years,  then 
locate:!  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  they  built 
up  a  prosperous  business,  Peter  managing  the 
western  interests  and  Charles  C.  the  home 
business.  They  later  sold  their  Chicago  estab- 
lishment to  a  brother-in-law,  W.  H.  Hutchin- 
son. About  the  year  1864  Charles  C.  formed 
a  partnership  with  N.  Uebelhoer,  and  bought 
large  stone  quarries  at  Bertie,  Ontario,  Can- 
ada. From  these  they  furnished  the  rock  for 
building  a  large  portion  of  the  International 
Bridge  at  Black  Rock,  and  lime  stone  (used 
as  flux)  for  the  Union  Iron  Works  at  Buffalo, 
and  Pratt's  Iron  Works  at  Tonawanda.  After 
six  years  of  successful  business  he  sold  his 
interest  in  the  quarries  to  his  partner.  From 
1870  to  1880  he  was  largely  interested  in  quick 
lime  manufacturing  in  Williamsville  and  Buf- 
falo, operating  with  others  as  the  Williamsville 
Quick  Lime  Company.  In  1881-82  he  was 
heavily  engaged  in  oil  production  in  the  Boli- 
var and  Richburg  districts,  with  Joshua  Smith, 
of  Buffalo.  About  1872  he  erected  the  brick 
block  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Virginia 
streets,  Buffalo,  which  he  owned  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  In  1883  he  built  a  brick  roller 
flouring  mill  at  Tonawanda,  which  he  man- 
aged for  a  year  with  his  son,  Lafayette  L. 
Grove,  then  sold.  He  was  an  energetic,  ca- 
pable man  of  business,  prudently  and  success- 
fully managing  his  various  enterprises.  He 
was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  business  as- 
sociates and  by  the  public  at  large  in  his  town 
and  city.  He  was  elected  supervisor  of  the 
town  of  Amherst  in  1859  and  re-elected  suc- 
cessively until  1864.  He  was  chairman  of 
the  board  in  1862  and  in  1863  was  unani- 
mously rechosen  chairman  on  the  first  ballot. 
His  speech  of  acceptance  on  taking  the  chair 
was  so  well  chosen  that  it  was  embodied  in 
the  minutes  of  the  meeting  of  the  board.  On 
November  3,    1863,  he  was  elected  superin- 


tendent of  the  poor  for  Erie  county,  but  never 
afterward  accepted  public  office.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church  (Disciples  of 
Christ)  and  interested  in  all  good  works. 

He  married,  January  5,  1853,  Harriet  N., 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Driesbach,  of  Williams- 
ville, and  his  wife,  Susan  (Hershey)  Dries- 
bach,  of  German  parentage.  Children:  i.  Wil- 
liam V.  (of  whom  further).  2.  Lafayette  L., 
bom  in  Williamsville,  April  9,  1859.  In  1892 
he  became  interested  in  railroading,  became 
manager  and  is  now  a  director  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Buffalo  &  Williamsville  Electric 
Railroad.  He  married,  August  6,  1886,  Har- 
riet A.,  daughter  of  Peter  C.  Frederick ;  chil- 
dren: Bettie  Mildred,  Charles  Carr  (de- 
ceased), and  Nelson.    3.  Edward  Brown. 

(Ill)  Dr.  William  V.  Grove,  eldest  son  of 
Charles  Carr  and  Harriet  N.  (Driesbach) 
Grove,  was  born  at  Williamsville,  New  York, 
August  I,  1855.  His  early  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  common  and  high  schools,  fol- 
lowing which  he  entered  Michigan  University, 
graduating  in  1878  with  the  degree  of  Civil 
Engineer.  He  prepared  for  the  profession 
of  dentistry  at  Ohio  College  of  Dental  Sur- 
gery, being  graduated  D.  D.  S.  in  1881.  He 
opened  an  office  at  Williamsville,  where  he 
practiced  in  1881-82,  and  in  Chicago  from 
1882  to  1885.  In  1885  he  established  a  prac- 
tice in  Buffalo,  where  he  is  now  located.  He 
acted  as  Demonstrator  of  Prosthetic  Dentistry 
in  the  Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery, 
1883-85,  and  served  in  the  same  capacity  in  the 
dental  department  of  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo, 1895-96.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo 
Dental  Association,  of  the  Eighth  District 
Dental  Society  of  New  York  State.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Buffalo  Automobile  Club,  and 
a  Democrat  in  politics. 

He  married,  June  25,  1885,  at  Buffalo,  Clara 
Woodbury  Thorndike,  born  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, daughter  of  Eckford  A.  Thorndike, 
born  October  13,  1828;  married  Amanda 
Woodbury.  Children  of  Dr.  William  \'.  and 
Clara  W.  Grove:  Amy  Walker,  born  1886, 
died  July  14,  1894;  Margaret  Thorndike.  grad- 
uate of  Buffalo  high  school;  William  Lowell, 
born  September  i,  1891,  now  located  in  Cali- 
fornia. 


Essex  county,  England,  is  the 
KELLOGG    earliest  home  of  the  Kellog^s 

so  far  as  traced.    The  origin 
of  the  name  and  family  is  the  cause  of  much 


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controversy.  It  has  been  spelled  in  various 
and  many  v^ays,  Keylogg,  a  locksmith,  and 
Great  Britain  as  the  original  home  of  the 
family  seems  the  most  probable.  Braintree,  in 
Essex,  about  forty  miles  northeast  of  London, 
was  the  earliest  home  of  the  Kelloggs  whose 
line  we  trace.  The  parish  register  (i860) 
spells  the  name  Kallogg,  Kelhogg,  Kellog, 
Celog,  Callog  and  Kellock.  There  being  no 
universal  orthography,  each  clerk  spelled  the 
name  as  he  thought  proper. 

Phillippe  Kellogg,  possibly  a  son  of  Thomas 
and  grandson  of  Nicholas  Kellogg,  of  Debden, 
is  the  first  of  the  name  in  England  from  whom 
the  Kelloggs  of  America  can  with  certainty 
trace  their  descent.  He  first  appears  in  Bock- 
ing  Essex,  a  parish  adjoining  Braintree,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1583.  His  son  Martin  was  bap- 
tized in  Great  Leighs,  Essex  county,  England, 
November  23,  1595.  He  married  Prudence 
Bird.  Of  their  children,  John,  Nathaniel, 
Sarah  and  Martin,  lived  and  died  in  England. 
Joseph,  American  progenitor,  and  Daniel  and 
Samuel  came  to  America.  The  first  Kellogg 
whose  name  appears  on  New  England  records 
is  Nathaniel,  son  of  Phillippe,  of  Great  Leighs, 
Essex  county,  England.  His  name,  "Natha 
Calaug,"  is  the  ninth  name  in  a  list  of  such 
''Inhabitants  as  were  granted  lotts  to  have 
onely  at  The  Townes  Countesie  with  liberty 
to  fetch  wood  &  keep  swine  or  cowes  By  pro- 
portion in  the  Common.  14  Jan  1639."  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut.  He  was  an  uncle  of  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Kellogg,  whom  we  name  the 
immigrant  ancestor  of  the  line  under  consid- 
eration. 

(I)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Kellogg,  son  of  Mar- 
tin and  Prudence  (Bird)  Kellogg,  was  bap- 
tized in  Great  Leighs,  England,  April  i,  1626, 
died  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  between  June 
27,  1707,  the  date  of  his  will,  and  February  4, 
1708,  when  it  was  proved.]  It  is  not  known 
in  what  year  he  came  to  America.  He  was 
in  Farmington,  Connecticut,  1651,  where  he 
was  an  early  settler  and  several  times  select- 
man. He  and  his  wife  were  "joined"  to  the 
church,  October  9,  1653.  His  home  lot  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  consisted  of  four 
acres;  a  part  of  it  is  now  covered  by  the 
Advertiser  building  on  Washington  street,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  valuable  parcels  of  land 
in  Boston.  He  removed  from  Boston  to  Had- 
ley and  was  one  of  the  proprietors.  In  1661 
the  town  made  an  agreement  with  him  to  keep 
the  ferry  between  Hadley  and  Northampton. 


The  agreement  is  a  very  curious  document, 
stipulating  rates  on  dark  nights,  stormy 
weather,  late  hours,  etc.  This  ferry  was  in 
the  control  of  the  family  nearly  a  century. 
He  was  selectman  in  Hadley,  1665-74-77-78- 
79-85-92,  school  committeeman  in  1S86.  The 
general  court  of  Massachusetts  appointed  him, 
May  9,  1678,  ensign  in  the  foot  company  in 
Hadley,  and  October  7,  same  year,  lieutenant 
in  the  same  company.  He  served  in  that 
office  until  1707,  making  his  military  service 
cover  a  period  of  twenty-nine  years.  Captain 
Aaron  Cook,  who  was  appointed  captain  when 
Joseph  was  appointed  ensign,  served  thirty- 
five  years,  until  1713.  This  explains  why 
Joseph  got  no  higher  rank  than  lieutenant. 
He  was  in  command  of  the  Hadley  troops 
at  the  famous  "Turners  Falls"  fight,  which 
broke  the  power  of  the  river  tribes.  When 
he  settled  in  Hadley,  in  1661,  his  estate  was 
assessed  at  one  hundred  pounds;  at  the  time 
of  his  death  his  personal  estate  alone  was  in- 
ventoried at  four  hundred  pounds.  He  was 
the  father  of  twenty  children,  fourteen  of 
whom  arrived  at  maturity.  He  seems  to  have 
been  an  energetic,  strong,  sturdy  character, 
an  affectionate,  just  husband  and  father.  He 
distributed  his  estate  fairly  and  there  was  no 
dissension. 

He   married    (first),   in   England,   Joanna 

•;  she  died  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 

September  14,  1666.  He  married  (second) 
Abigail  Terry,  born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
September  21,  1646,  daughter  of  Stephen 
Terry,  born  in  Wiltshire,  England.  Her  will 
was  proved  October  31,  1726.  Abigail  was 
before  the  court  in  1673  charged  as  one  who 
"wore  silk  contrary  to  law."  She  was  ac- 
quitted. Children  by  first  wife:  Elizabeth; 
Joseph,  who  was  fined  ten  shillings  for  "hav- 
ing travelled  till  midnight  in  the  night  before 
the  Sabbath ;"  Nathaniel ;  John  (see  forward)  ; 
Martin,  Edward,  Samuel,  Joanna,  Sarah.  By 
his  second  wife,  born  in  Hadley:  Stephen, 
Nathaniel,  Abigail,  Elizabeth,  Prudence, 
Ebenezer,  Jonathan,  Daniel,  Joseph  (on  his 
gravestone  in  Hadley  he  is  called  "A  worthy 
gentleman"),  Daniel,  Ephraim. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and 
Joanna  Kellogg,  was  baptized  in  Farmington, 
Connecticut,  December  29,  1656,  died  in  Had- 
ley, Massachusetts,  between  1723  and  1728. 
He  resided  in  Farmington  and  Hadley.  He 
succeeded  to  the  ferry  in  Hadley,  founded  by 
his  father.    His  name  appears  in  a  list  of  those 


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owning  the  largest  estates  in  Hadley  in  1720. 
At  one  time  he  resided  in  the  Hopkins  School- 
house  in  Hadley.  He  married  (first)  in  Had- 
ley, December  23,  1680,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Deming)  Moody.  She 
died  in  Farmington,  September  10,  1689.   He 

married  (second)  Ruth .    Children  by 

first  wife,  all  bom  in  Hadley:  Sarah,  John, 
Joseph  (see  forward) ;  Samuel,  and  an  un- 
named son.  Children  by  second  wife :  Ruth, 
Joanna,  Esther,  Abigail,  John,  James. 

(in)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Moody)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  6,  1685.  He  was  a 
weaver  and  resided  in  South  Hadley.  In 
1788,  several  years  after  his  death,  his  son 
John  was  appointed  administrator  of  this  es- 
tate. He  married,  March  15,  171 1,  Abigail, 
bom  October  10,  1692,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Abigail  (Broughton)  Smith.  Their  chil- 
dren, all  born  in  South  Hadley,  were :  Abigail, 
Sarah,  Ebenezer  (see  forward)  ;  Ruth, Martha, 
Esther,  Joseph  (3),  John,  Rachel,  Jabez, 
Eunice. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  eldest  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Abigail  (Smith)  Kellogg,  was  born  in 
South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  December  26, 
1715.  He  resided  in  South  Hadley.  His 
name  appears  in  the  muster  roll  of  Colonel 
Dwight's  regiment  on  the  western  frontier, 
August  II  and  21,  1748.  He  married,  De- 
cember 15,  1748,  Mrs.  Sarah  Snow,  widow 
of  Josiah  Snow,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
and  South  Hadley.  Their  children  were: 
Amos,  Lois,  Sarah,  Josiah,  Ebenezer,  Seth 
(see  forward)  ;  Ruth,  Sallie  and  Rufus. 

(V)  Seth,  sixth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Snow)  Kellogg,  was 
born  in  South  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1767,  died  in  West  Galway,  New 
York,  January  7,  1847.  He  moved  to  West 
Galway,  New  York,  about  1792.  He  was  a 
carpenter.  He  is  said  to  have  been  about  five 
feet  eight  inches  in  height,  with  dark  hair, 
broad  forehead,  black  eyes,  nose  slightly 
Roman.  He  married.  May  3,  1787,  Naomi 
Parsons,  born  August  21,  1768.  After  her 
husband's    death    she   resided    with    her   son 

oseph  in  Springwater.  One  of  their  sons, 
ames  Madison,  was  a  noted  lecturer  in  phren- 
ology and  for  fifteen  years  travelled  constantly, 
lecturing  on  that  subject.  The  children,  two 
of  whom  were  born  in  South  Hadley,  the 
others  in  West  Galway,-  New  York,  were: 
Nancy,    Supplina     (see    forward) ;    Russell, 


Naomi,  Joseph,  Silence,  Benjamin,  Franklin, 
John,  James  Madison. 

(VI)  Supplina,  eldest  son  of  Seth  and 
Naomi  (Parsons)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  South 
Hadley,  Massachusetts,  November  27,  1789, 
died  in  West  Galway,  February  8,  1845. 
Shortly  after  his  birth  it  is  probable  his  father 
removed  to  New  York  state,  as  his  brother 
Russell,  the  next  eldest  child,  was  born  in 
West  Galway,  January  16,  1794.  He  was  a 
wool  carder  and  cloth  dresser.  In  1824  he 
began  the  manufacture  of  linseed  oil  in  West 
Galway,  New  York.  He  began  modestly  with 
a  small  hand  mill,  having  a  capacity  of  two 
barrels  daily.  He  increased  this  output  to  six 
barrels.  This  was  the  foundation  on  which 
was  to  be  built  the  present  large  linseed  oil  and 
by-products  business  of  his  son,  John  Kellogg, 
of  Amsterdam,  New  York,  and  of  Spencer 
Kellogg  &  Sons,  Buffalo,  New  York,  the  lat- 
ter business  founded  by  a  grandson,  Spencer 
Kellogg,  son  of  Lauren.  Supplina  Kellogg 
was  an  important  man  in  Galway.  If  anything 
unusual  was  needed  "Deacon"  Kellogg  was 
called  on,  as  he  was  able  to  make  almost  any- 
thing needed  in  those  days.  He  acted  as  a 
judge  or  "peacemaker"  for  his  neighbors,  set- 
tling many  disputes  out  of  court,  thus  prevent- 
ing litigation  with  resultant  bitter  enmities. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
of  West  Galway,  and  an  upright,  christian 
man. 

He  married,  about  18 12,  Susan  A.  Aldrich, 
born  in  Kingstoo,  Rhode  Island,  July  31,  1792, 
died  in  West  Galway,  New  York,  1870,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  John  Aldrich,  born  in  Hopkinton, 
Rhode  Island,  of  the  famous  Aldrich  family 
of  that  state.  Dr.  Aldrich  was  a  pioneer  physi- 
cian of  Kingston  and  of  high  standing.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  taken  prisoner 
and  sent  to  England,  where  he  was  confined 
on  a  prison  ship.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth 
(Thurston)  Aldrich,  who  died  in  Kingston, 
May  23,  1837.  Children  of  Supplina  Kellogg, 
all  born  in  West  Galway,  New  York:  i. 
Emily,  born  September  18,  1813,  died  at  Me- 
dina, New  York,  January  30,  1836.  2.  Lauren, 
died  aged  six  years.  3.  Lauren  (2)  (of  whom 
further).  4.  John,  born  December  17,  1826; 
is  now  the  only  surviving  child  (191 1);  he 
succeeded  with  his  brother  Lauren  to  the  lin- 
seed oil  business  established  by  Supplina  Kel- 
logg, and  until  succeeded  by  his  sons  was  head 
of  Kellogg  &  Miller,  linseed  oil  manufacturers, 
of  Amsterdam,  New  York ;  bank  president  and 


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leading  citizen.  He  married  Olive  Davis. 
Children:  Anna,  George,  Lauren.  The  two 
sons  are  successors  of  Kellogg  &  Miller  and 
in  control  of  a  very  large  plant  and  business. 
5.  Harriet,  born  October  13,  1828;  married 
Bernard  K.  Lee.  6.  Jane,  born  November  i, 
1830;  married  John  Furman  Mann. 

(VH)  Lauren,  eldest  son  of  Supplina  and 
Susan  A.  (Aldrich)  Kellogg,  was  born  in 
West  Galway,  Fulton  county,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1824,  died  in  Amsterdam,  New 
York,  in  1853.  He  graduated  from  Union 
College ;  was  a  brilliant  student,  being  awarded 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  key  for  his  high  standing 
in  college.  A  man  of  sweet  and  temperate 
character.  After  the  death  of  his  father  he 
continued  linseed  oil  manufacturing  with  his 
brother  John  as  partner,  the  firm  being  L.  and 
J.  Kellogg,  conducted  under  his  leadership. 
The  business  was  removed  to  Amsterdam,  New 
York,  in  1852,  enlarged,  and  was  in  successful 
operation  when  death  removed  him  in  1853. 
Mr.  Kellogg  was  a  most  excellent  man  of 
business,  and  had  not  early  death  interfered 
would  have  risen  to  high  rank  in  the  commer- 
cial world. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Miller,  born  in  Scot- 
land, June  30,  1823,  daughter  of  Robert  Miller, 
born  in  Scotland,  near  Glasgow,  December  9, 
1774.  He  was  chief  officer  of  the  civil  govern- 
ment of  Glasgow  and  a  man  of  wealth,  which 
was  entirely  lost  by  misfortune.  He  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1830,  settled  in  West 
Galway,  New  York,  where  he  made  a  brave 
effort  to  retrieve  his  fortunes.  He  failed  in 
his  efforts,  and  in  1834  died  literally  of  dis- 
appointment and  a  broken  heart.  He  married 
Jane  Anderson,  of  Kirkcaldy,  Scotland,  who 
died  April  24,  1856.  Of  their  eleven  children 
Elizabeth  was  the  eighth.  Robert  Miller  was 
a  son  of  James  (2)  Miller,  son  of  James  (i) 
Miller,  son  of  William  and  Marian  (Craig) 
Miller.  William  had  two  sons,  James  ( i )  and 
Andrew ;  the  latter  embraced  the  cause  of  the 
Stuarts,  and  for  his  loyalty  to  "Prince  Charlie" 
had  his  property  confiscated,  and  became  an 
exile  in  France.  Children  of  Lauren  Kellogg: 
I.  Marian,  married  Middleton  Warnick;  chil- 
dren: Lauren  Kellogg,  Spencer  Kellogg, 
Catherine  and  Elizabeth.  2.  Spencer  (of  whom 
further). 

(Vni)  Spencer,  only  son  of  Lauren  and 
Elizabeth  (Miller)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  West 
Galway,  Fulton  county,  New  York  (Galway 
lies  in  both   Fulton  and   Saratoga  counties) 


June  16,  1851.  He  was  educated  in  private 
schools  and  at  GloversvilFe  Seminary,  where 
he  prepared  for  college  but  entered  business 
instead.  After  the  death  of  Lauren  Kellogg 
his  place  in  the  firm  was  taken  by  his  wife's 
brother,  James  A.  Miller,  and  the  firm  name 
changed  to  Kellogg  &  Miller.  Spencer  Kel- 
logg* at  the  age  of  seventeen,  began  working 
for  the  firm  and  displayed  so  much  business 
ability  that  four  years  later,  in  1872,  on  his 
coming  of  legal  age,  was  admitted  to  the  firm, 
as  was  George  Kellogg,  son  of  John,  the  senior 
partner.  In  1877  Spencer  Kellogg  withdrew 
and  went  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  es- 
tablished a  private  bank.  In  1879  1^^  sold 
his  bank  property  and  returned  to  New  York 
state,  locating  in  Buffalo.  His  intimate  knowl- 
edge of  linseed  oil  manufacturing  induced  him 
to  establish  again  in  that  business.  He  formed 
a  partnership  with  Sidney  McDougal.  They 
began  manufacturing  under  the  firm  name  of 
Kellogg  and  McDougal.  They  continued  a 
most  successful  business  until  Mr.  McDougal 
retired.  The  business  was  continued  by  Mr. 
Kellogg  under  his  own  name  until  1909,  when 
the  firm  became  Spencer  Kellogg  &  Sons.  They 
are  the  largest  manufacturers  of  linseed  oil  in 
the  world,  consuming  about  one-third  of  the 
entire  flaxseed  crop  of  the  United  States  in 
their  operations  each  year.  The  oil  extracted 
from  seven  million  bushels  of  seed  is  all  sold 
in  the  United  States,  while  the  oil  cake  is  ex- 
ported to  Belgium  and  Holland.  The  firm 
has  a  mill  in  the  latter  country  for  preparing 
the  cake  to  be  used  as  food  for  cattle,  while 
their  selling  agencies  are  distributed  over  both 
countries.  Their  plant  is  an  immense  one,  in- 
cluding a  separate  office  building  located  on 
McKinley  square  at  the  foot  of  Delaware  ave- 
nue. Their  manufacturing  plants  are  located 
at  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  Minneapolis,  Min- 
nesota. In  addition  to  the  linseed  business 
Spencer  Kellogg  &  Sons  own  and  operate  a 
concrete  grain  elevator  at  Buffalo,  and  are  also 
engaged  in  the  production  of  castor  oil,  core 
oil  and  rape  seed  oil. 

Mr.  Kellogg  was  intimately  connected  with 
the  banking  institutions  of  Buffalo  for  several 
years,  but  the  press  of  private  business  com- 
pelled his  resignation  from  the  vice-presidency 
of  the  Commonwealth  Trust  Company  and 
from  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Marine 
Bank.  He  retains  his  seat  as  a  director  of 
the  New  York  State  Steel  Company  and  of 
the  Buffalo  &  Williamsville  Railway  Company. 


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He  is  a  member  of  Westminster  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  elder  since 
1898.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Buffalo,  Country,  Park  and 
Westminster  clubs.  The  best  comment  upon 
his  great  executive  and  business  ability  is  his 
successful  management  of  his  vast  business. 
Such  concerns  are  not  the  growth  of  a  day 
nor  the  result  of  a  lucky  speculation,  but  are 
built  on  the  wisest  business  acumen  of  their 
founders,  followed  each  day  by  careful,  con- 
servative management,  a  wide  knowledge  of 
the  special  line  manufactured,  and  a  thorough, 
systematic  plan  of  organization  in  making,  sell- 
ing and  recording  departments.  In  organiza- 
tion Mr.  Kellogg  excels,  yet  in  no  needed 
qualification  is  he  lacking. 

He  married,  April  10,  1875,  in  Amsterdam, 
New  York,  Jane  Morris,  daughter  of  Abraham 
B.  and  Jane  (Vedder)  Morris,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Isaac  Morris.  Children  of  Spen- 
cer Kellogg:  I.  Spencer  (2),  born  in  Am- 
sterdam, New  York,  April  10,  1876.  He  was 
educated  in  private  schools,  the  Heathcote 
School  of  Buffalo  ( 1888-94) ,  followed  by  a  spe- 
cial course  in  electrical  engineering  (1894-96) 
at  Lawrence  Scientific  School.  In  1896  he  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  business 
and  is  now  a  member  of  Spencer  Kellogg  & 
Sons,  in  special  charge  of  the  sales  department. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member 
of  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church.  He  is 
active  in  settlement  work,  especially  in  the 
large  settlement  at  Adams  and  Monroe  streets, 
that  is  under  the  Westminster  Club  of  his 
church.  In  1910  he  was  elected  vice-president 
of  the  club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Buf- 
falo and  Automobile  clubs.  He  married,  May 
30,  1899,  at  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  Lida  Desh- 
ler  Willson,  daughter  of  Edmund  Payson 
Willson,  a  stove  manufacturer,  bom  1827,  died 
August,  19 10,  at  Leavenworth.  He  married 
Olive  Links,  who  survived  him,  a  resident  of 
Leavenworth.  Child :  Lois  Dorothy.  2.  Eliz- 
abeth, married  Stewart  R.  Mann,  of  Buffalo, 
now  in  business  at  Derby,  New  York.  3.  How- 
ard, born  in  Buffalo,  March  26,  1881.  He 
was  educated  in  private  schools,  prepared  for 
college  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire;  entered  Harvard  College, 
whence  he  was  graduated  in  three  and  one- 
half  years  with  honor,  together  with  special 
honor  in  mathematics;  received  degree  of 
A.  B.,  class  of  1903.  He  was  associated  with 
his  father  in  business  and  in  1909  became  a 


member  of  Spencer  Kellogg  &  Sons.  He  is 
a  Republican,  and  a  member  of  Westminster 
Presbyterian  Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Uni- 
versity and  the  Wanakah  Golf.  He  married, 
March  2^,  1906,  at  Buffalo,  Cyrena  Allen, 
daughter  of  Whitney  G.  and  Martha  (Allen) 
Case,  of  Buffalo.  She  is  a  graduate  of  St. 
Margaret's  School  of  Buffalo  and  class  of  1907, 
Smith  College.  Children :  Martha,  born  Jan- 
uary 17,  1907;  Howard  (2),  born  October  21, 
1908.  4.  Gertrude  Montgomery,  married 
Charles  Sprague  Clark;  children:  Morris 
Sprague,  born  October  7,  1906;  Andrew  Kel- 
logg, born  February  16,  1909.  5.  Ruth,  spe- 
cially educated  in  music,  finishing  at  Berlin, 
Germany.  6.  Doris.  7.  Donald,  born  January 
27,  1894. 


The  Kingstons  of  Buffalo, 
KINGSTON  herein  recorded,  are  of  di- 
rect English  ancestry.  Will- 
iam Kingston  (I)  was  an  official  of  the  Eng- 
lish government  and  resided  there  near  Liver- 
pool. Among  his  children  was  William  (2), 
supposedly  his  eldest  son,  and  the  American 
progenitor,  who  settled  in  Nova  Scotia,  where 
he  lived  to  the  unusual  age  of  one  hundred 
and  three  years. 

(II)  William  Kingston  (2)  was  born  in 
England,  which  was  his  residence  until  he  was 
about  forty  years  of  age.  He  then  emigrated 
to  Nova  Scotia,  settling  in  the  city  of  Halifax. 
He  owned  farm  lands,  followed  agriculture 
and  dealt  in  cattle.  He  later  removed  to  Dart- 
mouth, Nova  Scotia,  where  he  died  and  is 
buried.  His  gravestone  records  his  age  at  one 
hundred  and  three  years,  but  the  family  claims 
a  birth  record  in  England  shows  him  to  have 
reached  the  age  of  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
years.  He  married  Mary  Leary.  Children: 
Paul,  lived  and  died  at  Dartmouth,  Nova 
Scotia;  John,  of  further  mention;  William, 
settled  in  New  York  City,  where  he  died,  as 
did  his  two  younger  brothers,  George  and 
Thomas;  Mary,  the  only  daughter,  married 
Jerry  Donovan,  of  Dartmouth,  where  both 
died. 

(III)  John,  second  son  of  William  and 
Mary  (Leary)  Kingston,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1804-5.  He  married  and  moved  to  Ice- 
land, where  he  lived  for  a  time,  and  then  went 
to  Nova  Scotia  with  his  family  and  resided 
there  for  a  period.  He  was  a  mason  by  trade, 
and  later  came  to  the  United  States,  locating 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  was  employed  in 


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the  building  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  for  sup- 
plying New  York  City  with  water.  He  was 
thus  engaged  for  six  or  seven  years,  then  re- 
moved to  Herkimer  county,  New  York,  pur- 
chasing a  farm  in  the  town  of  Ohio.  After 
three  years  spent  in  farming  he  sold  and 
moved  to  Rome,  New  York.  He  lived  in  sev- 
eral New  York  towns  and  in  Canada,  finally 
returning  to  Dartmouth,  Nova  Scotia,  where 
he  died.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Established 
Church  of  England,  as  his  family  had  been 
for  generations.  He  married,  October  6,  183 1, 
Julia  Murphy,  who  died  in  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  in  187 1.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  Murphy,  of  Halifax.  Children:  i. 
Paul,  died  in  Buffalo,  leaving  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth.  2.  Mary,  married  John  Mills,  and 
moved  to  Toronto,  Canada;  three  children. 
3.  William,  a  paper  manufacturer,  married 
Mary  Perry;  died  at  Little  Falls,  Herkimer 
county,  New  York,  and  left  four  children,  now 
residents  of  Little  Falls.  4.  John  Clay,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  5.  George,  died  unmarried  at  the 
age  of  forty;  was  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war. 
6.  Thomas,  a  hotel  keeper,  of  Delhi,  New 
York,  unmarried.  7.  Edward,  a  manufacturer, 
of  Little  Falls,  New  York ;  married  Cora  Pin- 
nard  and  has  a  son  Alfred;  now  engaged  in 
the  plumbing  business  at  Little  Falls.  8.  Anna. 
9.  Jenny.  10.  Catherine.  The  three  latter  are 
residents  of  Cornwall-on-the-Hudson,  New 
York. 

(IV)  John  Clay,  third  son  of  John  and  Julia 
(Murphy)  Kingston,  was  bom  in  the  town  of 
Ohio,  Herkimer  county,  New  York,  1842.  He 
settled  in  Buffalo. in  1857,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged as  a  manufacturer  of  shoelasts  until 
1906,  when  he  retired  from  active  business 
life.  During  the  civil  war  Mr.  Kingston  was 
four  years  in  government  employ,  commissary 
department,  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  Mr.  Qay  married,  January  7,  1867, 
at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  Alice,  daughter  of 
James  Murphy.  Children:  i.  Lucretia  Eliza- 
beth, married  in  1893,  John  Robert  Ash,  who 
died  in  Buffalo,  January,  1902,  son  of  James 
Ash,  bom  in  New  Brunswick,  Nova  Scotia, 
December  20,  1836,  died  in  Buffalo,  April  5, 
1908.  He  came  to  .Buffalo  with  his  parents 
when  a  child  of  six  years;  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  began  business  life  with 
Charles  E.  Evans,  coal  dealer;  later,  and  for 


fifteen  years,  was  manager  of  the  shipping  de- 
partment of  Pratt  &  Letchworth.  In  18&  he 
began  business  for  himself.  He  prospered  and 
became  a  large  vessel  owner.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Hand  &  Johnson  tug  line,  and  for 
twenty  years  manager  in  Buffalo  for  the  Lake 
Carriers'  Association.  For  forty  years  he  was 
in  the  coal  business  at  Niagara  street  and  For- 
est avenue,  continuing  until  his  death,  and 
after  he  had  retired  from  all  other  business. 
He  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Seventy-fourth 
Regiment,  New  York  Infantry,  near  the  close 
of  the  civil  war,  but  peace  was  declared  before 
he  saw  actual  service.  He  served  for  one  year 
in  the  New  York  state  legislature ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Buffalo  park  commission,  1882-3; 
alderman  from  the  old  Ninth  Ward,  in  1893, 
serving  continuously  for  twelve  years,  then  de- 
clined re-election;  in  1895  he  was  president  of 
the  city  council.  He  married,  in  1854,  Mary 
Finn,  daughter  of  William  Finn,  a  lumber 
dealer  of  Buffalo.  James  was  a  son  of  Robert 
Ash,  a  descendant  of  Colonel  Ash,  a  revolu- 
tionary soldier.  John  Robert  Ash,  third  son 
of  James  and  Mary  (Finn)  Ash,  was  engaged 
with  his  father  in  the  coal  business  until  his 
death  in  1902.  He  was  a  member  of  Holy 
Angels'  (Roman  Catholic)  Church,  and  in 
poHtics  was  a  Republican.  Children  of  John 
Robert  and  Lucretia  Elizabeth  (Kingston) 
Ash:  i.  Robert  William,  born  October  i, 
1894;  now  (1911)  a  student  in  high  school; 
two  other  children,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Frank, 
now  a  bookkeeper  in  Buffalo.  3.  Alice,  mar- 
ried George  A.  Chase  and  lives  in  Westfield, 
New  York ;  child :  Mary  Louise.  4.  Emma,  a 
resident  of  Buffalo.  5.  Florence  Monica,  mar- 
ried Ralph  Waldo  Pierce,  (see  Pierce  IX). 
6.  Arthur,  born,  1889;  senior  in  the  University 
of  Michigan,  electrical  and  mechanical  engin- 
eering course.    7.  Frederick,  died  in  infancy. 

The  Welch  family  of  Westfield, 
WELCH     New  York,  is  descended  from  a 

long  line  of  Welsh  ancestors. 
The  emigrant  to  America,  Abraham  Welch, 
settled  with  his  wife  and  family  in  Watertown, 
New  York,  183 1.  Here  he  opened  a  dry  goods 
and  millinery  store.  From  1856  to  1861  and 
again  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  Mary  (Fus- 
sel)  Welch,  an  Englishwoman,  he  lived  in 
Winona,  Minnesota,  where  he  died  about  1864, 
aged  sixty-six  years.  They  had  twelve  chil- 
dren, all  but  the  last  three  being  born  in  Eng- 
land.    Children:     Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Hughes; 


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Robert;  Mrs.  Sarah  Banister;  Alfred;  Mrs. 
Susan  F.  Peck;  Thomas  B.  (of  further  men- 
tion) ;  Elizabeth;  Abraham;  Jemima;  Kesia; 
Mrs.  Hannah  P.  Sheldon;  Mrs.  Adelaide 
Hoxie. 

(II)  Thomas  B.,  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary 
(P'ussel)  Welch,  was  born  in  England,  De- 
cember 31,  1825,  died  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, December  29,  1903.  He  was  early 
educated  for  the  Methodist  Episcopal  ministry, 
and  after  his  ordination  preached  for  several 
years.  He  was  compelled  to  retire  from  the 
ministry  because  of  the  loss  of  his  voice.  He 
then  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  medicine, 
which  he  later  practiced,  but  not  finding  this 
to  his  liking,  took  up  the  study  of  dentistry, 
the  practice  of  which  he  commenced  in  Winona, 
Minnesota.  He  later  settled  in  Vineland,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  dental  instruments.  He  continued  this  busi- 
ness in  Philadelphia  for  several  years,  during 
which  time  he  established  a  dentists'  trade 
journal,  Items  of  Interest.  This  was  printed 
for  ten  years,  with  Eh*.  Welch  as  editor,  and 
was  an  authority  upon  all  matters  pertaining 
to  dentistry.  He  retired  from  active  business 
and  spent  the  last  of  his  seventy-eight  years 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Dr.  Welch 
originated  unfermented  wine  or  grape  juice  in 

He  married  Lucy  M.,  born  July  20, 
1825,  died  April  30,  1894,  daughter  of  Peter 
Hutt.  Children:  i.  George  B.,  born  in  New 
York  state;  married  Flora  M.  Barker,  of 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  now  practicing  dentistry 
in  Washington,  D.  C.  2.  Frederick  W.,  born 
in  New  York  state,  died  July  20,  1898;  he 
was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war;  married 
Louvinia  Yerkes;  two  children:  Ray  W., 
Freda  L.  Kronenberg.  3.  Charles  E.  (of  fur- 
ther mention).  4.  Mrs.  Emma  E.  Slade ;  three 
children :  Dr.  A.  R.  Slade,  Mrs.  Edna  Batton, 
Mrs.  Lucy  Halloway.  5.  Mrs.  Clara  M.  Gould. 
6.  Mrs.  Villa  Murray;  two  children:  Elsa, 
Nona.    7.  Mrs.  May  L.  Thomas. 

(III)  Charles  E.,  son  of  Dr.  Thomas  B. 
and  Lucy  M.  (Hutt)  Welch,  was  born  at 
Watertown,  New  York,  March  2,  1852.  His 
parents  removed  to  Winona,  Minnesota,  where 
he  received  his  early  education.  At  the  age 
of  seventeen  they  moved  to  Vineland,  New 
Jersey,  where  his  education  was  completed. 
He  studied  dentistry  in  Vineland  and  practiced 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  from  1872  to  1877.  In 
1877  he  returned  to  Vineland  and  was  asso- 


ciated with  his  father  in  the  practice  of  den- 
tistry until  1881.  In  that  year  he  and  his 
father  moved  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  dental  in- 
struments, also  publishing  Items  of  Interest, 
before  mentioned.  In  1869  he  began  the  manu- 
facture of  his  now  famous  grape  juice  at  Vine- 
land,  New  Jersey.  He  began  in  a  very  small 
way,  but  as  the  demand  for  his  product  grew, 
the  size  of  the  plant  was  increased  by  addi- 
tions which  were  made  from  time  to  time.  In 
1886  he  gave  up  his  other  business  interests, 
including  his  dental  work,  and  devoted  his 
time  entirely  to  the  making  of  grape  juice.  In 
1897,  because  grapes  in  the  Vineland  vineyards 
were  inadequate  to  meet  the  increased  demand, 
he  moved  to  Westfield,  New  York,  where  he 
erected  a  larger  and  better  plant.  Recently 
he  has  found  it  necessary  to  increase  the  size 
of  this  buiJding,  and  in  191 1  the  company  pur- 
chased a  large  factory  in  North  East,  Penn- 
sylvania. In  1903  the  business  was  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  the  Welch  Grape 
Juice  Company,  with  Charles  E.  Welch  as 
president  and  general  manager,  and  his  sons, 
Paul  Ross  Welch  and  Edgar  Thomas  Welch, 
vice-president  and  secretary  and  treasurer.  It 
is  now  one  of  the  important  industries  of  the 
county,  employing  two  hundred  hands  during 
the  busy  season.  In  1906  he  organized  and 
established  the  Welch  Gas  Company,  of  which 
he  IS  president.  They  were  among  the  first 
to  attempt  the  exploration  of  natural  gas,  and 
have  a  system  which  is  of  great  benefit  to  the 
people  of  Westfield.  They  formed  an  inde- 
pendent system,  digging  their  own  wells  and 
laying  their  own  pipe  lines.  He  is  a  member 
and  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school,  and  an 
active  worker.  He  is  an  Independent  in  poli- 
tics, and  is  now  (1911)  serving  his  third  term 
as  president  of  the  village. 

He  married  (first)  Jennie,  daughter  of 
Recompence  Ross,  bom  in  Burlington,  New 
Jersey,  died  March,  1884.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Julia,  daughter  of  John  and  Annie 
(Culin)  Frailey,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Edgar 
Thomas,  bom  in  Vineland,  New  Jersey,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1881 ;  married  Grace  Harris ;  one  child : 
Qiarles  Edgar,  bom  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
August  8,  1903.  2.  Paul  Ross,  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  July  20,  1882.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  all  born  in  Vineland,  New 
Jersey :  3.  John  F.,  October  26,  1886.    4.  Jen- 


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nie  R.,  April   17,   1888.     5.  William  Taylor, 
March  21,  1890. 


The     Rengel     family    are    of 

RENGEL    French    ancestry,    the    grand- 
father, Alexander  Rengel,  hav- 
ing been  a  native  of  Alsace  Lx^rraine  when  it 
was  French  territory. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Alexander  Rengel,  was 
born  in  Alsace,  near  Strasburg,  February  6, 
1837,  died  at  Lancaster,  Erie  county,  New 
York,  January  i,  1890.  He  was  educated  at 
the  "Petit  Seminaire"  in  Strasburg,  specializ- 
ing in  music,  becoming  an  accomplished  organ- 
ist. At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  came 
to  the  United  States  and  located  first  in  Wil- 
liamsville,  Erie  county.  New  York,  where  he 
was  church  organist  and  school  teacher  until 
1863,  when  he  moved  to  Sheldon,  Wyoming 
county.  Five  years  later  he  became  organist 
at  Lancaster,  Erie  county,  and  taught  school 
there  up  to  the  day  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
devout  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
and  gave  his  entire  time  to  church  music  and 
teaching. 

He  married,  January  22,  1861,  at  Williams- 
ville,  Victorine  Le  Brun,  born  September  27, 
1840,  daughter  of  Jean  Baptist  Le  Brun,  born 
April  3,  1803,  in  Paris,  France,  died  Septem- 
ber II,  1866,  at  Eggertsville,  New  York.  He 
was  a  wealthy  wine  maker  of  Naincy,  France, 
and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1844. 

In  Erie  county,  upon  the  old  Williams- 
ville  road  about  a  mile  beyond  the  Country 
Club,  stands  a  little  old  stone  building  which 
is  what  is  left  of  an  American  home  of  the 
Lebruns.  The  house  sets  backs  from  the  road 
surrounded  by  tangled  weeds  and  wild  flowers, 
while  the  driveway  now  grown  over  with 
grass  is  lined  with  golden-rod  and  elder 
bushes.  In  this  house  lived  and  died  Jean 
Batiste  Lebrun,  nephew  of  Charles  Francois 
Lebrun,  third  consul  and  archtreasurer  under 
Napoleon  and  governor  of  Holland,  who  came 
to  America  in  1844. 

The  Lebruns  were  a  powerful  family  in 
France,  a  family  of  genius  in  the  sixteen 
hundreds,  but  in  the  days  of  Louis  XVI  and 
Napoleon  Bonaparte  they  reached  their 
greatest  political  power.  Charles  Fran- 
cois Lebrun,  uncle  of  the  Jean  mentioned,  was 
third  consul  when  Napoleon  was  first,  and  was 
made  duke  of  Piacenza  under  the  empire, 
Jean  Batiste  Lebrun,  brother  of  Charles  and 
husband  of  Mme.  Lebrun,  the  painter,  was  an 


art  critic  and  a  painter  of  no  small  ability. 
The  third  brother,  Pierre,  father  of  Jean,  was 
a  military  man.  A  peculiarity  of  these  three 
brothers  was  their  being  honored  by  the  Bour- 
bon king,  the  republic  and  the  empire  and 
holding  the  esteem  of  all. 

At  the  downfall  and  exile  of  Napoleon  they 
left  Paris  and  lived  at  Nancy,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  sections  of  France,  where  purple- 
laden  vineyards  stretch  for  miles  across  the 
country,  dotted  here  and  there  with  pictur- 
esque villages,  ruins  of  old  feudal  castles  and 
more  modern  chateaus.  After  living  at  Nancy 
some  years  a  sea  voyage  was  prescribed  for 
Jean  Batiste,  son  of  Pierre  Lebrun,  and  he 
started  to  America  with  his  wife  and  little 
daughter,  accompanied  by  his  sister  and  her 
family,  who  were  bound  for  the  state  of  Ohio. 

It  was  before  the  days  of  the  ocean  liner, 
and  the  Lebruns  spent  several  weeks  on  a  sail- 
ing vessel  in  crossing  the  Atlantic.  Mr.  Le- 
brun, being  greatly  benefited  by  the  voyage, 
decided  to  shorten  his  journey  by  making  the 
trip  west  as  far  as  Buffalo  by  way  of  the 
new  railroad  (the  Erie)  ;  while  his  sister,  de- 
siring to  continue  the  journey  by  water,  trav- 
eled across  the  state  by  the  Erie  canal,  which 
at  that  time  was  a  strong  rival  of  the  railroad 
in  the  passenger  business. 

While  waiting  at  Buffalo  for  his  sister  to 
arrive  by  boat,  Jean  Batiste  Lebrun  became 
acquainted  with  the  French  residents,  many 
of  whom  were  people  or  descendants  of  peo- 
ple of  worth  and  prominence  in  the  old  coun- 
try; and  during  that  week  of  waiting  he  be- 
came so  favorably  impressed  with  Buffalo  and 
the  fine  surrounding  country  that  he  bought 
the  home  on  the  Williamsville  road  and  im- 
mediately made  it  his  residence.  It  was  an 
old-established  homestead  for  those  days,  hav- 
ing been  built  long  before  the  War  of  18 12. 
The  land  around  it  was  rolling  level  country, 
intercrossed  by  the  picturesque  ledge  of 
quarry  stone  formation  that  runs  for  miles 
through  this  part  of  New  York. 

The  old  house  has  sheltered  many  noted 
people  of  both  continents.  If  its  walls  could 
speak  what  tales  could  they  relate  of  talks  by 
the  old  fireside?  Stories  of  the  rise  and  fall 
of  the  empire — of  great  minds  which  used  to 
congregate  in  the  Lebrun  salon  in  Paris — of 
exiles  in  many  strange  lands — of  new  peace 
and  comfort.  It  now  stands  empty  and  silent, 
while  occasionally  voices  of  Eggertsville  chil- 
dren are  heard  playing  among  the  fruit  trees 


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which  have  grown  up  and  become  old  leaning 
trees  around  the  grounds;  and  childish  faces 
peep  in  over  the  old  stone  steps.  It  is  merely 
an  old  ruin  to  them  and  only  that  to  us.* 

Jean  Baptist  Le  Brun  married  Marie 
Noirel,  bom  at  Nancy,  February  25,  1803, 
died  December  19,  1872,  in  Buffalo,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Victorine,  married  Joseph 
Rengel,  whom  she  survives ;  Nicholas,  born  in 
Eggertsville,  December  27,  1846. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Victorine  Rengel: 
I.  Nettie  M.,  born  February  23,  1864;  married, 
June  26,  1890,  William  J.  Gordon ;  resides  in 
New  York  City.  2.  Henry  J.,  born  November 
5,  1865;  married,  October  19,  1886,  Mary  F. 
Fitzpatrick,  and  has  daughter  Eugenie,  bom 
May  15,  1890;  resides  in  Buffalo.  3.  Edward 
J.,  of  further  mention. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Edward  Joseph,  youngest  son  of 
Joseph  and  Victorine  (Le  Brun)  Rengel,  was 
bom  in  Lancaster,  Erie  county.  New  York, 
August  8,  1869.  His  early  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  parochial  school  taught  by  the 
Sisters  of  Miss  Nardin's  Academy  and  his 
own  father.  In  1883  he  entered  St.  Joseph's 
College,  Buffalo,  and  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.B.,  June  29,  1888,  from  Manhattan 
College,  New  York  City,  both  institutions  be- 
ing taught  by  the  Christian  Brothers.  After 
graduation  he  began  his  studies  for  the  priest- 
hood at  the  Seminary  of  Our  Lady  of  Angels 
(Niagara  University),  Suspension  Bridge, 
New  York,  remaining  with  the  Priests  of  the 
Congregation  of  the  Mission  for  five  years, 
going  from  there  to  the  Catholic  University 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  received  the 
degree  of  S.T.B.,  in  June,  1894,  and  on  June 
29,  1894,  was  ordained  a  priest  by  the  late  Rt. 
Rev.  Stephen  Vincent  Ryan,  at  the  Bishop's 
Chapel,  Delaware  avenue,  Buffalo.  His  first 
appointment  was  as  temporary  pastor  of  St. 
Nicholas'  Church,  Buffalo,  during  the  absence 
of  the  Rev.  Christopher  O'Byrne.  In  Janu- 
ary, 1895,  he  returned  to  the  Catholic  Univer- 
sity at  Washington,  specializing  in  psychology 
with  the  Rev.  Edward  A.  Pace,  D.D.,  Ph.D. 
In  June,  1895,  he  was  made  permanent  pastor 
of  the  church  at  East  Aurora,  New  York,  and 
remained  in  charge  of  that  parish  and  the 
missions  of  Springbrook,  Holland  and  Marilla 
until  1900,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
parish  of  East  Pembroke,  with  the  missions 

*  The  foregoing  narrative  is  from  an  illustrated 
article  by  Miss  Jeannette  E.  Sherman,  in  the  Illus- 
trated Buffalo  Express. 


of  Crittenden,  Corfu  and  Wheatville.  The 
following  year  he  was  assigned  to  Andover, 
Allegany  county,  New  York,  from  which  place 
he  came  to  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  July  14,  1904.  Three  years  later 
the  silver  jubilee  of  the  church  was  celebrated 
after  being  freed  from  a  debt  of  a  quarter  cen- 
tury, and  entirely  redecorated.  On  Easter 
Tuesday,  April  13,  1909,  the  church  and  rec- 
tory were  burned  to  the  ground.  While  the 
fire  was  destroying  the  house,  the  old  Harlin 
estate,  adjoining  the  public  square,  which  had 
been  under  consideration,  was  purchased,  and 
on  May  26th  the  new  site  was  blessed  and 
ground  was  broken  for  a  new  church.  The 
work  of  excavating  began  June  7th,  and  on 
July  28,  1909,  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  Holy 
Name  of  Mary  Church  was  laid  by  the  Rt. 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Colton,  D.D.,  Bishop  of  Buf- 
falo, who  had  donated  the  site  to  the  parish 
to  encourage  the  people  in  the  work  of  re- 
building. The  plans  of  the  church  and  rectory, 
which  are  connected  by  a  cloister,  were  drawn 
by  the  architect,  A.  A.  Post,  of  Buffalo,  and 
erected  by  the  contractor,  William  Stokes,  of 
Ellicottville,  at  a  cost  of  $35,000,  the  heating, 
plumbing  and  electric  work  adding  $5,000  to 
the  cost  of  building.  Over  $10,000  was  spent 
in  furnishings  and  decorating,  the  altar  being 
American  marble  and  the  furniture  quartered 
oak.  The  fire  had  destroyed  a  copy  of  the 
original  painting  of  the  Crucifixion  by  Guido 
Reni,  in  the  Church  of  San  Lorenzo,  Rome, 
given  by  Mrs.  Devereaux  fifty  years  before,  but 
Mr.  Kessel,  who  had  restored  the  picture  for 
the  silver  jubilee,  painted  a  copy  which  com- 
pares very  favorably  with  the  original  and 
is  a  most  realistic  altar  piece.  The  windows 
are  the  crowning  beauty  of  the  church,  and 
help  confirm  the  assertion  that  it  is  the  "pret- 
tiest, neatest  and  most  complete  church"  that 
can  be  found.  In  the  tower  is  a  clock  costing 
six  hundred  dollars,  given  principally  by  the 
non-Catholics  of  Ellicottville.  It  strikes  the 
hours  on  the  church  bell,  which  was  donated 
in  memory  of  his  father,  Michael  O'Day,  by 
the  late  Hon.  Daniel  O'Day,  whose  boyhood 
days  were  spent  in  Ellicottville.  The  church 
itself  is  patterned  after  the  church  at  Deal 
Beach,  New  Jersey,  where  Mr.  O'Day  built  his 
magnificent  summer  home,  which  he  named 
Kildysart  after  his  birthplace  in  County  Clare, 
Ireland.  Although  the  buildings  were  com- 
pleted a  year  and  a  half  ago,  at  a  cost  of  more 
than  $50,000,  the  present  debt  (1912)  is  only 


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$13,000,  half  of  which  is  on  the  church  and 
covered  by  subscriptions  payable  within  three 
years,  the  entire  cost  of  the  church  having 
been  subscribed  by  the  parishioners  without 
solicitation,  each  coming  to  make  his  or  her 
offering  to  the  priest.  The  parish  numbers 
about  650  individuals,  being  mostly  of  the 
farming  class.  A  fund  has  been  started  for  a 
parochial  school,  towards  which  the  pastor  do- 
nates half  of  the  marriage  and  baptismal  fees. 
Father  Rengel  made  a  cruise  of  the  West 
Indies  in  1903,  went  to  California  by  way  of 
the  Isthmus  of  Panama  in  1906,  made  a  Pil- 
grimage to  Rome  and  through  Europe  in  1907, 
and  again  in  19 10,  including  the  Passion  Play, 
and  has  had  several  audiences  with  the  Holy 
Father. 


The  Fargo  family  of  Buffalo,  so 
FARGO    intimately    connected    with    the 

great  American  and  Wells-Fargo 
Express  Companies,  descends  from  Moses 
Fargo  (or  Firgo,  as  it  was  often  written), 
who  emigrated  from  England  to  Connecticut 
about  1670,  and  settled  at  New  London,  where 
a  house  lot  was  granted  him  in  1680.  In  1690 
he  was  in  Norwich,  and  in  1694  was  granted 
land  "on  the  hill  above  the  rock  where  his 
house  stands."  He  was  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  Norwich  who  came  later  and  were  added 
to  the  original  settlers.  In  1722  he  appears 
among  the  inhabitants  of  the  North  Parish  of 
New  London,  now  Montville.  His  wife  was 
named  Sarah.  He  died  in  1726.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  June  19,  1680;  Mary,  June  6, 
1681;  Ann,  March  2,  1684;  Patience,  May  9, 
1688;  Moses,  April  9,  1691;  Ralph,  August 
18,  1693;  Robert,  September  30,  1696; 
Thomas,  November  9,  1699;  Aaron,  December 
9,  1702. 

(II)  One  of  the  sons  of  Moses  Fargo. 

(III)  William,  grandson  of  Moses  Fargo, 
the  emigrant,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  died 
about  1800.  He  enlisted  in  the  Continental 
army  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  served 
during  the  whole  war.  He  became  a  successful 
trader  and  shipper  of  horses  and  cattle  to  the 
West  Indies,  but  the  loss  of  two  ships  during 
a  stormy  voyage  brought  financial  disaster 
from  which  he  never  recovered.  He  left  a 
widow  and  several  children. 

(IV)  William  C,  son  of  William  Fargo, 
was  born  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  March 
20,  1791.  He  was  early  thrown  on  his  own 
resources,   and   started  in  life  working  in  a 


distillery,  where  he  learned  the  trade.  January 
23,  1807,  he  left  home  with  his  uncle  John 
Ames  and  came  to  New  York  state,  settling 
at  Hymouth,  Chenango  county,  later  going  to 
Jamesville,  Onondaga  county.  He  worked  in 
different  towns,  always  going  westward  until 
he  reached  Buffalo  in  September,  1809.  Here 
he  was  employed  until  May,  1812,  when  he  en- 
listed in  the  Third  Regiment  Heavy  Artillery, 
under  Colonel  (later  General)  Alexander 
Macomb.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Queens- 
town,  October  13,  1812,  and  received  a  wound 
in  the  right  thigh;  in  the  same  battle  the 
British  General  Brock  was  killed.  Mr.  Fargo 
recovered  and  served  throughout  the  war.  In 
1815,  after  peace  was  established,  he  continued 
in  the  army  service  until  May  7,  1817,  rank- 
ing as  sergeant-major.  He  was  discharged 
at  Mackinaw,  and  on  foot  returned  to  Pompey, 
Onondaga  county.  New  York.  Here  he  mar- 
ried, and  engaged  in  farming  and  distilling. 
He  later  removed  to  Cicero  Corners,  later  to 
Manlius,  where  he  lived  fifteen  years,  then  to 
Syracuse,  where  he  built  a  substantial  home 
and  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  mar- 
ried, August  10,  18 1 7,  Tacy  Strong,  born  in 
Hebron,  Connecticut,  September  14,  1799,  died 
November  9,  1870,  and  is  buried  in  Forest 
Lawn  Cemetery,  Buffalo,  with  her  husband, 
where  their  resting  place  is  marked  by  a  beau- 
tiful monument  marked  "Father  and  Mother," 
in  the  lot  of  their  son,  William  G.  Fargo. 
Children : 

I.  William  George,  born  May  20,  1818,  in 
Pompey,  New  York;  was  clerk,  freight  agent 
and  express  messenger,  and  Buffalo  agent  for 
Pomeroy  Express.  In  1844,  with  Henry  Wells 
and  Daniel  Dunning,  he  organized  the  Wells 
Express  Company,  to  operate  between  Buffalo 
and  Detroit,  gradually  extending  the  business 
to  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Dunning  withdrew  after  a 
year,  and  Mr.  Wells  sold  his  interest  to  Wil- 
liam A.  Livingston,  the  firm  becoming  Liv- 
ingston &  Fargo.  In  1850  the  American  Ex- 
press Company  was  organized,  consolidating 
the  several  express  companies,  with  William 
G.  Fargo  as  the  first  secretary.  In  1868  the 
American  absorbed  the  Merchants'  Union  Ex- 
press Company,  and  Mr.  Fargo  was  elected 
president  of  the  American  Express  Company, 
retaining  that  position  until  his  death.  In  185 1 
he  and  associates  organized  the  Wells-Fargo 
Express  Company,  to  operate  between  New 
York  and  San  Francisco,  by  way  of  the 
Isthmus,  with  interior  local  lines  in  (California. 


NEW   YORK. 


549 


With  the  completion  of  the  Union  and  Cen- 
tral Pacific  railroads  the  water  route  was  aban- 
doned for  rail,  and  the  management  of  the 
company  transferred  to  San  Francisco.  Mr. 
Fargo  was  vice-president  and  director  of  the 
company.  He  was  a  director  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  and 

a 

Other  companies;  mayor  of  Buffalo,  1862- 
1866;  died  August  3,  188 1.  He  married,  1840, 
Anna  H.  Williams.  2.  Jerome  Freeman,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Rufus,  born  December  26, 
182 1,  died  aged  two  years.  4.  Chancellor  L., 
bom  January  12,  1824;  entered  Express  serv- 
ice and  was  director  of  the  American  Express 
Company  and  'superintendent  of  the  Western 
Division.  5.  Sarah  Ann,  born  March  24,  1826 ; 
married  Harvey  S.  Reed.  6.  Maryette,  born 
December  18,  1827;  married  Samuel  P. 
Wormley.  7.  James  C,  born  May  5,  1829; 
held  many  responsible  positions  with  the 
American  Express  Company,  general  superin- 
tendent and  manager ;  president  of  Merchants' 
Dispatch  Transportation  Company,  and  was  a 
thorough  master  of  the  business;  married 
Fannie  Stuart.  8.  Charles,  bom  April  15, 
1831 ;  also  an  important  character  in  the  Ex- 
press business;  held  responsible  positions  and 
succeeded  his  brother,  William  G.,  as  president 
of  the  American  Express  Company,  in  1881 ; 
he  married  Mary  Jane  Bradford.  9.  Thomas 
B.,  bom  May  7,  1833;  married  Lou  Winfield. 
10.  Emmeline,  born  May  17,  1836;  married 
Frederick  Deese.  11.  Willett  H.,  born  Febru- 
ary 15,  1840;  married  Emmeline  Caldwell. 
12.  Mortimer  H.,  born  September  27,  1843; 
agent  of  American  Express  Company  at  Green 
Bay,  Wisconsin,  and  held  other  offices  in  the 
Company;  married  Mary  Drake. 

(V)  Jerome  Freeman,  second  son  of  Wil- 
liam C.  and  Tacy  (Strong)  Fargo,  was  born 
at  Jamesville,  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
February  20,  1820.  He  worked  on  the  farm 
in  summer  and  attended  school  winters  until 
he  was  fourteen,  then  hired  to  a  farmer,  in- 
tending to  remain  until  he  was  twenty-one. 
Farm  life,  however,  did  not  agree  with  his 
health,  and  in  1835  he  began  clerking  in  the 
Curtis  store  on  Pompey  Hill.  In  1836  he  was 
in  Syracuse  clerking,  but  soon  apprenticed 
himself  to  learn  the  baker's  trade.  In  1838 
he  removed  to  Weedsport,  where  he  worked 
at  his  trade  a  year,  then  was  clerk  for  a  year, 
then  engaged  in  mercantile  business  with  his 
brother,  William  C.  In  1841  he  removed  to 
Auburn,  New   York,   in   the   employ   of   the 


Auburn  &  Syracuse  Railroad  Company.  For 
two  years  he  was  local  freight  conductor,  and 
ran  the  first  through  freight  train  from 
Rochester  to  Albany  without  transfer,  in  the 
winter  of  1846.  In  1847  ^^  was  promoted 
passenger  conductor,  and  removed  to  Syracuse 
in  1849.  He  ran  a  train  from  Syracuse  to 
Auburn,  continuing  until  the  organization  of 
the  New  York  Central,  remaining  with  them 
until  June,  1856,  when  he  removed  to  Buffalo. 
Here  he  was  junior  partner  of  Williams  & 
Fargo,  owning  and  operating  the  Corn  Dock 
Elevator,  which  he  built  and  managed  success- 
fully until  its  destruction  by  fire  in  1865.  He 
then  leased,  with  his  partner,  the  City  Eleva- 
tor, which  he  operated  until  1872.  In  July, 
1873,  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
real  estate  and  personal  property  of  the  Amer- 
ican Express  Company,  a  position  he  held 
until  his  death. 

Mr.  Fargo  was  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
and  a  devout,  active  member  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church.  He  was  one  of  the 
early  members  of  the  Church  of  the  Ascen- 
sion, Buffalo,  one  of  the  largest  contributors 
to  its  building  fund,  and  in  1867  was  chosen 
warden.  He  was  president  of  the  Buffalo 
Homoeopathic  Hospital;  life  member  of  the 
Young  Men's  Association ;  member  of  Ancient 
Landmarks  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  other  organizations.  He  was  a  man  of 
high  character  and  died  deeply  regretted.  He 
married,  July,  1839,  Hannah  XVatson  of 
Weedsport,  New  York.  Of  their  seven  chil- 
dren, two  reached  maturity — George  W.,  of 
whom  further;  and  Bessie,  married  Stephen 
Sears,  and  has  Jerome,  Winthrop,  and 
Stephen. 

(VI)  George  W.,  son  of  Jerome  F.  and 
Hannah  (Watson)  Fargo,  was  born  in 
Auburn,  New  York,  December  23,  1848.  He 
married,  June  29,  1870,  Alice  M.  EMUer,  a 
resident  of  the  old  Diller  homestead,  464 
Franklin  street,  built  by  her  father,  John 
Diller,  in  1850,  one  of  the  first  residences  on 
Franklin  street.  Children:  i.  Fanny  Alice, 
resident  of  Buffalo.  2.  Hannah  Watson,  mar- 
ried, October  14,  1896,  William  L.  Popple; 
child:  Marion  Fargo  Popple.  3.  Emmeline 
Diller,  married,  July  14,  1908,  William  John 
Jacob,  of  BuflFalo.  4  Jerome  Freeman,  born 
June  14,  1884,  educated  in  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  Buffalo;  was  engaged  in  the  Ex- 
press business  in  Buffalo  until  1908,  when  he 
removed  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania. 


5SO 


NEW   YORK. 


(The   Diller  Line). 

The  Dillers  of  Buffalo  descend  from  Fran- 
cis Diller,  a  Swiss  immigrant  about  whom  lit- 
tle is  known  further  than  the  information  con- 
tained in  his  passport,  dated  April  lo,  1754. 
He  was  born  in  Biglen,  a  village  in  northwest- 
em  Switzerland.  The  earlier  years  of  his 
life  up  to  1743  were  spent  in  the  canton  of 
Bern.  He  was  a  Mennonite,  a  sect  which,  on 
account  of  their  hostility  to  a  union  of  church 
and  state,  their  refusal  to  bear  arms,  take  the 
oath  or  hold  office,  suffered  great  persecution. 
The  persecutions  were  most  intense  and  long 
continued  in  Bern,  and  it  seems  most  probable 
that  he  was  among  those  exiled  from  his  na- 
tive land,  for  during  the  last  eleven  years 
of  his  stay  in  Europe  he  was  resident  at  La 
Chaux-de-Fonds  under  the  authority  of  the 
King  of  Prussia,  who  had  invited  the  exiled 
Bernese  to  settle  in  his  own  kingdom.  His 
passport  shows  that  he  leased  a  considerable 
estate  at  Chaux-de-Fonds,  where  he  resided 
continuously  for  eleven  years,  that  he  was-  a 
man  of  good  character,  and  had  a  family.  As 
his  eldest  son  was  born  about  1743,  possibly 
as  early  as  1731,  he  was  most  likely  married 
in  Biglen,  and  that  his  other  three  children 
were  born  at  Chaux-de-Fonds.  The  passport 
was  obtained  April  10,  1754,  and  it  seems  more 
likely  that  he  began  his  journey  down  the 
Rhine  at  once  and  made  no  stops  of  long 
duration  in  Holland  or  elsewhere  before  sail- 
ing for  America.  There  is  no  record  of  the 
voyage,  but  tradition  has  it  that  his  household 
goods  were  lost  at  sea,  and  that  the  family 
arrived  destitute.  This  is  improbable,  as  in 
a  few  years  after  his  arrival  Francis  Diller 
bought  a  farm,  paying  over  $2000  cash,  and 
assuming  a  mortgage  on  the  property.  This 
farm,  which  he  purchased  April  10,  1760,  con- 
tained one  hundred  and  forty  acres,  situated 
on  a  branch  of  Muddy  Creek,  in  now  Breck- 
nock township,  Lancaster  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. During  his  early  residence  there  he  built 
the  first  distillery  in  Lancaster  county,  and 
operated  it  during  the  revolutionary  war.  He 
made  his  will  November  12,  1782,  and  named 
his  son  Peter  as  executor.  He  died  soon  after 
his  will  was  made,  and  is  supposed  to  have 
been  buried  at  Mennonite  meeting  house,  in 
Bowmansville,  about  one  and  three-quarters 
miles  from  his  farm.  No  trace  of  his  grave 
has  been  found.  His  wife  Anna,  maiden  name 
unknown,  was  born  June,  1707,  and  died  be- 
tween 1809  and  181 1.    A  stone  to  the  memory 


of  Francis  Diller  has  been  erected  in  the  grave- 
yard of  the  Diller  church  in  Cumberland 
county,  Pennsylvania,  with  inscription :  "Fran- 
cis and  Anna  Diller  of  Biglen,  Switzerland, 
emigrated  in  1754  from  La  Chaux-de-Fonds, 
to  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  where 
Francis  died  in  1783,  and  was  buried  near 
Bowmansville.  Anna  died  about  1810,  lies 
here  with  her  three  sons  Francis,  Peter  and 
Abraham."  Elizabeth,  the  only  daughter,  mar- 
ried David  Eshelman,  and  lived  in  Berks 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Three  of  her  six  chil- 
dren lived  in  Niagara  county,  New  York.  The 
sons  are  all  the  founders  of  families  found  all 
over  the  United  States. 

Francis  (2),  son  of  Francis  (i)  and  Anna 
Diller,  is  the  ancestor  of  the  Buffalo  branch, 
and  grandfather  of  John  Diller,  father  of 
Alice  M.  Diller,  wife  of  George  W.  Fargo. 

John  Diller,  of  Plainfield,  Pennsylvania,  was 
born  January  26,  1818,  removed  to  Buffalo 
about  1847.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  HoUister  Elevator  Company,  and  later  was 
connected  with  the  City  Elevator  Company. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  and  a  Demo- 
crat. He  married,  April  22,  1847,  at  Plain- 
field,  Pennsylvania,  Emmeline  Carothers,  born 
October  2,  1826,  died  June  14,  1906,  in  Buf- 
falo, daughter  of  William  Carothers,  born  in 
England,  in  1787,  died  October  27 y  1838;  he 
married,  October  26,  1809,  Elizabeth  Showers, 
born  at  Plainfield,  Pennsylvania,  July  15,  1792, 
died  December  5,  1874 ;  they  had  ten  children. 
John  and  Emmeline  Diller  were  the  parents 
of  two  children:  i.  Albert  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1852,  died  October  28,  1903,  at  Buf- 
falo ;  he  was  a  railroad  contractor,  and  prom- 
inent in  the  Masonic  order.  2.  Alice  M.,  mar- 
ried George  W.  Fargo. 

Emmeline  Carothers  Diller,  mother  of  Mrs. 
Fargo,  was  a  member  of  the  Central  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  a  woman  of  great  energy 
and  force  of  character.  After  the  death  of 
her  husband,  Mrs.  Fargo  returned  to  the  old 
Diller  home  on  Franklin  street,  where  she 
cared  for  her  aged  mother  until  the  death  of 
the  latter  in  1906. 


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King  Charles  II  made  it  a  treasonable  act  to 
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troops  in  Western  Scotland  were  ordered  to 
disperse  all  such  meetings  at  the  point  of  the 
sword.  The  people  took  arms  in  defense  of 
their  religion,  and  were  defeated  by  the  Duke 
of  Monmouth  at  Both  well  Bridge,  January  22, 
1679.  Some  four  hundred  Covenanters  were 
killed  in  this  battle,  among  them  several 
Wilkesons.  As  a  result  of  this  defeat  the 
Wilkeson  family,  with  others,  was  exiled  to 
the  North  of  Ireland.  Ten  years  later  these 
Ulster  Protestants  defended  Londonderry 
from  an  attack  by  the  forces  of  King  James  II. 
This  event,  commonly  known  as  the  "Siege  of 
Derr)',"  was  among  the  most  memorable  in 
the  annals  of  the  British  Isles.  Six  Wilkesons 
were  among  those  killed  during  the  terrible 
one  hundred  and  five  days  before  the  place 
was  relieved.  The  soldier  survivors  received 
allotments  of  land  in  the  Pale. 

(I)  John  Wilkeson,  with  his  wife  Mary 
Robinson,  emigrated  from  the  North  of  Ire- 
land in  1760.  He  settled  in  Delaware,  where 
he  was  living  when  the  revolution  began.  He 
immediately  enlisted,  receiving  a  commission 
as  lieutenant,  and  fought  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  After  the  army  was  disbanded  he 
went  to  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  under  a  soldier's  warrant  he  cleared  a 
farm,  and  in  this  home  remained  until  his 
death.    He  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Wilkeson,  was 
born  in  1781,  at  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  where 
his  father's  regiment  was  encamped.  His 
youth  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm  in  the 
Pennsylvania  wilderness,  among  all  the  hard- 
ships of  the  frontier.  His  schooling  began 
in  the  nearest  log  schoolhouse,  and  ended  in 
just  two  weeks.  The  education  which  later 
enabled  him  to  perform  the  duties  of  an  en- 
gineer, a  judge,  an  editor,  a  senator  and  a 
mayor,  besides  becoming  a  successful  merchant 
and  manufacturer,  was  gained  in  the  rough 
school  of  experience,  supplemented  by  personal 
study.  Soon  after  his  father's  death  he  mar- 
ried Jean  (Jane)  Oram,  daughter  of  Captain 
Samuel  Oram,  who  had  emigrated  to  America 
with  his  father,  and  was  John  Wilkeson's 
comrade  throughout  the  revolution.  Follow- 
ing the  pioneer  instinct,  Samuel  removed  with 
his  wife  to  Southeastern  Ohio,  where  he  began 
to  clear  for  himself  another  farm.  His  enter- 
prising spirit,  however,  soon  led  him  to  seek 
an  occupation  which  promised  more  rapid  re- 
turns for  his  toil.  He  began  to  build  keelboats, 
and  carried  on  trade  between  Pittsburgh  and 


Buffalo,  by  way  of  the  Allegheny  and  Cone- 
wango  rivers,  Chautauqua  Lake,  Lake  Erie 
and  the  Niagara  river.  He  transported  iron, 
glass,  etc.,  from  Pittsburgh  to  Buffalo  and 
Black  Rock,  where  he  received  return  cargoes 
of  salt,  brought  down  from  Syracuse.  He 
built  his  first  vessels  himself,  with  no  other 
tools  than  axe,  saw,  wedge,  auger  and  ham- 
mer. No  iron  spikes  or  nails  were  used  in 
their  construction.  Occasionally  he  made  voy- 
ages to  points  up  Lake  Erie,  thus  becoming 
one  of  the  first  of  the  lake  forwarders. 

He  was  thus  engaged  when  the  war  of  1812 
began.  His  most  notable  service  in  this  war 
was  the  building  of  the  transports  with  which 
General  William  Henry  Harrison  crossed  the 
lake  to  fight  the  battle  of  the  Thames.  Gen- 
eral Harrison  was  encamped  on  the  Maumee 
in  the  summer  of  1813,  and  the  contractor 
whom  he  had  engaged  to  supply  him  with 
boats  disappointed  him.  He  promptly  sent 
for  Mr.  Wilkeson,  whose  experience  as  a  keel- 
boatman  in  the  Pittsburgh-Buffalo  trade  rec- 
ommended him  as  the  man  for  the  emergency. 
Wilkeson  hurried  to  the  Grand  river,  in 
Northern  Ohio,  with  a  force  of  axemen  and 
carpenters,  where  in  a  very  short  time  he  put 
together  the  necessary  craft,  mostly  from 
green  timber.  Returning  to  Portland,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  where  his  family  was  then  liv- 
ing, he  hurried  on  to  Buffalo,  probably  as  a 
member  of  the  regiment  of  Chautauqua  county 
militia  under  Lieutenant  Colonel  McMahon, 
which  arrived  December  29,  1813,  the  day  be- 
fore the  British  forces  crossed  the  river  and 
captured  and  burned  the  town.  The  militia 
was  dispersed,  and  Mr.  Wilkeson  walked  back 
to  Portland.  A  few  days  later,  however,  he 
returned  with  one  companion,  by  boat,  to  learn 
the  situation.  An  early  narrative  says  they 
saw  between  Pratt's  ferry  and  Cold  Spring 
no  living  thing  except  a  solitary  cat  wander- 
ing among  the  blackened  ruins. 

The  following  year  Mr.  Wilkeson  embarked 
his  family  and  household  goods  on  a  lake 
boat  and  removed  to  Buffalo,  where  the  hardy 
settlers  were  rapidly  rebuilding  their  homes. 
He  built  a  store  at  the  corner  of  Main  and 
Niagara  streets,  and  a  house  on  the  west  side 
of  Main  street,  south  of  Genesee  street.  In 
the  spring  of  18 15  his  fellow  townsmen  per- 
suaded him  to  accept  the  office  of  justice  of 
the  peace.  The  town  was  filled  with  reckless 
characters,  discharged  soldiers  and  other  drift- 
wood of  the  war,  who  were  giving  consider- 


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able  trouble,  and  a  strong  hand  was  needed 
to  enforce  law  and  order.  Judge  Wilkeson 
was  the  man  for  the  time.  His  discharge  of 
his  duties  as  criminal  magistrate  is  one  of  the 
living  traditions  of  Buffalo.  His  methods 
may  sometimes  have  been  extra-judicial,  for 
he  knew  little  of  the  law,  but  he  was  a  terror 
to  evildoers.  Punishment  for  misdeeds  was 
swift  and  sure,  and  in  a  short  time  he  had 
made  Buffalo  again  a  law-abiding  community. 
But  Judge  Wilkeson's  greatest  service  for 
Buffalo  was  the  building  of  the  first  harbor. 
A  law  of  1819  had  authorized  the  state  to 
loan  the  village  $12,000  for  this  purpose  on 
the  security  of  a  bond  of  double  the  amount. 
The  Citizens'  Association  having  charge  of  the 
matter  failed  to  meet  the  conditions,  and 
toward  the  close  of  the  year  it  appeared  likely 
that  the  loan  would  be  forfeited.  In  this  crisis 
Charles  Townsend,  Oliver  Forward  and  Sam- 
uel Wilkeson  offered  their  personal  bonds  for 
$25,000  to  secure  the  loan.  The  work  was 
begun  the  following  spring  under  a  superin- 
tendent who  proved  unsatisfactory,  and  Mr. 
Wilkeson's  associates  insisted  that  he  take 
charge  of  it.  At  that  time  all  of  the  region 
from  the  present  Mansion  House  south  and 
east  to  the  lake  was  a  swamp  which  Main 
street  crossed  as  a  corduroy  road.  Trees 
fringed  the  lake  and  both  banks  of  the  creek, 
which  was  so  shallow  at  its  mouth  that  Judge 
Wilkeson  was  accustomed  to  wade  it.  In  fact, 
it  was  only  waistdeep  for  this  six-foot  man. 
Much  of  his  time  as  superintendent  was  spent 
in  the  water.  He  knew  nothing  of  engineer- 
ing according  to  books,  but  he  had  the  fron- 
tiersman's common  sense,  a  powerful  voice, 
and  the  faculty  of  directing  men  and  getting 
work  out  of  them,  and  in  two  hundred  and 
twenty-one  days  this  first  harbor  was  com- 
pleted. On  a  panel  of  his  monument,  facing 
the  harbor,  are  these  well-merited  words: 

Urbem  condidit. 
He   built  the   city   by  building  its   harbor. 

This  harbor  made  Buffalo  the  terminus  of 
the  Erie  canal.  At  that  time  Black  Rock 
was  a  separate  and  rival  village,  and  a  sharp 
contest  between  the  two  towns  arose.  When 
the  canal  commissioners  came  to  Buffalo  in 
the  summer  of  1822  to  decide  the  question, 
Mr.  Wilkeson  made  the  argument  for  his 
town;  General  Porter  spoke  for  Black  Rock. 
Buffalo  won.  On  the  completion  of  the  canal 
in  1825,  Mr.  Wilkeson  was  chairman  of  the 


citizens'  committee  which  made  the  voyage  to 
New  York  on  board  the  "Seneca  Chief"  in 
celebration  of  the  great  event. 

On  November  10,  1820,  Mr.  Wilkeson  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas 
for  Niagara  county,  and  retained  the  office 
for  Erie  county  after  the  division  in  1821. 
This  court  was  the  predecessor  of  the  present 
county  court,  and,  remembering  that  Mr.  Wil- 
keson was  not  a  lawyer,  his  successful  ad- 
ministration of  the  office  is  a  notable  distinc- 
tion. In  1824  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  assembly,  and  in  November,  1825,  he  was 
elected  to  the  state  senate,  where  he  served 
until  the  close  of  1829.  The  senate  at  that 
time,  with  the  chancellor  and  the  judges  of  the 
supreme  court,  constituted  the  court  for  trial 
of  impeachments  and  the  correction  of  errors. 
It  heard  appeals  from  the  court  of  chancery, 
the  supreme  court,  the  court  of  probate  and 
the  admiralty  court,  so  that  Mr.  Wilkeson's 
duties  in  this  office  were  again  largely  judicial. 
In  1836  he  was  mayor  of  the  city.  His  busi- 
ness activities  included  those  of  a  merchant, 
forwarder,  canal  contractor,  warehouse  man 
and  vessel  owner.  He  built  the  first  iron 
foundry  in  Buffalo,  and  started  here  the  manu- 
facture of  steam  engines,  stoves  and  hollow 
ware.  He  had  a  charcoal  blast  furnace  in 
Lake  county,  Ohio,  and  another  in  Mahoning 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  the  first 
furnace  man  to  use  raw  bituminuous  without 
coking. 

In  his  later  years  Judge  Wilkeson  became 
much  interested  in  the  slavery  problem.  He 
was  opposed  to  radical  abolition,  but  favored 
gradual  and  compensated  emancipation  and 
the  removal  of  the  free  negroes  from  this 
country.  These  ideas  naturally  led  him  into 
the  National  Colonization  Society  of  America, 
which  founded  Liberia,  and  his  energy  and 
business  experience  soon  put  him  at  the  head 
of  that  organization.  He  removed  to  Wash- 
ington, where  in  1840  he  was  in  full  charge 
of  the  society's  work.  He  edited  its  organ, 
the  African  Repository,  directed  the  govern- 
ment of  the  colony,  and  built  up  a  consider- 
able trade  with  it  from  Philadelphia  and  Bal- 
timore. The  nation  has  had  terrible  reason 
to  regret  that  his  farseeing  plans  in  this  matter 
were  not  fully  realized. 

He  died  in  July,  1848,  in  the  sixty-seventh 
year  of  his  age,  at  a  tavern  in  the  mountains 
of  Tennessee,  where  he  was  traveling  to  visit 
his  daughter.    His  memoirs  are  published  in 


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Volume  V  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society's 
Proceedings.  By  his  first  wife,  Jean  Oram, 
he  had  seven  children :  Jane,  died  in  infancy ; 
Elizabeth,  John,  Eli  Reed,  William,  Louise, 
Samuel.  He  married  (second)  Sarah  St. 
John,  of  Buffalo,  and  (third)  Mary  Peters,  of 
New  Haven,  Connecticut. 

(HI)  John,  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Wilkeson, 
was  born  at  Poland,  Ohio,  October  28,  1806. 
He  was  eight  years  old  when  the  family  re- 
moved to  Buffalo.  In  some  reminiscences  pub- 
lished by  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society  he 
has  left  an  interesting  picture  of  the  Buffalo 
of  that  day.  The  region  round  the  Terrace 
and  south  and  west  of  Court  street  was  a 
swamp  into  which  the  family  cow  used  to 
stray,  and  John  has  amusingly  described  his 
youthful  terrors  in  searching  for  her  along 
the  treacherous  winding  pathways,  among 
snakes  and  frogs.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Buffalo  public  schools,  and  at  a  boarding 
school  in  Danbury,  Connecticut,  He  entered  a 
mercantile  house  in  New  York  and  for  a  time 
thereafter  was  in  commercial  business  in 
Tabasco,  Mexico.  In  1840  he  was  secretary  to 
his  father,  in  charge  of  the  National  Coloni- 
zation Society  at  Washington.  President 
Tyler  appointed  him  consul  to  Turk's  Island. 
The  post  then  covered  most  of  the  West  Indies 
and  was  nearly  as  important  as  a  ministerial 
position.  On  the  voyage  thither  he  was  ship- 
wrecked and  had  a  narrow  escape.  He  was 
picked  up  at  sea  and  landed  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  He  engaged  in  manufacturing 
in  Buffalo,  becoming  the  first  manufacturer  of 
stoves  and  furnaces,  invented  and  patented 
several  important  devices,  and  also  became  in- 
terested in  timber  and  oil  lands  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. As  the  lake  trade  grew  in  proportions, 
he  became  very  active  in  it,  and  built  the  Wil- 
keson elevator,  one  of  the  first  in  this  port. 
He  continued  to  be  an  active  elevator  man 
all  his  life,  serving  as  chairman  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  Western  Elevating  Com- 
pany. He  lived  in  the  present  Wilkeson  man- 
sion, built  by  his  father  in  1824,  the  finest 
house  in  that  part  of  the  country  at  that  time, 
and  still  one  of  the  historic  homes  of  Buffalo. 
Many  distinguished  guests  have  been  enter- 
tained there,  particularly  in  early  canal  days, 
when  Governor  DeWitt  Clinton  was  a  fre- 
quent visitor.  Mr.  Wilkeson  was  a  warm  per- 
sonal friend  of  President  Millard  Fillmore, 
and  in  1856,  accompanied  Mr.  Fillmore  on  a 
tour  of  Europe. 


He  married,  at  Portsmouth,  England,  in 
1832,  Mary  Louise  Wilkes.  They  had  three 
children :  John  Wilkes,  Samuel  H.,  and  Maria 
Louise.  The  death  of  the  father  occurred 
April  4,  1894.  Of  the  remaining  children  of 
Judge  Samuel  Wilkeson: 

1.  Elizabeth,  married  Dr.  Henry  A.  Stagg, 
a  distinguished  Buffalo  physician,  who  received 
a  silver  vase  from  the  city  in  recognition  of 
his  services  in  the  cholera  epidemic.  Their 
son,  Henry  R.  Stagg,  served  in  the  Seventy- 
eighth  New  York  Regiment  during  the  civil 
war. 

2.  Eli  Reed,  became  much  interested  in  the 
old  volunteer  fire  department,  equipping  one 
entire  company  at  his  own  expense.  He  died 
in  1850.  One  son,  Allen,  died  in  early  man- 
hood, and  a  second  son,  William,  served  in 
the  Fourteenth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry  in  the 
civil  war.  After  the  war  he  removed  to 
Youngstown,  New  York. 

3.  William,  lived  in  Buffalo  all  his  life.  He 
conducted  an  iron  foundry  on  Court  street, 
and  had  other  large  business  interests.  He 
died  in  1881. 

4.  Louise,  married  Mortimer  Johnson, 
nephew  to  Ebenezer  Johnson,  Buffalo's  first 
mayor.  Their  daughter  married  W.  H.  Beard, 
the  well  known  artist.  Their  son  Hugh  en- 
tered the  regular  army  and  fought  through 
the  civil  war.  Their  second  son,  Tellice,  was 
a  well  known  business  man  in  Buffalo,  long 
connected  with  the  Bell  Telephone  Company. 

5.  Samuel,  was  born  in  1817,  educated  at 
Williams  and  Union  Colleges,  and  entered  the 
newspaper  profession,  working  for  twelve 
years  on  the  New  York  Tribune  under  Hor- 
ace Greeley.  He  was  the  Tribune's  war  cor- 
respondent with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 
He  became  owner  and  editor  of  the  Buffalo 
Democracy,  afterward  consolidated  with  the 
Express.  In  1865  he  bought  the  Albany 
Evening  Journal  from  Thurlow  Weed,  and 
edited  that  newspaper  for  several  years.  In 
March,  1869,  he  became  secretary  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad  Company.  He 
married  Catherine  Cady,  daughter  of  Judge 
E.  R.  Cady  of  Johnstown,  New  York.  His 
son.  Bayard,  born  in  1844,  enlisted  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  as  second  lieutenant  in  the  Fourth 
United  States  Artillery,  and  was  killed  at 
Gettysburg  as  captain  in  command  of  his  bat- 
tery, aged  nineteen  years.  A  second  son, 
Frank,  served  as  a  private  in  the  civil  war,  and 
wrote  a  book  on  his  experiences.    He  worked 


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on  the  New  York  Times  for  a  while  and  then 
engaged  in  stock  farming  in  Kansas.  A  third 
son,  Samuel,  went  west  in  early  manhood  and 
has  been  prominent  in  building  up  Tacoma, 
Washington. 

(IV)  John  Wilkes,  son  of  John  Wilkeson, 
was  born  August  28,  1834.  He  was  gradu- 
ated from  Union  College  and  entered  the 
Union  army  as  first  lieutenant  of  Company  K, 
One  Hundredth  New  York  Volunteers.  He 
was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks  in  May, 
1862.  Bidwell-Wilkeson  Post,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  is  named  in  part  for  him. 

(IV)  Samuel  H.,  second  son  of  John  Wil- 
keson, was  born  June  28,  1836.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  private  schools  in  Buffalo,  the  An- 
dover-Phillips  Academy,  Yale  College,  and 
Union  College.  For  two  years  he  engaged 
in  ranching  in  Texas.  Returning  to  New 
York,  he  was  employed  in  the  government 
office  as  assistant  assayer.  He  enlisted  as 
first  lieutenant  in  the  Twenty-first  New  York 
Volunteers,  in  April,  1861.  These  were  the 
first  troops  raised  in  Buffalo.  He  was  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Runyon,  and  later  transferred 
to  Wadsworth's  brigade.  After  about  eight 
months  he  was  mustered  out  by  order  of  the 
War  Department,  and  on  February  22,  1862, 
was  commissioned  captain  of  Company  C, 
Eleventh  New  York  Cavalry,  and  was  pro- 
moted to  major  June  24,  1862,  and  to  lieu- 
tenant colonel  December  24,  1862.  He  did  a 
great  deal  of  outpost  duty  around  Washing- 
ton. Later  he  was  ordered  south  and  was  in 
active  field  operations  in  Mississippi,  Louis- 
iana and  West  Tennessee  for  about  eighteen 
months.  He  acted  as  inspector  general  in 
the  Davidson  raid  in  Louisiana  and  Mississippi. 
He  took  part  in  the  Mobile  expedition  in 
August,  1864,  o"  the  staff  of  General  Gordon 
Granger,  participating  in  the  capture  of  Fort 
Gaines.  On  March  2*/,  1865,  Governor  Fenton 
commissioned  him  colonel,  but  the  early  close 
of  the  war  made  it  unnecessary  to  muster.  He 
was  at  Memphis,  Tennessee,  when  peace  came. 
Returning  to  Buffalo,  he  lived  on  a  farm  near 
the  city  for  fourteen  years.  Later  he  took 
charge  of  his  father's  elevator,  which  he  man- 
aged until  1908,  when  the  property  was  sold. 
He  has  since  lived  in  retirement  in  the  family 
home  on  Niagara  Square.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society  and  Bidwell- 
Wilkeson  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

Colonel  Wilkeson  married,  in  1868,  Matilda 
Gertrude  Franks,  born  on  Mackinac  Island, 


in  1848.  Her  father,  Edward  A.  Franks,  kept 
the  Mission  House  at  Mackinac  for  many 
years.  He  had  six  children:  Mary,  married 
Russell  Bishop;  Matilda  Gertrude,  married 
Colonel  Wilkeson;  Grace,  married  Edward 
Kane ;  Minnie ;  Edward,  who  resides  at  Macki- 
nac; Salem,  died  February,  1910.  Mrs. 
Wilkeson  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Church 
of  St.  Mary's  on  the  Hill,  and  a  member  of 
the  managing  board  of  the  Church  Charities 
Foundation.  She  died  in  Buffalo,  February  24, 
1903.  Children  of  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Wilke- 
son: I.  John,  bom  September  11,  1869;  edu- 
cated at  Wheeler's  School,  DeVoe  College  and 
Hobart  College;  went  west  and  engaged  in 
copper  mining  in  New  Mexico ;  married  Rose 
Canavan  of  Toronto ;  one  child,  John.  2.  Ed- 
ward S.,  born  1871 ;  educated  in  private 
schools,  studied  medicine  in  Philadelphia;  is 
now  engaged  in  forestry.  3.  Mary  Juana, 
born  in  1873.  4-  Elizabeth  Wilkes,  born 
1875;  married  John  Knox  Freeman,  of  Buf- 
falo. 5.  William,  born  1885  5  educated  in  pub- 
lic and  private  schools ;  now  a  commercial  trav- 
eler for  a  special  packing  box  in  the  \yuestern 
trade.    6.  Margaret. 

(IV)  Maria  Louise,  daughter  of  John 
Wilkeson,  was  born  in  1838,  and  died  in  Buf- 
falo, March  24,  1903.  She  held  a  brilliant  social 
position  among  the  cultured  people  of  Buffalo, 
and  was  a  liberal  patron  of  the  fine  arts,  hav- 
ing a  notable  collection  of  paintings  and  bric- 
a-brac.  She  was  an  honorary  member  of  Bid- 
well- Wilkeson  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, which  paid  her  the  exceptional  honor 
of  attending  her  funeral  in  a  body.  She  left 
generous  endowments  tothe  Children's  Hdfepi- 
tal  and  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts  Academy. 

The  surname  of  Parker  is  de- 
PARKER    rived    from    the    Latin    "par- 

carus,"  a  park  keeper  or  shep- 
herd. Danes,  Saxons  and  Normans  all  seem 
to  have  had  the  name  at  an  early  date.  Par- 
cum  and  De  Parco  are  found  in  Domesday 
Book.  As  early  as  900-925,  in  the  reign  of 
Edward  I,  a  Geoffrey  Parker  is  mentioned, 
even  before  the  common  use  of  surnames  in 
England.  The  family  bore  arms :  that  of  the 
Brownsholme  family  of  Parker,  the  pedigree 
of  which  is  traced  to  William  C.  Parker,  of 
Witzwestle,  Lancastershire,  before  1400,  is: 
Vert  a  chevron  -between  three  stags'  heads  ca- 
bossed  or;  Crest:  A  leopard's  head  affrontee 
erased  or  ducally  gorged  gules.    Motto :  Sem- 


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pre  ande  (dare  to  be  just).  This  coat-of-arms 
descended  through  the  Park  Hall  and  Stafford- 
shire lines,  and  is  that  used  by  Sir  Thomas 
Parker,  Earl  of  Mactlesfield,  England.  This 
branch  of  the  Parkers  in  America  springs 
from  William  Parker. 

(I)  William  Parker  came  from  England 
in  the  autumn  of  1633,  in  the  ship  '*j3mts.'' 
He  was  an  original  proprietor  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  1636.  About  1649  he  removed  to 
Saybrook,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  large 
land  owner,  also  holding  a  large  tract  in  Heb- 
ron. He  probably  served  in  the  Pequot  war. 
He  filled  several  town  offices,  served  on  num- 
erous committees,  and  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  at  the  special  session  of  1652,  also 
served  1678-79-80.  About  1636  he  married 
(first)  Margery ,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  1680.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth 
Pratt,  widow  of  Lieutenant  William  Pratt.  He 
died  at  Saybrook,  December  28,  1686.  He  had 
ten  children,  of  whom  Joseph  (i),  Jonathan 
and  Deborah  died  early.  ITiey  were:  Sarah, 
Joseph  (i),  John,  Ruth,  William,  Joseph  (2), 
Margaret,  Nathan,  David,  Deborah,  Sarah, 
Ruth  and  Margaret,  married. 

(H)  John,  son  of  William  and  Margery 
Parker,  was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
February  i,  164 1-2,  died  at  Saybrook,  same 
state,  1706.  He  was  regarded  as  a  proprietor 
of  Saybrook,  and  given  one  hundred  pounds 
accommodation.  He  was  active  and  influential 
in  town  affairs.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  1686-88-99-1700.  He  was  a  large  land 
owner  at  Saybrook  and  Hebron.  He  was  ap- 
pointed gunner  and  master  of  artillery  at  Fort 
Saybrook,  November  30,  1683,  and  was  in 
charge  of  the  fort  under  Governor  Andros, 
with  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1666,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Buck- 
ingham, a  settler  of  Mil  ford,  Connecticut,  and 
sister  of  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Buckingham,  pastor 
of  the  Saybrook  church  in  1670.  Children: 
John,  Deborah,  Ebenezer,  Samuel. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  John  (i) 
and  Mary  (Buckingham)  Parker,  was  born 
October  6,  1667,  died  at  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut, December  24,  1709.  He  served  as  con- 
stable in  1694,  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  act 
as  attorney-at-law  under  the  act  of  1708.  He 
married,  December  11,  1690,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Mary  (Bushnell) 
Jones.    They  had  seven  children. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
(Jones)   Parker,  was  born  March   11,   1696. 


He  was  prominent  in  the  Ecclesiastical  So- 
ciety; sergeant  of  the  train  band,  173 1 ;  ensign 
in  Cape  Breton  expedition,  and  died  at  Louis- 
burg,  May  15,  1746.  He  married  (first)  May 
8,  1723,  Mary  Chapman;  (second)  Elizabeth 
Dunk ;  seven  children. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3),  Parker, 
and  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Dunk,  was  bom 
in  Connecticut,  about  1745.  He  early  settled  in 
Vermont,  where  he  married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  David  Day,  son  of  John  (4)  Parker, 
was  born  in  West  Pomfret,  Vermont,  1792.  He 
removed  to  the  town  of  Perrysburg,  Cattarau- 
gus county.  New  York,  in  1822,  his  brother, 
John  Parker  (5),  having  settled  in  the  same 
town  in  1821,  David  D.  took  up  land  (lot 
49)  and  resided  there  for  many  years.  He 
later  in  life  moved  to  Versailles,  New  York, 
where  he  died,  December  9,  1875.  He  mar- 
ried Olive  Remington,  and  had  several  sons. 

(VH)  Myron  Marcus,  son  of  David  Pay  and 
Olive  (Remington)  Parker,  was  born  in 
Perrysburg,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
May  24,  1824,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
May  12,  1905,  was  the  oldest  native  born  son 
of  that  town.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  an  active 
man  in  public  affairs,  holding  many  of  the 
town  offices.  He  was  an  active  Democrat,  but 
joined  the  Republican  party  at  its  organiza- 
tion. He  was  a  zealous  member  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  church,  and  a  man  held  in  the  highest 
esteem. 

Mr.  Parker  married,  December  16,  1855, 
Lydia  Maria,  daughter  of  Abiathar  Knapp,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  ninety-seven  years,  in  1870, 
and  is  buried  at  Pilot  Knob,  Missouri,  where 
he  died  while  on  a  visit.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married,  in  Ver- 
mont, Annie  Hall.  Children  of  Myron  Mar- 
cus Parker:  i.  Allen  Clark,  born  March  11, 
1858;  now  living  in  Versailles,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York;  married  Euretta  Qiapman. 
2.  Spencer  Blodgett,  of  whom  further.  3. 
Capitola  Olive,  graduate  of  New  England  Con- 
servatory of  Music,  Boston;  married  Bert  H. 
Bowen,  and  resides  at  Niagara  Falls,  New 
York,  where  she  is  engaged  in  musical  work, 
teaching  both  vocal  and  instrumental  conven- 
tions and  carnival  management.  4.  Salem  Eu- 
gene, born  October  27,  1864;  resides  at  Ver- 
sailles; he  is  also  a  musician,  and  engaged 
with  his  sister  in  musical  work;  he  married 
(first)  Maud  Nichols,  of  Jamestown,  who  died 
one  year  after  her  marriage  leaving  a  daugh- 
ter Maud;  he  married   (second)   Jessie  Hoyt 


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NEW  YORK. 


Beach,  of  Buffalo,  daughter  of  John  Hoyt,  and 
widow  of  Louis  Beach. 

(VIII)  Spencer  Blodgett,  son  of  Myron 
Marcus  and  Lydia  M.  (Knapp)  Parker,  was 
born  in  Versailles,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  July  21,  1859.  He  was  educated  at 
Chamberlain  Institute,  Randolph,  New  York, 
then  began  the  study  of  law  at  Albany  Law 
School,  from  whence  he  was  graduated  LL.  B., 
1885.  He  continued  his  legal  studies  one  year 
after  graduation,  and  in  1888  began  practice 
in  the  town  of  North  Collins,  New  York.  In 
1892  he  located  at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York. 
In  1910  he  formed  a  law  partnership  with  Al- 
len T.  Stewart,  and  as  Parker  &  Stewart  con- 
ducted a  general  law  practice.  He  served  as 
police  magistrate  in  1896,  and  is  one  of  the 
wellknown  influential  lawyers  of  his  city.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married,  June 
14,  1887,  Elmma  Campbell  Owen  (see  Camp- 
bell). Children:  i.  Alan  Vreeland,  born 
April  '17,  1888;  now  a  junior  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versity; member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi.  2.  Owen 
Spencer,  bom  November  20,  1889,  died  No- 
vember 10,  1895.  3.  Helen  Louise.  4.  Capitola 
Josephine. 

(Campbell-Owen  Line). 

Emma  Campbell  Owen  Parker  is  a  daughter 
of  Lemuel  and  Josephine  (Campbell)  Owen, 
and  a  granddaughter  of  Allen  Campbell,  son 
of  John  Campbell,  of  Scotland.  Many  Camp- 
bells fought  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  John 
Campbell  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  181 2. 
He  married,  1825,  Susan  Maria  Blood.  Chil- 
dren: Mary  Ruth,  Caroline  Matilda,  Harvey 
Welcome,  James  Warren,  William  Henry  Har- 
rison, Josephine  (of  whom  further),  John 
Deming,  Lucy,  George  Lorenzo  and  Arpha. 
All  are  deceased  except  Josephine,  George  L. 
and  Arpha. 

(Ill)  Josephine,  sixth  child  of  Allen  and 
Susan  M.  (Blood)  Campbell,  married,  June 
16J1856,  Lemuel  Owen,  born  in  Monroe  county 
New  York,  June  26,  1830,  died  September 
I,  1871,  son  of  Robert  C.  Owen,  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  the  United  States  when  a 
boy.  Lemuel's  brother,  Robert  C.  Owen,  was 
a  member  of  the  New  York  senate,  said 
to  have  been  the  youngest  man  ever  elected  to 
that  body.  Lemuel  C.  Owen  was  a  graduate 
of  Oberlin  College,  where  he  took  a  degree. 
He  prepared  for  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  but  a  faulty  heredity  com- 
pelled him  for  physical  reasons  to  change  his 


profession  to  that  of  civil  engineer,  surveyor 
and  farmer.  He  had  a  farm  in  Conewango, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  on  which  he 
lived  until  1868,  when  he  settled  in  Randolph, 
same  county.  He  taught  school  several  years 
and  held  principalships  in  various  schools.  He 
enlisted  in  Company  Thirteen,  Sixty-fourth 
Regiment,  New  York  Infantry,  and  served 
three  years  and  one  month  with  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  during  the  civil  war.  He  was 
honorably  discharged  with  the  rank  of  ser- 
geant. He  was  a  man  of  fine  mental  equip- 
ment, well  educated  and  capable.  Children:  i. 
Ina  Mary,  died  aged  twelve  years.  2.  Flora 
Josephine,  born  November  17,  1861,  died  Feb- 
ruary, 1891 ;  married,  July,  1888,  Henry  C. 
Pease;  children:  Charles  Owen  and  Robert 
Campbell,  both  deceased.  3.  Bessie  Benton,  de- 
ceased. 4.  Emma  Campbell,  married  Spencer 
B.  Parker  (see  Parker  VIII).  5.  Mabel 
Louise,  died  1890. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  (King-Enos) 
DANIELS    Daniels,  of  Buffalo,  New  York, 

is  a  descendant  of  John  King, 
who  came  from  England  to  the  American 
colonies  in  1645,  ^^^^  1703,  aged  seventy-four 
years.  He  settled  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
later  at  Northampton.  He  was  deputy,  1679- 
89,  and  captain  of  militia.  Hp  married  (first) 
Sarah  Holton,  who  died  May  8,  1683;  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Sarah  (Whiting)  Mygatt.  Twelve 
children  by  first  wife. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  King,  was  born 
July  14,  1662,  died  December  26,  1731.  He 
was  of  Hatfield  and  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (first)  Abigail  Strong;  (second)  in 
1690,  Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Webster. 
Children  by  both  marriages. 

(III)  Timothy,  son  of  Thomas  King  and 
his  second  wife,  Mary  Webster,  died  in  1812. 
He  married  and  had  issue. 

(IV)  George,  son  of  Timothy  King,  was 
born  1754,  died  November  31,  1833.  He  was 
of  Windsor  and  Sharon,  Connecticut.  In  1784 
he  was  connected  with  the  commissary  depart- 
ment of  the  Connecticut  revolutionary  army 
and  after  the  war  established  a  mercantile 
business  at  Sharon.  He  was  a  successful  mer- 
chant and  accumulated  a  large  fortune.  He 
married  and  had  issue. 

(V)  Zadoc,  son  of  George  King,  was  born 
in  1780.  He  settled  in  Water  ford,  New  York, 
and  became  prominent  in  business.  Both  he 
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odist  Episcopal  church.  He  married  Thankful 
Mitchell,  of  Waterford.  Qiildren:  Roxana; 
Villers;  Experience;  David  Brainard;  Daniel 
Bromley ;  Foster ;  John  Fuller ;  Joseph  Mitch- 
ell, of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Joseph  Mitchell,  son  of  Zadoc  King, 
was  born  in  Waterford,  Saratoga  county,  New 
York,  died  there  1871.  He  was  a  banker  and 
an  iron  manufacturer.  He  established  the  J. 
M.  King  Iron  Works  at  Waterford,  one  of  the 
large  industries  of  Waterford.  He  was  de- 
voted to  his  business  and  very  successful.  He 
married  Jane  Palmer.  Qiildren :  Mary  E.,  of 
whom  further;  Catherine,  died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Joseph  Mitch- 
ell King,  was  born  at  Waterford,  New  York, 
now  (1911)  a  resident  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 
She  married  (first)  December  6,  1854,  Lau- 
rens Enos,  third  son  of  Joseph  B.  and  Hannah 
Enos,  of  Birdsall,  New  York.  Laurens  Enos 
was  a  successful  business  man  of  Buffalo ;  died 
January,  1871.  Children:  i.  Grace,  married 
Harry  Hamlin,  April  24,  1878;  he  died  June 
3,  1907,  leaving  an  only  son,  Chauncey  Jerome 
Hamlin,  a  lawyer  of  Buffalo,  (see  Hamlin). 
2.  Laurens,  died  in  infancy.  3.  George,  died 
in  infancy.  4.  Walter  M.,  born  January  i, 
1871 ;  killed  while  hunting,  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen years. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Enos  married  (second)  June 
1878,  Judge  Charles  Daniels,  of  Buffalo,  who 
for  many  years  occupied  a  conspicuous  posi- 
tion at  tfie  New  York  bar  and  on  the  bench. 
He  was  the  son  of  Welsh  parents  and  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  March  24,  1825.  He 
died  suddenly  in  his  office  at  Buffalo,  New 
York,  December  20,  1897.  His  father  was  a 
shoemaker  and  of  him  the  son  learned  that 
trade.  The  family  subsequently  removed  to 
Toledo,  Ohio,  and  there  both  parents  died.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  years,  with  limited  edu- 
cation, the  boy  was  forced  to  depend  upon  his 
own  efforts  for  a  livelihood  and  advancement 
in  life.  While  working  as  a  journeyman  shoe- 
maker he  stopped  in  Canandaigua,  New  York, 
and  in  the  court  house  there  he  one  day  lis- 
tened to  a  speech  by  the  eloquent  Mark  H. 
Sibley,  which  made  such  a  forcible  impression 
upon  him  that  he  at  once  formed  the  de- 
termination to  be  a  lawyer.  Great  as  was  the 
task  he  thus  set  before  himself  he  attacked  it 
with  all  the  zeal  of  his  ambitious  nature.  By 
reducing  his  expenses  to  the  least  possible 
amount  he  saved  money  with  which  to  buy 
books   and   b^an   study,   working  over   his 


studies  late  at  night  and  keeping  an  open  book 
on  his  bench  before  him  through  the  day.  By 
such  persistent  and  unceasing  study  he  ac- 
quired such  a  knowledge  of  the  classics  while 
in  Canandaigua  that  he  was  permitted  to  fin- 
ish his  course  of  law  study  in  five  years  instead 
of  seven,  as  was  then  required.  As  he  ad- 
vanced in  legal  learning  he  entered  the  law 
office  of  Qinton  &  Nichols  and  also  studied 
under  Eli  Cook,  one  of  the  former  mayors  of 
Buffalo.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two  years  and  was  at  once  taken 
into  partnership  by  Mr.  Cook,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  1850.  Ever  after  he  continued 
in  practice  alone.  From  the  beginning  his 
legal  career  was  brilliant  and  honorable.  In 
1863  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Seymour 
to  fill  the  vacancy  on  the  supreme  court  bench 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  Judge  James  G. 
Hoyt.  In  November,  1863,  ^^  was  elected  to 
fill  the  unexpired  term  which  ended  in  1869. 
He  was  then  re-elected  for  a  full  term  of  eight 
years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  he  was  again 
re-elected  for  the  term  of  fourteen  years.  This 
long  term  of  service  expired  in  1891.  The 
amount  of  arduous  labor  performed  by  Judge 
Daniels  as  supreme  court  justice  was  enor- 
mous, sometimes  involving  the  decision  of  five 
hundred  cases  in  a  year.  Yet  his  judicial  abil- 
ity was  so  great  and  his  knowledge  of  law  so 
profound  that  his  decisions  were  rarely  re- 
versed. He  was  appointed  associate  justice  of 
the  general  term,  first  department,  in  1873,  by 
Governor  Dix,  and  appointed  to  the  same  posi- 
tion in  1880  by  Governor  Cornell.  By  this 
time,  through  his  settling  on  the  trial  of  the 
canal  frauds  under  appointment  of  Governor 
Tilden,  and  his  decisions  in  the  famous  case 
against  Tweed,  Genet  and  others  of  the  no- 
torious New  York  City  ring.  Judge  Daniels 
had  acquired  a  national  reputation.  In  1892 
he  was  elected  to  congress  to  represent  the 
Thirty-third  district  and  was  re-elected  in 
1894.  In  that  body  he  added  to  his  already 
high  reputation.  He  was  the  leading  spirit 
in  founding  the  Buffalo  Law  School,  in  1887, 
which  later  became  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Buffalo.  He  was  elected  dean 
of  the  school  and  professor  of  constitutional 
law,  both  of  which  positions  he  held  until  his 
death.  In  private  life  he  was  held  in  equally 
high  esteem,  being  a  gentleman  of  entertain- 
ing qualities  and  rare  charm  of  manner.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a  member  of 
the  old  St.  John  Episcopal  Church.     He  be- 


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longed  to  numerous  professional  societies  and 
delivered  many  addresses  on  other  subjects 
than  pertained  to  the  law.  His  wife  survives 
him,  a  resident  of  Buffalo,  where  she  is  well 
known  among  the  earlier  families  and  held  in 
warmest  regard. 


Bennett  as  a  surname,  as  a 
BENNETT    rule,  derives  from  Benedictus 

(the  blessed),  and  is  found  in 
all  European  countries.  There  were  several 
distinct  families  in  England,  where  the  family 
herein  traced  are  originally  found,  later  set- 
tling in  Scotland,  coming  from  thence  to  Am- 
erica and  settling  in  the  Mohawk  Valley,  in 
the  state  of  New  York.  Several  coats-of-arms 
were  granted  to  the  English  families,  but  the 
Bennetts  of  Buffalo  malce  no  claim  to  their 
right  to  use  armorial  bearings.  This  particu- 
lar line  is  traced  in  detail  in  the  United  States, 
Scotland  and  England,  to  the  year  1432,  to  the 
borough  of  Leicester,  Leicestershire,  England. 

(I)  John  Benet  appears  in  1432  among 
the  list  of  bailiffs  of  the  city  of  Leicester,  Elng- 
land.    In  1446  he  was  mayor  of  that  city. 

(II)  Edward  Bennett,  son  of  John  Benet, 
of  Leicester,  married,  about  1499,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Richard  Swan. 

(III)  Richard,  son  of  Edward  Bennett,  was 
born  about  1500;  married,  May  8,  1529,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Thomas  Stevens.  Children : 
Edward,  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  of  further  men- 
tion; Francis,  died  before  November  7,  1567. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  Bennett,  was 
born  1532  or  1533;  married,  August  3,  1568, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Emot.  Children: 
Robert ;  Henry,  of  further  mention ;  and  Mar- 
garet, born  April  9,  1570,  who  was  the  only 
one  of  the  family  who  remained  in  Leicester- 
shire, Robert  going  to  Derbyshire,  and  Henry 
to  Northumberland. 

(V)  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Bennett,  was 
born  April  9,  1570;  married,  June  7,  1599, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Short,  of  Berwick- 
on-Tweed.  He  lived  in  Northumberland,  Enp;- 
land,  where  he  died  August  25,  1624.  Chil- 
dren: Thomas,  of  further  mention;  Richard 
and  Albert. 

(VI)  Thomas  (2),  eldest  son  of  Henry  Ben- 
nett, was  born  in  1600;  moved  to  Swinton, 
Berwickshire,  across  the  Scottish  border, 
where  he  married,  March  5,  1623,  Katherine, 
daughter  of  Cromwell  Whitehead.  Children : 
Cromwell,  married   Christine  Robisone;  Gil- 


bert, died  1688;  Katherine,  married  Malcolm 
Shaw ;  Andrew,  died  1687 ;  Robert,  of  further 
mention. 

(VII)  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  (2),  Ben- 
nett, was  born  in  Swinton,  Berwickshire,  Scot- 
land, May  7,  and  baptized  May  9,  1630,  died 
1665;  married,  June  6,  1646,  Jonet,  daughter 
of  James  Bume. 

(VIII)  Captain  James,  only  son  of  Robert 
Bennett,  was  born  August  3,  1648;  married, 
June  18,  1670,  Isabella,  daughter  of  Alex  Cook, 
of  Petteweim,  Fifeshire,  Scotland.  Children: 
James  (2),  of  further  mention;  Alexander, 
born  June  18,  1676,  died  in  1695,  when  James, 
the  eldest  son,  was  declared  his  heir;  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Stewarde. 

(IX)  James  (2),  son  of  Captain  James  (i) 
Bennett,  was  bom  May  3,  1673,  in  Grange, 
Fifeshire,  Scotland.  He  married,  June  20, 
1697,  Alisone,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Buchanan 
of  the  parish  of  Down,  Fifeshire.  Children: 
I.  Cromwell,  born  April  9,  1698;  married 
Agnes,  daughter  of  Charles  Smeallie,  and  had 
four  sons  who  emigrated  to  the  United  States, 
all  settling  in  New  York  state,  two  of  them, 
William  and  John,  serving  in  the  revolutionary 
army.    2.  Ebenezer,  of  further  mention. 

(X)  Ebenezer,  son  of  James  (2)  Bennett, 
was  bom  in  Grange,  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1700.  He  married,  June  17,  1738, 
Elizabeth,  born  June  14,  i7oi5,  in  Edinburgh, 
Scotland,  daughter  of  Amos  Smeallie,  and  sis- 
ter of  Ebenezer  Smeallie,  whose  son,  John 
Smeallie,  emigrated  to  the  American  colonies, 
settled  first  in  East  Hoosick,  now  Adams, 
Massachusetts,  later  moved  to  Scotch  Bush, 
Montgomery  county.  New  York,  where  he 
died  August  8,  1822,  aged  seventy  years.  Chil- 
dren ;  I.  Amos,  of  further  mention.  2.  Francis, 
born  February  22,  1740;  settled  in  Montgomery 
county,  New  York ;  married  Margaret  Parker. 
3.  Albert,  born  June  19,  1741.  4.  Ebenezer, 
born  September  5,  1743;  was  of  Burlington, 
Otsego  county;  Scipio,  Cayuga  county;  and 
Locke,  New  York ;  held  public  office  in  the  two 
latter.  5.  Thomas,  born  November  18,  1744; 
married  Tabitha  Wilson.  6.  Henry,  born  May 
14,  1746,  a  soldier  of  the  revolution.  7.  James, 
born  October  18,  1747 ;  was  declared  legal  heir 
to  his  father,  Ebenezer  Bennett,  the  elder 
brothers  having  emigrated  to  foreign  countries. 
With  the  sons  of  Ebenezer  Bennett  the  family 
appears  in  New  York  state. 

(XI)  Amos,  son  of  Ebenezer  Bennett,  is 
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He  was  born  in  Grange,  Fifeshire,  Scotland, 
March  26,  1739,  died  about  1832.  He  emi- 
grated to  America  shortly  before  1774,  as  his 
name  appears  in  Montgomery  session  rolls  of 
March  8,  1774,  and  February  14,  1782.  He 
settled  first  at  Williamstown,  then  called  West 
Hoosick,  now  Hoosick,  Rensselaer  county, 
New  York,  removing  later  to  Locke,  then 
Montgomery,  now  Cayuga  county,  New  York, 
where  he  and  his  wife  both  died.  He  served 
in  the  revolution,  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment 
Albany  county  militia,  and  receipted  for  his 
pay  at  Hoosick,  Rensselaer  county,  New  York, 
January  17,  1788.  He  first  appears  in  the  rec- 
ords of  Locke,  April  7,  1812,  when  he  was 
named  as  overseer  of  highways.  He  married, 
in  Scotland,  September  6,  1760,  Jane,  daugh- 
ter of  Justice  (died  1871)  and  Jane  (Scott) 
Shaw.  She  died  in  187 1.  Qiildren:  i.  Jere- 
miah, born  June  10,  1761 ;  came  to  America 
with  his  parents.  2.  Nathan,  born  April  3, 
1762;  he    settled    in    Locke;    married    Lois 

.    3.  Jedediah,  bom  March  6,  1763 ; 

came  with  his  father  to  Rensselaer  county, 
New  York,  where  he  continued  to  reside  all 

his  life ;  he  married  Lucy .    4.  Joseph, 

born  February  16,  1764,  came  with  his  father 
to  Locke,  New  York;  he  was  a  farmer,  and 

owned  a  saw  mill ;  he  married  Nabby . 

5.  Ira,  twin  with  Joseph;  died  in  infancy.  6. 
Elizabeth,  born  June  2,  1765;  died  May  5, 
1774.  7.  Joshua,  born  April  12,  1766;  came  to 
Locke  before  1808,  when  he  was  pathmaster 
and  overseer  of  highways;  in  1811-13  he  was 
constable.  8.  Jonathan,  born  January  23, 
1767;  commissioner  of  highways  and  school 
lots  in  Locke,  1808;  overseer  of  poor,  1807; 
justice  of  the  peace,  1809.  9.  Daniel,  born 
March  2,  1769;  married,  and  had  issue.  10. 
Amos,  of  further  mention.  11.  John,  born 
April  17,  1771. 

(XII)  Amos  (2),  son  of  Amos  (i)  Ben- 
nett, was  born  June  21,  1770,  died  August  8, 
1840,  in  Duanesburgh,  Schenectady  county, 
New  York.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Braman's 
Comers,  Duanesburgh ;  a  rigid  member  of  the 
Scotch  Presbyterian  Church,  and  a  .strong 
Democrat.  He  was  captain  of  the  militia  com- 
pany, and  served  at  Sacketts  Harbor  during 
the  war  of  1812.  The  sword  he  carried  is 
preserved  in  the  family  at  Omaha,  Nebraska. 
He  married  Jennett  Sterling,  born  in  Scotland, 
May  29,  1771,  died  April  26,  1862,  in  her 
ninety-first  year.  She  came  to  this  country 
when  a  child  with  her  parents,  who  settled  in 


the  Mohawk  Valley.  Children:  i.  James,  born 
October  j6,  1791,  died  October  15,  1875.  2. 
Amos  (3),  bofn  February  4,  1793,  died  Au- 
gust T.y,  1872.  3.  William,  of  further  men- 
tion. 4.  Polly,  bom  June  6,  1796,  died  Jan- 
uary 12,  1878.  5.  John,  born  March  12,  1798, 
died  November  11,  1832.  6.  Isabel,  bom  No- 
vember 6,  1799,  died  January  24,  1875 ;  mar- 
ried Henry  Ellis.  7.  Ira,  October  i, 
1801,  died  May  i,  1879;  married  An- 
gelica Templar.  8.  Sally  (Sarah),  July 
12,  1803,  died  November,  1884;  married 
a  Mr.  Morey.  9.  Nancy,  March  29,  1805, 
died  June  19,  1880;  married  a  Mr.  Morey.  10. 
Joseph,  February   13,   1807,  died  January  8, 

1874;  married  Margaret  Ann  — .     11. 

Joshua,  February  24,  1809,  died  June  13,  1894. 
12.  Daniel  D.,  October  21,  181 1,  died  Septem- 
ber 23  1852.  All  these  children  grew  to  ma- 
ture years,  married  and  reared  families. 

(XIII)  William,  third  son  of  Amos  (2) 
Bennett,  was  born  in  Duanesburgh,  New  York, 
May  26,  1794,  died  October  12,  1873.  He 
grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm,  and  after 
his  marriage  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  same 
town.  This  he  later  disposed  of  and  moved 
to  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Glen,  Montgomery 
county,  later  selling  this  and  purchasing  a 
smaller  farm  in  the  town  of  Mohawk,  same 
county,  where  he  died.  His  father,  having  no 
martial  music  for  his  military  company,  im- 
pressed his  boys  into  the  service,  bought  them 
drums  and  a  fife,  had  them  take  lessons  from 
Nicholas  Harry  Hill,  old  revolutionary  music- 
ian of  the  neighborhood,  and  with  two  brothers 
Amos  and  William,  as  drummers,  and  Ira, 
another,  as  fifer,  all  took  part  in  the  company 
on  training  days,  playing  snare  drums  and  fife. 
He  was  a  Universalist  in  religious  faith,  and 
in  earlier  life  a  Democrat,  as  were  also  his 
brothers.  In  later  life  he  became  a  Republi- 
can. He  married,  January  15,  1831,  Elma 
Strong,  bom  in  Schenectady  county,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1809,  died  April  30,  1900,  daughter  of 
Solomon  Strong.  Children:  i.  Isabella,  born 
March  17,  1832;  married  Jacob  Van  Epps;  re- 
sides in  Montgomery  county.  New  York.  2. 
Lewis  J.,  of  further  mention.  3.  Louise 
Janette,  January  14,  1836;  married  Alonzo 
Devenbergh,  of  Montgomery  county.  4.  Sarah 
Ann,  May  9,  1838 ;  married  John  H.  Vorhees ; 
resides  in  Queens,  Long  Island,  New  York.  5. 
Lydia  Ann,  February  27,  1840,  died  May  14, 
1856.  6.  Francis  Marion,  July  27,  1842,  mar- 
ried    Suits,  resides  in  Montgomery 


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county.  7.  Jane  Elizabeth,  June  18, 1845  J  i^^ar- 
ried  John  Hand;  resides  in  Amsterdam,  New 
York.  8.  Amos  (4),  April  29,  1848,  died 
September  17,  1848.  9.  Amos  F.  (5),  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1850;  married  Elizabeth  Vrooman; 
resides  in  Buffalo.  10.  William  James,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1852 ;  married  Hannah  Moore ;  resides 
in  Johnstown,  New  York.  11.  Martha  E., 
April  22,  1854,  died  May  28,  1900;  married 
John  Dockstader.  12.  Maria  L.,  April  13, 
1856;  married  J.  Vedder  Morris;  resides  in 
Amsterdam,  New  York. 

(XIV).  Lewis  Jackson,  eldest  son  of  Will- 
iam Bennett,  was  born  on  the  farm  in  Duanes- 
burgh,  Schenectady  county,  New  York,  July 
7,  1833.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
being  a  delicate  boy  was  not  considered  strong 
enough  for  farm  labor.  He  began  business 
life  August  27,  1849,  as  clerk  in  a  grocery 
store  at  Fultonville,  New  York,  kept  by  Chap- 
man &  Smith,  where  he  remained  until  January 
I,  185 1.  From  the  latter  date  until  the  follow- 
ing April  he  attended  the  high  school  at  Fort 
Plain,  New  York.  He  then  returned  to  Ful- 
tonville and  clerked  for  Starin  &  Freeman  un- 
til October  i,  then  worked  for  Blood  &  Conyne 
one  month  in  a  dry  goods  store.  November 
I,  185 1,  he  became  a  partner  of  his  old  employ- 
er. Chapman,  in  the  firm  of  Chapman,  Peak  & 
Company.  In  the  spring  of  1853,  he,  with  Mr. 
Chapman,  purchased  Mr.  Peak's  interest,  the 
firm  then  operating  until  April  i,  1856  as 
Chapman  &  Bennett.  Poor  health  then  com- 
pelled his  retirement,  his  interest  in  the  firm 
being  disposed  of  to  William  W.  Kline.  He 
then  took  a  western  trip,  leaving  New  York  on 
June  5,  1856,  going  to  California,  returning 
in  October.  On  November  i,  1856,  he  re-en- 
tered his  old  firm,  which  was  reorganized  as 
L.  J.  Bennett  &  Company.  This  firm  con- 
tinued in  operation  until  April  i,  1866,  when 
Mr.  Bennett  sold  out  to  his  partners.  On 
May  8,  1866,  he  located  in  Buffalo,  taking 
charge  of  contracts  held  with  the  state  for  re- 
pairs on  the  Erie  canal,  which  work  was  fin- 
ished January  i,  1868.  He  then,  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  Spalding  &  Bennett,  engaged  in 
contracting  harbor  work  and  iron  bridge 
building.  The  firm  built  many  iron  bridges  for 
the  towns  of  Erie  county,  being  the  pioneers 
in  iron  bridge  building  in  the  country  towns. 
Mr.  Bennett  next  became,  in  1874,  treasurer 
of  the  Buffalo  Hydraulic  Cement  Company,  of 
Buffalo,  continuing  until  1876,  when  he  began 
business  in  the  same  line  for  himself.    He  pur- 


chased land,  erected  buildings,  and  in  March, 
1877,  organized  the  Buffalo  Cement  Company, 
of  which  he  was  the  first  and  only  president 
(191 1 ).  This  company  were  successful  ce- 
ment manufacturers  for  thirty  years,  then  dis- 
continued manufacturing  and  confined  their 
operations  to  real  estate  investment  and  in 
the  development  of  suburban  Buffalo.  The 
Bennett-Pierce  addition  to  Buffalo,  known  as 
Central  Park,  was  purchased  from  a  score  of 
owners,  laid  out  in  streets  and  placed  upon 
the  market.  This  is  now  one  of  the  city's  most 
exclusive  residential  districts.  Mr.  Bennett 
has  many  other  important  business  interests, 
both  in  and  outside  Buffalo.  He  is  actively  en- 
gaged at  his  office  each  day,  and  as  energetic 
in  prosecuting  his  plans  as  though  he  were  a 
score  of  years  younger.  From  boyhood  he  has 
always  been  deeply  interested  in  the  public 
school  system.  In  i860,  while  a  school  trus- 
tee of  Fultonville,  he  led  the  fight  that  resulted 
in  a  change  from  the  "rate  bill  system"  to  an 
absolutely  free  public  school  supported  by  tax- 
ation. This  was  probably  the  first  district  to 
adopt  such  a  system.  In  1861  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  the  state  canal  board  collector  of 
canal  tolls  at  Fultonville  for  one  year  and  in 
1862  was  reappointed.  In  February,  1865,  he 
was  elected  supervisor,  defeating  Andrew  J. 
Yates,  a  well  known  and  popular  Democrat. 
During  his  term  of  office  the  covered  wood 
bridge  connecting  Fultonville  with  Fonda  was 
carried  away,  March  17,  1865,  ^^d  replaced 
with  the  present  iron  structure.  During  the 
same  term  the  county  poor  farm,  located  in  the 
town  of  Glen,  was  sold  and  a  new  system  of 
caring  for  the  county  poor  adopted. 

Mr.  Bennett  is  a  Universalist  in  religious 
belief,  and  although  a  member  of  no  church  is 
a  generous  supporter  of  all.  Politically,  as 
may  have  been  inferred,  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  charter  member  and  was  the  first 
treasurer  of  Fultonville  Lodge  No.  531,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  a  companion  of  Chap- 
ter No.  71,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Johnstown, 
New  York,  and  a  Sir  Knight  of  Apollo  Com- 
mandery  No.  15,  Knights  Templar,  Troy,  New 
York?  He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Buffalo  So- 
ciety of  Natural  Sciences  and  of  Buffalo  His- 
torical Society,  formerly  holding  official  posi- 
tion in  both ;  also  a  member  of  the  National 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. He  presented  the  former  society  with 
a  most  valuable  collection  of  fossils  that  is  ex- 
hibited at  their  rooms,  the  largest  and  most 


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complete  collection  in  the  world.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  one  of  the  two  hundred  and  fifty 
honorary  trustees  of  the  Lincoln  Farm  Asso- 
ciation, organized  to  preserve  the  birthplace  of 
President  Abraham  Lincoln. 

He  married,  in  Johnstpwn,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1857,  Mary  F.  Spalding,  born  June  i, 
1840,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Emeline  (Ham- 
ilton) Spalding,  of  Johnstown,  New  York. 
Children  (XV)  generation:  i.  Leslie,  bom 
May  25,  i860,  at  Fultonville,  New  York ;  edu- 
cated in  Buffalo  common  and  high  schools, 
and  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  Col- 
lege; he  is  now  vice-president,  secretary  and 
assistant  treasurer  of  Buffalo  Cement  Com- 
pany. 2.  Louisa  A.,  born  May  16,  1868;  mar- 
ried James  P.  Wood,  of  Buffalo,  November 
16,  1887;  children,  (XVI)  generation:  Helen 
B.,  Frances  L.,  Harriet  A.,  Mildred  V.,  and 
James  B. 


But  little  can  be  told  of  the 
HUNTLEY    American    ancestor    of    the 

Huntleys  of  Buffalo.  Mrs. 
Lydia  Huntley  Sigourney,  the  gifted  poetess 
and  author,  in  her  "Letters  of  Life,"  says :  "He 
was  a  native  of  Scotland;  emigrated  to  this 
country  in  early  life  and  married  Miss  Mary 
Wallbridge,  a  woman  of  consistent,  domestic 
loveliness  and  piety.  From  the  comforts  of 
his  home  he  went  forth  as  a  colonial  soldier 
in  the  war  waged  by  our  motherland  with  the 
French  and  Indians.  Returning  from  the  com- 
paratively successful  campaign  of  1760,  he  be- 
came a  victim  of  the  small-pox  on  the  way,  and 
never  more  saw  the  home  of  his  affections. 
His  widow,  my  grandmother,  is  among  the 
gentle,  yet  strong,  images  of  my  infancy,  seat- 
ed by  the  fireside  of  her  son  (Ezekiel),  in 
quietness  and  honor." 

(I)  Ezekiel  Huntley,  father  of  Mrs.  Sig- 
ourney, was  born  in  Franklin,  near  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  April  12,  1752.  The  probabilities 
all  point  to  him  as  a  brother  of  James  Hunt- 
ley, the  founder  of  the  Buffalo  family.  After 
the  death  of  the  father  the  home  seems  to  have 
been  broken  up,  Ezekiel  entering  the  home  of 
Dr.  Daniel  Lathrop.  James  finally  settled  ^n 
New  York  state.  A  tradition  of  the  family  is 
that  the  ancestor  was  for  a  time  a  resident  of 
New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  going  from 
there  to  Connecticut. 

(II)  James  (i),  son  of  the  emigrant  Hunt- 
ley and  Mary  Wallbridge,  was  born  near  Nor- 


wich, Connecticut,  about  1750.  Little  can  be 
told  of  his  early  life.  He  is  next  heard  from 
in  the  town  of  Exeter,  Otsego  county.  New 
York,  where  he  made  his  will,  February  7, 
1809,  declaring  himself  to  be  "advanced  in 
years,  but  of  sound  and  perfect  mind  and  mem- 
ory." He  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  con- 
siderable property  which  he  divided  among  his 
children  prior  to  his  death,  as  each  is  given  a 
nominal  sum  "which  with  what  he  (or  she) 
has  heretofore  received  is  in  full  of  his  (or 
her)  portion."  He  names  in  his  will  "my  be- 
loved wife  Lucretia,"  to  whom  he  gave  "all 
my  personal  estate  and  the  use  of  my  real  es- 
tate during  her  life."  He  names  children: 
Phineas,  Reynold,  Reny,  wife  of  William 
Moor;  Iva  (a  son),  Harvin,  Anna  Lewis, 
James,  Elknah,  Silas  and  Lucretia  Bebe. 

(III)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i),  and 
Lucretia  Huntley,  was  bom  about  1772.  He 
was  a  farmer  of  West  Exeter,  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  where  he  died,  and  is  buried  with 
his  father  in  the  Huntley  burying  ground.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  was 
generally  known  as  Deacon  Huntley.  He  held 
several  of  the  local  offices  and  was  a  man  of 
prominence  in  his  town.  He  married  Lydia 
Calkins.  Children:  James  Calkins,  of  further 
mention;  Elisha,  Charles,  Porter  Lester,  Ann, 
and  several  daughters  who  married.  As  a 
family  the  Huntleys  were  remarkable  for  long- 
evity and  their  large  stature.  One  of  the 
daughters,  Ann  Huntley  Eldred,  died  at  West 
Winfield,  Herkimer  county,  New  York,  with- 
in a  few  weeks  of  her  one  hundredth  year. 
The  sons  married  and  reared  families,  as  did 
the  daughters. 

(IV)  James  Calkins,  eldest  son  of  James 
(2)  and  Lydia  (Calkins)  Huntley,  was  born 
in  West  Exeter,  New  York,  1796,  died  at  West 
Winfield,  Herkimer  county,  in  1879.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Huntley  burying  ground  in  Exe- 
ter, but  later  was  removed  to  West  Winfield 
by  his  grandson,  Charles  Russell  Huntley,  of 
Buffalo.  He  was  a  prominent  farmer,  major 
of  a  militia  regiment,  a  Baptist  in  religious 
faith,  and  strongly  opposed  to  human  slavery. 
At  the  birth  of  the  Republican  party  he  con- 
nected with  that  party  and  strongly  espoused 
the  cause  of  abolition.  He  married  Laura 
Wood.  Children:  i.  Russell,  of  further  men- 
tion. 2.  Alonzo,  died  in  California,  leaving  is- 
sue. 3.  George,  died  in  Madison,  Wisconsin. 
4.  Porter,  died  in  Hartford,  Oneida  county, 
New  York.  5.  Carlos,  died  at  San  Luis  Obispo, 


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California.  6.  James  Floras,  M.  D.,  graduate 
of  Albany  Medical  College;  died  at  Oneida, 
Madison  county,  New  York.  7.  Olive,  died  at 
West  Exeter,  New  York ;  married  Calvin 
Huntley.  8.  Lydia,  died  at  Sweetwater,  Mich- 
igan ;  married  James  Tanner.  9.  Julia,  died  in 
Newark,  New  Jersey;  married  E.  O.  Hovey, 
superintendent  of  public  schools  of  that  city. 
10.  Laura,  died  in  Otsego  county,  New  York ; 
married  H.  H.  Babcock. 

(V)  Russell,  eldest  son  of  James  Calkins 
Huntley,  was  born  in  Exeter,  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  January  5,  1818,  died  in  Ilion, 
New  York,  December  28,  1900.  He  was  a 
successful  merchant  of  Ilion  for  many  years, 
and  of  West  Winfield,  Herkimer  county.  New 
York,  where  he  was  also  postmaster.  He  was 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  185 1,  at  Manlius,  New  York,  Oorin- 
da,  daughter  of  John  and  Almira  (Adams) 
Talbot. 

(VI)  Charles  Russell,  only  son  of  Russell 
Huntley,  was  bom  in  West  Winfield,  Herki- 
mer county,  New  York,  October  12,  1853.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Utica, 
New  York,  and  began  business  life  as  a  clerk 
in  his  father's  general  store  in  Ilion.  In  1873 
he  entered  the  employ  of  E.  Remington  and 
Sons,  manufacturers  of  fire  arms,  typewriters, 
etc.,  remaining  until  1875.  In  1877  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  at 
Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  as  bookkeeper,  con- 
tinuing until  1882.  In  the  latter  year  he  be- 
came an  oil  broker,  operating  on  the  Bradford 
Oil  Exchange  until  1888,  part  of  this  time  be- 
ing agent  of  the  Standard  Oil  at  Bradford. 
In  1888  he  located  in  Buffalo  as  general  mana- 
ger of  the  Brush  Electric  Light  Company. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Huntley  has  been  contin- 
uously active  and  prominent  in  the  corpora- 
tions specializing  in  electric  and  gas  properties. 
In  1893  he  was  appointed  general  manager  of 
the  Buffalo  General  Electric  Company,  a  mer- 
ger of  all  the  lighting  plants  of  the  city,  was 
also  director  and  vice-president,  and  in  1907, 
was  chosen  president,  continuing,  however,  his 
position  as  general  manager.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Cataract  Power  and  Conduit  Com- 
pany, and  general  manager  of  the  same ;  treas- 
urer of  the  Buffalo  and  Niagara  Falls  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Company;  .vice-president 
of  the  People's  Bank  of  Buffalo;  director 
and  member  of  the  executive  committee 
of    the    German    American    Bank    of    Buf- 


falo; director  of  the  United  States  and 
Mexican  Trust  Company  of  New  York 
City;  director  of  Kansas  City,  Mexico 
&  Orient  Railroad  Company ;  director  of  J.  G. 
White  Company,  limited,  (a  construction  com- 
pany) ;  director  of  Western  New  York  Water 
Company ;  director  of  Georgia  Urban  Milling 
Company;  director  of '  International  Graphite 
Company,  International  Railway  Company,  and 
has  other  important  interests  in  Buffalo  and 
abroad.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
while  resident  in  Bradford  was  a  member  of 
the  select  council  and  president  of  the  school 
board.  In  Buffalo  he  served  as  a  member  of 
the  park  commission,  and  has  represented  New 
York  as  commissioner  at  the  great  expositions 
of  recent  years,  notably  the  Portland  Exposi- 
tion, commemorating  the  Lewis  and  Qarke 
expedition ;  and  the  Pan-American  Exposition, 
at  Buffalo,  serving  on  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  latter.  He  was  president  of 
the  National  Electric  Light  Association, 
189091 ;  president  of  the  Empire  State  Gas 
and  Electric  Association,  1910;  now  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Association  of  Edison  Companies. 
In  religious  faith  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  be- 
longing to  the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  Buf- 
falo. He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  Ac- 
cepted Scottish  Rite,  and  a  member  of  all 
bodies  of  the  York  Rite.  This  includes  all  the 
Masonic  bodies  of  Buffalo.  His  clubs:  Buf- 
falo, Country  and  Automobile  of  Buffalo; 
Railroad  and  Automobile  of  New  York  City. 
He  married,  June  12,  1878,  Ida,  daughter  of 
William  Richardson,  of  Buffalo.  (See  Rich- 
ardson.) She  was  a  graduate  of  Buffalo  High 
School,  class  of  1876.  Children,  born  in  Buf- 
falo: I.  William  Russell,  born  May  6,  1879; 
educated  at  Cornell,  now  assistant  general  man- 
ager of  the  Buffalo  General  Electric  Company ; 
vice-president  Robertson-Cataract  Company, 
director  Buffalo  General  Electric  Company, 
Buffalo  &  Niagara  Falls  Electric  Light  and 
Power  Company;  member  (Cornell)  Theta 
Delta  Chi;  Buffalo,  Saturn,  Country  and 
Automobile  clubs ;  married  February  20, 
1907,  Janie  Spear,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia; 
child:  Charles  Russell  (2),  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1909.  2.  Walter  Wood,  born  Au- 
gust 26,  1881 ;  graduate  of  Phillips  An- 
dover  Academy ;  now  president  Public  Service 
Contracting  Company  of  Buffalo,  mem- 
ber of  Buffalo  and  Automobile  clubs.  3.  Mary, 
graduate  of  Pelham  Manor,  Young  Ladies' 
Seminary ;  married,  December  16,  1903,  Rob- 


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ert  Wheeler  Chapin,  of  Buffalo ;  resides  in  Chi- 
cago, Illinois.  4.  Robert,  born  January  28, 
1890 ;  educated  in  University  of  Pennsylvania ; 
member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 


John  Spring  was  born  in  Eng- 
SPRING  land,  1588,  and  died  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  in  1650. 
He  came  id  America  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth," 
embarking  at  Ipswich,  England,  April  10, 
1634,  and  became  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  1636  or 
1637.  His  wife,  Elinor,  died  prior  to  March 
21,  1657.  Children:  Mary,  Henry,  John  and 
William. 

(II)  Henry,  eldest  son  of  John  Spring,  the 
emigrant,  was  born  in  1628,  in  England,  and 
came  to  this  country  with  his  parents  at  the 
age  of  six  years.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of 
Watertown,  May  30,  1660,  and  from  1680  to 
1695  was  town  "prizer,"  the  duties  of  his  of- 
fice being  to  settle  the  value  of  various  com- 
modities used  as  exchange  among  the  towns- 
people. He  also  took  inventories  and  settled 
estates.  He  married  (first),  January  7,  1658, 
Mehitable,  born  July  15,  1640,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  Bartlett.  She  died  in 
1690.  He  married  (second)  Susan,  widow  of 
Gregory  Cook,  and  was  her  third  husband. 
Children  by  first  wife :  Elizabeth,  Henry,  Ann, 
Mehitable,  Thomas,  and  Abiah. 

(III)  Henry  (2),  eldest  son  of  Henry  (i) 
Spring,  was  made  a  freeman  of  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  April  18,  1690,  and  there  his 
life  was  passed  engaged  in  agriculture.  He 
married  (first)  1662  (name  unknown)  ;  (sec- 
ond) 1685,  Lydia  Cutting,  born  September  i, 
1666;  admitted  to  full  communion  in  the 
Watertown  church,  April  7,  1700.  Children: 
Lydia,  Anna,  Henry  (3),  Elizabeth,  Mehita- 
ble and  Susan. 

(IV)  Henry  (3),  eldest  son  of  Henry  (2) 
Spring,  was  born  July  19,  1692,  in  Watertown, 
his  lifelong  home.  He  married  Keziah,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Josiah  and  Ruth  Converse,  of 
Wobum.  Children:  Josiah,  Henry  (4),  Ke- 
ziah, Samuel,  Jedediah,  John,  Converse,  Sarah, 
Alpheus  and  Marshal. 

(V)  Alpheus,  seventh  son  of  Henry  (3) 
Spring,  was  born  May  10,  1739,  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts.  He  was  educated  in  the 
college  of  New  Jersey  (now  Princeton  Uni- 
versity), graduating  in  1766.  Dartmouth  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
1785.     He  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  and 


was  in  charge  of  the  church  in  Kittery  (now 
Elliott),  Maine.  He  died  very  suddenly  June 
14,  1791,  aged  fifty-two  years.  He  married. 
May  18,  1769,  Sarah,  eldest  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Mary  Sewell  Frost,  of  York,  Maine.  She 
was  born  March  21,  1751.  They  had  a  large 
family,  including  Mary  and  Samuel. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Rev.  Alpheus  Spring, 
was  born  about  1790,  and  became  a  farmer  of 
Vermont.  He  married  Eunice  Stowell,  and 
had  issue. 

(VII)  Samuel  Stowell,  youngest  child  of 
Samuel  Spring,  was  born  in  Grafton,  Vermont, 
December  25,  1823,  died  at  Duluth,  Minne- 
sota, July  18,  1875.  Prior  to  his  fourteenth 
year  his  education  was  that  of  the  average 
farmer  boy  of  that  period.  At  fourteen  he  be- 
gan study  under  the  tuition  of  his  brother 
Levi,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Amherst  College 
and  a  man  of  deep  learning.  He  remained 
with  him  until  1842,  then  attended  the  academy 
at  Arcade,  Wyoming  county,  New  York,  one 
year,  then  entered  the  office  of  his  brother 
Leverett  and  began  the  study  of  law.  In  1845 
he  came  to  Springville,  Erie  county.  New 
York,  and  continued  legal  study  with  Wells 
Brooks  of  that  village.  After  a  few  months 
he  returned  to  Arcade  and  spent  two  years 
more  in  study  with  his  brother.  In  the  spring 
of  1848  he  became  a  student  in  the  office  of 
General  Linus  W.  Thayer,  of  Warsaw,  New 
York,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  He  at  once  began  practice  at 
Franklinville,  New  York,  where  after  a  year 
or  two  of  hard  work  he  became  well  establish- 
ed. In  the  fall  of  1859  he  was  elected  district 
attorney  of  Cattaraugas  county  and  in  1862 
was  re-elected,  serving  six  years.  In  1870, 
with  a  unanimity  scarcely  paralleled  in  the  his- 
tory of  political  contests,  he  was  elected  coun- 
ty judge,  an  office  he  held  until  his  death  in 
1875.  He  was  a  wise,  impartial  judge,  and 
held  the  unfailing  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
entire  bar  of  his  court  and  of  all  brought  in 
contact  with  him.  His  knowledge  of  the  law 
was  deep  and  profound,  and  with  him  law 
meant  justice.  He  was  liberal  and  public- 
spirited,  fond  of  the  soil,  and  from  1857  until 
death  always  owned  a  farm  on  which  he  lived. 
He  would  go  to  the  hay  field  for  recreation, 
and  loved  to  be  around  and  help  in  the  lighter 
forms  of  farm  work.  But  his  profession  was 
his  great  love,  and  he  was  a  lawyer  in  the  best 
sense  of  the  word.  He  was  a  tireless  worker, 
and  hastened  his  death  by  too  great  a  devotion 


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to  his  duties.  He  was  active  in  the  incorpora- 
tion of  Franklinville  as  a  village  and  the  first 
president. 

He  married,  May  9,  1850,  Ellen,  daughter  of 
William  Hogg,  of  Franklinville.  She  was 
born  in  Dalkeith,  Scotland,  1827,  died  1898, 
the  youngest  of  a  family  of  twelve.  Children 
of  Judge  S.  S.  Spring:  i.  Alfred,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Levi,  born  June  28,  1855,  died 
1889;  married  Myra  Lyon;  child:  Blanche. 
3.  George  E.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Samuel  A., 
born  July  4,  1863,  died  1909;  married  Nettie 
Walker ;  children :  Fred  W.,  married  Ida  Mc- 
Intyre ;  Raymond  ;  Isadore ;  Herbert ;  Walter. 

5.  Ellen,  born  1869;  married  Qayton  Stone,  of 
Colorado;  children:  Leslie,  Allen  and  Eleanor. 

6.  Katherine,  born  June  28,  1872;  married 
William  A.  Murray,  of  Jerseyshore,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

(Vni)  Judge  Alfred  Spring,  LL.  D.,  son 
of  Judge  Samuel  S.  Spring,  was  born  in 
Franklinville,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
February  19,  1851.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Ten  Broeck  Academy,  being 
graduated  from  the  latter  in  June,  1870.  He 
spent  two  years  at  Michigan  University,  and 
read  law  with  his  father  until  the  death  of  the 
latter  in  July,  1875.  The  following  October 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  prac- 
tice in  Franklinville.  In  1876  he  was  elected 
supervisor,  and  in  1879  surrogate  of  Cattarau- 
gus county  and  re-elected  in  1885,  serving  in 
that  important  judicial  position  twelve  years. 
During  his  term  many  important  and  compli- 
cated cases  were  tried  involving  large  amounts 
of  property  and  presenting  intricate  and  novel 
points  of  law.  He  was  a  partner  with  his 
brother,  George  E.,  in  the  practice  of  law  at 
Franklinville  for  several  years,  but  the  busi- 
ness of  the  surrogate's  court  increased  so  much 
during  his  term  that  it  required  all  his  time. 
In  January,  1895,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Morton,  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court 
of  the  state  of  New  York  to  fill  out  an  unex- 
pired term.  At  the  ensuing  November  election 
he  was  elected  to  the  same  office  for  a  full 
term  of  fourteen  years.  In  1899  ^^  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  appellate  division  of  the  supreme 
court  by  Governor  Roosevelt,  and  continued 
by  subsequent  reappointments  by  Governors 
Odell  and  Hughes.  In  1909  Judge  Spring  was 
re-elected  supreme  court  judge  for  the  ensuing 
fourteen  years.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  his 
fidelity  to  the  duties  of  his  high  office.  He  is 
learned  in  the  law  as  a  lawyer,  skillful  in  its 


application,  and  as  a  jurist  is  just  and  im- 
partial. He  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  in 
the  profession,  while  his  wisdom  and  impartial, 
unfailing  courtesy  and  justice  are  acknowl- 
edged by  all.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
Franklinville.  He  is  a  member  of  many  state 
and  national  associations  of  his  profession, 
and  is  also  connected  with  other  organizations, 
literary,  scientific  and  social.  His  clubs  are 
the  University  and  Saturn  of  Buffalo,  and  the 
Genesee  and  University  clubs  of  Rochester,  his 
winter  home.  He  spends  his  summers  at  the 
old  home  village,  Franklinville,  where  his  boy- 
hood and  so  much  of  his  life  was  passed.  In 
1901  Michigan  University  conferred  upon 
Judge  Spring  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws. 

He  married.  May  9,  1877,  Anna  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  Dana  O.  and  Maria  (Wilder)  Tarbell,  of 
Farmersville,  New  York,  granddaughter  of 
James  Tarbell.  Mrs.  Spring  is  a  member  of 
Buffalo  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  through  right  of  her  patriotic  an- 
cestors, Gideon  Walker  and  Leonard  Proctor. 

Gideon  Walker  (1737-1800),  who  had 
fought  in  the  earlier  wars,  served  in  a  com- 
pany of  matrosses  in  Colonel  James  Converse's 
regiment  of  Massachusetts  militia  in  1776.  He 
was  born  in  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  in  Vermont ;  he  married  Hannah  Billings. 
Leonard  Proctor  (1734- 1827)  served  on  the 
committee  of  public  correspondence  of  West- 
field  in  the  -  Massachusetts  militia.  He  was 
born  in  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
in  Proctorsville,  Vermont,  a  town  he  founded. 
Billings,  son  of  Gideon  Walker,  married  Han- 
nah, born  1778,  daughter  of  Leonard  Proctor 
and  Mary  Keep,  his  second  wife.  Hannah 
Billings,  daughter  of  Billings  and  Hannah 
(Proctor).  Walker,  married  James  Tarbell. 
Dana  O.,  son  of  James  Tarbell,  married 
Frances  Marie  Wilder.  Anna,  daughter  of 
Dana  O.  Tarbell,  married  Judge  Alfred 
Spring. 

Children  of  Judge  Alfred  Spring:  i.  Dana 
L.,  born  August  11,  1878;  married,  July  22, 
1901,  Shirley  Tilden ;  he  is  a  graduate  of  Will- 
iams College,  A.  B.,  1899;  Buffalo  Law 
School,  LL.  B.,  1912;  now  practicing  law  at 
Buffalo;  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Norton, 
Penny,  Spring  &  Moore.  2  Ellen,  born 
March  27,  188 1 ;  graduate  of  Smith  College, 
class  of  1903.  3.  Mildred,  born  May  31,  1890; 
graduate  of  Smith  College,  class  of  1912. 


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(VIII)  George  E.,  son  of  Judge  Samuel  S. 
Spring,  was  born  in  Franklinville,  Cattarau- 
gus county.  New  York,  October  27,  1859.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Ten 
Broeck  Academy,  being  graduated  from  the 
latter,  class  of  1880.  He  studied  law  with 
his  brother  Alfred,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Rochester,  New  York,  in  October,  1884. 
He  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
locating  at  Franklinville,  where  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  brother  and  preceptor  im- 
der  the  firm  name  of  Spring  &  Spring.  He 
served  as  dcrk  of  the  surrogate's  court  of  Cat- 
taraugus county  for  six  years,  then  returned 
to  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Franklin- 
ville, where  he  yet  continues,  engaged  in  gen- 
eral practice.  He  was  a  New  York  State  Com- 
missioner to  Paris  at  the  Universal  Exposi- 
tion at  Paris.  He  has  numerous  business  in- 
terests outside  his  profession;  is  president  of 
the  Empire  Electric  Company,  vice-president 
of  the  Empire  Manufacturing  Company,  and 
director  of  the  Franklinville  Canning  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  Rq)ublican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  also 
president  of  the  Library  Association  of  his 
village,  and  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to 
the  common  good.  He  stands  high  among  his 
brethren  of  tibe  profession,  and  has  a  well  es- 
tablished legal  business. 

He  married,  February  10,  1884,  Rena  Allen, 
bom  January  21,  i860,  daughter  of  Andrew 
L.  Allen  of  Machias,  at  one  time  member  of 
assembly.  Child:  Harold,  born  November 
15,  1890,  now  in  Williams  College. 

This  family  is  of  Welsh  descent. 
BOWEN     There  are  the  pedigrees  of  the 

Bowens  of  Wales  extant,  one 
deposited  in  the  College  of  Arms,  London,  be- 
gins with  Beli  Mawr,  king  of  Britain,  fifty-five 
years,  B.  C,  and  ends  with  Griffith  Bowen, 
of  Barryhead,  Wales.  The  American  ancestor 
of  this  family  is  believed  to  be  Griffith  Bowen, 
who  came  to  America  with  his  wife  Mar- 
garet, in  1638.  The  first  trace  of  him  in 
America  is  that  on  the  "The  6th  of  ye  same 
I2th  month  (1638)  Griffyn  Bowen  and  his 
wife  Margaret"  were  "taken  in  for  members 
of  ye  congregation  of  the  church  in  Boston." 
He  is  styled  in  the  records  "Gentleman."  The 
last  record  of  him  is  "9th  of  the  2nd  month, 
1649,  ^^'  Bowen  and  Peter  Oliver  is  chosen 
for  perambulation  at  Mudye  River."  Shortly 
after  this  he  sailed  for  England  with  his  wife 


and  some  of  his  children.  He  died  1675.  His 
New  England  estate  was  not  divided  among 
his  heirs  until  1683.    He  had  ten  children. 

(II)  Henr>',  third  son  of  Griffith  Bowen, 
was  born  in  Wales,  1633.  He  married,  De- 
cember 20,  1658,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Porter)  Johnson, 
of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  Captain  Isaac 
Johnson  was  the  "brave  and  intrepid"  Captain 
Johnson  who  was  killed  in  the  last  battle  of 
King  Philip's  war.  Henry  Bowen  lived  in 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  Woonsocket, 
Connecticut,  dying  in  the  latter  place  "in  the 
90th  year  of  his  age." 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  Henry  Bowen,  was 
born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  April  20, 
1676;  he  resided  for  a  time  in  Framingham, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  helped  to  organize 
the  First  Congregational  Church.  He  mar- 
ried, 1698,  Haimah  Winchester,  of  Brookline, 
Massachusetts. 

(IV)  Henry  (2)  son  of  Isaac  Bowen,  was 
born  June  30,  1700,  died  January  i,  1758.  He 
married.  May  10,  1721,  Margaret  Davis. 

(V)  Silas,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Bowen,  was 
born  April  7,  1722,  died  February  16,  1790. 
He  lived  in  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  and 
North  Brookfield,  Massadiusetts.  He  married, 
April  17,  1746,  Dorothy  Lyon. 

(VI)  Moses,  son  of  Silas  Bowen,  was  born 
in  Massachusetts,  1752,  died  in  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  June,  1830.  He  was  a  cooper  by 
trade.  He  served  in  the  revolutionary  army 
from  Massachusetts,  as  follows:  Private  of 
Captain  Jonathan  Danforth's  company,  Colo- 
nel David  Brewster's  regiment,  muster  roll 
dated  August  i,  1775 ;  enlisted  May  18,  1775 ; 
service  t^^o  months  nineteen  days;  also  com- 
pany return  dated  October  7,  1775 ;  also  Cap- 
tain Danforth's  company.  Colonel  Rufus  Put- 
nam's Ninth  Regiment.  After  the  war  he  re- 
moved to  Otsego  county.  New  York,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  and  farming.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Spencer,  Massachusetts,  November  21, 
1771,  Martha  Ball,  died  1824.  In  the  marriage 
record  his  residence  is  given  as  Sturbridge. 
As  he  was  only  nineteen  and  the  records  say 
"intentions  not  recorded"  it  is  likely  that  the 
couple  went  there  to  be  married  quietly,  with- 
out the  knowledge  of  parents. 

(VII)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Moses  (i)  Bowen, 
was  born  in  Massachusetts,  February  9,  1796. 
He  was  a  resident  of  Otsego  county  until  1830, 
when  he  settled  in  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York,  where  he  died  in 


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1882.  He  married  Betsey  Hopkins,  born  May 
21,  1797,  died  1862.  Children:  George  W. 
G.  (of  further  mention) ;  Emily  M.,  born 
March  20,  1825;  Sarah  A.,  May  20,  1827; 
Hopkins,  September,  1829;  Bird,  1832;  Cyrus 
H.,  April,  1834;  Frank  M.,  1842;  Moses  (3), 
1844;  living  in  Mansfield,  1879. 

( Vni)  George  W.  G.,  eldest  child  of  Moses 
(2)  Bowen,  was  born  in  Otsego  county,  New 
York,  May  2T,  1823.  He  came  to  Cattaraugus 
county  with  his  father,  learned  the  trade  of 
carpenter  and  settled  in  the  village  of  Eddy- 
ville,  where  he  was  justice  of  the  peace  over 
thirty  years,  postmaster  more  than  ten  years, 
and  a  resident  over  sixty  years.  He  married 
(first)  Lucinda  Meacham,  who  died  December 
8,  1863.  Children:  George  H.  (of  further 
mention)  ;  Sarah  M.,  born  February  6,  1853 ; 
John  M.,  October  25,  1858;  Betsey,  October 
3,  1862.  He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Lydia 
L.  Harvey,  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Sally 
Eddy.  Children:  Fanny  B.,  bom  October  21, 
1865 ;  Emily  A.,  June  6,  1867  J  Hattie  L.,  July 
2,  1869;  Mabel  G.,  August  10,  1871 ;  William 
H.,  August  25,  1873;  Ida  V.,  March  16,  1876; 
Eddy  L.,  June  29,  1879;  Bessie  L.,  July  i, 
1883. 

(IX)  George  Hamilton,  eldest  son  of 
George  W.  G.  Bowen  and  his  first  wife,  was 
bom  in  Eddyville,  town  of  Mansfield,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York,  October  4,  1849. 
He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  until  he 
became  of  age  worked  for  his  father  in  the 
saw  mill  and  on  the  farm.  Later  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  a  partnership  with  him  and  for  many 
years  they  did  a  very  successful  business.  They 
were  among  the  first  to  manufacture  cheese 
boxes  in  the  town  and  reaped  an  abundant 
harvest.  Mr.  Bowen  was  a  Republican  and 
served  for  many  years  as  town  clerk  and 
supervisor.  He  married,  in  Little  Valley,  Mary 
Jeanette  Reynolds.  Children :  Walter  H.  (of 
further  mention)  ;  Freddie,  died  in  infancy ; 
Floyd  Leroy,  born  July  2,  1886,  died  at  the 
age  of  seven  years. 

(X)  Walter  Hamilton,  son  of  George  Ham- 
ilton and  Mary  J.  (Reynolds)  Bowen,  was 
born  in  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  August  3,  1876.  He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Little  Valley  and  after  com- 
pleting his  studies  began  learning  the  trade 
of  tailor  with  George  G.  Mitchell.  After  work- 
ing with  him  for  several  years  he  traveled 
around  for  some  time,  working  in  different 
shops,  learning  different  methods  of  cutting 


and  fitting.  In  September,  1896,  he  opened 
a  custom  tailoring  shop  in  Little  Valley,  where 
he  is  now  (1911)  in  successful  business.  He 
has  built  up  a  large  trade  and  employs  several 
workmen  the  entire  year.  He  is  an  accom- 
plished musician  and  prominent  in  musical 
circles.  He  is  a*  member  of  Lodge  No.  812 
and  Chapter  No.  266  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
and  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  No- 
vember, 1898,  Katherine,  born  January  29, 
1877,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Sophia  (Sweet- 
land)  Ansell,  of  Little  Valley.  The  father  of 
Charles  Ansell  came  to  Little  Valley  from 
England,  a  skilled  gardener  and  farmer.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Merton  L.,  bom  April  23,  1875,  "^w 
cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Sala- 
manca. He  married,  January  i,  1895,  Ella, 
bom  1873,  daughter  of  Marcus  Merrill.  Chil- 
dren: Florence  Josephine,  bom  April  23, 
1897;  Harold  Fenton,  March  4,  1899. 
2.  Katherine.  Children  of  Walter  Hamilton 
and  Katherine  (Ansell)  Bowen:  Lola,  born 
December  4,  1899;  George  W.  G.,  April  20, 
1903 ;  Charles  Hamilton,  April  19,  1907. 

The  earliest  records  of  this  family 
CASE    state  that  in  the  year  1200  certain 

of  its  members  moved  from  York 
to  Aylsham,  England,  where  they  are  now  rep- 
resented by  wealthy  tanners  and  farmers  who 
own  so  much  land  around  Aylsham  that  it  is 
said  to  be  "Cased  in."  These  lands  surround 
those  which  were  once  the  property  of  Anne 
Boleyn,  one  of  the  wives  of  Henry  VIII.  The 
Case  and  Boleyn  families  were  closely  con- 
nected by  intermarriage.  The  records  are  also 
said  to  show  the  names  of  several  Cases  who 
were  locally  prominent  associates  and  sup- 
porters of  Oliver  Cromwell,  under  whose  pa- 
tronage they  accumulated  much  property  by 
furnishing  leather  to  the  English  army. 

(I)  Richard  Case,  ancestor  of  the  American 
family,  a  native  of  England,  was  an  inhabitant 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  The  date  of  his 
settlement  is  not  certain,  but  he  bought  ninety 
acres  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecti- 
cut river,  June  31,  1669,  of  William  Edwards 
and  Agnes  his  wife,  and  bounded  as  follows: 
"North  by  William  Pitkin;  south  on  John  Bid- 
well's;  east  on  the  wilderness;  the  rear  on 
the  swamp."  He  became  a  freeman  at  Hart- 
ford in  1671,  and  died  March  30,  1694.  His 
will,  made  September  8,  1690,  was  witnessed 
by  William  Pitkin  and  Thomas  Olcott.     The 


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executors  were  "my  wife"  and  "my  kinsman, 
Mr.  Thomas  Olcot.'*  Richard  Case  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Joan  Pur- 
chase. This  Mr.  Purchase  (or  Purkas)  was 
in  Hartford  before  1639.  Children  of  Rich- 
ard and  Elizabeth  Case:  Richard,  John  and 
Mary. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  eldest  child  of  Richard 
(i)  and  Elizabeth  (Purchase)  Case,  died  in 
East  Hartford,  February  22,  1724.  The  Hart- 
ford land  records  show  that  the  estate  of  Rich- 
ard Case  was  settled  among  his  heirs  by  deed 
dated  November  6,  1729.    He  married,  before 

1703,  Sarah .    Children:  Sarah,  Joseph 

and  Elizabeth. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  (2)  and  Sarah 
Case,  was  born  in  East  Hartford,  December 
27,  1705,  died  there  May  26,  1791 ;  was  buried 
in  the  East  Hartford  Center  cemetery.  Like 
his  father  he  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  1731, 
Esther,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Hills,  of  East 
Hartford.  Children :  Joseph,  David,  Richard, 
Abigail,  Thomas,  Sarah  and  Hannah. 

(IV)  David,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Esther  (Hills)  Case,  was  born  in  East  Hart- 
ford. Record,  volume  25,  page  269,  contains 
record  of  grant  of  administration  on  estate 
of  David  Case,  late  of  East  Hartford,  to 
George  Griswold.  Distribution  of  the  estate 
was  made  (no  date  given)  to  widow  not 
named,  sons  Uriah,  William  and  David,  and 
daughters  Tryphena  and  Assenath  Keeney.  He 
owned  land  in  Glastonbury.  He  married  Abi- 
gail — — — .  Among  their  children  were,  in 
addition  to  those  above  named :  Abigail,  died 
January  26,  1774,  aged  three;  Abigail,  died 
November  20,  1789,  aged  sixteen. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  David  and  Abigail 
Case,  was  a  farmer  of  the  Mohawk  Valley, 
near  Schenectady,  New  York.  He  married  a 
Miss  Whitney,  of  Prescott,  Ontario,  Canada. 
Children :  Levi  James ;  Whitney  A.  (of  whom 
further)  ;  Lucy,  married  Robert  Bailey ;  Chloe, 
married  James  Lewis,  the  engineer  who  ran 
the  first  steam  engine,  "John  Bull" ;  when  the 
railroad  company  exhibited  the  old  engine  on 
the  rails  at  the  Chicago  Exposition,  Mr.  Lewis 
was  invited  to  go  to  Chicago  and  ride  in  his 
old  engine;  Cynthia,  married  John  Barnum; 
Mary,  married  Stephen  P.  Porter. 

(VI)  Whitney  Asa,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 

(Whitney)  Case,  was  born  at  Ogdens- 

burg.  New  York,  1825,  died  at  Carlsbad,  Ger- 
many, July  12,  1892.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  after  completing  his  studies 


learned  the  trade  of  coppersmith  at  Schenec- 
tady. In  1850  he  located  in  Buffalo,  where 
for  three  years  he  was  foreman  for  Dudley 
Brothers.  In  1853  ^^  started  in  business  for 
himself  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Ohio 
streets.  He  made  a  specialty  of  heavy  copper 
smithing  for  steamboats  and  locomotives.  He 
soon  established  a  good  reputation  for  the  ex- 
cellence of  his  work  and  at  one  time  did  all 
the  work  in  his  line  for  the  New  York  Cen- 
tral Railroad.  In  1881  he  admitted  his  son, 
Edward  A.,  to  partnership,  later  his  son,  Whit* 
ney  G.,  under  the  firm  name  W.  A.  Case  & 
Sons,  and  to  his  original  lines  added  engineers' 
supplies,  wholesale  and  retail,  and  later  added 
plumbers'  supplies.  The  firm  has  always  been 
a  prosperous  one,  and  is  now  (1911)  known 
as  the  W.  A.  Case  &  Son  Manufacturing 
Company.  In  1892  Mr.  Case  was  ordered  to 
take  a  foreign  trip  by  his  physicians,  his  health 
having  broken  down.  He  died  at  Carlsbad, 
where  he  had  gone  for  the  benefit  of  the  baths 
and  treatment.  He  was  a  man  of  good  busi- 
ness ability,  generous  to  a  fault  and  highly  re- 
garded by  his  associates.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  order,  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  Republican.  He  married  (first) 
Freda  Felthausen.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
Emigh.  Children :  Whitney  Gaylord  (of  whom 
further)  ;  Mary,  married  William  H.  Collins; 
Edward  A.,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight 
years ;  Lilla,  married  R.  W.  McCready ;  child, 
Florence,  deceased. 

(VII)  Whitney  Gaylord,  eldest  son  of  Whit- 
ney Asa  and  his  second  wife,  Mary  (Emigh) 
Case,  was  born  April  21,  1856.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Buffalo  schools  and  after  gradu- 
ating from  the  high  school  entered  his  father's 
shop  and  learned  copper  smithing.  He  was 
a  hard  worker,  often  spending  from  fifteen 
to  seventeen  hours  out  of  the  twenty-four  in 
the  shop.  From  the  shop  he  went  to  the  office 
of  the  firm,  then  on  the  road  as  salesman. 
When  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age  his 
father  admitted  him  to  partnership,  but  this 
did  not  mean  easier  times  for  the  young  man. 
His  father's  health  was  on  the  decline  and 
the  extra  burden  fell  on  the  younger  man,  who 
bravely  shouldered  it.  After  the  death  of  his 
father,  Whitney  G.  continued  the  business, 
which  was  growing  very  fast,  and  in  1903 
formed  it  into  a  corporation,  W.  A.  Case  & 
Son  Manufacturing  Company,  with  Whitney 
G.  Case  president,  J.  P.  Fell  vice-president. 
The  business  has  grown  from  a  total  of  sixty 


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thousand  dollars  in  1892  to  that  of  two  mil- 
lion dollars  in  19  lo,  and  is  the  largest  store 
in  the  United  States  devoted  exclusively  to 
their  line  of  goods.  Since  1906  Mr.  Case 
has  relaxed  his  strenuous  business  somewhat 
and  now  takes  needed  recreation.  He  has  the 
satisfaction  of  knowing  that  he  has  borne  his 
full  share  of  burden,  and  to  his  own  energy, 
industry  and  perseverance  he  owes  the  success 
that  is  his.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Erie  County 
Savings  Bank,  director  of  the  Commonwealth 
Trust  Company,  director  of  the  Buffalo  Club, 
ex-treasurer  of  the  EUicott  Club,  ex-president 
of  the  Park  Oub,  director  of  the  Buffalo 
Yacht  Club  and  member  of  the  Wanakah 
Golf  Qub.  In  tiie  Masonic  order  he  is  affil- 
iated with  Queen  City  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons ;  Keystone  Qiapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Buffalo  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  Hugh  De  Payen  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar ;  Buffalo  Consistory,  Ancient 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  a  thirty-second  degree. 
He  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  Westminster 
Presb)^erian  Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married,  October  26, 1881,  Martha  Fran- 
ces Allen,  bom  January  17,  i860,  daughter  of 
Wesley  D.  Allen.  Children:  i.  Cyrena,  born 
June  6,  1884 ;  married,  March  27,  1906,  How- 
ard Kdlogg ;  children :  Martha,  born  January 
17,  1907;  Howard,  bom  November  4,  1908. 
2.  Edward  Whitney  (of  whom  further). 

(VIII)  Edward  Whitney,  only  son  of  Whit- 
ney Gaylord  and  Mary  Frances  (Allen)  Case, 
was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  June  17,  1888. 
He  graduated  at  Heathcote  school,  1905,  pre- 
pared for  college  at  Lawrenceville,  New  Jer- 
sey, entered  Cornell  University,  academic 
course,  class  of  1910,  but  before  graduating 
accepted  a  position  with  tiie  Buffalo  Radiator 
Company,  in  the  foundry  and  machine  shop. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Canoe  and 
Auto  clubs,  Zeta  Psi  fraternity  of  Cornell, 
Westminster  Presbyterian  •  Church,  and  is  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  married,  April  19, 
191 1,  Geraldine  Armstrong  Thompson,  daugh- 
ter of  Augustus  A.  Thompson. 


Charles  Stuart  Abbott,  of 
ABBOTT    Jamestown,  New  York,  whose 

death  occurred  March  r,  1905, 
was  a  descendant  in  the  ninth  generation  from 
George  Abbott,  of  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
from  whom  have  descended  some  of  the  most 
eminent  of  their  day  in  the  arts  and  sciences. 


including  scholars,  divines,  jurists,  statesmen, 
soldiers,  educators,  authors,  philanthropists, 
business  men,  diplomats,  politicians  and  trusted 
leaders  and  representative  persons  in  almost 
evepy  useful  occupation  in  life. 

(I)  George  Abbott  was  probably  born  in 
England  and  died  in  1647,  ^n  Rowley,  Essex 
county,  Massachusetts,  where  he  had  lived 
about  five  years  after  coming  from  England 
with  his  family  about  1642,  being  one  of  the 
first  settlers.  The  early  records  of  Rowley 
are  missing  and  not  much  is  known  of  him. 
The  inventory  of  his  effects  amounted  to  £95 
2s.  8d.  He  had  three  children  born  in  Eng- 
land: Thomas,  died  at  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, September  5,  1659;  George  (see  for- 
ward) ;  Nehemiah. 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  England,  about  1 631,  and 
came  to  New  England  with  his  father's  fam- 
ily, probably  about  1642.  He  lived  in  Rowley, 
Essex  county,  Massachusetts,  about  fourteen 
years,  and  in  1655  he  settled  in  that  part  of 
Andover  afterwards  North  Andover,  but  now 
Andover  Center.  He  was  a  husbandman  and 
tailor,  very  thrifty  and  industrious,  and  for 
that  day  was  financially  well-off,  being,  ac- 
cording to  the  tax  list,  one  of  the  five  wealth- 
iest men  in  Andover.  He  was  a  member  of 
Sergeant  James  Osgood's  militia  company, 
1658-59.  He  was  made  a  freeman.  May  19, 
1669,  and  was  elected  constable,  June  3,  1680: 
He  was  much  respected,  and  for  many  years 
had  charge  of  North  Meeting  House,  Andover. 
He  was  married,  in  Ipswich,  Essex  county, 
Massachusetts,  by  "Mr.  Bradstreet,"  April  26, 
1658,  to  Sarah  Farnum,  who  was  probably 
born  in  Massachusetts  about  1638,  youngest 
of  five  children  of  Ralph  and  Alice  Farnum, 
of  Andover.  George  Abbott  and  wife  had  ten 
children,  bom  in  Andover,  Essex  county,  Mas- 
sachusetts. George,  January  28,  1659 ;  Sarah, 
September  6,  1660;  John,  August  26,  1662; 
Mary,  March  20,  1664-65 ;  Nehemiah,  July  20, 
1667;  Hannah,  September  22,  1668 ;  Mehitable, 
February  17,  1671;  Lydia,  March  31,  1675; 
Samuel  (see  forward) ;  Mehitable,  April  4, 
1680. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  George  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Farnum)  Abbott,  was  bom  in  Andover,  Es- 
sex county,  Massachusetts,  May  30,  1678,  died 
at  Sudbury,  May  17,  1739.  He  was  eighteen 
years  old  when  his  brother  John  settled  in  East 
Sudbury,  now  Wayland,  Massachusetts,  in 
1696,  and  doubtless  went  there  with  him  about 


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that  time  to  live.  He  was  constable  for  the 
east  side  of  Sudbury  river,  1717-18;  selectman, 
1 727-29-30-31-32-33-35-36;  highway  surveyor, 
1707-22;  town  treasurer,  1720;  fence  viewer, 
1724;  and  assessor,  1730.  He  was  well-to-do, 
highly  respected  and  influential.  He  married, 
in  Sudbury,  June  26,  1705,  Joyce,  bom  there, 
August  3,  1681,  daughter  of  Deacon  Edward 
and  Joyce  (Russell)  Rice.  Samuel  Abbott 
and  wife  had  five  children,  born  in  Sudbury, 
Middlesex  county,  Massachusetts :  Joyce, 
August  13,  1706;  Martha,  March  10,  1712; 
Samuel,  February  25,  1713-14;  Samuel  (see 
forward)  ;  George,  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Joyce  (Rice)  Abbott,  was  born  May  24,  17 16, 
in  East  Sudbury,  now  Wayland,  Middlesex 
county,  Massachusetts.  He  virtually  inherited 
the  homestead  farm  in  East  Sudbury,  and 
lived  in  the  house  built  by  his  father,  on  the 
left  side  of  the  road  from  Wayland  Center 
to  Concord^  Massachusetts.  Owing  to  his  pre^ 
mature  death,  but  little  is  known  of  him.  The 
Massachusetts  archives  credit  him  with  the 
following  colonial  war  service :  According  to 
vol.  XCV,  p.  310,  his  name  appears  in  a  list 
dated  April  25,  1757,  pertaining  to  Captain 
Moses  Maynard's  first  Sudbury  foot  company. 
He  was  also  in  Captain  Samuel  Dakin's  com- 
pany of  Sudbury,  1758,  in  General  Abercrom- 
bie's  expedition  against  Fort  Ticonderoga,  and 
as  far  as  known,  is  numbered  among  the  un- 
known dead,  probably  in  the  disastrous  and 
unwise  assault  of  July  8,  1758,  by  Abercrom- 
bie,  with  about  fifteen  thousand  men,  on  that 
stronghold,  which  was  garrisoned  by  about 
three  thousand  French  troops  under  Montcalm. 
He  was  about  forty-two  years  old. 

His  marriage  was  published  in  Weston, 
Massachusetts,  in  1737,  to  Abigail  Myrick, 
born  April  10,  17 19,  daughter  of  John  and 
Abigail  (Herrington)  Myrick,  of  Weston. 
They  had  ten  children,  born  in  East  Sudbury, 
Wayland,  Massachusetts;  John  (see  for- 
ward) ;  Ephraim,  May  27,  1740;  Jason,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1742;  Samuel,  September  27,  1743; 
Sarah,  February  27,  1745;  Rebecca,  March  11, 
1748-49;  Abigail,  May  7,  1751 ;  Abraham, 
January  11,  1754;  Abijah,  July  11,  1756; 
Amos,   1759-60. 

(V)  Lieutenant  John  Abbott,  son  of  Samuel 
(2)  and  Abigail  (Myrick)  Abbott,  was  bom 
in  East  Sudbury,  now  Wayland,  Middlesex 
county,  Massachusetts,  June  5,  1738.  Lieu- 
tenant Abbott  is  mentioned  in  old  records  as 


blacksmith,  yeoman,  lieutenant,  and  latterly 
for  many  years  as  "gent."  He  started  in  life 
as  a  blacksmith,  living  in  Sudbury  until 
twenty-three  years  of  age.  He  probably  moved 
to  Holden,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts, 
about  1761,  as  on  April  15th  of  that  year 
he  bought  of  Joseph  Davis,  in  Holden,  for 
£iy  6s.  8d.,  about  nine  acres  near  the  church, 
south  of  the  county  road,  on  which  in  1763 
he  built  the  celebrated  and  now  historic  old 
"Abbott  Tavern,"  which  although  one  hundred 
and  thirty- four  years  old  (1906)  is  still  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation.  It  was  at  this  old 
tavern,  and  with  Lieutenant  John  Abbott,  that 
the  covenant  entered  into  by  the  loyal  citizens 
of  Holden  to  sustain  the  committee  chosen  by 
them  to  watch  for  the  public  safety,  etc.,  was 
left  for  a  month,  during  the  early  days  of  the 
revolution,  for  the  inhabitants  of  Holden  to 
sign,  Lieutenant  Abbott  being  one  of  the  six 
forming  the  committee  of  safety.  It  is  stated 
upon  good  authority  that  Lieutenant  John  Ab- 
bott helped  to  throw  the  package  of  tea  over- 
board into  the  waters  of  Boston  Harbor  on 
that  memorable  and  historic  occasion  on  the 
eve  of  the  revolutionary  war,  December  16, 

1773. 
According      to      Massachusetts      archives, 

vol.  XXVIII,  p.  52,  John  Abbott  was  com- 
missioned during  the  revolutionary  war  as  sec- 
ond lieutenant,  March  5,  1779,  in  Captain  Sam- 
uel Hubbell's  (Third)  company  of  the  First 
Worcester  County  Regiment,  commanded  by 
Colonel  Samuel  Denny.  His  resignation  was 
accepted  by  the  council,  March  13,  1780.  The 
records  of  Holden  show  that  he  held  the  fol- 
lowing local  public  offices:  Highway  sur- 
veyor, 1 769-74-82-83-84-85-86-9 1  -92-93-94-96  ; 

fence  viewer,  1770-72-73 ;  warden,  1771 ; 
juror,  1770-74;  field-driver,  1775;  constable, 
1777;  and  sealer  of  weights  and  measures, 
1777-81-87-88-89.  His  will,  dated  October  22, 
1796,  was  probated  November  5,  1799.  Lieu- 
tenant John  Abbott  died  May  23,  1799.  His 
widow  died  in  Holden,  August  9,  1814. 

He  married,  September  25,  1760,  by  Eben- 
ezer  Roby,  Mary,  bom  in  Weston,  Middlesex 
county,  Massachusetts,  October  25,  1734* 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Glesson) 
Allen.  Their  children  were  all  born  in  Holden 
except  Sarah,  who  was  born  in  Sudbury.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  December  16,  1761 ;  John,  1762; 
Lemuel,  November  3,  1763;  Cyrus,  January 
16,  1765 ;  Isaac,  October  2,  1766 ;  Mary,  April 
9>  1768;  Elisha  (see  forward);  Jason;  June 


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28,  1772;  Abijah,  October  3,  1773;  Samuel, 
July  25,  1776;  Betsey,  September  7,  1778. 

(VI)  Elisha,  son  of  Lieutenant  John  and  Mary 
(Allen)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Holden,  Massachu- 
setts, June  6,  1770.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and 
lived  in  Weybridge,  Addison  county,  Vermont, 
where  he  died  May  30,  1822,  aged  fifty-one 

years.    His  widow  married  (second)  

Dixon,  and  is  said  to  have  died  at  an  advanced 
age  in  Western  New  York.  The  records  at 
the  county  seat  have  been  destroyed  by  fire, 
and  but  little  is  known  of  Mr.  Abbott's  history. 
He  married  Mehitable  Parmelee,  who  was 
born  in  1773.  They  had  three  children :  Zenas, 
bom  1798,  died  in  Weybridge,  Vermont,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1879;  Ezra  (see  forward);  Aretas, 
born  November  24,  1806. 

(VH)  Ezra,  son  of  Elisha  and  Mehitable 
(Parmelee)  Abbott,  was  born  in  Claremont, 
New  York,  January  28,  1801.  In  1827  he  re- 
moved to  Onondaga  county.  New  York,  and 
in  1829  to  Chautauqua  county,  where  he  died 
January  23,  1892,  at  the  venerable  age  of 
ninety-one  years.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  a 
man  of  great  nobility  of  character.  In  early 
manhood  he  united  with  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Troy,  and  on  his  removal  to  Chau- 
tauqua county  became  connected  with  the  Bap- 
tist church  in  Panama,  in  which  he  was  for 
many  years  a  deacon,  and  to  the  end  of  his 
life  one  of  its  most  consistent,  useful  and 
honored  members.  He  married,  April  29, 
1824,  in  Fair  Haven,  Emeline  Stewart.  Their 
children  were:  Edwin  Elisha  (see  forward)  ; 
Samuel  H.,  Elvira  E.,  Sarah  M.,  and  Mary 
Eliza,  the  latter  of  whom  married  George  W. 
Windsor,  and  resided  in  Jamestown,  New 
York. 

(VIII)  Edwin  Elisha,  son  of  Ezra  and 
Emeline  (Stewart)  Abbott,  was  bom  in  Am- 
ber, Onondaga  county.  New  York,  September 
27,  1827,  and  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
August  31,  1881.  When  he  was  two  years 
old  his  parents  removed  to  a  farm  near  Pan- 
ama. He  attended  the  common  schools,  and 
was  a  student  for  two  years  in  Westfield  Aca- 
demy. He  entered  upon  his  active  career  when 
twenty  years  old,  and  at  that  early  age  gave 
striking  evidence  of  the  qualities  which  char- 
acterized him  during  his  whole  life.  He  began 
as  clerk  in  charge  of  a  branch  store  of  Joseph 
Hoyt,  at  Spring  Creek,  Pennsylvania,  showing 
the  confidence  even  then  reposed  in  him.  He 
was  afterwards  clerk  in  the  stores  of  John 
Stewart  and  John  Pray,  in  Panama,  until  1850, 


when  he  became  a  partner  with  Mr.  Hoyt,  his 
first  employer,  in  the  firm  of  Hoyt  &  Abbott. 
In  1852,  when  in  New  York  purchasing  goods 
for  his  house,  he  was  solicited  to  relinquish 
his  country  business  and  take  a  situation  in 
that  city,  which  he  did,  but  falling  a  victim 
to  malaria,  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  his  po- 
sition, after  a  long  and  severe  illness.  He  was 
in  business  with  Stephen  W.  Steward,  at 
Oymer,  for  two  years,  and  then  became  asso- 
ciated with  Gilbert  Smith,  at  Panama.  In 
1859  he  entered  a  large  silk  house  in  New 
York,  doing  an  almost  exclusive  southern 
trade,  which  failed  at  the  outbreak  of  the  civil 
war.  He  then  went  to  Jamestown,  where  he 
engaged  with  the  firm  of  Kent  &  Preston.  In 
1865  he  returned  to  New  York  City,  and 
formed  the  hat  and  fur  house  of  Kingsbury, 
Abbott  &  Company,  which,  through  deaths 
and  retirements,  became  successively  Kings- 
bury, Abbott,  Gay  &  Company,  and  Kingsbury, 
Abbott  &  Hulett.  The  house  was  very  suc- 
cessful until  the  financial  panic  of  1873,  which 
it  was  unable  to  withstand,  largely  owing  to 
the  physical  prostration  of  Mr.  Abbott,  who 
was  the  guiding  spirit  in  the  firm.  The  books 
of  th|;  house  on  examination  by  a  committee 
of  the  creditors  were  pronounced  clear  and 
honest,  and  its  failure  was  accepted  as  un- 
avoidable. So  great  was  the  confidence  in 
which  Mr.  Abbott  was  held,  that  the  creditors, 
with  former  partners  in  the  firm,  and  several 
bankers,  tendered  sufficient  capital  for  resump- 
tion of  business,  but  this  generous  offer  was 
declined  by  Mr.  Abbott.  At  the  time  of  the 
failure,.  Mr.  Abbott  held  considerable  sums 
left  with  him  for  investment;  these  also  were 
lost  in  the  failure,  but  he  made  repayment  as 
he  could,  the  final  payment,  in  one  case,  being 
made  only  a  short  time  before  his  death.  In 
1877  he  had  finally  closed  up  the  affairs  of 
his  defunct  firm,  and  he  took  charge  of  the 
sales  department  of  the  Jamestown  Alpaca 
Mills,  and  which  he  conducted  successfully  un- 
til overtaken  by  his  final  illness.  His  death 
was  widely  and  deeply  deplored,  and  fervent 
tributes  to  his  memory  were  uttered  by  both 
pulpit  and  press.  Mr.  Abbott  married  Mary 
Sanderson,  who  survived  him. 

(IX)  Charles  Stuart,  only  child  of  Edwin 
Elisha  and  Mary  (Sanderson)  Abbott,  was 
bom  in  Panama,  New  York,  December  11, 
1858.  In  his  infancy  his  parents  removed  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  was  educated  in 
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(Long  Island)  Institute.  He  was  preparing 
to  enter  Columbia  University  when  his  father's 
financial  reverses  obliged  him  to  abandon  his 
plans  and  enter  upon  his  life's  career.  From 
the  first  he  gave  evidence  of  the  paternal  traits 
— untiring  industry,  indomitable  perseverance 
and  unwavering  integrity — and  he  commanded 
the  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  became 
associated.  In  his  youth  he  engaged  in  va- 
rious employments,  among  them  being  that 
of  captain  of  the  "Waukegan,"  a  favorite 
steamer  on  Lake  Chautauqua,  and  he  became 
so  enamored  with  that  beautiful  region  that 
he  procured  renewal  of  his  license  from  y^r 
to  year  until  the  end  of  his  life.  At  one  time 
he  studied  law  at  Warren,  Pennsylvania,  and 
was  later  business  manager  of  The  Country- 
side, a  weekly  educational  and  agricultural 
journal.  He  subsequently  returned  to  New 
York  City,  and  for  a  time  was  associated 
with  Allen  Brothers  in  an  advertising  agency 
which  was  afterward  removed  to  Jamestown. 

Mr.  Abbott's  independent  business  career, 
however,  dated  from  1889,  when  he  engaged 
with  Hon.  Porter  Sheldon  in  the  manufacture 
of  photographic  paper.  They  later  formed 
the  American  Aristotype  Company,  with  Mr. 
Sheldon  as  president  and  Mr.  Abbott  as  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  This  business  they 
rapidly  developed,  making  it  one  of  the  leading 
houses  in  its  line  in  the  country,  and  one  of 
the  principal  industries  of  Jamestown.  In 
1899  the  General  Aristo  Company  was  formed, 
embracing  a  number  of  other  similar  concerns, 
and  which  were  afterward  consolidated  as  the 
Eastman  Kodak  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Ab- 
bott was  vice-president,  and  to  whose  interests 
he  devoted  himself  in  Europe  for  two  years, 
and  with  phenomenal  success.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Seed  Dry  Plate  Company  of 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  a  director  of  the 
Chautauqua  County  Trust  Company.  In  all 
his  business  relations  he  was  eminently  suc- 
cessful, and  he  was  held  in  high  estimation 
for  abilities  of  a  high  order,  and  unflinching 
integrity,  and  was  recognized  as  a  prime  leader 
among  those  whose  energy  and  enterprise  gave 
Jamestown  its  nation-wide  fame  as  an  indus- 
trial city. 

While  pre-eminently  a  man  of  business,  Mr. 
Abbott  was  also  favorably  known  for  his  fine 
personal  traits — kindliness,  sympathy  and  gen- 
erosity— ^and  his  home  was  a  center  of  social 
life.  He  was  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Jamestown  Lodge 


of  Elks;  the  Jamestown  Club,  of  which  he 
was  for  several  years  president;  and  he  was 
for  several  years  commodore  of  the  Chadakoin 
Boat  Club. 

Mr.  Abbott  married,  February  4,  1880, 
Pauline  Allen,  of  Jamestown.  Of  this  mar- 
riage were  born  a  daughter,  Marguerite,  and 
a  son,  Charles  Stuart  Abbott  Jr.  Mr.  Abbott 
fell  into  a  decline  early  in  January,  1905,  and 
went  to  North  Carolina,  and  while  his  family 
were  solaced  with  hopes  of  improvement,  he 
suddenly  succumbed  and  died  March  i,  1905, 
in  his  forty-seventh  year.  The  remains  of  the 
honored  dead  were  brought  home  for  inter- 
ment, and  the  funeral  services  were  attended 
by  a  great  concourse  of  mourning  friends,  and 
signal  honors  were  paid  to  his  memory  by  the 
officiating  clerg}'men,  and  subsequently  by  the 
press  and  the  various  business,  fraternal  and 
social  bodies  with  which  the  deceased  had  been 
identified. 


The  name  Thompson  is  an 
THOMPSON     ancient    one    in    England, 

Scotland  and  Ireland.  In 
England  the  name  was  Tomson;  in  Ireland  it 
was  Thompson;  and  in  the  south  of  Scotland 
Thomson.  The  American  ancestor  of  the  fam- 
ily was  born  in  the  north  of  Wales  near  the 
border  of  Scotland  and  is  considered  a  Scotch- 
man, although  the  signature  to  his  will  has 
the  English  spelling  Tomson.  The  letter  **p" 
was  not  introduced  into  the  name  by  any  of 
his  descendants  until  a  century  and  a  half 
later.  The  fourth  generation  in  America 
added  an  "h,"  making  it  Thomson,  although 
many  adhered  to  the  original  form.  In  the 
fifth  generation  Thompson  began  to  be.  used 
and  is  now  the  almost  universal  form,  and 
will  be  used  in  this  record  as  though  that  had 
been  the  original  form. 

(I)  Lieutenant  John  Thompson  was  born  in 
Wales  in  1616.  Tradition  says  his  father 
died  soon  after  his  birth  and  that  his  mother 
married  again.  He  was  but  a  lad  when  he 
was  brought  to  America,  not  being  more  than 
seven  years  of  age,  probably  coming  in  the 
ship,  "Little  James  and  Anne,"  which  arrived 
at  Plymouth  in  August,  1623,  with  sixty  pas- 
sengers. Nothing  is  known  of  his  youth,  but 
after  reaching  manhood  his  career  can  be 
traced  in  full  from  Hymouth  records.  From 
his  will  it  is  learned  he  was  a  carpenter,  and 
besides  building  for  others  he  built  a  house  for 
himself  in  each  of  the  places  where  he  settled 


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and  one  each  for  his  sons  John  and  Jacob.  In 
association  with  Richard  Church,  he  built  the 
first  framed  meeting  house  in  Plymouth  in 
1637.  As  compensation,  the  town  gave  a  deed 
for  a  piece  of  land,  now  called  Spring  Hill. 
March  3,  1645,  ^^  purchased  of  Samuel  Eddy 
a  house  and  lot  in  Plymouth  near  Spring  Hill 
and  in  December  of  that  year  was  married. 
After  removing  to  Sandwich  he  abandoned 
his  trade  and  became  a  farmer.  He  purchased 
land  in  Nobscusset,  where  he  lived  several 
years,  then  removed  thirteen  miles  west  of 
Plymouth,  where  he  made  large  purchases  of 
land  from  Welispaquin,  the  Neponset  Sachem. 
He  built  a  log  house  on  this  purchase  (Mid- 
dleborough),  twenty  rods  west  of  the  Ply- 
mouth line,  where  he  lived  until  it  was  burned 
by  the  Indians.  During  King  Philip's  war 
he  was  appointed  lieutenant  commandant  of 
a  small  company  of  men  and  rendered  valu- 
able service.  He  was  equipped  with  a  gun, 
brass  pistol,  sword,  and  halberd,  now  to  be 
seen  in  Plymouth  at  Pilgrim  Hall.  The  whole 
length  of  the  gun  was  seven  feet  four  and 
one-half  inches,  using  balls  weighing  twelve 
to  the  pound ;  weight  twenty  pounds.  The 
sword  was  three  feet  five  and  one-half  inches. 
After  the  war  was  over  John  Thompson  and 
the  other  families  who  had  been  driven  from 
their  homes  returned.  In  1677  he  replaced  the 
log  house  burned  by  the  Indians  with  a  frame 
dwelling  thirty-eight  feet  front  and  thirty  feet 
deep  with  loop  holes  and  lined  with  brick. 
Here  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  This 
house  was  the  residence  of  his  descendants 
unto  the  fifth  generation.  It  was  taken  down 
in  1838  after  having  been  inhabited  for  one 
hundred  and  sixty  years.  John  Thompson  was 
constantly  engaged  in  the  public  service.  He 
was  selectman  many  terms ;  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  from  Middleborough  term  after 
term;  served  on  juries,  committees,  and  per- 
formed many  public  duties.  In  the  church  he 
was  a  faithful,  zealous  worker,  bringing  his 
children  up  according  to  the  strictest  interpre- 
tation of  the  Scriptures.  He  died  June  16, 
1696,  aged  nearly  eighty  years,  and  is  buried 
in  the  first  burying  ground  in  Middleborough, 
where  a  stone  marks  his  grave,  bearing  this 
inscription :  "In  Memory  of  Lieutenant  John 
Thompson,  who  died  June  i6th  ye  1696  in 
ye  80  years  of  his  age. 

"This  is  a  debt  to  nature  due 

Which  I  have  paid  and  so  must  vou." 


He  married,  Efecember  26,  1645,  Mary,  born 
1626,  died  March  21,  1714,  in  her  eighty- 
eighth  year  (she  is  buried  in  the  same  burying 
ground  as  her  husband),  daughter  of  Francis 
Cooke,  a  Pilgrim  Father,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower,"  in  1620.  Her  mother  was  Han- 
nah   ,  whom  Francis  Cooke  married  in 

Holland.  She  followed  her  husband  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  ship  "Ann,"  1623.  Francis  Cooke 
was  a  very  old  man  in  1650,  "Saw  his  chil- 
dren's children  have  children."  He  died  April 
7,  1663.  Children  of  Lieutenant  John  and 
Mary  (Cooke)  Thompson:  i.  Adam,  died 
young.  2.  John,  born  1648,  a  carpenter  by 
trade;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Tinkham,  the  emigrant.  He  died  November 
25,  1725;  his  wife  in  1731.  3.  Mary,  born 
1650,  married  a  Mr.  Taber  and  settled  near 
New  Bedford.  4.  Elsther,  born  July  28,  1652, 
married  Jonathan  Reed.  5.  Elizabeth,  born 
January  28,  1654,  married  Thomas  Swift  and 
settled  at  Nobscusset.  6.  Sarah,  born  April  7, 
1657,  ^*€<1  unmarried.  7.  Lydia,  born  October 
5,  1659,  married  James  Soule.  8.  Jacob,  born 
April  24,  1662,  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  many 
years;  married  Abigail  Wadsworth.  9. 
Thomas,  born  October  19,  1664,  a  farmer  and 
glazier  and  the  wealthiest  man  in  Middlebor- 
ough; married  Mary  Morton  when  he  was 
fifty  years  old  and  she  twenty-five.  10.  Peter, 
of  further  mention.  11.  Mercy,  born  1671, 
died  April  19,  1756. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  Lieutenant  John  and 
Mary  (Cooke)  Thompson,  was  born  in  Mid- 
dleborough, Massachusetts.  Married  Rebecca 
Sturtevant.  Children:  i.  Peter  (2),  born 
1700,  died  November  2,  1791 ;  married  (first) 
Hannah  Bolton,  (second)  Lydia  Cowin.  2. 
Joseph,  of  further  mention.  3.  James,  died 
November  23,  1737,  drowned  in  Crossman's 
pond  in  Kingston.  4.  Hannah,  married 
Nehemiah  Bosworth. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Peter  and  Rebecca 
(Sturtevant)  Thompson,  died  July  i,  1778.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
(Hooper)  Bolton.  Children:  i.  Betty,  mar- 
ried, 1762,  Nicholas  Wade  and  lived  in  Hali- 
fax. 2.  Joseph,  died  August,  1778,  of  small- 
pox, at  Cambridge,  while  serving  in  the  revo- 
lutionary army.  3.  John,  of  further  mention. 
4.  Sarah,  born  April  17,  J744,  married,  1767, 
Luther  Keith,  of  Bridgewater,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Keith.    5.  Hannah,  died  in  childhood. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth  (Bolton)   Thompson,  was  born  October 


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14,  1737,  died  January  19,  1776.  He  resided 
for  a  time  at  Halifax,  Massachusetts,  then  re- 
moved to  Springfield,  Vermont,  thence  to  the 
town  of  Kingsboro,  Fulton  county.  New  York. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Bisbee,  born  September 
20,  1741,  daughter  of  John  and  Abiah  (Bon- 
ney)  Bisbee,  of  Pembroke,  Massachusetts,  a 
lineal  descendant  of  Thomas  Bisbee,  who  came 
to  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1634. 
Children:  r.  John  Bisbee,  died  in  Vermont 
after  the  removal  of  his  parents  to  New  York 
state.  2.  Peter,  died  unmarried ;  a  member  of 
the  Society  of  Friends.  3.  Cynthia,  died  un- 
married. 4.  James,  died  in  middle  age,  unmar- 
ried. 5.  William,  of  whom  further.  6.  Bar- 
zillai,  went  west.  7.  Calvin,  settled  in  Western 
New  York.  8.  Joseph,  9,  Sarah,  married 
Elijah  Foster,  and  settled  in  Sherburne,  New 
York.  10.  Elizabeth,  married  Peletiah  Shep- 
ard,  of  Kingsboro,  Fulton  county,  New  York. 
II.  Lucinda,  married  Jacob  Mead  and  settled 
in  Palatine,  New  York.  12.  Chloe,  married 
Richard  Horth,  removed  to  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  after  the  death  of  her 
husband. 

(V)  William,  son  of  John  (2),  and  Eliza- 
beth (Bisbee)  Thompson,  removed  with  his 
father  to  Kingsboro,  Fulton  county,  New 
York,  where  he  died.  He  married  Belinda 
Reeve,  a  relative  of  Topping  Reeve,  of  Litch- 
field, Connecticut,  chief  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Sarah, 
married  a  Mr.  Rowe  and  removed  to  the  Black 
River  country  in  Northern  New  York,  where 
she  died  soon  after.  2.  William,  removed  to 
the  far  west.  3.  John,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Abner,  died  in  the  town  of  Florida,  Mont- 
gomery county.  New  York.  5.  Belinda,  mar- 
ried Abner  Smith.  6.  Mary,  removed  to  Ohio. 
7.  Eliza,  married  Josiah  Houghton  and  settled 
in  Ohio.    8.  David,  removed  to  Ohio. 

(VI)  Rev.  John  (3)  Thompson,  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Belinda  (Reeve)  Thompson,  was 
born  in  Kingsboro,  Fulton  county.  New  York, 
where  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  prepared  for  college  under  the  tutorship 
of  Rev.  Elijah  Yale,  D.D.,  his  pastor.  In 
1826  he  was  graduated  from  Middlebury  Col- 
lege (Vermont).  Having  chosen  the  holy  call- 
ing of  a  minister,  he  spent  two  years  in  prep- 
aration at  Princeton  (New  Jersey)  Theologi- 
cal Seminary.  He  was  ordained  a  minister 
of  the  Gospel  in  September,  1828,  and  chose 
as  his  field  of  labor  the  missionary  field.  He 
was  engaged  in  home  missionary  work  and 


spent  several  years  in  Georgia  among  the  In- 
dians of  that  state.  Quitting  the  missionary 
field,  he  was  engaged  during  his  latter  years 
in  regular  pastoral  work,  spending  the  last 
six  years  of  his  life  as  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  at  Winchester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  died  April  3,  1846.  He  was 
a  faithful  servant  of  God  and  did  much  good 
for  the  cause  he  loved.  He  married,  at  Shore- 
ham,  Vermont,  November  28,  1828,  Ruth 
Bateman  Fosdick,  born  1805,  died  August  3, 
1854,  daughter  of  Mary  (Bateman)  Fosdick, 
and  step-daughter  of  William  Johnson, 
whose  name  she  took.  Children:  i.  Mary 
Eliza,  bom  December  i,  1829,  married,  Sep- 
tember I,  1852,  Solomon  Burt  Saxton,  of 
Troy,  New  York,  bom  January  31,  1827,  in 
Willbraham,  Massachusetts,  son  of  Gordon 
Bliss  and  Philena  Fletcher  (Severance)  Sax- 
ton,  a  lineal  descendant  of  George  Saxton,  of 
Windsor  and  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  1690. 
Children:  Mary  Lena  and  John  Gordon. 
2.  William  Johnson,  born  October  7,  183 1,  in 
Georgia,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Edwin  J.,  born 
October  7,  1833,  in  Middlebury,  Ohio.  He 
was  highly  educated;  was  for  a  number  of 
years  professor  in  the  University  of  Minne- 
sota; became  a  home  missionary  in  Dakota; 
removed  to  Salem,  Oregon,  and  in  1887  was 
settled  pastor  of  a  church  near  Albany,  Ore- 
gon ;  married,  December  29,  1857,  Ella  Phelps 
Armstrong,  of  Shoreham,  Vermont.  Children : 
George  Burt,  Clara  Ella,  John,  Mary  Saxton, 
i\nson  Wingate,  Annetta,  Nellie  and  Edith. 
4.  George  Bates,  of  further  mention. 

(VII)  George  Bates,  youngest  child  of  Rev. 
John  (3)  and  Ruth  Bateman  (Fosdick) 
(Johnson)  Thompson,  was  born  in  Middle 
Granville,  Washington  county,  New  York, 
January  12,  1839.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  began  business  life  as  book- 
keeper for  the  firm  of  Hamlin  &  Saxton,  flour 
merchants,  of  Troy,  New  York,  and  pro- 
prietors of  the  Mt.  Vernon  Flour  Mills.  In 
a  few  years  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the 
company  from  Mr.  Hamlin,  the  new  firm  be- 
ing Saxton  &  Thompson.  The  firm  prospered 
and  in  1867  purchased  the  Douglas  Mills  at 
Lockport,  New  York,  Mr.  Thompson  settling 
in  that  city  as  manager  of  the  firm's  business 
and  mills.  He  remained  there  until  the  death 
of  his  senior  partner,  Mr.  Gordon  B.  Saxton, 
when  he  returned  to  Troy  and  continued  the 
business  until  1890,  in  association  with  his 
brother-in-law,  Solomon  Burt  Saxton,  under 


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the  firm  name  of  Saxton  &  Thompson.  On 
December  8,  1889,  their  mills  were  destroyed 
by  fire.  They  did  not  rebuild  but  Mr.  Thomp- 
son returned  to  Lockport  where  in  February, 
1890,  he  organized  The  Thompson  Milling 
Company  with  mills  at  Lockport.  He  was 
elected  the  first  president  of  the  corporation 
and  has  continued  at  the  head  of  this  very 
successful  company  until  the  present  time 
(191 1).  His  natural  business  capacity,  de- 
veloped by  long  years  of  experience,  render 
him  a  most  valuable  head  and  while  the  en- 
thusiasm of  youth  has  departed,  in  its  stead 
is  the  matured  mind  and  ripened  judgment. 
His  life  has  not  been  devoted  solely  to  busi- 
ness,  but  a  large  share  of  it  has  been  given  to 
the  cause  of  church  and  Christianity.  He  has 
always  been  an  active  worker  in  Sunday  school 
and  in  all  forms  of  church,  educational  and 
benevolent  work.  His  membership  is  with  the 
First  Presbyterian  Congregation  of  Lockport. 
In  politics  he  is  an  Independent  Republican.  All 
forms  of  civic  progress  have  been  aided  by  him 
and  a  share  of  Lockport's  progress  may  be 
credited  to  his  eflForts. 

He  married  (first)  April  23,  1863,  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  August  14,  1842,  in  Troy,  New 
York,  died  September  17,  1892,  daughter  of 
Lyman  Avery,  of  Troy.  He  married  (second) 
September  21,  1893,  Helen  Frances,  daughter 
of  Edwin  C.  and  Mary  Catherine  (Gooding) 
Williamson.  Children  by  first  marriage:  i. 
George  Lyman,  born  in  Troy,  December  9, 
1864,  died  June  23,  1866.  2.  Mary  Ruth, 
born  June  i6,  1867,  in  Troy,  married  Andrew 
L.  Draper,  of  Troy,  where  they  reside.  3.  Ger- 
trude Elizabeth,  bom  in  Troy,  August  10, 
1869,  married  Howard  M.  Whitbeck.  4.  Grace 
Elizabeth,  born  November  11,  1871,  in  Troy, 
died  March  8,  1872.  5.  Annie  Sophia,  born 
in  Lansingburgh,  August  21,  1873,  married 
Arthur  T.  Poole.  6.  Christine,  born  Decem- 
ber 25,  1874,  in  Lansingburgh,  married  Will- 
iam B.  Smith.  The  married  daughters  all  re- 
side in  Lockport  except  Mary  Ruth.  Child  of 
second  marriage:  7.  Helen  Catherine,  born 
August  19,  1903. 

(The  Williamson  Line). 

There  are  two  separate  hues  of  descent 
to  the  Williamsons  of  to-day,  one  Eng- 
lish, the  other  Dutch.  Of  the  Dutch  line 
Willem  Willemsen,  the  American  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  Amsterdam,  Holland, 
about  the  year  1637.     He  came  to  New  Am- 


sterdam in  1657;  settled  at  Gravesend,  Long 
Island.  He  married  Mayke  Peterse  Wychoff, 
of  Gravesend,  daughter  of  Pieter  Qaas 
WychoflF,  who  came  in  1636.  In  the  third 
generation  this  name  became  Williamson.  A 
distinguished  member  of  the  fifth  generation 
was  Douw  Ditmars  Williamson,  a  militiaman 
during  the  war  of  1812,  as  his  father  Nicholas 
had  been  a  minute  man  during  the  revolution. 
Douw  Ditmars.  Williamson  was  comptroller  of 
New  York  City  under  several  administrations ; 
for  many  years  was  president  of  the  Farmers' 
Loan  &  Trust  Company  of  New  York  and 
was  an  elder  in  the  Collegiate  Reformed  Dutch 
Church.  The  English  family  descends  from 
Timothy  of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  died  in 
1676,  soldier  of  King  Philip's  war,  and  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  killed  in  either  the  Bridge- 
water  or  "Swamp  Fight",  July  31  or  August 
I,  1676.  Paul  Williamson  was  of  Ipswich, 
1635 ;  Michael,  of  Ipswich,  came  in  the 
''Planter,"  1635;  William  came  in  the  *'De- 
fence"  in  1635,  but  their  records  are  not  to 
be  found.  Timothv  was  made  a  freeman  of 
Plymouth  Colony  in  1647,  but  when  he  came 
is  not  recorded.  He  married,  in  Plymouth, 
June  6,  1653,  Mary,  daughter  of  the  first  Ar- 
thur Howland,  Children:  Mary,  born  1654; 
Timothy,  born  1655,  ^'^^  ^^  ^S^  ^^  twenty- 
seven  years;  Joanna,  born  1657;  Experience, 
Martha,  Abigail,  George,  Nathan.  Timothy 
Williamson  died  in  Plymouth  and  was  buried 
August  6,  1676.  His  wife  survived  him  and 
married  (second)  January  22,  1680,  Robert 
Stanford. 

(II)  George,  son  of  Timothy  and  Mary 
(Howland)  Williamson,  was  born  at  Marsh- 
field,  Masachusetts,  about  1675,  died  at  Mid- 
(lleboro,  Massachusetts,  1744;  married  Mary 
Crisp. 

(III)  Caleb,  son  of  George  and  Mary 
(Crisp)  Williamson,  was  born  at  Harwich, 
Massachusetts,  1715,  died  at  Canterbury,  Con- 
necticut, August  9,  1795  ;  married,  1737,  Sarah 
Ransom. 

(IV)  George  (2),  son  of  Caleb  and  Sarah 
(Ransom)  Williamson,  was  born  January  15, 
1754,  died  October  10,  1882;  farmer;  soldier 
of  the  revolution;  married,  July  9,  1778,  Mary 
Foster,  bom  November  17,  1758,  daughter  of 
William  and  Hannah  (Durkee)  Foster.  .  Her 
great-great-grandfather  came  from  Exeter, 
England,  to  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2),  and 
Mary  (Foster)  Williamson,  was  born  in  Can- 


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terbury,   Connecticut,    1780,   settled   in    New 
York  state.    He  married and  had  issue. 

(VI)  James  N.,  son  of  George  (3)  Will- 
iamson, was  born  in  Stafford,  Genesee  county, 
New  York.  He  first  settled  in  Lxjckport,  New 
York,  from  thence  going  to  Paris,  a  town  near 
Brantford,  Province  of  Ontario,  Canada, 
where  he  owned  and  operated  a  tannery.  After 
several  years  in  Canada,  he  returned  to  the 
states,  locating  in  Chicago  where  he  engaged 
in  business,  a  wholesale  fruit  commission  mer- 
chant. He  remained  in  Chicago  until  after  the 
death  of  his  wife  when  he  returned  to  Brant- 
ford, Canada,  where  he  died  about  1880.  He 
married  Sarah  Walker,  born  in  Vermont,  died 
in  Chicago,  Illinois.  Children  who  grew  to 
years  of  maturity:  i.  Edwin  C,  of  further 
mention;  Frank,  of  Chicago;  Heleo,  married 
Frank  C.  Mather,  of  Chicago;  Frances,  mar- 
ried Julius  Waltrous,  of  Brantford. 

(VII)  Edwin  C,  son  of  James  N.  and 
Sarah  (Walker)  Williamson,  was  born  at  Can- 
ning, Oxford  county,  Canada,  August  15, 
1838,  died  in  New  York,  October  23,  1897. 
He  was  educated  in  Lockport,  New  York, 
where  he  also  studied  pharmacy  under  Lock- 
port's  most  prominent  pharmacist.  Dr.  Green. 
He  later  joined  his  father  in  Chicago  and  as- 
sociated with  him  in  the  wholesale  fruit  busi- 
ness. Later  he  became  a  traveling  salesman ; 
retired  from  active  business  in  1887 ;  died  1897. 
He  married  September  16,  1863,  Mary 
Catherine  Gooding,  born  in  Lockport,  August 
4,  1843,  died  April  29,  1895,  in  Buffalo,  New 
York. 

'^VIII)  Helen  Trances,  daughter  of  Edwin 
C.  and  Mary  Catherine  (  Gooding)  Williamson, 
was  bon^.  December  7,  1869,  in  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. She  married,  September  21,  1893, 
George  B.  Thompson.  Child,  Helen  Cather- 
ine, bom  August  19,  1903,  at  Lockport,  New 
York. 


There  are  few  names  more 
THOMPSON     common  among  the  early 

settlers  of  New  England 
than  that  of  Thompson,  most  of  whom  came 
from  London  and  Herefordshire,  England,  al- 
though others  were  of  Scotch  and  Irish  birth. 
The  English  Thompsons  were  probably  re- 
lated. The  principal  early  families  were  head- 
ed by  David  Thompson,  who  settled  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  in  1622,  and  in  1623 
removed  to  an  island  in  Boston  Harbor  that 
yet  bears  his  name.    Others  of  the  name  were : 


James  Thompson,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Woburn,  Massachusetts,  1634;  Major  Robert 
Thompson,  who  resided  in  Boston  in  1639,  ^ 
man  of  great  wealth  and  respectability ;  Mau- 
rice Thompson,  a  merchant  of  London,  gov- 
ernor of  the  East  India  Company,  who  es- 
tablished fisheries  at  Cape  Ann,  in  1639 ;  Rev. 
William  Thompson,  who  settled  in  Maine  in 
1637 ;  and  Anthony  Thompson,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  believed  to  be  the  ancestor  of  the 
Buffalo  branch  herein  recorded. 

Anthony  Thompson,  with  his  wife,  two  chil- 
dren and  two  brothers,  John  and  William,  em- 
barked at  London,  on  board  the  ship  "Hector," 
in  company  with  Theophilus  Eaton,  Rev.  Mr. 
Davenport,  and  others,  from  Coventry,  Eng- 
land. They  arrived  in  Boston,  June  26,  1637. 
They  were  Dissenters  from  the  Church  of 
England,  and  left  home  to  enjoy  quietly  here 
the  principles  of  their  faith,  as  well  as  to  avoid 
the  constant  persecutions,  taxes  and  exactions 
which  were  so  frequent  during  the  reign  of 
Charles  I.  The  Davenport  colony  finally  set- 
tled in  Quinnipiac  (New  Haven).  Anthony 
signed  the  colony  constitution  June  4,  1639, 
The  Thompson  brothers  each  secured  grants 
of  land.  John  lived  in  East  Haven,  where  he 
died  December  11,  1674.  William  and  Anthony 
resided  in  New  Haven  all  their  lives,  and  died 
there,  Anthony  died  March  23,  1647,  ^^ 
which  time  he  made  a  nuncupative  will  in  pres- 
ence of  Rev,  John  Davenport  and  Robert  New- 
man, who  afterward  committed  his  instructions 
to  writing  and  appeared  before  the  proper 
officer  to  prove  it,  May  27,  1650.  He  be- 
queathed the  lands  which  were  set  off  to  him 
originally,  and  the  house  he  had  built  there- 
on, to  his  second  son,  John,  other  lands  to  his 
son  Anthony  (2),  a  certain  sum  to  Bridget, 
daughter  of  his  first  wife,  provided  she  mar- 
ried in  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the  dea- 
cons of  the  church,  and  the  remainder  of  the 
estate  to  his  second  wife,  Catherine,  and  to 
his  three  daughters  by  her,  her  share  to  con- 
tinue during  her  widowhood  only,  but  as  she 
married  Nicholas  Camp,  July  14,  1652,  the 
property  reverted  to  the  estate.  John,  son  of 
Anthony,  seems  to  have  been  a  sea  captain. 
He  had  a  son  Samuel  who  married,  November 
14,  1695,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Lieutenant- 
Governor  Bishop.  They  lived  at  Beaver  Ponds, 
now  Westville,  about  two  miles  from  New 
Haven.  He  was  captain  of  the  military  in 
New  Haven,  and  a  healthy,  active  man  when 
aged  eighty-two  years.     He  had  eight  chil- 


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dren,  all  of  whom  lived  to  an  advanced  age 
except  one  who  died  in  childhood.  Some  of 
them  settled  in  Amenia,  Dutchess  county,  New 
York,  some  in  Goshen,  and  others  in  Derby, 
Connecticut.  The  sons  of  Samuel  and  Eliza- 
beth Bishop  were  Samuel  (2),  James,  Amos, 
Gideon,  Judah  (died  young),  Judah  (2),  and 
Enos.  Their  daughter  was  Rebecca.  One  of 
these  sons  was  the  father  of  Captain  and 
Major  Jabez  Thompson,  of  further  mention. 
(V)  Jabez,  grandson  of  Samuel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Bishop)  Thompson,  was  bom  in  Con- 
necticut, settled  in  the  town  of  Derby,  and 
became  a  man  of  prominence.  He  was  an  offi- 
cer in  the  French  war  of  1655-63,  serving  with 
the  colonial  troops  from  Connecticut.  He  was 
selectman  of  Derby  1763-64,  1774-75.  At  a 
town  meeting  held  at  I>erby,  November  29, 
1774,  after  the  "Boston  Tea  Party,"  to  con- 
sider the  proceedings  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress held  at  Philadelphia,  September  5,  1774, 
the  plan  of  association  recommended  by  that 
congress  was  approved  and  a  committee  of 
fourteen  was  appointed  to  see  the  same  car- 
ried into  execution.  On  this  list  the  name  of 
Major  Jabez  Thompson  stands  third.  He  was 
in  command  of  the  first  troops  sent  from 
Derby  immediately  after  the  battle  of  Lexing- 
ton, and  this  company  no  doubt  was  engaged 
at  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1775.  His  commis- 
sion, dated  May  i,  1775,  "in  the  fifteenth  year 
of  the  reign  of  his  Majesty  King  George  the 
Third,"  from  Jonathan  Trumbull,  captain  gen- 
eral, etc.,  appointed  him :  "First  major  of  the 
First  Regiment  of  the  Inhabitants  inlisted  and 
assembled  for  the  special  Defense  and  Safety 
of  His  Majesty's  said  Colony."  He  served  on 
the  "committee  of  inspection"  of  Derby,  ap- 
pointed December  11,  1775 ;  his  name  again  ap- 
pears third  in  the  list,  but  this  time  with  the 
rank  of  colonel.  Tradition  says  that  he  was  kill- 
ed while  in  command  of  his  troops  on  Long  Isl- 
and, on  the  retreat  of  Washington's  army,  and 
that  his  body  was  buried  with  honor  by  the 
English  officers  who  had  been  his  companions 
in  arms  during  the  French  war.  Captain  Ja- 
bez married,  October  25,  1748,  Sarah  Gunn, 
of  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  Children  of  rec- 
ord in  Derby:  Lois,  born  December  29,  1749; 
Anne,  March  5,  1753;  Sarah,  February  21, 
1756;  Jabez,  of  further  mention;  Eunice,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1762.  His  grandson,  Sheldon,  wrote 
during  his  lifetime,  "My  grandfather  Jabez 
Thompson,  had  two  sons,  Jabez  and  Abel,  and 
six  daughters." 


(VI)  Jabez  (2)  son  of  Major  Jabez  (i), 
and  Sarah  (Gunn)  Thompson,  was  born  in 
Derby,  Connecticut,  January  7,  1759.  He  early 
began  a  seafaring  life,  which  he  continued  un- 
til 1794,  when  he  was  lost  at  sea,  with  his 
eldest  son.  He  was  also  a  ship  owner,  and 
sailed  his  last  voyage  in  command  of  his  own 
vessel.  He  was  engaged  in  the  West  Indies 
trade,  and  after  sailing  on  his  last  trip  neither 
he  nor  his  vessel  were  ever  heard  of  again. 
He  was  a  man  of  high  character,  and  held  in 
universal  esteem,  as  is  attested  by  an  oration 
delivered  December  23,  1794,  on  his  life  and 
service,  delivered  before  King  Hiram  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Derby,  of  which 

he  was  a  member.    He  married Cur- 

tiss,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Hannah  (Qark) 
Curtiss.  Hannah  was  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Hannah  Clark,  who  came  to  Derby  about 
1735,  from  Lyme,  Connecticut.  Hannah,  wife 
of  William  Clark,  died  September,  1801,  aged 
ninety-one  years.  Her  lineal  descendants,  at 
the  time  of  her  death,  were  three  hundred  and 
thirty-three,  viz. :  ten  children,  sixty-two  grand- 
children, two  hundred  and  forty-two  great- 
grandchildren and  nineteen  great-great-grand- 
children. Children  of  Jabez  Thompson  (2)  : 
Jabez,  lost  at  sea;  William;  Sheldon,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Curtiss,  Polly,  Sally,  Betsey, 
Harry. 

(VII)  Sheldon,  son  of  Jabez  (2)  Thomp- 
son, was  born  at  Derby,  Connecticut,  July  2, 
1785.  By  the  sudden  death  of  his  father  his 
mother  was  left  with  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren, most  of  them  small.  The  greater  part 
of  the  property  was  lost  by  the  sinking  of  the 
ship  and  cargo,  only  a  small  farm  being  left. 
The  eldest  surviving  son  was  a  sailor,  and  it 
became  necessary  for  the  boys  to  shift  for 
themselves,  leaving  the  farm  for  the  mother 
and  daughters.  Hence  Sheldon,  at  the  age  of 
ten  years,  went  to  sea  as  a  cabin  boy  under  the 
charge  of  his  brother  William,  then  master  of 
a  vessel.  In  1798,  during  our  difficulties  with 
France,  he  was  in  the  West  Indies,  where  he 
was  taken  prisoner,  conveyed  to  Guadaloupe, 
and  confined  for  several  months.  He  rose 
rapidly  from  a  sailor,  before  the  mast  to  the 
command  of  a  fine  ship,  the  "Keziah,"  in  the 
West  Indies  trade,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four 
years.  In  1810  he  abandoned  the  sea  and 
came  to  Lewiston,  New  York,  with  Jacob 
Townsend  and  Alvin  Bronson.  The  British 
orders  in  council,  with  Bonaparte's  Berlin  and 
Milan  Decrees,  make  the  high  seas  unsafe  for 


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merchantmen,  neutral  rights  not  being  re- 
spected by  either  England  or  France.  These 
three  men,  all  sea  captains,  decided  to  abandon 
the  sea  and  take  to  the  Great  Lakes.  Co- 
partnership articles  were  drawn  up,  providing 
that  the  firm  should  be  Townsend,  Bronson 
&  Company;  that  it  should  continue  four 
years ;  that  each  should  contribute  all  his  capi- 
tal and  his  whole  time,  and  that  the  purpose 
of  the  copartnership  should  be  transacting  busi- 
ness in  the  state  of  New  York  and  elsewhere 
of  a  mercantile  nature,  in  the  various  branches 
of  vending  goods,  shipbuilding  and  coasting 
on  Lakes  Erie  and  Ontario,  and  any  other 
business  in  which  the  partners  collectively 
might  judge  best  to  engage.  In  March,  1810, 
Bronson  cut  the  frame  for  a  schooner  of  one 
hundred  tons,  and  had  the  vessel  built  at  Os- 
wego Falls.  She  was  called  the  "Charles  and 
Ann,"  and  in  the  fall  of  1810  was  running  un- 
der command  of  John  Hull.  Mr.  Thomp- 
son took  the  carpenters,  as  soon  as  the  first 
vessel  was  finished,  to  the  Niagara  River, 
above  the  Falls,  built  the  schooner  "Catherine," 
at  Cayuga  creek,  the  same  spot  where  La 
Salle  had  built  the  "Griifin,"  the  first  vessel 
that  ever  navigated  Lake  Erie,  one  hundred 
and  thirty-two  years  before.  The  "Catherine" 
was  completed  and  in  commission  in  June, 
181 1.  Both  vessels  figured  as  United  States 
gunboats  during  the  war  of  18 12.  In  addition 
to  the  coasting  trade  of  the  Lakes,  the  firm 
established  two  stores,  one  at  Lewiston,  con- 
ducted by  Townsend  &  Thompson,  and  one  at 
Oswego,  conducted  by  Bronson.  Their  princi- 
pal trade  for  two  years  preoeeding  the  war  was 
the  transportation  of  Onondaga  sak  for  the 
lake  and  Pittsburgh  markets.  In  addition  to 
this  they  transported  stores  for  the  military 
posts,  the  Indian  annuities,  the  American  Fur 
Company's  goods  and  peltries,  and  provisions 
for  the  frontier  settlements.  In  this  day  of 
rapid  transit  the  route  these  goods  took  is 
full  of  interest.  They  came  by  sloops  up  the 
Hudson  to  Albany,  thence  by  portage  to 
Schenectady,  then  shipped  on  the  Mohawk 
river  boats  to  Rome,  thence  by  canal  into 
Wood  Creek,  through  Oneida  Lake  and  down 
Oswego  river  to  the  Falls  of  the  Oswego, 
where  there  was  a  portage  of  one  mile,  and  fin- 
ally taking  a  smaller  class  of  boats  to  Oswego. 
Here  goods  destined  for  the  upper  coun- 
try took  schooners  for  Lewiston,  where  they 
were  transported  by  teams  to  Schlosser,  where 
they  again  took  flatboats  to  Black  Rock,  there 


took  vessel,  and  aided  by  what  Mr.  Thompson 
called  a  "horn  breeze"  (a  team  of  several  yoke 
of  oxen)  stemmed  the  current  of  the  Niagara 
river  to  Lake  Erie. 

Sheldon  Thompson  married,  April  6,  181 1, 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Barton,  of  Lewiston. 
Barton  was  born  in  Sussex  county.  New  Jer- 
sey, in  1 77 1,  went  to  Geneva,  New  York,  in 
1788,  was  married  at  Canandaigua,  New  York, 
in  1729,  and  removed  to  Lewiston  in  1807.  He 
was  a  surveyor  by  profession,  and  surveyed 
much  of  the  "mile"  frontier.  In  1805  he  at- 
tended the  sale  of  the  "Mile  Strip"  on  the 
Niagara  river,  held  in  the  surveyor  general's 
oflSce  at  Albany.  Here  he  met  Judge  and  Gen- 
eral Porter  on  the  same  errand,  and  continued 
with  them  in  the  purchase  of  several  farm  lots> 
including  the  property  around  the  Falls,  and 
bid  oS  at  public  auction  the  landing  places  at 
Lewiston  and  Schlosser,  for  which  they  re- 
ceived a  lease  for  twelve  or  thirteen  years.  In 
1806,  under  the  firm  name  of  Porter,  Bar- 
ton &  Company,  they  commenced  the  carry- 
ing trade  around  Niagara  Falls,  and  formed 
the  first  regular  line  of  forwarders  that  ever 
did  business  from  tidewater  to  Lake  Erie. 
Benjamin  Barton  died  at  Lewiston  in  1842, 
aged  seventy-two  years.  The  two  firms  be- 
ing now  connected  by  marriage,  formed  a  more 
or  less  intimate  connection  in  business.  They 
co-operated  in  their  undertakings,  harmonized 
in  the  main,  and  conducted  almost  the  entire 
commerce  of  the  lakes.  Townsend,  Bronson 
&  Company  did  the  carrying  trade  to  Lewis- 
ton;  Porter,  Barton  &  Company  received  the 
profits  for  the  portage  from  Lewiston  to 
Schlosser,  and  both  firms  were  interested  in 
the  development  of  the  business  beyond  that 
point.  The  war  of  1812  now  came  on,  spread- 
ing desolation  and  ruin  along  the  northern 
frontier.  The  letters  of  Sheldon  Thompson  to 
his  partners  give  a  graphic  picture  of  the 
anxieties  and  perplexities  of  the  times.  It  was 
necessary  to  again  and  again  remove  goods 
to  places  of  safety,  sickness  was  prevalent, 
deaths  were  frequent,  there  was  dissension 
among  our  own  troops,  and  no  one  felt  safe. 
The  culminating  point  was  in  December,  18 13, 
when  the  British  advanced  on  Fort  Niagara, 
destroyed  Lewiston,  and  devastated  the  border 
as  far  as  Buffalo,  which  was  burnt.  Two  let- 
ters announce  these  events: 

Lewiston,  December  17,  1813. 
Mr.  Townsend: 
Dear  Sir:  I  have  but  one  moment  to  inform  you 


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that  Fort  George  is  evacuated  and  Newark  burned. 
We  have  but  about  three  hundred  troops  on  this 
frontier.  We  momentarily  expect  an  attack,  but 
where  we  cannot  say,  but  it  is  generally  believed  on 
Fort  Niagara.  I  am  now  moving  out  our  goods, 
eight  or  ten  miles.  Harry  has  gone  West.  I  am 
very  anxious  for  you  to  return. 

Yours  in  haste, 

S.  Thompson. 

The  second  letter  was  posted  in  Geneva, 
January  6: 

Mr.  Townsend : 

Dear  Sir:  I  am  happy  to  have  it  in  my  power  to 
inform  you  that  our  lives  have  all  been  spared.  They 
have  burnt  everything  belonging  to  us,  except  about 
one-third  of  our  dry  goods.  I  hope  you  will  make 
all  possible  speed  to  get  to  me  at  this  place,  as  I 
am  about  beat  out.  Our  goods  are  scattered  from 
this,  to  John  Jones.  I  am  getting  them  on  this  far 
as  fast  as  possible.  I  got  nothing  of  any  amount 
from  my  house.  Had  I  been  ten  minutes  later  I 
should  have  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  Indians, 
together  with  my  family.  You  will  have  the  good- 
ness to  inform  my  friends  that  we  are  all  well. 

Yours  in  haste, 

S.  Thompson. 

N.  B. — Our  buildings  on  the  farm  were  all  burnt. 

After  the  war  closed  and  shattered  homes 
and  fortunes  were  being  rebuilt,  the  two  carry- 
ing firms  formed  in  1816  or  1817  a  branch 
firm  at  Black  Rock,  Porter,  Barton  &  Com- 
pany furnishing  Nathaniel  Sill,  Townsend, 
Barton  &  Company,  Sheldon  Thompson,  as 
managers,  under  the  firm  name  of  Sill,  Thomp- 
son &  Company.  Mr.  Thompson  then  changed 
his  residence  from  Lewiston  to  Black  Rock. 
The  original  firm  continued  in  business  until 
1 82 1,  Sill,  Thompson  &  Company  until  1824. 
S.  C.  Townsend  wrote  of  the  former  firm : 

Having  had  access  to  the  correspondence  of  the 
partners  of  the  firm  of  Townsend/  Bronson  and 
Company,  during  the  eleven  years  of  its  existence, 
and  having  been  four  years  in  their  employ,  it  is  a 
source  of  pride  and  pleasure  to  be  able  to  say,  I 
have  never  found  a  word  savoring  of  a  desire,  by 
fraud  or  trickery,  to  obtain  an  advantage  of  any 
party. 

When  the  question  whether  Black  Rock  or 
Buffalo  should  be  the  western  terminus  of  the 
Erie  canal,  Mr.  Thompson  was  active  in  his 
efforts  to  have  the  canal  stop  at  Black  Rock. 
He  was  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the 
harbor  and  pier  at  that  place,  hoping  that  the 
work  would  decide  the  question.  When  it  was 
finally  settled  at  a  meeting  of  the  canal  com- 
missioners at  the  Eagle  Tavern  in  Buffalo,  in 
the  summer  of  1822,  that  the  canal  should  con- 
tinue to  Buffalo,  he  at  once  saw  that  the  com- 


mercial supremacy  of  Buffalo  was  assured. 
The  same  night  of  the  decision  he  sent  his 
younger  brother  Harry  on  horseback  to 
Batavia.  There  early  the  next  morning,  as 
soon  as  the  office  of  the  Holland  Land  Com- 
pany was  opened,  Harry  purchased  and  en- 
tered for  his  brother  the  land  where  the  Reed 
Elevator  now  stands.  About  this  time  the 
firm  of  Sheldon  Thompson  &  Company  was 
formed,  with  principal  office  in  Buffalo,  con- 
tining  the  freight  forwarding  business  of  its 
predecessors.  Mr.  Thompson  was  a  great 
friend  of  the  canal,  and  went  east  on  the  first 
boat,  to  assist  in  mingling  the  waters  of  Lake 
Erie  with  the  waters  of  the  Atlantic.  His  firm 
owned  a  small  line  of  canal  boats  in  1825,  be- 
ing one  of  the  first  organized  lines.  This  line 
was  called  at  first  the  Troy  and  Black  Rock 
Line,  having  its  terminus  at  Black  Rock.  In 
1826  the  terminus  was  changed  to  Buffalo,  and 
the  name  changed  to  the  Troy  and  Erie  Line. 
This  line  grew  to  be  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant on  the  canal.  Their  boats  were  built 
with  large  cabins,  carrying  from  one 
hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  pas- 
sengers, mostly  western  bound  emigrants, 
and  two  hundred  and  fifty  barrels  of 
flour:  and  constituted  regular  lines  of  pas- 
senger packets  and  of  freight  boats.  The  firm 
was  also  largely  instrumental  in  the  early  de- 
velopment of  steam  navigation  on  the  lakes. 
The  first  two  steamboats,  "The  Walk-in-the- 
Water"  and  the  "Superior,"  were  built  by  Al- 
bany parties.  The  "Pioneer"  the  third  steam- 
boat on  the  lakes,  was  built  by  Sheldon  Thomp- 
son &  Company  in  1823,  and  was  a  great  suc- 
cess. The  "Sheldon  Thompson"  was  built  at 
Huron,  in  Ohio,  by  the  same  firm,  in  1828, 
and  was  long  one  of  the  prominent  boats  on 
the  lakes.  Mr.  Thompson  removed  his  resi- 
dence to  Buffalo  in  1830.  His  firm  and  that 
of  Townsend  &  Coit  were  for  some  years  the 
principal  forwarders.  In  1836  the  two  were 
consolidated  under  the  name  Coit,  Kimberly 
&  Company,  the  two  senior  partners,  Sheldon 
Thompson  and  Judge  Townsend,  retiring  into 
the  background. 

Mr.  Thompson  was  prominent  in  most  of 
the  early  enterprises  of  Buffalo.  He  was  one 
of  a  copartnership  that  bought,  laid  out  and 
developed  Ohio  City,  now  a  portion  of  the 
city  of  Cleveland,  and  also  did  the  same  with 
Manhattan,  on  the  Maumee  river,  an  early 
rival  of  Toledo.  He  was  one  of  a  large  land 
company  that  entered  large  tracts  of  land  in 


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Wisconsin,  embracing  Milwaukee,  Green  Bay, 
Sheboygan,  the  mining  regions  in  Iowa  county, 
and  other  portions  of  the  state.  He  was  one 
of  the  men  of  Buffalo  who  bought  out  the  as- 
sets of  the  branch  United  States  Bank,  one  of 
the  largest  individual  investments  of  the  day, 
but  which  did  not  result  very  successfully.  He 
finally  retired  from  active  business  about  1845 
and  occupied  himself  with  the  management  of 
his  estate,  then  of  goodly  proportions  as  the 
result  of  long  years  of  industry  and  care. 
While  he  was  an  active,  public-spirited  and 
patriotic  citizen  he  was  never  a  politician.  Buf- 
falo was  created  a  city  in  1832,  and  for  eight 
years  the  mayor  was  elected  by  the  common 
council.  In  the  spring  of  1840  the  first  elec- 
tion was  held  under  the  law  of  1840,  by  which 
mayors  of  cities  were  elected  by  the  people. 
The  Whigs  nominated  Sheldon  Thompson,  the 
Democrats  George  P.  Barker,  one  of  the  most 
popular  and  brilliant  men  who  ever  graced  a 
city.  The  biographer  of  Mr.  Barker,  in  speak- 
ing of  the  difficulties  of  his  canvass,  says: 
"Added  to  this,  the  opposition  put  in  nomina- 
tion their  strongest  man,  one  whose  residence 
was  coeval  with  the  first  settlement  of  the 
country,  whose  acquaintances  and  connections 
were  extensive,  and  whose  wealth  and  weight 
of  character  added  great  strength."  He  fur- 
ther says:  "It  was  without  doubt  the  most  se- 
vere contest  ever  known  at  our  charter  elec- 
tions. The  friends  of  each  candidate  exerted 
themselves  to  the  utmost.  Few  general  elec- 
tions have  ever  been  so  warmly  contested.  The 
eyes  of  the  city,  indeed  of  Western  New  York, 
were  centered  upon  the  issue."  The  result 
was:  Sheldon  Thompson,  1135;  George  P. 
Barker,  1125.  Sheldon  Thompson  therefore 
was  accordingly  the  first  mayor  of  Buffalo 
elected  by  the  people.  He  filled  the  position 
with  credit,  and  never  again  was  a  candidate 
for  office.  (It  is  a  coincidence  that  his  old 
partner,  Alvin  Bronson,  was  the  first  mayor 
of  Oswego,  New  York.) 

Mr.  Thompson  was  reared  an  Episcopalian, 
and  never  wavered  in  his  allegiance  to  that 
faith.  When  the  first  movement  was  made  for 
the  foundation  of  a  parish  in  Buffalo,  he  was 
one  of  those  most  active  and  interested,  al- 
though at  the  time  a  resident  of  Black  Rock. 
February  10,  181 7,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the 
house  of  Elias  Ransom,  northeast  corner  of 
Main  and  Huron  streets,  in  Buffalo,  at  which 
St.  Paul's  parish  was  organized.  Mr.  Thomp- 
son was  chosen  a  member  of  the  first  vestry. 


He  continued  in  this  service  for  many  years, 
until  he  voluntarily  retired  in  favor  of  younger 
men.  His  bust  in  marble  on  the  walls  of  the 
present  St.  Paul's  Church  commemorates  the 
fact  that  he  was  "One  of  the  founders  of  the 
parish  and  a  member  of  the  first  vestry."  He 
died  at  Buffalo,  Thursday,  March  13,  1851. 
His  decease  was  followed  by  many  warm  ex- 
pressions of  regret  and  admiration.  The  com- 
mon council  of  Buffalo,  the  vestry  of  St. 
Paul's,  and  many  other  bodies,  passed  appro- 
priate resolutions.  All  emphasized  his  sturdy 
honesty  and  uprightness.  From  the  most 
widely  copied  and  approved  eulogy  the  follow- 
ing is  taken: 

He  possessed  many  noble  traits  of  character, 
which  will  be  long  treasured  up  in  the  memory  of 
those  who  knew  him.  His  intercourse  with  the 
younger  portion  of  the  community  was  of  the  kind- 
est and  most  agreeable  character,  and  by  them  he 
was  looked  up  to  with  affectionate  regard.  He  was 
quick  to  discern  merit,  and  prompt  to  extend  to  it 
a  generous  aid.  We  give  expression  to  a  fact 
known  to  so  many  of  our  readers  when  we  say 
that  he  aided  in  the  establishing  of  more  young 
men  in  business  in  Buffalo  than  any  other  individual 
in  the  city.  During  the  brief  illness  that  preceded 
his  death,  he  exhibited  the  same  equanimity  and 
cheerfulness  of  temper  that  were  prominent  traits 
in  his  character.  He  retained  perfect  consciousness 
to  the  last,  and  surrounded  by  his  children  and 
relatives,  died  without  a  struggle.  He  was  indus- 
trious, temperate  and  cheerful,  capable  of  great  en- 
durance, and  quick  of  resource.  While  not  witty, 
he  was  full  of  humor,  ready  and  apt  in  reply.  He 
bore  reverses  with  equanimity,  and  carried  himself 
with  steady  courage,  loyalty  and  honesty.  From  a 
humble  beginning  he  achieved  for  himself  a  career 
of  usefulness  and  prominence;  through  a  long  and 
eventful  life  he  bore  his  name  without  a  stain;  he 
did  his  duty  to  himself,  his  family  and  the  com- 
munity; and  he  died  loved  and  mourned. 

Sheldon  Thompson  married,  April  6,  181 1, 
Catherine  Barton,  born  August  31,  1793,  died 
at  Buffalo,  May  8,  1832,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Barton  of  Lewiston,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Sally  Ann,  died  at  Buffalo,  April  15, 
1839;  married  Henry  K.  Smith,  a  prominent 
lawyer.  2.  Agens  Latta,  married  Edward  S. 
Warren,  a  lawyer  now  deceased.  (See  War- 
ren.) 3.  Laititia  Porter,  married  Henry  K. 
Viele,  a  lawyer  now  deceased.  4.  Augustus 
Porter,  of  further  mention. 

(VIII)  Augustus  Porter,  son  of  Sheldon 
and  Catherine  (Barton)  Thompson,  was  born 
at  Black  Rock,  Erie  county.  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1825,  when  that  settlement  was  still 
a  strong  rival  of  Buffalo,  and  died  in  Decem- 
ber, 191 1.    He  was  educated  in  private  schools 


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in  Buffalo  and  the  academies  at  Lewiston  and 
Canandaigua,  New  York.  After  completing 
his  studies  he  began  his  business  career  as 
clerk  in  his  father's  establishment,  spending 
several  years  and  acquiring  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  business  principles  and  methods.  On 
arriving  at  legal  age  he  was  admitted  a  partner 
in  the  firm  of  Thompson  &  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  white  lead,  continuing  with  that 
firm  until  i860,  when  he  associated  himself 
with  Edward  S.  Warren  and  DeGarmo  Jones, 
and  built  a  large  anthracite  blast  furnace,  the 
second  of  its  kind  in  Buffalo.  Later  these  two 
furnaces  were  united  under  the  name  of  the 
Buffalo  Union  Iron  Works.  Later  a  third 
furnace  was  built  and  one  of  the  largest  roll- 
ing mills  ever  erected  up  to  that  time.  In 
1866  Mr.  Thompson  retired  from  the  company 
and  returned  to  his  former  business.  He  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  lead  works  of  S. 
G.  Cornell  &  Son,  which  later  was  incorpo- 
rated as  the  Cornell  Lead  Company.  Mr. 
Thompson  was  vice-president  and  later  presi- 
dent of  the  company,  holding  the  latter  office 
until  1887,  when  the  business  was  absorbed 
by  the  National  Lead  Company.  From  that 
time  until  his  death  he  was  manager  of  the 
works  known  as  the  Buffalo  branch.  He 
capably  administered  the  duties  of  his  posi- 
tion, as  his  long  tenure  of  office  testified.  He 
also  had  other  and  numerous  outside  business 
interests.  He  was  for  some  years  cashier 
of  the  Buffalo  City  Bank  and  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  company  that 
built  the  railway  on  Niagara  street  in  i860. 
In  the  line  of  public  spirit  and  education  he 
was  always  active,  and  bore  well  his  part.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  So- 
ciety, life  member  of  the  Buffalo  Library 
and  Buffalo  Fine  Arts  Academy,  and 
Buffalo  College  of  Science.  He  was  a  warden 
of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  his 
father  was  a  founder,  and  a  trustee  of  St. 
Margaret's  School,  Buffalo.  Politically  he 
was  a  life-long  Republican. 

He  married,  June  9,  1853,  Matilda  Cass 
Jones,  born  May  24,  1833,  died  May,  1895, 
daughter  of  Colonel  DeGarmo  and  Catherine 
Anna  (Cass)  Jones,  of  Detroit.  Children  :  i. 
Sheldon,  bom  May  26,  1854;  married,  January 
II,  1888,  Fanny  Moulton;  child:  Sheldon  (2), 
born  January  3,  1890.  2.  DeGarmo,  born  Au- 
gust 28,  1856;  died  April  14,  1857.  3.  Cath- 
erine, born  March  5,  1858:  married,  January 


5,  1882,  W.  T.  Miller,  born  May  31,  1851; 
children;  Katherine  T.,  born  October  15,  1882; 
Alice  T.,  May  14,  1884.  4-  Alice,  born  July 
31,  i860.  5.  Agnes,  born  January  24,  1863; 
married,  June  8,  1893,  Frank  Talcott;  chil- 
dren; Porter  T.,  born  March  11,  1894;  Frank 
Squire,  November  24,  1897;  Esther  Belden 
March  i,  1901 ;  Ruth,  April  15,  1904.  6.  Au- 
gustus Annin,  born  July  18,  1865;  married, 
February  25,  1888,  Marian  Armstrong;  child: 
Geraldine,  born  July  22,  1891.  7.  Laititia,  born 
September  21,  186^;  married,  June  8,  1893, 
Grosvenor  A.  Gowans ;  children :  Gladys,  born 
February  28,  1894 ;  John,  September  28,  1899. 
8.  Edward  Warren,  December  5,  1869,  ^^^ 
December,  1905.  9.  Clara  Barton,  July  15, 
1872,  died  January  9,  1901.  10.  Albert  Steele, 
bom  October  13,  1874;  married  November  19. 
1901,  Louise  Foster;  children:  Augustus  Por- 
ter (2),  born  November  23,  1902,  died  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1904;  Eliot  Pierrepont,  born  De- 
cember 13,  1904;  Albert  Porter,  December  i, 
1906.  II.  Matilda  Jones,  born  June  i,  1876; 
married,  September  20,  1905,  Augustus  Mc- 
Nair,  born  November  18,  1886. 


Edward    Jackson,    immigrant 
JACKSON     ancestor,  was  born  in  London, 

England,  about  1602,  accord- 
ing to  his  gravestone.  He  was  the  son  of 
Christopher  Jackson,  and  was  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1604.  He  lived  at  Whitechapel,  where 
he  followed  the  trade  of  nailmaker.  His  first 
wife's  name  was  Frances,  by  whom  he  had 
four  sons  and  four  daughters.  There  is  a 
tradition  in  the  family  that  their  youngest  son, 
Sebas,  was  bom  on  the  passage  to  this  coun- 
try, and  if  so  the  wife  Frances  died  on  the 
passage  or  soon  after  their  arrival  here.  He 
married  (second)  Mardi,  1649,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Newgate,  and  widow  of  Rev. 
John  Oliver,  Harvard  College,  1645,  ^^  first 
minister  of  Rumney  Marsh,  Chelsea.  He  had 
four  daughters  and  one  son  by  the  second 
wife. 

He  purchased  land  in  Cambridge  village  of 
Samuel  Holley  in  1643,  ^uid  in  1645  t^^k  the 
freeman's  oath.  In  1646  he  purchased  a  farm 
in  the  same  place  of  five  hundred  acres,  long 
known  as  the  Mayhew  farm.  This  farm  had 
belonged  originally  to  Thomas  Mayhew,  of 
Watertown,  and  had  been  bought  from  him  by 
Governor  Bradstreet,  who  in  turn  sold  it  to 
Edward  Jackson.  It  commenced  near  what 
is  now  the  division  line  between  Newton  and 


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Brighton,  and  extended  westward,  including 
what  is  now  Newtonville.  The  original  house 
was  built  before  1638  and  stood  until  1708. 
Edward  Jackson  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1647  ^^^  was  elected  annually  to  that 
office  for  seventeen  years ;  chairman  of  a  com- 
mittee to  lay  out  highways  in  1653 ;  selectman 
of  Cambridge  in  1665 ;  commissioner  to  end 
small  causes  for  several  years.  He  was  con- 
stantly associated  with  Rev.  John  Eliot  in  his 
work  with  the  Indians.  He  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  and  in  the  division  of  common 
lands  in  1662  he  had  four  acres;  in  1664  thirty 
acres.  He  was  also  a  large  proprietor  in  the 
Billerica  lands,  and  in  the  division  of  1652  he 
had  four  hundred  acres  which  by  his  will  he 
gave  to  Harvard  College.  In  1678  he  was 
the  author  and  first  signer  of  a  petition  to  the 
general  court,  asking  that  Cambridge  village 
might  be  set  off  from  Cambridge  and  made  an 
independent  town.  In  "Captain  Edward  John- 
son's History  of  New  England"  he  is  classed 
among  the  leading  men  of  the  time.  He  died 
June  17,  1681.  His  inventory  contained  over 
sixteen  hundred  acres  of  land  and  amounted  to 
£2^77,  19s.  6d.  It  also  included  two  men 
servants,  valued  at  five  pounds  each.  He  was 
probably  the  first  slaveholder  in  Newton.  His 
wife  survived  him  for  twenty-eight  years,  and 
died  September  30,  1709.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  in  London:  Israel,  baptized  March 
9,  1 63 1,  died  young;  Margaret,  baptized  Jan- 
uary I,  1633;  Hannah,  baptized  May  i,  1634; 
Rebecca,  baptized  October  12,  1636;  Caleb, 
baptized  October  10,  1638;  Joseph,  baptized 
September  13,  1639;  Frances,  died  in  Cam- 
bridge, 1648 ;  Jonathan ;  Sebas  (mentioned  be- 
low). Children  of  second  wife:  Sarah,  bom 
July  II,  1650;  Edward,  December  15,  1652; 
Lydia,  1656;  Elizabeth,  April  28,  1658;  Ruth, 
January  15,  1664. 

(II)  Sebas  son  of  Edward  Jackson,  is 
thought  to  have  been  bom  on  the  passage  to 
this  country,  as  his  name  is  sometimes  spelled 
Seaborn.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Baker,  of  Roxbury,  April  9,  1671. 
He  received  from  his  father  by  will  the  house 
in  which  his  father  lived  with  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  adjoining  his  own  homestead.  The 
old  house  was  eighteen  feet  by  twenty-two, 
built  about  1670  and  torn  down  in  i8o9.  He 
died  December  6,  1690.  His  wife  Sarah  died 
March  25,  1728,  aged  eighty-four.  He  left 
a  will  giving  all  his  estate  to  his  wife  for  her 
maintenance  and  the  well  bringing  up  of  his 


children,  and  assigning  portions  to  his  chil- 
dren in  case  of  her  marriage  or  death.  Chil- 
dren: Edward  (mentioned  below),  Sebas, 
March  12,  1673,  died  young;  John,  March  i, 
1675;  Sarah,  November  8,  1680;  Elizabeth, 
March  2,  1683;  John,  March  15,  1685;  Jona- 
than, September  10,  1686;  Mary,  December 
2y,  1687;  Joseph,  March  6,  1690. 

(III)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Sebas  Jackson, 
was  born  at  Newton,  September  12,  1672.  He 
gave  half  his  homestead  in  Newton,  sixty 
acres  that  he  had  from  his  father,  to  his  son 
Edward  in  1734,  and  the  other  half  that  he 
had  from  his  father  to  his  son  Michael,  the 
house  and  seven  acres.  He  died  intestate, 
March  27,  1748 ;  his  wife  in  1753,  aged  eighty- 
eight  years.  He  married  Mary .  Chil- 
dren: Experience,  born  August  9,  1696;  Ed- 
ward (mentioned  below)  ;  Isaac,  February  2, 
1701 ;  Sarah,  October  8,  1703 ;  Sebas,  April  20, 
1706;  Michael,  February  28,  1709;  Jonathan, 
June  25,  1713;  Anna,  August,  1714. 

(IV)  Edward  (3),  son  of  Edward  (2) 
Jackson,  was  bom  October  i,  1698,  and  died 
July  I,  1738.  His  widow  and  Isaac  Jack- 
son were  administrators  of  his  estate  and  the 
inventory  amounted  to  £560.  His  son  Abraham 
took  the  land  on  the  south  side  of  the  high- 
way and  paid  his  brothers  and  sisters  and  heirs 
of  his  brother  Jonathan,  deceased.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail  Gale,  who  married  (second) 
Joseph  Morse.  Children:  Abraham  (men- 
tioned below);  Jonas,  born  March  12,  1723; 
Edward,  October  28,  1724;  Joshua,  April  26, 
1726;  Jonathan,  April  29,  1727;  Ephraim,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1729;  Mary,  October  25,  1731; 
Sarah,  January  5,  1734;  Samuel,  April  16, 
1737  I  Jonathan,  September  29,  1740. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  Edward  (3)  Jack- 
son, was  born  December  4,  1722.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade.  He  and  his  family  moved 
to  Brookline  and  were  warned  out  there.  He 
married  (first)  November,  1744,  Mary  Hyde, 
who  died  in  1768.  He  married  (second) 
1769,  Widow  Margaret  Marean.  He  married 
(third)  Widow  Hannah  Woodward,  of  Brook- 
line.  Children  by  first  wife:  Abraham  (men- 
tioned below) ;  Esther,  born  I>ecember  3, 
1748;  Sarah,  August  5,  1750;  Thaddeus,  1752; 
Jesse,  April  13,  1754;  Nathan,  February  19, 
1758;  Asa,  November  21,  1761 ;  Ezra;  Mary; 
Molly.    Child  by  second  wife:  Royal,  1773. 

(VI)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Jackson,  was  born  at  Newton,  March  i,  1746. 
He  was  a  ship  builder.     He  settled  in  New- 


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buryport    about    1773.      He    married    Mary 

.      Children,    born    at    Newburyport: 

Samuel,  baptized  October  10,  1773;  Nathaniel 
(mentioned  below) ;  Anne,  baptized  July  4, 
1777;  Polly,  baptized  December  28,  1779, 
Henry,  baptized  October  i,  1783;  Charlotte, 
baptized  October  31,  1787. 

(VII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Jackson,  was  bom  at  Newburyport,  October 
^3y  1775-  He  married  Joanna  Todd,  at  Got- 
tenberg,  Sweden,  of  Scottish  extraction.  He 
was  a  mariner.  Children,  born  at  Newbury- 
port: Mary  Jane,  born  August  29,  1810; 
Thomas ;  Joanna  Henrietta,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 27,  1825;  living  at  Newburyport  (1911)  ; 
Nathaniel  James  (mentioned  below) ;  Corne- 
lius. 

(VIII)  General  Nathaniel  James  Jackson, 
son  of  Nathaniel  Jackson,  was  born  at  New- 
buryport, July  18,  1818.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  He  was  active  during  the 
civil  war,  supporting  the  government.  In  1861 
he  was  living  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  was 
colonel  of  the  First  Maine  Regiment,  which 
enlisted  for  three  months.  After  this  period 
of  service  he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the 
Fifth  Maine  Regiment  of  Volunteer  Infantry, 
and  continued  in  the  service.  He  was  wound- 
ed in  the  right  arm  by  a  shell  at  Gaines  Mill, 
May  31,  1861,  and  in  the  right  knee  by  a 
musket  ball  at  the  battle  at  Campton  Pass. 
He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  brigadier- 
general,  September  24,  1862,  and  placed  in 
command  of  the  Second  Brigade,  Second  Di- 
vision, Twelfth  Army  Corps,  October  10, 
1862.  He  accidentally  broke  his  leg  while  on 
the  way  to  headquarters  with  a  despatch,  and 
during  his  convalescence  was  placed  in  com- 
mand of  the  department  rendezvous  at  Hart's 
Island,  August  14,  1863.  He  took  command 
of  the  First  Division,  Twentieth  Army  Corps, 
at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  November  11,  1864,  ^incl 
took  part  in  Sherman's  "March  to  the  Sea," 
being  at  the  siege  of  Bentonville,  North  Caro- 
lina, March  21,  1865,  at  the  last  battle  of  the 
war.  He  was  commissioned  major-general, 
March  23,  1865,  and  mustered  out  in  June, 
1865,  after  the  war  was  ended.  He  died  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  April  21,  1872. 

He  married,  about  1845,  Julia  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Timothy  H.  and  Mary  (Polly)  (Bond) 
Longley  (see  Longley  Bond,  VII).  Her 
father's  brother  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion. Children :  James  Henry,  born  February 
9,  1847  J  botel  proprietor  at  Jamestown  and  a 


successful  busines3  man;  Charles  Edward, 
February  8,  1849;  George  Augustus  (men- 
tioned below). 

(IX)  George  Augustus,  son  of  General  Na- 
thaniel James  Jackson,  was  bom  September  8, 
185 1.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Waverly  Academy  at  Waverly,  New  York, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1867.  He  be- 
came clerk  of  the  Sherman  House  at  James- 
town, New  York,  when  a  young  man,  in  1887, 
and  held  this  responsible  position  for  ten  years 
under  the  proprietorship  of  Murphy  &  Wade. 
Thence  he  went  to  Ridgway,  Pennsylvania,  as 
manager  of  the  Hyde  House.  At  the  end  of 
ten  years  he  retired  from  active  business.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  he  has  never 
held  public  office  or  sought  public  distinction. 
He  is  a  member  of  Jamestown  Lodge,  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  is  a 
communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church  of  Jamestown.    He  is  unmarried. 

(The   Bond  Line). 

In  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor  several 
Bond  families  held  estates  in  England  in  the 
counties  of  Cornwall,  Essex,  Kent,  Hants, 
Berks,  Bedford,  Suffolk,  Gloucester,  North- 
ampton and  York.  The  common  tradition  is 
that  three  brothers  of  the  Bond  family  came 
to  New  England,  Thomas,  of  Virginia  or 
Maryland,  John  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
Ohio  and  Michigan,  and  William,  of  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  the  progenitor  of  most 
of  the  New  England  families  of  the  name  of 
Bond. 

(I)  Jonas  Bond,    of    Bury    St.    Edmunds, 

County  Suffolk,  England,  married  Rose . 

He  probably  moved  to  Bury  St.  Edmunds 
after  the  birth  of  his  second  child  from  Haw- 
ley  or  Woolpit,  where  he  owned  houses  ac- 
cording to  his  will.  His  wife's  name  was  per- 
haps Wood.  He  was  buried  August  5,  1601. 
Children:  Oliver,  the  "eldest  son;'*  John,  "the 
elder;*'  John  "the  younger,"  baptized  Decem- 
ber 26,  1591 ;  Bartholomew;  William,  bap- 
tized December  28,  1595;  Thomas  (mentioned 
below);  Elizabeth,  baptized  March  12,  1599; 
Margaret,  baptized  December  10,  1600. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Jonas  Bond,  was  bap- 
tized September  8,  1597.  His  father  left  him 
in  his  will  the  house  at  Woolpit.  He  was  a 
maltster  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds.  His  will  was 
dated  November  5,  1658,  and  proved  March 
10,  1659,  at  the  prerogative  court  of  Canter- 
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Children  and  dates  of  baptism :  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 22.  1622 ;  John,  February  5,  1624 ;  Will- 
iam (mentioned  below)  ;  Henry,  April  5,  1628; 
Elizabeth,  March  12,  1630;  Francis,  May  31, 
1632;  Mary.  January  31,  1636;  Jonas,  August 
5»  1638. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Thomas  Bond,  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  was  baptized  at 
Bur>'  St.  Edmunds,  September  3,  1625,  and 
died  December  14,  1695,  intestate,  his  widow 
surviving  him  about  twenty-five  years.  It  is 
probable  that  he  came  to  New  England  when 
very  young,  in  1630,  with  Deacon  Ephraim 
Child,  who  is  thought  to  have  married  his  fa- 
ther's sister  Elizabeth.  The  first  record  of 
him  is  his  marriage  in  1649-50,  but  in  a  de- 
position that  he  made  when  aged  fifty-five  he 
declared  that  he  had  lived  in  Watertown  "fifty 
years  agoe"  and  knew  the  land  well.  On 
March  15,  1654-55.  Mr.  Knowles  deeded  his 
estate  in  Watertown  for  £200  to  him,  and  the 
descendants  of  William  Bond  held  the  land 
for  more  than  one  hundred  and  seventy  years. 
He  held  many  public  positions  and  often  was 
employed  to  take  inventories,  write  wills  and 
deeds,  and  settle  estates.  He  served  as  select- 
man, town  clerk,  captain,  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  council  of  safety  in 
1689;  he  often  represented  Watertown;  he 
was  elected  speaker  of  the  general  court  in 
1691-92-93-95,  the  first  one  under  the  new 
royal  charter  uniting  Plymouth  and  Massa- 
chusetts Bay.  He  was  made  freeman,  Octo- 
ber II,  1682,  and  was  admitted  to  the  church 
in  full  communion,  March  2y,  1687.  He  was 
on  a  committee  to  rebuild  Lancaster  which  the 
Indians  had  destroyed,  October  7,  1679.  He 
was  on  a  committee  to  order  and  regulate  all 
matters  concerning  the  settlement  of  Worces- 
ter, June  10.  1686. 

He  married  (first)  February  7,  1649-50, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Biscoe,  "the 
rich  tanner"  of  Watertown,  and  she  died  in 
February,  1692-93,  ("lay  dead  15th").  He 
married  (second)  in  the  spring  of  1695,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Nevinson,  widow  of  John  Nevinson, 
of  Watertown.  Children  by  first  wife:  Will- 
iam, born  December  i,  1650;  John,  December, 
1652;  Thomas,  December  23,  1654;  Elizabeth,* 
November  30,  1656;  Nathaniel,  January  19, 
1658-59;  Nathaniel,  January  9,  1659-60; 
Sarah,  July  Tj,  1661 ;  Jonas  (mentioned  be- 
low) ;  Mary. 

(IV)  Colonel  Jonas  (2)  Bond,  son  of  Will- 
iam Bond,  was  born  July  13,  1664.    For  more 


than  twenty-four  years  he  was  a  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  because  of  the  large  number  of  wed- 
dings he  officiated  at  he  was  called  sometimes 
the  "marrying  Squire."  He  served  many  times 
as  representative  to  the  general  court.  He 
went  with  the  military  force  under  Sir  Will- 
iam Phipps  to  Canada  in  1690.  He  was  on  the 
committee  appointed  by  the  governor  as  "com- 
missioners of  sewers,"  June  19,  1721.  He  was 
a  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  militia.  On  his 
gravestone  is  a  long  inscription,  part  of  which 
says:  "who  was  a  kind  husband,  a  tender 
father,  a  steady  friend,  and  a  hearty  lover  of 
good  men."  He  died,  according  to  the  grave- 
stone, April  21,  1727.  He  was  married  (first) 
by  his  father,  January  29,  1688-89,  to  Grace 
Coolidge,  who  was  admitted  to  the  church  in 
full  communion,  April  12,  1690,  and  died 
April  II,  1699,  aged  thirty-five  years.  He 
married  (second)  Elizabeth,  born  April  28, 
1658,  died  January  25,  1740-41,  widow  of 
John  Prentice,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Pren- 
tice, and  daughter  of  Edward  Jackson,  of 
Newton.  Children  by  first  wife:  Sarah,  born 
May  30,  1690;  Jonas,  December  10,  1691 ; 
Henry,  about  1694;  Josiah  (mentioned  be- 
low). 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Colonel  Jonas  (2)  Bond,, 
was  born  January  20,  1695-96.  He  married, 
January  31,  1719-20,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Captain  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Jackson)  Fuller, 
of  Newton.  He  lived  in  Newton  and  Weston 
for  some  time  and  finally  settled  in  Sutton, 
Massachusetts.  Children :  Elizabeth,  bom  in 
Newton,  March  6,  1720-21 ;  Jonas,  born  in 
Newton,  March  6,  died  June  18,  1722-23; 
Jdsiah  in  Newton,  June  21,  1724;  Jonas  (men- 
tioned below) ;  Lydia,  in  Weston,  June  28, 
1730;  Anna,  in  Weston,  November  9,  1732; 
Esther  in  Weston,  July  6,  1735,  died  young; 
Henry,  in  Sutton,  February  4,  1741. 

(VI)  Jonas  (3)  son  of  Josiah  Bond,  was 
born  in  Newton,  September  7,  1725.  He  mar- 
ried, October  30,  1755,  Hannah  Hicks,  and 
lived  in  Sutton.  Children:  Hannah,  bom 
March  13,  1759;  Esther,  October  21,  1761 ; 
Lydia,  May  4,  1765 ;  Jonas  (mentioned  below). 

(VII)  Jonas  (4),  son  of  Jonas  (3)  Bond, 
was  bom  March  29,  1767.  He  married,  Au- 
gust 6,  1798,  Polly  Waite.  Children:  Nancy, 
bora  March  20,  1799;  Amasa^  July  6,  1800; 
Mary  (Polly),  May  17,  1802,  married  Timothy 
H.  Longley  and  their  daughter  Julia  Ann 
married  General  Nathaniel  J.  Jackson  (see 
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(The  Longley  Line). 
Lieutenant  Timothy  H.  Longley,  son  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Longley,  lived  at  Mill- 
bury,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  died  March  27,  1849,  aged  fifty-two  years, 
five  months  and  eight  days.  He  married,  No- 
vember 12,  1820,  Mary  (Polly),  daughter  of 
Jonas  Bond  (see  Bond  VII).  Dr.  Phinehas 
Longley  and  Nypmphas  Longley  also  lived  in 
Millbury.  Children  of  Timothy  H.  and  Mary 
(Polly)  Longley,  born  at  Millbury:  Jonas 
Bond,  born  December  i,  182 1 ;  married  Eliza 
Simmons  in  1845.  2.  Mary  Luthera,  July  28, 
1823;  married,  June  28,  1842,  Ebenezer  W. 
Fomes.  3.  Elvira  Elizabeth,  July  2,  1826; 
married,  April  28,  1844,  Sabin  A.  Daniels.  4. 
Sibyl  Moriah,  August  26,  1828 ;  married,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1847,  James  F.  Colburn.  5.  Julia 
Ann,  August  15,  1831 ;  married,  at  Sutton, 
General  Nathaniel  J.  Jackson  (see  Jackson 
VIII).  6.  William  L.  7.  Elijah  Augusta,  De- 
cember 23,  1833.  8.  Frances  Isabel,  June  20, 
1841. 


Coenradt  Ten  Eyck,  the  f  ound- 
DE  NIKE    er  of  this  family,  emigrated  to 

New  Netherland  from  Am- 
sterdam, Holland,  about  1650.  The  name  Ten 
Eyck,  which  means  "from  the  oak,"  is  sup- 
posed by  some  to  have  been  originally  Van 
Eyck.  In  the  early  American  records  the  name 
is  variously  spelled,  Ten  Eyck,  Te  Nyck,  De 
Nyck,  and  by  one  branch  of  the  family  Denike. 
Coenradt  Ten  Eyck  settled  in  New  Amster- 
dam, purchasing  a  plot  of  land  situated  on  the 
west  side  of  what  is  now  known  as  Broad 
street.  In  1674  he  was  estimated  as  worth 
five  thousand  dollars,  which  in  those  days  was 
quite  a  fortune.  After  his  death  in  1687,  his 
sons,  Dirck,  Tobias  and  Coenradt,  succeeded 
him  in  his  tannery  business  in  New  York, 
while  his  son  Jacob  removed  to  Albany  where 
his  descendants  have  been  prominent  for  over 
two  centuries.  Another  son,  Mathys,  settled 
in  Hurley,  near  Kingston,  Ulster  county.  New 
York,  and  became  the  ancestor  of  the  family  in 
that  region,  and  his  two  remaining  sons,  Hen- 
drick  and  Andrics,  are  believed  to  be  the  an- 
cestors of  the  New  Jersey  branches  of  the 
family.  Coenradt  Ten  Eyck  married  (first)  in 
Holland,  Maria  Bode  or  Boele,  and  (second) 
in  New  York,  April  15,  1682,  Annetje  Daniels, 
widow  of  Herman  Smeeman.  Children,  all  by 
first  marriage,  and  the  first  two  bom  in  Am- 
sterdam, Holland:     i.  Jacob,  died  in  Albany; 


married  Gertrude  Coeymans.  2.  Dirck,  died 
in  171 1 ;  married,  March  14,  1675,  Aefje 
Boelen.  3.  Marytje,  baptized  August  20,  165 1 ; 
married,  December  17,  1670,  Wessel  Wessel- 
gen  Ten  Broeck.  4.  Tobias  (referred  to  be- 
low).\  5.  Coenradt,  baptized  November  23, 
1654;  married.  May  19,  1675,  Belitje  Hercks. 
6.  Hendrick,  baptized  April  30,  1656;  married, 
March  21,  1676,  Petronella  DeWitt.  7.  Mathys, 
baptized  March  20,  1658,  died  between  1734 
and  1742;  married,  October  14,  1679,  Jannetje 
Roosa.  8.  Margreta,  baptized  October  26, 
1659.  9.  Andries,  baptized  January  15,  1662. 
10.  Metje,  baptized  April  11,  1664. 

(II)  Tobias,  son  of  Coenradt  and  Maria 
(Bode  or  Boele)  Ten  Eyck,  was  baptized  in 
New  Amsterdam,  January  26,  1653,  ^^^  ^^^^ 
in  New  York,  between  November  29,  1699^ 
and  December  20,  1700,  the  dates  of  the  writ- 
ing and  proving  of  his  will.  He  signed  his 
own  name  Tobias  Ten  Eyck,  but  many  of  the 
records  of  his  children  use  the  spelling  De 
Nyck,  and  Denike,  and  this  form  of  the  name 
(De  Nike)  is  not  employed  so  far  as  is  known 
by  any  other  branch  of  the  family.  Tobias 
Ten  Eyck  lived  in  New  York  on  the  north 
side  of  Pearl  street,  about  thirty  feet  east  of 
Coenties  Lane.  He  married  (first)  January 
30,  1677,  Aeltje  Duycking,  and  (second) 
April  12,  1684,  Elizabeth  Hegeman,  who  sur- 
vived him.  Children;  three  by  first  wife:  i. 
Coenradt,  baptized  January  20,  1678,  died 
young.  2.  Maria,  baptized  April  30,  1680; 
married  (first)  January  15,  1704,  Jan  Dene- 
macker,  and  (second)  May  12,  1705,  Wessel 
Wesselgen.  3.  Hendrikje,  baptized  July  i, 
1682.  4.  Johannes,  baptized  May  10,  1685, 
died  young.  5.  Coenradt,  baptized  March  4, 
1687,  died  December  28,  1744;  married  Sarah 
Van  Vorst.  6.  Adriaen,  baptized  January  30, 
1690.     7.     Catharina,  baptized  May  4,  1692. 

8.  Aeltje,  baptized  in  Brooklyn,  April  20,  1694. 

9.  Jacob,  baptized  July  i,  1696. 

(III)  Adriaen  and  Jacob,  sons  of  Tobias 
and  Elizabeth  (Hegeman)  Ten  Eyck,  settled 
in  Flushing,  Long  Island,  while  Coenradt,  the 
eldest  surviving  son,  succeeded  to  his  fa- 
ther's business  in  New  York.  Coenradt's  only 
5on  that  reached  maturity,  namely  Tobias,  died 
November  14,  1747,  unmarried.  Consequently 
the  ancestry  of  John  De  Nike,  of  Flushing, 
Long  Island,  and  Peekskill,  New  York,  must 
be  among  the  descendants  of  either  Andriaen 
or  Jacob.  The  records  at  present  available  are 
insufiicient  to  decide  the  question  as  to  which 


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son  of  Tobias  is  the  ancestor,  but  there  is  no 
doubt  that  John  De  Nike  was  the  grandson  of 
one  of  them. 

(V)  John  De  Nike,  grandson  of  Adriaen 
or  Jacob,  and  great-grandson  of  Tobias  and 
Elizabeth  (Hegeman)  Ten  Eyck,  was  bom  in 
Flushing,  Long  Island,  September  26,  1756, 
and  died  in  Peekskill,  Westchester  county, 
New  York,  December  15,  1829.  He  married, 
September  17,  1783,  Sarah  Lowere  (name  now 
generally  spelled  Lowry)  born  August  4,  1769, 
and  died  July  31,  1858.  Children:  i.  Hannah, 
born.  September  19,  1785;  married  John  C. 
Roe.  2.  Mary,  born  August  26,  1788.  3. 
Henry,  born  June  20,  1792,  died  February  9, 
1827.  4.  Thomas,  born  April  25,  1796,  died 
November  29,  1858.  5.  Caroline,  bom  June 
25,  1799-  6.  Elizabeth,  bom  September  19, 
1800.  7.  John  (referred  to  below).  8.  Isaac, 
bom  November  16,  1808,  died  1881.  9.  Jacob 
twin  of  Isaac,  died  September  22,  1887. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Sarah 
(Lowere)  De  Nike,  was  bom  July  21,  1803, 
died  March  3,  i860.  He  settled  in  the  town 
of  Gerry,  New  York.  He  was  a  farmer,  a 
man  of  considerable  means  and  of  good  stand- 
ing in  his  community.  He  married,  June  9, 
1824,  Jane  Tompkins,  bom  Febmary  25,  1803, 
died  January  19,  1871.  Children:  Tompkins 
Lowere  (referred  to  below)  and  two  others 
died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  Tompkins  Lowere,  only  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Jane  (Tompkins)  De  Nike,  was  bom 

in  the  town  of  Gerry,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  Febmary  i,  1840,  died  December  10, 
1907.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Gerry  and  at  Fredonia,  New  York.  He 
decided  upon  the  profession  of  medicine  and 
began  a  course  at  Michigan  University  at  Ann 
Arbor,  after  which  he  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  Buffalo  University,  receiving  his 
degree  of  M.  D.,  class  of  1865.  He  at  once 
began  practice,  locating  at  Frewsburg,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York.  After  practicing 
for  a  time  he  removed  to  Cattaraugus,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  in  1866,  where  he  established 
a  drug,  book  and  stationery  store,  which  he 
conducted  for  thirteen  years.  He  sold  his  busi- 
ness in  1879  ^"^  spent  the  ensuing  three  years 
in  the  west,  finally  locating  in  Springfield,  Mis- 
souri. In  1882  he  located  in  Salamanca,  New 
York,  purchasing  the  drug  business  of  A.  G. 
Vreeland  &  Company,  Main  street,  next  door 
to  the  Salamanca  Trust  Company,  and  now 
occupied  by  the  Palace  Restaurant.     In  1884 


Dr.  De  Nike  erected  a  building  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river  at  the  comer  of  Broad  and 
Main  streets,  and  that  same  year  sold  his  store 
on  the  north  side  of  the  river  and  moved  his 
business  to  the  south  side,  occupying  his  own 
building.  In  the  same  year  he  bought  and 
improved  his  beautiful  home  on  the  south  side. 
In  1902  he  built  a  brick  block  on  Main  street 
and  later  three  houses.  He  was  among  the 
first  to  improve  and  build  on  the  south  side  of 
the  river,  and  did  much  to  make  that  section 
popular.  He  was  a  man  of  enterprise  and 
yworth;  stood  high  in  his  community,  and  al- 
ways could  be  depended  upon  when  any  issue 
of  morals  or  good  government  was  at  stake. 
While  living  in  Cattaraugus  he  was  elected 
supervisor  from  the  town  of  New  Albion, 
Cattaraugus  county,  being  one  of  the  few 
Democrats  ever  elected  to  the  board  of  super- 
visors from  that  Republican  stronghold.  He 
served  on  the  Salamanca  board  of  education, 
and  aided  in  all  public  improvements.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics. 

He  married,  October  2,  1866,  Emily  Griffith, 
born  November  16,  1845,  ^^^d  Febmary  24, 
1907,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Pardee) 
Griffith  of  Ellingfton,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Carrie  A.,  born  February 
27,  1872.  2.  John  G.,  born  March  13,  1878,  died 
July  29,  1878.  3.  Jane  E.,  born  May  28,  1881, 
died  June  10,  1881.  4.  Samuel  G.,  bom  April 

V^  1885. 


Prior  to  the  American 
HARDENBURG    revolution    a    Harden- 

burg  emigrated  from 
Holland  and  settled  in  Ulster  county,  New 
York.    He  had  a  son  James. 

(II)  James  Hardenburg,  son  of  the  emi- 
grant, was  bom  September  23,  1774,  died 
December  16,  1839,  in  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  Ulster 
county.  New  York,  later  he  purchased  a  farm 
in  Oneida  county,  to  which  he  removed,  and 
for  a  time  cultivated.  Not  being  satisfied  with 
his  environment  he  sold  it  and  purchased  a 
farm  in  Tompkins  county.  This  he  cultivated 
four  years,  then  sold  it  and  removed  to  Chau- 
tauqua county,  settling  in  the  town  of  Chau- 
tauqua. Here  he  bought  an  excellent  farm 
which  in  1835  he  sold  to  his  son  Volkert.  This 
farm  was  located  about  four  miles  from  May- 
ville  and  was  later  owned  by  Nelson  Crandall. 
James  Hardenburg  married  Jane  Vedder, 
who  died  in  July,  1859.    Children :  Maria,  mar- 


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ried  Jacob  Mowers;  Betsey,  married  Israel 
Denman ;  Volkert  (of  whom  further  )  ;  John ; 
Judith,  married  Adam  Hoffman;  Cornelius; 
James. 

(III)  Volkert,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
James  and  Jane  (Vedder)  Hardenburg,  was 
born  in  Oneida  county,  New  York,  January  25, 
1799.  He  followed  the  fortunes  of  his  father 
in  his  several  removals,  and  until  1833  was  a 
resident  of  central  and  eastern  New  York.  In 
the  latter  year  he  came  to  Chautauqua  county, 
settling  first  on  a  farm  lying  three  miles  east 
of  Mayville,  which  he  purchased.  He  then  es-  ^ 
tablished  and  operated  the  first  dairy  in  Chau-  " 
tauqua  county,  making  butter  which  he  con- 
veyed by  wagon  to  Buffalo  and  there  marketed* 
He  later  sold  his  farm  and  bought  a  farm  of 
about  three  hundred  acres  in  the  town  of 
Stockton.  He  later  moved  to  the  town  of 
Portland,  where  he  died  March  15,  1892,  aged 
ninety-three  years,  one  month  and  twenty  days. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  industry, 
possessed  marked  business  ability  and  retained 
his  faculties  long  past  the  allotted  years  of 
man.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married  (first)  October  4,  1817, 
Susannah  Miller,  born  May  3,  1796,  died  Sep- 
tember I,  1868,  daughter  of  John  Miller,  who 
was  born,  lived  and  died  in  Oneida  county. 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Jane  Ann,  born  in 
Lee,  Oneida  county,  August  9,  1821,  died  Oc- 
tober 27,  1900;  married  George  W.  Munger, 
of  Ithaca,  New  York.  Their  daughter,  Jane 
Catherine,  married  Newell  Philo  Hopson.  2. 
John  M.,  bom  in  Oneida  county,  October  4, 
1823;  married  Julia  A.  Denton,  September  12, 
1848,  dat4ghter  of  Fowler  and  Sophia  (Cald- 
well) Denton,  of  Stockton,  New  York.  3. 
Jacob  (of  whom  further).  4.  Catherine,  born 
June  13,  1828,  deceased;  married  Thomas 
Ralph,  of  Stockton.  5.  Cornelia,  born  June  5, 
1830,  deceased;  married  Stephen  Reinhart,  of 
Stockton.  6.  Henry,  born  April  10,  1835  ;  mar- 
ried Diana  Paine.  He  married  (second)  Mrs. 
Mary  Wilbur;  no  issue. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Volkert  and  Susannah 
(Miller)  Hardenburg,  was  born  in  Charles- 
town,  Montgomery  county,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1825.  He  was  seven  years  of  age 
when  his  parents  moved  from  Oneida  to  Chau- 
tauqua county.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  early  became  accustomed  to 
holding  the  plow  and  working  in  the  fields. 
When  he  came  of  age  he  continued  the  life 


of  a  farmer,  continuing  until  1909,  when  he 
retired  to  a  comfortable  home  in  the  village 
of  Westfield.  His  home  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty-two  acres  lies  one  mile  east  of  the 
village  and  another  of  two  hundred  and  sixty- 
five  acres,  two  miles  south.  This  latter  farm 
was  his  home  for  many  years,  until  his  retire- 
ment. He  has  devoted  most  of  his  land  to 
grape  culture,  his  vineyards  being  noted  for 
their  well-kept  condition  and  abundant  yield. 
He  also  dealt  extensively  in  cattle,  both  for 
breeding  and  marketing  purposes.  His  life 
has  been  an  active  and  successful  one,  his  va- 
rious business  ventures  having  been  marked 
with  rare  judgment  and  consummate  skill.  Al- 
though well  past  the  allotted  period  of  life, 
he  is  active,  cheerful  and  keenly  interested  in 
current  events.  He  is  a  member  of  the  An- 
cient Order  of  United  Workmen,  the  Knights 
of  Honor,  and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  December  30,  185 1,  Antoinette 
R.  Hassett,  bom  in  Attica,  New  York,  No- 
vember 24,  1 83 1,  daughter  of  John  Hassett, 
born  January  25,  1786;  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember, 1808;  married  (second)  January  13, 
1824,  Eliza  Kidney,  who  bore  him  five  chil- 
dren :  Susan,  William,  John  E.,  Antoinette  R. 
and  Quincy;  married  (third)  1843,  Eanny 
Belden.  John  Hassett  was  a  son  of  James 
Hassett,  born  April,  1758,  died  1817;  married, 
1785,  Jane  Harper,  born  April,  1766,  died 
April  2  1828.  They  had  eight  children :  John, 
Jane,  James,  Lucinda,  Mary,  Diana,  William 
and  Laban.  Children  of  Jacob  and  Antoinette 
R.  (Hassett)  Hardenburg,  all  born  in  Chau- 
tauqua county:  i.  Earl,  born  June  18,  1854, 
died  October  8,  1907;  unmarried.  2.  Henry, 
born  April  14,  1858;  married  Agnes  Barton; 
children:  Daisy,  Norma,  Vera,  Enid,  Wildy, 
Carl  and  Harold.  3.  Susan,  born  February  5, 
1862,  died  unmarried  in  1885.  4.  Elva  born 
June  13,  1866,  died  1908;  married  Delbert 
Arnold;  children:  Antoinette  and  Howard. 
5.  Florence,  bom  September  16,  1874;  un- 
married. 


The  Michael  (Michel)  family 
MICHAEL  came  to  America  from  Han- 
over, Germany,  and  settled  in 
Columbia  county,  New  York.  (II)  Simon 
Michael,  son  of  the  emigrant,  was  born  175 1, 
died  April  24,  1833.  He  lived  at  Livingston 
Manor,  Columbia  county,  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  West  Davenport,  Otsego  county, 
New  York.     He  married  Anna   Fritts,  died 


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August  19,  1834.  Children:  Anna,  married 
Jacob  Hyser;  Betsey,  married  Peter  Frieze; 
John,  of  further  mention;  Simeon  (2),  mar- 
ried Phoebe  Brewer ;  Margaret,  married  Peter 
Shufeldt;  Catherine,  married  William  Deder- 
ick;  William,  married  Hannah  Wolfe. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Simeon  and  Anna 
(Fritts)  Michael,  married  Hannah  Snyder. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Han- 
nah (Snyder)  Michael,  died  at  Oneonta,  Ot- 
sego county,  New  York,  1863.  He  married 
Almira  Fairchild,  of  an  old  Otsego  county 
family.  Children:  Thaddeus;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Slade,  of  Oneonta;  Chauncey,  a 
lawyer ;  Lucy,  married  Hamilton  Slade ;  Aaron 
Ford,  see  forward. 

(V)  Aaron  Ford,  youngest  child  of  John 
(2)  and  Almira  (Fairchild)  Michael,  was  born 
at  Oneonta,  New  York,  November  2,  1848, 
died  at  Lockport,  New  York,  August  25,  1910. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Oneonta  and  at  Fairfield  Academy,  in  Herki- 
mer county.  In  1866  he  located  in  Lockport, 
where  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  City  Bank,  re- 
maining there  until  the  retirement  of  W.  T. 
Rogers,  the  cashier.  During  these  years  he 
acquired  a  large  controlling  interest  in  the 
Thornton-Chester  Flouring  Mills,  which  later 
he  disposed  of  at  great  advantage  to  Buffalo 
capital.  He  then  purchased  the  old  Hitchings 
farm,  near  Lockport,  and  here  was  the  first 
to  introduce  registered  Holstein  cattle  for 
breeding  and  dairy  purposes.  He  conducted 
his  farm  successfully  as  a  stock  and  dairy 
proposition  until,  finding  a  willing  purchaser, 
he  sold  out  both  farm  and  business.  For  the 
next  fourteen  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Standard  Oil  Company  of  Buffalo,  after  which 
he  engaged  in  mining  enterprises  of  various 
kinds,  closing  his  active  business  life  in  Lock- 
port  associated  with  the  Corson  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  of  that  city.  While  interested 
in  public  matters,  he  would  not  accept  office. 
He  was  related  to  Governor  Qinton,  of  New 
York,  and  to  Governor  Washington  Hunt.  He 
was  held  in  high  esteem  among  his  business 
associates  as  one  whose  advice  and  counsel 
was  worthy  of  being  followed.  For  twenty- 
five  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  then  became  a  believer  in  Qiristian 
Science,  and  was  most  active  in  establishing 
the  Church  of  Christ  (Scientist),  in  Lockport. 
He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  although 
often  offered  desirable  nomination  never  would 
consent  to  allowing  his  name  used   for  any 


office.  He  married,  June  27,  1872,  at  Lock- 
port,  Annie  Rogers,  daughter  of  William 
Thayer  and  Julia  Jackson  (Warner)  Rogers, 
of  Lockport  (see  Rogers,  forward).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Warren  Rogers,  born  September  4, 
1814,  died  in  infancy.  2.  William  Rogers,  born 
March  3,  1878 ;  graduated  from  Lockport  high 
school,  took  up  the  study  of  law,  but  relin- 
quished it  to  accept  an  appointment  from  Pres- 
ident Roosevelt  as  paymaster's  clerk  with  the 
South  Atlantic  squadron  of  the  United  States 
navy.  3.  Julia  Warner,  born  February  5, 
1882.  4.  Julius  Alden,  born  March  28,  1889; 
engaged  in  business  in  Buffalo,  New  York. 

(The   Rogers   Line). 

(I)  John  Rogers,  of  Rhode  Island,  was  a 
mechanic  of  great  skill  and  ingenuity.  Before 
the  outbreak  of  the  revolution  he  removed  to 
Nova  Scotia,  where  he  died.  His  children  re- 
turned to  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  and  had 
two  sons,  Samuel  and  John.  Samuel  was  a 
sea  captain,  and  served  in  the  revolutionar>' 
war. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  (2),  son  of 
John  (i)  Rogers,  lived  in  Cumberland,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  married,  afterward  removing 
to  Holden,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  land  surveyor,  and  left  at  his  death 
many  valuable  papers  and  manuscripts.  He 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
and  was  promoted  orderly,  then  lieutenant,  of 
Captain  Stephen  Olney's  company,  of  North 
Providence,  Rhode  Island ;  was  later  promoted 
to  be  lieutenant-colonel  in  a  Rhode  Island  regi- 
ment and  a  member  of  Washington's  body- 
guard. An  epaulet  given  him  by  General 
Washington  is  yet  preserved  by  his  Lockport 
descendants.  He  was  at  the  crossing  of  the 
Delaware  and  in  the  following  battle,  seeing 
hard  service.  In  one  engagement  his  horse 
was  killed  under  him.  He  passed  safely 
through  the  war  and  returned  to  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  in  receipt  of  a  revolutionary 
pension  of  five  hundred  dollars  annually  as 
long  as  he  lived.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  an 
organization  composed  of  officers  of  the  revo- 
lutionary war  exclusively.  He  joined  that  so- 
ciety from  the  state  of  Rhode  Island.  He  died 
at  Unadilla,  New  York,  where  he  settled  with 
his  family,  driving  from  Holden  with  his  wife 
and  some  of  the  children.  Both  he  and  his 
wife  are  buried  at  Unadilla.  He  married  Sarah 
Ballou,  of  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.     His 


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sons  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Lock- 
port,  New  York,  where  they  became  wealthy, 
influential  men  of  high  repute  and  standing. 
Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  April  25,  1795; 
married  Samuel  Chappin.  2.  Nathan  Ballou, 
born  February  3,  1797;  married  Lydia  Larned. 
3.  John  A.,  born  February  16,  1799,  died  July 
18,  1803.  4.  George  W.,  born  March  27,  1801  ; 
married  (first)  Amy  Comstock;  (second) 
Maria  Faxon.  5.  Eliza  B.,  born  March  22, 
1803;  married  Francis  Hall.  6.  Eunice  C, 
twin  of  Eliza;  married  Thomas  J.  Davies,  of 
Unadilla.  7.  James  B.,  born  1705.  8.  Maria 
Ballou.  9.  John  Wilkinson,  married  Eliza 
Faxon.    10.  William  Thayer. 

(Ill)  William  Thayer,  youngest  child  of 
Lieutenant  Colonel  John  and  Sarah  (Ballou) 
Rogers,  was  born  in  Holden,  Massachusetts, 
March  11,  1817,  died  in  Lockport,  New  York. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Holden  schools  and  at 
Franklin  Academy.  Two  of  his  brothers, 
Nathan  and  George,  having  settled  at  Lock- 
port,  New  York,  he  followed  them  about  1837. 
He  went  as  far  as  Albany  by  rail,  by  river 
and  stage  to  Rochester,  thence  by  stage  over 
the  Ridge  road,  from  there  to  Lockport,  that 
conveyance  starting  from  the  spot  where  now 
the  Powers  Hotel  stands.  He  became  a  clerk 
for  Rogers  &  Brown,  his  brother  George  being 
senior  partner  of  that  firm  (dry  goods)  ;  later 
he  joined  his  parents  at  Unadilla,  New  York, 
where  he  remained  two  years  clerking  for  his 
brother,  John  W.,  who  was  a  merchant  of  that 
village.  He  then  returned  to  Lockport,  where 
he  became  bookkeeper  and  teller  of  the  Niag- 
ara and  Suspension  Bridge  Bank,  then  under 
the  management  of  his  brother,  George  W. 
Rogers,  and  here  he  found  his  true  vocation. 
More  than  any  other  one  man  he  may  be 
called  the  father  of  the  banking  business  in 
Lockport.  His  next  position  was  as  teller  of 
the  Canal  Bank,  resigning  that  position  and 
forming  a  connection  with  the  Lockport  City 
Banking  Office  as  cashier.  While  in  this  posi- 
tion his  coolness,  courage  and  resourcefulness 
saved  his  bank  from  ruin.  This  was  about 
1846,  following  a  run  upon  the  Canal  Bank 
that  resulted  in  a  run  upon  his  own  bank,  the 
Lockport  City  Banking  Office.  The  president 
and  vice-president  were  soon  prostrated  by 
the  strain,  but  Mr.  Rogers  was  equal  to  the 
situation.  Every  night  after  banking  hours 
he  drove  to  Buffalo  and  obtained  kegs  of  silver 
coin  sufficient  for  the  next  day's  business.  As 
the  clamoring  crowds   demanded   the  settle- 


ment of  their  accounts,  he  met  them  with  a 
*  smile,  leisurely  balanced  their  books,  and  paid 
them  off  in  silver,  of  which  there  was  a  plen- 
tiful supply  in  full  sight.  Every  man  who 
applied  got  his  money  in  silver,  and  in  a  week 
the  run  was  over.  In  1852-53  he  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Exchange  BaiJc  of  Lockport, 
having  served  a  previous  term  in  that  baidc  as 
bookkeeper.  For  a  time  he  was  cashier  of  the 
Niagara  and  Suspension  Bridge  Bank,  of  Ton- 
awanda,  New  York,  having  previously  started, 
in  connection  with  Williard  J.  Daniels,  the 
Niagara  County  National  Bank.  The  Tona- 
wanda  bank  was  later  removed  to  Buffalo, 
and  Mr.  Rogers  was  elected  president,  and 
until  185 1  he  resided  in  Buffalo.  While  living 
there  he  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
and  both  he  and  his  brother  George  were 
members  of  the  produce  commission  firm  of 
Bates,  Griffin,  Livermore  &  Company,  with 
offices  in  New  York  City,  Troy,  and  other 
places.  After  returning  from  Buffalo  he  or- 
ganized the  Western  Bank,  in  connection  with 
Charles  A.  Morse,  with  Mr.  Rogers  as  presi- 
dent. Mr.  Rogers  retained  an  official  connec- 
tion with  his  banking  institution  until  1875, 
when  he  withdrew  from  active  business  life, 
retiring  to  his  sightly  home  on  East  avenue, 
which  he  built  in  1853.  An  additional  business 
enterprise  with  which  he  was  connected  was 
his  partnership  with  Governor  Washington 
Hunt  in  the  manufacture  of  knit  goods,  they 
being  among  the  first  to  establish  knitting 
mills.  Among  their  first  customers  was  Alex- 
ander T.  Stewart,  of  New  York,  the  then  mer- 
chant prince. 

The  Rogers  family  had  many  important 
branches,  one  of  which  was  the  Garfields,  from 
whom  President  James  A.  Garfield  descended, 
Mr.  Rogers  (William  Thayer)  being  a  second 
cousin  of  the  martyred  president.  Mr.  Rogers 
was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  public  spirit, 
courteous  and  kind  to  all,  was  most  charitable, 
and  dispensed  from  his  home  a  royal  hospi- 
tality. For  thirty  years  he  was  a  member 
and  vestryman  of  Grace  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  August  21,  1848,  Julia  Jackson  War- 
ner, of  Vermont,  daughter  of  the  noted 
Warner  family,  of  that  state,  a  great-grand- 
daughter of  Major  Little,  who  was  one  of  the 
pallbearers  at  the  funeral  of  President  George 
Washington. 

(IV)  Annie,  daughter  of  William  Thayer 
and  Julia  Jackson  (Warner)  Rogers,  was  born 
in   Lockport,  New   York,  October  26,   1853. 


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She   married,   June   27,    1872,   Aaron   Ford 
Michael.  • 


The   extract   given   below    is 
SHEPARD     from  the  memoirs  of  Enoch 

Shepard,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber 23,  1742,  son  of  Deacon  John  Shepard. 
The  facts  were  given  him  by  his  parents,  and 
were  compiled  in  1810,  when  he  was  sixty- 
eight  years  old.  Except  as  to  the  date  1660, 
which  was  stated  as  "about"  1660,  the  facts 
appear  to  be  correct,  though  no  record  of  the 
death  of  William  Shepard  has  been  found. 
This  memoir  has  been  for  a  long  time  in  the 
hands  of  the  descendants  of  Enoch  Shepard, 
and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Juliana  J. 
Shepard,  of  the  family  described  in  this  sketch. 
(I)  William  Shepard,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England.  "My  great 
grandfather,"  says  Enoch,  "with  two  of  his 
brothers,  came  from  Old  England  to  Boston 
in  Massachusetts,  about  the  year  1660  (prob- 
ably about  1675).  The  brothers  settled  on  the 
Connecticut  river,  and  had  families.  He  was 
shortly  after  overset  in  a  boat  in  Boston  Har- 
bor, and  while  swimming  by  the  side  of  a  cer- 
tain William  Lee,  had  his  thigh  bitten  in  two 
by  a  shark,  and  was  pulled  under  the  water. 
He  arose  and  said  he  was  a  dead  man,  for  a 
shark  had  bitten  off  his  thigh.  Lee  heard 
the  shark  give  one  more  snap  and  saw  him 
no  more.  My  great-grandfather  at  the  time 
of  his  decease  had  a  wife  and  two  infant  sons 
in  Boston,  one  of  which  was  sent  to  Bruns- 
wick, in  the  state  of  New  Jersey,  where  he 
afterward  reared  a  family.  The  other  son, 
John  Shepard,  my  grandfather,  was  sent  to 
Westfield,  in  Massachusetts,  about  one  hun- 
dred miles  westerly  of  Boston,  where  he  ar- 
rived at  manhood.  He  married  a  Miss  Wood- 
ruflF,  etc."  The  memoirs  correspond  with  the 
public  records  from  this  point  (p.  364,  New 
England  Hist.  Register,  188 1 ;  p.  333,  Register 
for  1878).  It  may  be  added  that  Walter  Lee 
was  an  early  settler  of  Westfield,  and  may  be 
related  to  the  companion  of  William  Shepard, 
when  he  was  killed. 

(H)  Deacon  John  Shepard,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  at  Wetheringset,  county 
Suffolk,  England,  in  167 1,  a  descendant  of 
John  Shepard,  of  Mendlesham,  county  Suf- 
folk, who  was  living  in  1580.  Shepard  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Woodruff,  of  Westfield,  Massa- 
chusetts,.  1703,  and  settled  in  that  town.  He 
was    selectman,    1723-1739,    and    died    there 


August  10,  1756.  Children:  Jonathan,  bom 
about  1704,  married,  1730,  Rachel  Lankton, 
of  Westfield ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  Ezekiel, 
born  November  23,  1709 ;  Elizabeth,  February 
14,  1713;  Sarah,  April,  1715;  David,  1719; 
Mary,  1725. 

(IH)  Deacon  John  (2)  Shepard,  son  of 
John  ( I )  Shepard,  was  born  in  Westfield,  No- 
vember 18,  1707,  and  died  there  August  8, 
1783,  aged  seventy-six  years.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  deacon  of  the  church  there.  He 
married,  May  20,  173 1,  at  Westfield,  Elizabeth 
Noble,  born  at  Westfield,  January  3,  1706,  died 
there  November  12,  1793,  aged  eighty-seven, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  Noble.  (See 
Noble).  At  the  time  of  her  death  she  had 
180  descendants,  153  of  whom  survived  her. 
Children,  bom  in  Westfield:  i.  Elizabeth, 
April  24,  1732;  married  May  2,  175 1,  Colonel 
Azariah  Root  of  Sheflfield,  who  died  in  the 
service  July  3,  1777.    2.  John,  born  November 

8,  1733;  married,  March  6,  1752,  Elizabeth 
Sacket,  and  removed  to  Hebron,  New  York. 
3.  Experience,  January  20,  1736;  married, 
August  8,  1754,  Abner  Rice,  who  removed  to 
the  Black  River  country.  4.  William,  No- 
vember 20,  1737,  was  a  general  in  the  revolu- 
tion, on  Washington's  staff,  and  put  down 
Shay's  rebellion;  married  Sarah  Dewey.  5. 
Silas,  October  29,  1739,  died  young.  6.  Enoch, 
July  31,  1741,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Enoch,  Oc- 
tober 23,  1742,  died  in  Marietta,  Ohio,  Sep- 
tember, 1 82 1.  8.  David,  October  23,  1744,  a 
physician  in  Chester,  Massachusetts,  and  Am- 
sterdam, New  York,  where  he  died  in  1819. 

9.  Gideon,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Deacon  Gideon  Shepard,  son  of 
Deacon  John  (2)  Shepard,  was  born  at  West- 
field,  Massachusetts,  January  6,  1747;  married 
November  13,  1766,  Silence  Noble,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Catharine  (Fowler)  Noble. 
(See  Noble).  He  died  at  Westfield,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1790,  aged  forty-three  years.  In  that 
year,  according  to  the  federal  census,  he  had 
in  his  family  at  Westfield,  three  males  over 
sixteen,  one  under  that  age,  and  five  females. 
He  was  an  officer  in  the  American  army  in 
the  Revolution  (p.  113,  vol.  XIV,  Mass.  Sol- 
diers and  Sailors  in  the  Revolution),  a  sergeant 
in  Captain  David  Moseley's  company,  Colonel 
John  Moseley's  regiment,  in  1777 ;  second  lieu- 
tenant in  Third  Company,  Colonel  John  Mose- 
ley's  regiment.  Third  Hampshire  County ;  also 
second  lieutenant  in  Captain  John  Kellogg's 
company,  Third  Hampshire  County  Regiment. 


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He  was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  at  West- 
field.  His  early  death  was  caused  by  consump- 
tion. Children:  i.  Silence,  born  June  2,  1767; 
married,  July,  1805,  Moses  Phelps,  of  West- 
field,  and  died  March  i,  1827.  2.  Gideon,  born 
May  15,  1769,  mentioned  below.  3.  Child, 
born  March  27,  1771,  died  March  29,  1771. 

4.  Winthrop,  June  20,  1772 ;  captain  in  war  of 
1812;  married,  August  16,  1793,  Achsah 
Loomis,  and  removed  to  Turin,  New  York. 

5.  Peletiah,  born  December  15,  1774,  died  Oc- 
tober 10,  1777.  6.  Eli,  born  April  7,  1777, 
died  August  31,  1777.  7.  Sophia,  born  Janu- 
ary 26,  1779;  married,  January  23,  1799, 
Nehemiah  Carter,  of  Westfield.  8.  Roxena, 
bom  February  4,  1781 ;  married,  January  24, 
1 799,  Horace  Holcomb,  and  died  E)€cember  30, 
1839. 

(V)  Gideon  (2),  son  of  Gideon  (i)  Shep- 
ard,  was  born  at  Westfield,  May  15,  1769,  and 
died  at  Turin,  New  York,  December  15,  1852, 
aged  eighty-one  years.  He  was  major  in  war 
of  1812.  He  married,  October  28,  1791,  Eun- 
ice Lampson. 

(VI)  Rev.  Gideon  (3)  Shepard,  son  of 
Gideon  (2)  Shepard,  was  born  between  1795 
and  1800,  probably  at  Turin,  New  York.  He 
became  a  preacher  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  when  he  was  a  young  man  located 
in  Canada,  where  he  preached  for  many  years. 
His  last  years  were  spent  at  his  home  in  For- 
estville.  New  York,  and  he  died  there  in  No- 
vember, 1876.  He  married  Elmina  Allen,  of 
Turin,  New  York,  1826. 

(VII)  Hiram  Pliny,  son  of  Rev.  Gideon 
(3)  Shepard,  was  born  at  Turin,  New  York, 
December  28,  1828,  and  died  at  Forestville, 
New  York,  April  i,  1905.  He  graduated  at 
Wesleyan  College  in  the  class  of  1858,  and 
became  professor  of  ancient  languages  at 
Belleville  Seminary,  and  Methodist  Female 
College,  Belleville,  Canada,  in  1859.  In  1865- 
66  he  was  a  member  of  the  Bay  of  Quinte 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
In  1867  he  went  abroad  and  spent  the  year  in 
travel.  In  1868  he  became  professor  of  Greek 
and  mathematics  in  Baldwin  City,  Kansas ;  in 
1870  he  was  stationed  at  Leavenworth,  Kan- 
sas. On  account  of  ill  health  he  gave  up  his 
profession  and  settled  at  Forestville,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  where  he  became 
a  prosperous  merchant.  He  often  filled  the 
pulpit  in  various  churches  in  the  vicinity  as 
a  substitute  preacher,  and  his  interest  in  the 
church  was  maintained  to  the  end  of  life.    In 


politics  he  was  a  Prohibitionist.  He  married 
(first)  December  30,  i858,*Juliana,  born  1828, 
died  December  20,  1863,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Julius  Minerva  (Kellogg)  Field.  Her  father 
was  a  member  of  the  New  York  East  Confer- 
ence of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
and  was  a  cousin  of  Cyrus  Field.  He 
married  (second)  December  24,  1867,  S.  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Phineas  M.  French,  of 
Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  granddaughter  of 
David  and  Margaret  (Noe)  French.  Her 
great-grandfather,  David  French,  and  her 
grandmother's  father  in  the  Noe  line  were 
soldiers  in  the  revolution.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Pliny  Taft,  born  February  29, 
i860,  died  January  8,  1863.  2.  Julia  Field, 
born  August  28,  1861,  died  November  27, 
1861.  3.  Juliana  Judd,  born  October  20, 
1863;  a  teacher  of  manual  training  and 
drawing  at  State  Normal  School,  Fre- 
donia.  New  York.     Children  by  second  wife: 

4.  Gertrude,  bom  July  23,  1870;  married 
Elton  D.  Warner,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Dun- 
kirk, New  York ;  children :    Alan  and  Marion. 

5.  Allene,  born  December  2,  1873,  ^^^^  August 
13,  1876.  6.  Marguerite,  born  October  21, 
1879  J  secretary  of  Young  Women's  Christian 
Association  at  Westfield,  New  York.  7.  Es- 
telle,  born  December  5,  1881 ;  teacher  of 
science  in  Qarion  Normal  School,  Qarion, 
Pennsylvania. 

(The  Noble  Line). 

The  surname  Noble  is  of  great  antiquity  in 
England.  It  appears  as  early  as  1199  in  the 
reign  of  Richard  I,  and  it  has  been  common 
among  English  speaking  people  ever  since. 
The  name  is  found  in  Scotland,  and  several 
distinguished  merchants  of  the  nam€  lived  in 
Edinburgh.  Branches  of  the  family  in  Eng- 
land, Ireland  and  Scotland  bear  coats-of-arms. 
The  principal  seats  of  the  family  were  at  Corn- 
wall, Belson  and  Bishop's  Tentor,  Devonshire, 
and  Marming,  near  Maidstone,  county  Kent. 

(I)  Thomas  Noble,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  as  early  as  1632,  and 
died  in  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  January  20, 
1704,  aged  at  least  seventy-two  years.  He 
was  an  early  settler  of  Springfield,  coming 
from  Boston,  where  he  was  an  inhabitant  Jan- 
uary 5,  1653.  He  had  an  account  at  the  store 
of  John  Pynchon  in  Springfield,  and  this  ac- 
count book  proves  that  he  visited  England 
soon  after  removing  from  Boston.  In  1664 
he  and  others  were  given  leave  to  set  up  a 


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saw  mill  on  the  brook  below  Ensign  Cooper's 
farm,  over  the  Agawam  river.  He  was  an  ap- 
praiser of  the  town;  had  lands  granted  him 
in  Westfield,  July,  1666,  on  condition  that  he 
settled  there,  and  this  grant  was  renewed  Jan- 
uary 9,  1668.  He  was  located  in  Westfield  as 
early  as  January  21,  1669,  and  served  on  a 
committee  to  decide  the  boundary  lines.  His 
homestead  was  about  two  miles  and  a  half 
from  the  present  center  of  the  town.  He 
served  as  constable,  and  took  the  oath  of  al- 
legiance January  23,  1678.  He  joined  the 
Westfield  church,  February  20,  1681,  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  October  12,  168 1.  He  was 
fined  five  shillings  on  one  occasion  for  travel- 
ing on  a  fast  day.  His  home  was  exposed  to 
Indian  attacks  during  King  Philip's  war.  He 
was  elected  county  surveyor  March  2,  1696. 
He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  His  will  was  dated 
May  II,  1697,  and  proved  September  5,  1704. 
He  married,  November  i,  1680,  Hannah  War- 
riner,  bom  at  Springfield,  August  17,  1643, 
only  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  (Scant) 
Warriner;  she  joined  the  Westfield  church 
November  11,  1680.  She  married  (second) 
January  24,  1705,  Deacon  Medad  Pomeroy,  of 
Northampton.  Children:  John,  bom  March 
6,  1662;  Hannah,  February  24,  1664;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below ;  Matthew ;  Mark ;  Elizabeth, 
bom  February  9,  1673;  Luke,  mentioned  be- 
low; James,  October  i,  1677;  Mary,  June  29, 
1680;  Rebecca,  January  4,  1683. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Noble,  was  born  in  Springfield,  January  14, 
1666,  and  died  in  Westiield,  July  29,  1750.  He 
was  ordained  deacon  of  the  Westfield  church, 
May  25,  1712.  He  was  selectman  in  1716, 
1720  and  1722,  moderator  of  most  of  the  town 
meetings  from  17 17  to  1726,  and  served  on 
many  important  town  committees.  He  was  a 
farmer.  His  place  was  about  two  miles  and 
a  half  from  the  present  center  of  the  town, 
and  was  occupied  afterward  by  his  son 
Thomas  and  grandson  Stephen,  recently  by 
Rev.  Ambrose  Day.  Thomas  Noble  married, 
December  19,  1695,  Elizabeth  Dewey,  born  in 
Westfield,  January  10,  1677,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Constant  (Hawes)  Dewey.  She 
died  at  Westfield,  October  2,  1757,  aged  eighty. 
Children,  born  at  Westfield:  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1696;  Job,  January  28,  1699;  Jona- 
than, May  I,  1700;  Seth,  October  30,  1702; 
Israel,  September  20,  1703 ;  Elizabeth,  January 
3,  1706;  married  John  Shepard  (see  Shepard) ; 
Lois,   July   4,    1708;   Ebenezer,   October    11, 


171 1 ;  Thankful,  May  31,  1714;  Anna,  October 
30,  1716;  Jonathan,  May  23,  1721. 

(II)  Luke,  brother  of  Thomas  (2)  Noble, 
was  born  in  Westfield,  July  15,  1675,  and  died 
there  March  21,  1744.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
his  native  town.  His  will  was  proved  April 
16,  1744.  He  was  a  sergeant  in  the  military 
company.  He  married  (first)  February  i, 
1700,  Hannah  Stebbins,  born  December  22, 
1680,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Abigail 
(Munn)  Stebbins.  She  died  June  26,  1705, 
aged  twenty-four,  and  he  married  (second) 
May  5,  1708,  Ruth  Wright,  born  April  26, 
1687,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ruth  (Sheldon) 
Wright,  of  Northampton.  He  mia^rried  (third) 
Mrs.  Sarah  Dewey,  born  about  1682,  died 
August  3,  1756.  Children  by  first  wife,  bom 
at  Westfield:  Luke,  October  23,  1700;  Sam- 
uel, January  31,  1703.  Children  by  second 
wife:  Ruth,  January  6,  1709;  Moses,  April 
I,  1710;  Aaron,  November  10,  171 1 :  Asa,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1715;  Naomi,  March  8,  1717;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below ;  Jacob,  March  5,  1725 ; 
Ruth,  February,  1726;  Ephraim,  June  25, 
1729. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Luke  Noble,  was  born 
at  Westfield,  August  5,  1722,  and  died  Novem- 
ber 4,  1773.  He  was  admitted  to  the  West- 
field  church  November  5,  1749,  and  was  select- 
man in  1760-61.  He  married,  November  24, 
1743,  Catharine  Fowler,  probably  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Catharine  '(Marshall)  Fowler, 
and  bom  July  i,  1723.  She  died  October  19, 
1806,  aged  eighty-four  years.  Children,  born 
at  Westfield:  Catharine,  May  i,  1744;  Jo- 
hanna, November  8,  1745 ;  Silence,  born  July 
28,  1747,  married  Gideon  Shepard  (see  Shep- 
ard) ;  Lydia,  May  11,  1750;  Zerviah,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1751 ;  Samuel,  August  27,  1753 ;  Grace, 
August  9,  1755;  Solomon,  January  18,  1758; 
Solomon,  May  17,  1760;  Jared,  November  17, 
1762,  killed  at  battle  of  Stone  Arabia,  New 
York,  1780,  while  in  the  American  army; 
Lydia,  August  11,  1768. 


The    G  o  k  e  y  s    of    Chautauqua 
GOKEY     county,  New  York,  are  descend- 
ants of  French  ancestors.     The 
emigrant  from  France,  Joseph  Gokey,  settled 
first  in  Canada,  where  he  was  active  in  com- 
munity affairs. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Gokey, 
was  born  near  Montreal,  Canada.  Later  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  locating  in  St. 
Lawrence  county.   New   York.     He  married 


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Rosa  Barney,  who  was  brought  to  Canada 
from  France  when  eleven  months  old,  of 
French  parentage.  Among  their  children  was 
Joseph  (see  forward). 

(III)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Rosa  (Barney)  Gokey,  was  born  in  Montreal, 
Canada,  1797,  died  in  Cornwall,  New  York, 
1843.  He  was  a  shoemaker  and  ship  carpen- 
ter, working  principally  at  the  latter  occupa- 
tion. He  settled,  after  the  birth  of  his  chil- 
dren, in  Oswego,  New  York,  removing  there 
from  St.  Lawrence  county.  He  married,  in 
Cornwall,  New  York,  1819,  Rosetta  Derosia, 
born  in  Pomtatown,  nine  miles  below  Mon- 
treal, Canada,  1799,  daughter  of  Louis  and 
Rosetta  Derosia,  of  French  descent.  Children : 
I.  Louis,  bom  1820,  deceased;  married  Free- 
love  Wallem.  2.  Eliza,  born  1822,  deceased; 
married  Modesty  Bushey.  3.  Charles,  bom 
1823,  died  1825.  4.  Joseph,  born  1825,  died 
1880;  married  Anna  J.  McCarroU,  bom  1828, 
died  1874.  5.  Margaret,  bom  1827,  died  1895  ; 
married  James  Edwards,  bom  18 17,  died  1893. 
6.  Gershom,  born  1829,  died  1897;  married 
Nancy  Quain.  7.  Adeline,  born  1831 ;  married 
Thomas  Bartrim,  born  183 1,  died  1882.  8. 
Noah  W.  (see  forward).  9.  William,  born 
1835,  ^i^d  1895;  married  Anna  Kelly,  bom 
1837.  10.  Frank,  born  1837;  married  Adelia 
Kelly,  bom  1835,  died  1899. 

(IV)  Noah  W.,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  and 
Rosetta  (Derosia)  Gokey,  was  bom  in  the 
town  of  Massena,  St.  Lawrence  county.  New 
York,  March  10,  1833,  ^^^^  ^i*  Jamestown, 
New  York,  June  16,  1897.  When  he  was 
five  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Os- 
wego, New  York,  where  he  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  On  attaining  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  he  became  an  apprentice  in  the 
shoe  shops  of  Horace  Stone  &  Company,  of  Os- 
wego, where  he  remained  one  year.  He  then 
worked  another  year  in  the  shops  of  Paine  & 
Sullivan,  of  the  same  city.  He  then  removed 
to  Rathboneville,  Steuben  county,  New  York, 
where  for  the  following  fourteen  years  he  con- 
ducted a  custom  shoe  shop  on  his  own  account. 
In  1865  he  removed  to  Addison,  Steuben 
county,  where  he  purchased  the  retail  boot  and 
shoe  establishment  of  Thomas  Paxton,  con- 
ducting business  under  his  own  name  until 
1867.  He  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
James  Curtis,  and  under  the  firm  name,  Curtis 
&  Gokey,  successfully  carried  on  a  general 
harness,  boot  and  shoe  store.  After  two  and 
one-half  years  he  sold  his  interest  to  Mr.  Cur- 


tis and  for  a  year  remained  in  the  employ  of 
the  latter  as  foreman.  In  1872  he  associated 
with  George  W.  Farnham  and  for  five  years 
they  engaged  in  the  wholesale  manufacture 
of  boots  and  shoes  at  Addison.  In  July,  1877, 
Mr.  Gokey  purchased  his  partner's  interest  and 
removed  his  entire  establishment  (including 
employees)  to  Jamestown,  New  York.  He 
then  admitted  his  son,  William  N.  Gokey,  and 
under  the  firm  name,  N.  W.  Gokey  &  Son, 
carried  on  an  extensive  and  successful  shoe 
manufacturing  business  until  his  death.  The 
firm  erected  a  large  plant  and  extended  their 
business  until  it  was  the  largest  shoe  manu- 
facturing plant  in  Westem  New  York.  They 
not  only  supplied  a  large  local  trade  but  also 
transacted  a  large  business  in  Ohio,  Indiana 
and  Michigan.  He  erected  the  six-story  brick 
building  at  Third  and  Cherry  streets,  known 
as  the  Gokey  block,  used  as  a  store  and  office 
building.  He  built  a  large  and  beautiful  man- 
sion on  Lake  View  avenue,  which  he  occupied 
until  his  death.  Mr.  Gokey  was  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  welfare  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  of  Jamestown,  of  which  he  was 
an  attendant  and  liberal  supporter.  He  was 
a  Whig  in  politics  and  later  affiliated  with  the 
Republican  party.  He  was  appointed  postmas- 
ter of  Rathboneville  under  President  Lincoln 
and  served  four  years.  In  Jamestown  he 
served  on  the  common  council,  and  always 
evinced  an  intense  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
the  city. 

Mr.  Gokey's  successful  career  is  rendered 
the  more  striking  and  wonderful  when  it  is 
known  that  he  was  a  lifelong  cripple,  having 
been  deprived  of  the  use  of  his  limbs  when 
but  three  years  of  age,  the  result,  it  is  sup- 
posed, of  the  injudicious  use  of  calomel.  He 
was  compelled  to  use  crutches  all  his  life.  He 
often  recalled  a  remark  of  his  mother,  who, 
pointing  at  her  crippled  boy,  said:  "There 
is  Noah,  who  will  always  be  dependent  on 
me."  He  was  truly  a  "self-made  man,"  and 
accomplished  results  little  short  of  marvelous. 
He  possessed  tireless  energy  and  undaunted 
courage.  The  latter  quality  was  strikingly  il- 
lustrated at  Rathboneville  when  everything  he 
possessed  was  swept  away  by  fire;  home,  busi- 
ness and  all  vanished  in  an  hour.  He  at  once 
began  to  rebuild,  and  with  a  credit  that  had 
always  been  maintained  inviolate,  he  retrieved 
his  fortune  and  went  forward  to  greater 
achievement.  He  was  a  man  of  great  business 
ability  and  stood  high  in  the  commercial  world. 


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He  was  not  only  strictly  temperate  in  all  his 
habits,  but  never  tasted  strong  drink  nor  to- 
bacco, an  example  followed  to  the  letter  by 
his  sons,  William  N.  and  George  F. 

Mr.  Gokey  died  suddenly  at  his  home  on 
Lake  View  avenue,  on  Thursday,  June  i6, 
1897,  having  taken  a  drive  of  thirty-five  miles 
in  the  country  the  Sunday  previous.  His  death 
was  deeply  lamented,  for  he  possessed  a  wide 
acquaintance  and  won  many  friends.  The  im- 
mense business  he  founded  and  developed  was 
continued  by  his  sons  until  the  destruction  of 
the  plant  by  fire;  since  that  time  by  William 
N.  Gokey  alone. 

Mr.  Gokey  married,  June  9,  1853,  Anna  L., 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  and  Almira  Monroe,  of 
Rathboneville,  New  York.  Nehemiah  Monroe 
was  bom  July  4,  1809 ;  married  Almira  Tubbs, 
born  September  2,  1814,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Lurana  Tubbs,  the  former  named  born 
May  14,  1772,  and  the  latter  born  December 
10,  1776.  Children  of  Nehemiah  and  Almira 
Monroe:  William  M.,  bom  April  6,  1830; 
John  S.,  February  23,  1832;  Anna  L.,  March 
7,  1834,  above  mentioned  as  the  wife  of  Noah 
W.  Gokey;  Huldah  C.,  February  28,  1836; 
Lucina  S.,  March  23,  1838;  Elijah  P.,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1840;  Harriet  L.,  July  27,  1842; 
EWana  Adeline,  February  i,  1844;  Chauncey 
L.,  November  17,  1845 »  Benjamin  E.,  No- 
vember 22,  1847;  Levi  Leroy,  April  20,  1849; 
J.  Henry,  July  i,  1850;  Walter  M.,  October 
10,  1852 ;  Margaret  L.,  March  28,  1855.  Mrs. 
Anna  L.  (Monroe)  Gokey  was  an  active 
member  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church ;  vice-president  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  So- 
ciety; a  devoted  member  of  Harmony  Circle 
of  the  "King's  Daughters,"  and  one  of  the 
foremost  members  of  the  Home  and  Foreign 
Missionary  societies.  She  was  a  woman  of 
strong  personality,  leading  an  active,  useful 
life,  devoted  to  her  church  and  family,  but 
generous  and  helpful  to  all.  Her  mental 
equipment  was  superior,  and  her  character 
deepened  and  broadened  by  her  work  for  hu- 
manity.    Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gokey: 

1.  Charles  R.,  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years. 

2,  William  N.  (see  forward).  3.  Clara  R., 
married  Charles  Stanley  Kochersperger,  whom 
she  survives,  a  resident  of  Jamestown  (see 
Kochersperger).    4.  George  F.  (see  forward). 

(V)  William  N.,  son  of  Noah  W.  and  Anna 
L.  (Monroe;)  Gokey,  was  born  in  Rathbone- 
ville, Steuben  county.  New  York,  October  6, 
1855.    He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 


and  completed  his  education  in  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, leaving  before  graduation  to  join  his 
father  in  business.  He  was  a  partner  of  N. 
W.  Cjokey  &  Son,  shoe  manufacturers,  and 
after  the  death  of  his  father  continued  the 
business  with  his  brother  until  the  destruction 
of  their  plant  by  fire.  The  brothers  then  dis- 
solved partnership,  William  N.  continuing  the 
business  in  a  new  plant  erected  on  East  Sixth 
street.  His  entire  business  life  has  been  spent 
in  the  shoe  manufacturing  business,  and  he 
ranks  as  one  of  the  most  capable  and  success-  . 
ful  men  in  that  line.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  f  ra-  ' 
ternity  of  Jamestown,  also  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Gokey  married,  January  15,  1880,  Har- 
riet A.,  daughter  of  David  R.  and  Elizabeth 
(Cone)  Marvin.  Children:  i.  Mabel  Eliza- 
beth, born  July  3,  1881 ;  married  Nelson  W. 
Merritt.  2.  William  N.  Jr.,  born  February  4, 
1884;  married  Floss  G.  Duffee.  3.  Marvin 
Cone,  born  September  26,  1890.  4.  Qara 
Ruth,  born  May  31,  1894.  5.  Helen  Royce, 
born  January  29,  1903. 

(V)  George  F.,  youngest  son  of  Noah  W. 
and  Anna  L.  (Monroe)  Gokey,  was  born  at 
Addison,  Steuben  county,  New  York,  April 
II,  1 87 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jamestown  and  at  Eastman's  Busi- 
ness College,  Poughkeepsie.  He  entered  the 
employ  of  N.  W.  Gokey  &  Son  and  later  was 
admitted  to  the  firm.  He  continued  the  shoe 
manufacturing  business  with  his  brother  until 
the  fire  of  March  12,  1910,  which  destroyed 
their  plant.  The  brothers  then  dissolved  part- 
nership, William  N.  continuing  the  shoe  manu- 
facturing business,  George  F.  retiring  and  de- 
voting himself  to  the  development  of  his  real 
estate  interests.  He  rebuilt  the  Gokey  block 
at  the  corner  of  West  Third  and  Cherry  streets, 
a  modern  store  and  office  building.  He  is  an 
attendant  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  in  politics  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Gokey  married,  April  26,  1893,  Louisa 
C.  Morse,  born  in  Jamestown,  April  27,  1870, 
daughter  of  Benedict  and  Rosina  Morse.  Bene- 
dict Morse  was  bom  in  Germany,  March  20, 
1830,  died  in  Jamestown,  November  2,  1904. 
He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  lived  for 
some  years  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he 
married,  July  3,  1853,  Rosina  Meyer,  bom  in 
Germany,  August  3,  1833,  who  survives  him. 
He  was  a  resident  of  Jamestown  thirty-seven 


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years,  working  almost  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death  at  his  trade  of  cabinetmaker,  at  which 
he  was  very  expert.  In  1902  they  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding.  He  was  an  active  and 
devoted  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  and  a  man  much  loved  and  re- 
spected.    Children  of  Mr.  and   Mrs.  Morse: 

1.  Mary  R.,  born  in  New  York  City,  April 
8,  1854;  married  T.  J.  Buchanan,  two  chil- 
dren, Harry  J.  and  Foster  M. ;  this  family  re- 
sides in  Bradford,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Carrie  A., 
born  in  New  York  City,  June  20,  1859;  n^.ar- 
ried  F.  H.  Appleby  and  lives  in  Jamestown, 
New  York ;  no  issue.  3.  Katharine  Parr,  born 
July  6,  1862,  in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York; 
married  George  V.  Blackstone  and  had  one 
child,  William  Morse  Blackstone.  4.  Emma 
Helen,  born  in  1864,  died  in  1898,  unmarried. 
5.  Benjamin  F.,  born  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  March  20,  1867 ;  married  Elizabeth  Lau- 
derbach ;  children :  Jennette  E.  and  William 
S. ;  they  reside  in  Hazelton,  Pennsylvania.  6. 
Louisa  C,  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
April  27,  1870;  married  George  F.  Gokey,  as 
stated  above.  7.  Alice  E.,  born  in  Jamestown, 
May  8,  1874 ;  married  Harry  Sidney  Stewart, 
no  issue ;  they  reside  in  New  York  City.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gokey:  i.  Noah 
Webster,  born  in  Jamestown,  May  26,  1895. 

2.  George  F.  Jr.,  born  in  Jamestown,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1897.- 


The  founder  of  this^ 
KOCHERSPERGER     family   in   America 

was  Jacob  Kocher- 
sperger,  born  in  Germany,  came  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

(H)  Charles,  son  of  Jacob  Kochersperger, 
lived  in  or  near  Philadelphia,  where  he  is 
buried.  The  descendants  of  Jacob  Kochersper- 
ger, the  emigrant,  are  numerous  in  Philadel- 
phia and  other  parts  of  Pennsylvania,  and  in 
the  western  states.  Charles  Kochersperger 
married  and  had  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 
Two  sons  and  the  daughter  died  in  childhood, 
Charles,  the  other  son,  is  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  (2)  Koch- 
ersperger, eldest  child  of  Charles  ( i )  Kocher- 
sperger, was  a  resident  of  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  born  there,  February  8, 
1826,  died  December  26,  1867.  He  served  in 
the  civil  war  with  distinction,  attaining  the 
rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  serving  in  that  ca- 
pacity in  the  Seventy-first  Regiment,  Pennsyl- 


vania Volunteers.  He  was  wounded  in  one  of 
the  battles  of  the  Wilderness.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Colonel  William  and  Lydia 
(Hess)  Bozorth,  Colonel  William  Bozorth 
was  born  on  the  day  Bunker  Hill  battle  was 
fought,  and  served  as  a  colonel  in  the  war  of 
1812.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kochersper- 
ger: I.  Laura,  born  February  8,  1851,  died 
March  5,  1872.  2.  Irene,  born  August  6,  1853, 
died  October  i,  1907;  married,  December  27, 
1880,  Edwin  Hadley,  of  Springfield.  3.  Ella 
Lillian,  born  July  29,  1855,  died  September  17, 
1868.  4.  Charles  Stanley  (mentioned  below). 
Mrs.  Kochersperger  is  living  at  the  present 
time  (191 1),  and  resides  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Charles  Stanley,  son  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Charles  (2)  and  Sarah  (Bozorth) 
Kochersperger,  was  bom  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  March  21,  1857.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Chamberlain  Institute,  Randolph,  New 
York,  where  he  resided  for  several  years  with 
hlis  widowed  mother.  His  early  life  was 
spent  on  the  farm  of  his  aunt,  Mrs.  Horace 
Young,  of  Dewittville.  He  began  business  life 
as  a  merchant,  having  a  store  at  Randolph, 
which  he  operated  for  four  years.  He  then 
disposed  of  his  .business  and  removed  to 
Jamestown,  New  York,  where  he  was  employ- 
ed in  the  office  of  N.  W.  Gokey  &  sons.  After 
several  years  spent  in  the  office  he  went  on 
the  road  for  the  same  house,  as  salesman.  He 
continued  traveling  until  his  death,  at  Cres- 
ton,  Iowa,  in  1896,  a  period  of  ten  years  as 
salesman  and  of  twenty-four  years  in  the  serv- 
ice of  the  firm.  He  was  suddenly  stricken 
with  appendicitis,  never  recovering  from  the 
surgical  operation.  He  is  buried  in  Lakeview 
cemetery,  Jamestown.  The  Masonic  Order 
performed  their  solemn  burial  service  at  his 
grave.  He  belonged  to  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Rising  Sun  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons;  Jamestown  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  was  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  a  man  of  most  excellent  character.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  and  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  Jamestown  Sons  of  Veterans,  in 
which  he  took  a  deep  interest.  While  at  Cham- 
berlain Institute  in  1879  a  society  was  formed 
called  the  "Brotherhood  of  Ten."  He  was  the 
first  of  the  "Ten"  to  answer  the  roll  call  of 
death.  He  was  a  man  of  many  friends,  and 
the  expressions  of  regret  at  his  sudden  death 
were  universal  and  sincere. 


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He  married,  December  28,  1882,  Clara  R. 
Gokey,  born  September  23,  1857,  daughter  of 
Noah  W.  and  Anna  L.  (Monroe)  Gokcy,  of 
Jamestown  (see  Gokey  IV).  She  survives 
him,  a  resident  of  Jamestown.  She  is  also  a 
graduate  of  Chamberlain  Institute,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1880.  Children:  i.  Anna 
L.,  born  November  23,  1884,  died  June  2^, 
1887.  2.  Josette,  bom  September  28,  1890; 
graduate  of  Jamestown  high  school,  class  of 
19 10,  now  a  student  at  the  University  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pittsbuiy,  Pennsylvania. 


The  Mintons  of  Westfield,  New 
MINTON  York,  are  descendants  of  Ste- 
phen Minton,  born  about  1750 

in  New  Jersey.     He  married  and  had  a  son 

James. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Stephen  Minton,  was 
bom  in  1 783,  died  1826.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  stone  mason  and  became  noted  as  a  skilled 
workman.  He  worked  in  different  places  and 
was  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  old 
State  Penitentiary,  at  Auburn,  New  York.  He 
died  in  middle  life,  leaving  a  widow  and  five 
children,  He  married  Theodosia  Reeves,  born 
in  Connecticut,  died  in  Brocton,  New  York, 
in  1856,  aged  sixty-six  years,  daughter  of 
Israel  Reeves,  a  soldier  of  the  revolution  cap- 
tured by  the  British  and  held  a  prisoner  for 
several  months.  After  the  war  he  settled  in 
New  York  state  and  was  appointed  first  jailer, 
or  warden,  of  Auburn  prison.  Children  of 
James  and  Theodosia  Minton:  i.  Emily  C, 
born  in  Auburn,  New  York,  August  14,  1808; 
married  there,  September  4,  1825,  Lewis  Pull- 
man ;  three  of  their  sons  have  attained  unusual 
distinction ;  the  eldest,  George  M.  Pullman,  in- 
ventor of  the  Pullman  sleeping  and  palace  cars, 
James  Minton  and  Royal  Henry  Pullman,  both 
distinguished  ministers  of  the  Universalist 
church.  2.  Hannah  Maria,  married  Richard 
De  Lee.  3.  James  H.  (of  whom  further). 
4.  John  H.,  born  in'  Auburn,  New  York, 
September  2,  1817,  died  at  Westfield,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  November  18, 
1867;  married,  December  17,  1843,  Harriet 
L.  Coney.  5.  William  L.,  married  Amelia 
Hull. 

(III)  James  H.,  eldest  son  of  James  Min- 
ton, was  born  in  Auburn,  New  York,  1815, 
died  in  Westfield,  New  York,  in  1893,  aged 
seventy-eight  years.  He  was  fourteen  years 
of  age  when  his  widowed  mother  came  to 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  settling  with 


her  family  in  the  village  of  Brocton,  town  of 
Portland.  He  attended  the  village  school,  cut 
cord  wood  and  did  all  kinds  of  work  to  assist 
his  mother  in  maintaining  and  keeping  her 
family  together.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
he  began  learning  the  trade  of  carpenter  with 
his  brother-in-law,  Lewis  Pullman.  He  be- 
came a  good  carpenter  and  joiner,  following 
his  trade  for  ten  years.  He  then  erected  a 
hotel  and  store  building  in  Brocton,  where  for 
twenty  years  he  was  proprietor  of  the  hotel 
and  for  fourteen  years  of  that  time  engaged 
in  mercantile  business  with  his  brother,  Will- 
iam L.  Minton,  who  for  seven  years  was  post- 
master of  the  village.  During  the  years  1861- 
65  he  was  assessor  of  internal  revenue  and 
deputy  marshal  of  the  town  of  Westfield.  For 
fifteen  years  he  was  coroner  of  Chautauqua 
county.  In  1884  he  was  appointed  under  sher- 
iff of  the  county.  He  spent  his  letter  years 
in  retirement  in  Westfield.  He  was  a  man  of 
energy  and  enterprise  and  could  always  be  de- 
pended on.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics 
and  until  his  latter  years  was  an  active  party 
worker. 

He  married,  in  1836,  in  Brocton,  New  York, 
Sarah  W.  Lake,  born  in  Auburn,  died  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  June  5,  1910,  aged  ninety- 
one  years  and  sixteen  days,  daughter  of  Nich- 
olas and  Eunice  (Houghton)  Lake,  of  Erie 
county.  New  York,  and  granddaughter  of  Sid- 
ney Lake,  a  revolutionary  soldier.  Seven  of 
their  children  were  born  in  Brocton,  the  eighth 
in  Westfield,  New  York;  i.  Emily  C,  mar- 
ried James  Haight.  2.  Frances  A.,  married 
(first)  Joseph  Josslyn;  (second)  Daniel  P. 
Havens.  3.  Maria,  married  H.  W.  Gibbs.  4. 
WiEliam  L.,  born  July  I9,  1847;  married 
I^uise  Baldwin ;  children :  Harry  S.,  Irene  F. 
and  Florence.  5.  John  C,  married  Emma  Nel- 
son. 6.  James  Valentine  (of  whom  further). 
7.  Waldo  L.,  married  Ella  Reed.  8.  George, 
died  young. 

(IV)  James  Valentine,  sixth  child  of  James 
H.  Minton,  was  born  in  Brocton,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  February  14,  1854.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  West- 
field  Academy,  beginning  business  life  as  a 
clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  John  H.  Towle,  in 
Westfield,  where  he  remained  eight  years.  For 
three  of  these  years  he  was  manager  in  charge 
of  one  of  the  two  stores  operated  by  Mr.  Towle. 
He  then  entered  the  employ  of  Alfred  Wright, 
of  Rochester,  the  well-known  manufacturer  of 
perfumes.     He  was   engaged  as  a  traveling 


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salesman  and  for  several  years  covered  western 
territory.  After  his  marriage  he  retired  from 
the  road  and  located  in  Westfield,  where  he 
establish  a  drug  business  on  the  corner  of 
East  Main  and  North  Portage  streets,  which 
he  conducted  for  three  years.  He  then  became 
interested  in  grape  culture  and  at  the  present 
time  (1911)  has  a  fine  vineyard.  He  soon 
after  returned  to  the  employ  of  Alfred  Wright 
as  traveling  salesman,  covering  New  York 
state  territory.  Later  he  represented  the 
Stevens  Perfume  Company  of  Toledo,  Ohio, 
with  whom  he  remained  four  years.  He  is 
now  in  a  live  stock  insurance  company  and 
engaged  in  grape  culture.  He  resides  in  West- 
field,  which  has  been  his  home  since  1886.  In 
1878  he  was  commissioned  by  Governor  Cor- 
nell, for  bravery  and  merit  during  the  great 
railroad  strike  of  that  year,  first  lieutenant  of 
the  Eleventh  Separate  Company,  Thirty-first 
brigade.  New  York  National  Guard.  He  was 
on  duty  at  Buffalo  creek  with  his  company, 
where  his  bravery  won  him  his  commission. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  for  three 
years  served  as  trustee  of  the  village  of  West- 
field.  He  and  his  family  are  attendants  of 
the  Presbyterian  church. 

He  married,  January  7,  1886,  in  Granville, 
Ohio,  Mary  Lucy  Case,  born  March  2,  1859, 
in  Granville,  daughter  of  Lucius  and  Mary 
(Rose)  Case  (see  Case  VHI).  Children,  both 
born  in  Westfield,  New  York:  i.  George  Pull- 
man, born  October  27,  1886;  married  Kathryn 
Hiller;  child:  Betty  Mary,  born  in  Westfield, 
October  7,  1910.  2.  Marjorie  Rose,  lx)rn  Au^ 
gust  18,  1891. 

(The    Case  Line). 

John  Case,  the  American  ancestor,  married 
(first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Spencer 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  about  1657.  He  re- 
sided in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  until  the  spring 
of  1669,  then  moved  to  Massacoe  (now  Sims- 
bury).  His  wife  died  November  3,  1691,  aged 
fifty-five  years.  He  married  (second)  Eliza- 
beth, widow  of  Nathaniel  Loomis,  and  daugh- 
ter of  John  Moore,  of  Windsor.  John  Case 
was  appointed  constable  for  Massacoe  by  the 
general  court,  October  14,  1669,  being  the  first 
person  to  hold  office  in  that  place.  He  repre- 
sented his  town  in  the  general  court  in  1670 
and  several  times  thereafter.  He  died  in  Sims- 
bury,  Connecticut,  February  21,  1703-04.  His 
wife  survived  him  until  July  23,  1728,  being 
then  aged  ninety  years.    Children  of  first  wife : 


I.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1658;  married  (first) 
Joseph  Lewis;  (second)  John  Tuller.  2.  Mary, 
born  June  22,  1660;  married  (first)  William 
Alderman;  (second)  Joseph  Hillyer.  3.  John 
(of  whom  further).  4.  William,  born  June  5, 
1665  f  married  Elizabeth  Holcomb.  5.  Sam- 
uel, born  June  i,  1667,  married  (first)  Mary 
Westover;  (second)  Elizabeth  Thrall.  6.  Rich- 
ard, born  August  27,  1669 ;  married  Amy  Reed. 

7.  Bartholomew,  born  October,  1670;  married 
Mary  Humphrey.  8.  Joseph,  born  April  6, 
1674 ;  married  Anna  Eno.  9.  Sarah,  born  Au- 
gust 14,  1676;  married  Joseph  Phelps  Jr.  10. 
Abigail,  born  May  4,  1682;  married  John 
Westover. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Case,  was 
bom  November  5,  1662,  died  May  22,  1733. 
He  settled  in  Simsbury,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  September  12,  1684,  Mary  Olcott, 
who  died  1685,  daughter  of  Thomas  Olcott, 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  Their  one  child 
died  in  infancy.  He  married  (second)  1693, 
Sarah  Holcomb.  Children:  John  (of  whom 
further)  ;  Daniel,  born  March  7,  1696;  Mary, 
1698;  married  Josiah  Alford:  Jonathan,  April 
15,  1701 ;  Sarah,  1703,  married  John  Alder- 
man; Hannah,  1709,  married  Captain  Noah 
Humphrey. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Case,  was 
born  August  22,  J694,  died  December  2,  1752. 
He  lived  in  Simsbury,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, January  24,  1716-17,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Humphrey.  Children: 
John  (4),  born  February  19,  1718-19;  Noah, 
October  4,  1720;  Charles,  July  i,  1723;  Abi- 
gail, September  14,  1725;  Mary,  December 
29,  1727;  Lucy,  October  17,  1732,  married 
William  Wilcox;  Martha,  July  31,  1735,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Barber;  Job  (of  whom  further)  ; 
Lydia,  September  i,  1741,  married  Jonathan 
Painev. 

(IV)  Job,  youngest  son  and  eighth  child 
of  John  (3)  Case,  was  born  June  3,  1737, 
died  October  6,  1798.  He  lived  at  Ferry's 
Plain,  Connecticut.  He  married  Johanna,  born 
1740,  died  December  9,  1812,  daughter  of 
Amos  Wilcox.  Children:  i.  Job,  born  July  27, 
1758.  2.  Joanna,  August  9,  1760;  married 
Israel  Case.  3.  Violet,  October  19,  1762.  4. 
Ariel,  June  28,  1765.  5.  Lucy,  February  14, 
1767.  6.  Asenath,  June  12,  1770.  7.  Luke, 
July  I,  1772;  settled  in  Winchester,  died  1805. 

8.  Betsey,  December  23,  1775 ;  married  Mat- 
thew Adams ;  both  died  in  G«ranville.  9.  Fred- 
erick, *  May  5,   1777;  married  Anna  ; 


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both  died  in  Granville.  lo.  Grove  (of  whom 
further),  ii.  Friend,  November  lo,  1781,  died 
June  22,  1840. 

(V)  Grove,  tenth  child  of  Job  Case,  was 
born  June  29,  1779,  died  at  Granville,  Ohio, 
where  he  settled  with  others  of  the  family.  He 
married  Cinderella  Adams.  Children:  Grove 
(of  whom  further).  Norton,  born  August  23, 
1802,  died  March  23,  1879;  Jarvis;  Lucinda. 

(VI)  Grove  (2),  eldest  son  of  Grove  (i), 
Case,  was  born  January  20,  1800,  at  Sims- 
bury,  Connecticut,  died  February  19,  1885,  at 
Granville,  Ohio.  He  was  seven  years  old  when 
his  parents  moved  to  Ohio  where  his  after 
life  was  spent. 

Grove  Case  married  Laura  Carpenter, 
born  in  Chenango  county,  New  York,  October 
10,  1797,  died  April  2,  1885,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Nathan  Carpenter,  an  officer  of  the  rev- 
olution, born  April  12,  1757,  died  September 
19,  1814;  married  Irene  Reed,  born  January 
31,  1758,  died  August  7,  1804.  Children  of 
Grove  (2)  and  Laura  Case:  Lucius  (of  whom 
further) ;  Laura  Lucinda,  born  September  18, 
1823,  died  August  17,  1824;  Laura  Jane,  No- 
vember II,  1826,  died  March  5,  1844;  Edwin, 
November  12,  1828,  died  August  5,  1829; 
Celia  Charlotte,  April  2,  1833,  died  August  14, 
1857;  Lucy  C,  November  i,  1837,  died  Au- 
gust 14,  1857. 

(VII)  Lucius,  eldest  child  of  Grove  (2) 
Case,  was  born  in  Granville,  Ohio,  February 
26,  1822,  died  July  3,  1866.  He  married,  No- 
vember 14,  1843,  Mary  Rose,  born  in  Gran- 
ville, November  24,  1822,  died  June  19,  1905, 
daughter  of  Captain  Levi  and  Polly  (Stowe) 
Rose.  Captain  Rose  and  wife  came  from  Gran- 
ville, Massachusetts,  and  were  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Granville,  Ohio,  in  1805,  naming 
the  Ohio  settlement  in  remembrance  of  their 
former  home*  Captain  Levi  Rose  served  in 
the  war  of  1812.  Mary  (Rose)  Case  survived 
her  husband  and  married  (second)  Lewis 
Williams. 

The  children  of  Lucius  and  Mary  Case: 
Gilbert  Grove,  bom  January  6,  1845,  died 
January  9,  1868;  Celia  Jane,  March  i,  1847, 
died  July  3,  1871 ;  Helen  Rose,  February  8, 
1849;  Burton,  July  27,  185 1;  Mary  Lucy  (of 
whom  further). 

(VIII)  Mary  Lucy,  youngest  child  of  Lu- 
cius Case,  was  born  in  Granville,  Ohio,  March 
2,  1859;  married,  January  7,  1886,  in  Gran- 
ville, James  Valentine  Minton  (see  Minton 
IV). 


This  name  appears  in  the 
BLACKSTONE    early  records  of  Boston 

and  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, and  of  Rhode  Island.  Rev.  William 
Blackstone  took  his  degree  at  Emanuel  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  England,  1621,  and  was  or- 
dained to  the  ministry  of  the  Established 
Church  of  England.  He  did  not  like  the  Lord 
Bishop  and  in  1623  is  found  in  Weymouth  and 
in  1625  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
located  on  land  now  within  the  city  limits.  In 
1634  he  moved  to  Rehoboth,  locating  on  the 
banks  of  the  Blackstone  river  (now  in  the 
town  of  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island)  called  by 
him  "Study  Hill.  He  is  of  frequent  mention 
in  the  records  until  May  28,  1675,  when  he 
was  buried.  His  wife,  Sarah  (Stephenson) 
Blackstone,  died  June,   1673.     H^  ^^^^  ^  son 

John,  who  married  Catherine and  had 

a  son,  John  (2),  who  died  January  3,  1785, 
at  Branford,  Connecticut,  leaving  two  sons 
from  one  of  whom  the  Pennsylvania  family, 
herein  traced  descends. 

(I)  William  Jones  Blackstone,  a  descend- 
ant of  Rev.  William  Blackstone,  of  Rhode  Isl- 
and, was  born  about  1800  and  was  a  resident 
of  Sharon,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Emily, 
daughter  of  Timothy  and  Phoebe  (Mather) 
Andrews,  a  descendant  of  John  Andrews,  the 
emigrant,  and  Samuel  Andrews,  the  revolu- 
tionary soldier  (see  Andrews  VIII). 

(II)  William  Andrews,  son  of  William 
Jones  Blackstone,  was  born  in  Sharon,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  7,  1837,  died  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  1903.  He  resided  in  Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania,  later  in  Bluflfton,  Indiana,  com- 
ing from  there  in  1875  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  where  he  was  interested  with  the  Van- 
dergrift  Washing  Machine  Company.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel,  daughter  of  William  K.  and 
Sophia  (Carver)  Vandergrift,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Hart)  Van- 
dergrift (see  Hart  VI). 

(III)  George  Vandergrift,  son  of  William 
Andrews  Blackstone,  was  born  in  Oil  City, 
Pennsylvania,  November  i,  1860,  died  in  James- 
town, New  York,  June  22,  1910.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Bluffton,  Indi- 
ana, and  at  the  age  of  about  fifteen  came  with 
his  parents  to  Jamestown.  His  father  was 
connected  with  the  Vandergrift  Washing  Ma- 
chine Company,  and  George  V.  began  his 
business  life  as  a  workman  in  the  plant  of  that 
company.  He  worked  there  for  ten  years, 
thoroughly  mastering  every  detail  of  washing 


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machine  manufacture,  and  at  the  end  of  that 
period  secured  an  interest  in  the  business.  For 
fifteen  years  he  was  in  charge  of  the  big  plant 
at  East  Jamestown,  the  last  ten  years  owning 
a  controlling  interest  purchased  from  the  Van- 
dergrift  estate  and  other  holders  of  stock,  and 
was  elected  president.  He  was  successful  in 
business  to  a  high  degree  and  won  a  command- 
ing position  among  Jamestown  business  men. 
While  his  chief  business  interest  was  in  the 
Blackstone  Manufacturing  Company  (chang- 
ing the  name  after  he  secured  control  of  the 
Vandergrift  Company)  he  had  other  important 
interests.  For  eight  years  preceding  his  death 
he  was  a  director  of  the  Union  Trust  Com- 
pany and  in  1908  elected  second  vice-president. 
He  was  also  director  and  vice-president  of 
the  Citizens'  Trust  Company  of  Fredonia, 
serving  from  its  organization  until  his  death. 
He  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  James- 
town Manufacturers'  Association  and  was 
chosen  its  first  president.  He  was  a  Republi- 
can in  politics  and  gave  much  time  to  the  pub- 
lic service.  He  represented  the  fifth  ward 
in  the  city  council,  serving  for  several  years, 
a  portion  of  the  time  being  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee.  In  1903  he  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  board  of  water  commission- 
ers, serving  through  successive  appointments 
until  his  death.  He  served  during  his  earlier 
life  as  a  member  of  the  volunteer  fire  depart- 
ment of  Jamestown.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education,  and  in  all  these  posi- 
tions served  his  city  with  fidelity  and  gave 
the  same  careful  attention  to  public  business 
that  he  gave  to  his  own  personal  affairs.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  a  governor  of  the  Jamestown 
Qub.  He  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by 
his  business  associates,  while  his  relations  with 
his  employees  were  always  most  pleasant.  He 
was  most  modest  and  democratic  in  his  daily 
intercourse  with  men,  yet  of  firm,  decided 
and  fearless  action  in  matters  of  principle.  He 
left  behind  him  a  good  name  and  a  record  of 
a  life  well  spent. 

He  married,  October  13,  1886,  Katharine 
Parr  Morse,  born  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York, 
July  6,  1862,  daughter  of  Benedict  and  Rosina 
(Mayer)  Morse.  Mrs.  Blackstone  survives 
her  husband,  and  continues  her  residence  in 
Jamestown.    Child,  William  Morse. 

(IV)  William  Morse,  only  son  of  George 
Vandergrift  and  Katharine  Parr  (Morse) 
Blackstone,    was    born    in    Jamestown,    New 


York,  February  16,  1888.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Jamestown  high  school,  and  afterward 
The  Dr.  Holbrook  School,  Ossinning-on-the- 
Hudson,  and  finished  his  studies  in  New  York 
City.  He  succeeded  his  father  as  president  of 
the  Blackstone  Manufacturing  Company  and 
has  developed  unusual  business  qualities  for  so 
young  a  man.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Union 
Trust  Company  of  Jamestown  and  of  the  Citi- 
zens' Bank  of  Fredonia.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  of  the 
Jamestown  Qub. 

(The  Andrews  Line). 

John  Andrews  in  1672  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  ancient  town  of  Tunxis,  after- 
ward named  "Ff armingtowne/'  now  Farm- 
ington,  Connecticut  He  married  Mary . 

(H)  Daniel,  son  of  John  and  Mary  An- 
drews, died  April  16,  1731,  aged  eighty-two 
years.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Daniel  Andrews,  mar- 
ried Susannah  Haugh. 

(IV)  Timothy,  son  of  Joseph  and  Susannah 
(Haugh)  Andrews,  was  born  February  23, 
1718,  died  at  Farmington,  May  30,  1765.  He 
served  in  the  French  war  of  1755;  was  dis- 
abled and  drew  a  pension  of  twenty  pounds  in 
1763.     He  married  Thankful  Hunn. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Timothy  and  Thankful 
(Hunn)  Andrews,  was  born  at  Newington, 
Connecticut,  April  2j,  1741,  died  at  Burling- 
ton, Connecticut,  March,  1808.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  war  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  and  served  in  the  Third  Connecticut 
Regiment  continental  line  during  the  revolu- 
tion.   He  married  Mary  Johnson. 

(VI)  Samuel  Johnson,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Johnson)  Andrews,  married  Nancy 
Taylor. 

(VII)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Johnson 
and  Nancy  '  (Taylor)  Andrews,  married 
Phoebe  Mather. 

(VIII)  Emily,  daughter  of  Timothy  (2) 
and  Phoebe  (Mather)  Andrews,  married  Wil- 
liam Jones  Blackstone  (see  Blackstone  I). 

(IX)  William  Andrews  Blackstone,  son  of 
William  Jones  and  Emily  (Andrews)  Black- 
stone, married  Rachel  Vandergrift. 

(X)  George  Vandergrift,  son  of  William 
Andrews  and  Rachel  (Vandergrift)  Black- 
stone, married  Katharine  Parr  Morse. 

(XI)  William  Morse,  son  of  George  Van- 
dergrift and  Katharine  Parr  (Morse)  Black- 
stone, resides  in  Jamestown  (191 1). 


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(The  Hart  Line). 
(II)  John  Hart,  "the  signer/'  was  a  son  of 
Edward  Hart,  of  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
from  whence  he  came  to  Pennington,  New 
Jersey,  and  was  baptized  at  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Lawrence.  Edward  Hart  was  no 
doubt  a  descendant  of  Deacon  Stephen  Hart, 
founder  of  the  Hart  family  of  Connecticut, 
who  was  born  in  Braintree,  Essex,  England, 
about  1605  (see  Hart  family  in  this  work). 
John  Hart  was  a  man  of  education  and  prop- 
erty, and  in  1761  was  chosen  to  represent  his 
district  in  the  colonial  legislature  of  New  Jer- 
sey, to  which  he  was  annually  elected  until 
1772.  He  took  a  leading  part  in  the  delibera- 
tions of  that  body;  opposed  the  stamp  act; 
taxation  without  representation ;  and  voted  in 
favor  of  the  bill  refusing  to  grant  further  sup- 
plies to  the  king's  troops  quartered  in  New 
Jersey,  which  last  act  caused  the  dissolution 
of  the  legislature  by  the  angry  royal  governor. 
In  1774  he  was  chosen  a  delegate  from  Hun- 
terdon county  to  the  Provincial  Congress, 
and  served  on  its  most  important  committees 
until  its  dissolution  in  1776.  This  congress 
framed  the  state  constitution  of  New  Jersey 
under  which  John  Hart  was  chosen  a  member 
of  the  first  legislature  and  without  a  dissenting 
vote  was  elected  speaker  of  the  house,  and  sent 
as  a  delegate  from  New  Jersey  to  the  con- 
tinental congress  of  1774-75,  and  in  1776  he 
was  one  of  the  five  members  chosen  from  New 
Jersey:  Richard  Stockton,  Dr.  John  Wither- 
spoon  (president  of  Princeton  College),  Judge 
Francis  Hopkinson,  Abraham  Clark  and  John 
Hart,  the  immortal  five  representing  New  Jer- 
sey, whose  names  were  affixed  to  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  at  Independence  Hall, 
Philadelphia.  July  4,  1776.  When  the  army 
of  Washington  was  driven  from  New  Jersey 
the  legislature,  of  which  John  Hart  was 
speaker,  was  obliged  to  disperse  and  seek 
safety  in  flight,  but  after  the  victory  at  Tren- 
ton they  were  convened  at  Trenton  on  the 
summons  of  the  speaker  in  January,  1777.  He 
was  again  chosen  speaker,  an  office  he  held 
until  failing  health  compelled  his  resignation. 
The  prominence  of  his  position  and  his  well- 
known  fidelity  to  the  cause  of  liberty  exposed 
him  to  the  vengeance  of  the  British,  who  rav- 
aged his  estates,  burned  his  mills  and  improve- 
ments, reducing  him  to  a  condition  of  hopeless 
poverty.  His  life  was  in  danger  and  he  could 
only  visit  his  sick  wife  by  stealth.  He  did  not 
live  to  see  the  triumph  of  the  cause  for  which 


he  gave  his  all,  but  died  in  1780,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-two  years,  honored  and  beloved. 
The  state  of  New  Jersey  erected  a  monument 
to  his  memory  in  the  burying  ground  of  old 
Hopewell  church  (where  his  remains  were 
transferred),  which  was  dedicated  July  4, 
1865,  Governor  Joel  Parker  delivering  the 
oration. 

He  married  Deborah  Scudder,  who  died  Oc- 
tober 26,  1776,  youngest  daughter  of  Richard 
Scudder.  (Children:  Sarah,  Jesse,  Martha, 
Nathaniel,  John,  Susannah,  Mary,  Abigail, 
Edward  Scudder  and  Daniel. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Hart,  "the 
signer,"  was  born  October  29,  1748.  About 
the  year  1770  he  emigrated  to  Point  Coupee, 
Louisiana,  where  he  became  wealthy  in  slaves 
and  property,  but  was  stripped  of  all  by  the 
Spanish  authorities  and  confined  eight  months 
in  prison  with  many  others.  He  went  to  Cuba 
after  his  release,  again  became  wealthy  and 
again  met  reverses.  He  then  returned  to  Hope- 
well, New  Jersey,  where  he  again  amassed  a 
good  estate.  But  no  son  of  John  Hart,  "the 
patriot,"  could  be  allowed  to  live  in  peaceful 
plenty.  The  British  burned  his  buildings,  de- 
stroyed his  property  and  compelled  him  to  re- 
move. He  sold  all  his  large  possessions,  tak- 
ing continental  money  in  payment.  This  so 
depreciated  in  value  that  in  his  declining  years 
he  was  left  in  poverty.  He  married  Catherine 
Knowles,  of  Tacony,  Pennsylvania.  Children : 
Mary  (of  further  mention)  ;  Susannah,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Hall,  of  Philadelphia;  Elizabeth, 
married  James  Bowyer;  Sarah,  married  Wil- 
liam Reed,  of  Philadelphia;  John,  married 
Mary  Shreeves,  of  Philadelphia. 

(IV)  Mary,  eldest  child  of  John  (2)  and 
Catherine  (Knowles)  Hart,  married  Jacob 
Vandergrift. 

(V)  William  K.  Vandergrift,  son  of  Jacob 
and  Mary  (Hart)  Vandergrift,  married 
Sophia  Carver. 

(VI)  Rachel,  daughter  of  William  K.  and 
Sophia  (Carver)  Vandergrift,  married  Wil- 
liam Andrews  Blackstone  (see  Blackstone  II). 


There  are  several  families 
BATCHELLER    of  this  name  in  America 

not  allied  as  far  as  any 
record  now  attainable  would  indicate.  The 
family  of  which  this  article  treats  is  known 
as  the  "Massachusetts  Batchellers."  The  spell- 
ing found  in  early  records  has  been  changed 
by   most   of  the  present  descendants.     This 


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family  has  been  noted  for  men  of  large  stature 
and  much  physical  and  mental  vigor.  While 
the  early  generation  were  necessarily  engaged 
in  agriculture,  as  that  was  the  chief  industry 
of  their  time,  later  representatives  of  the  fam- 
ily have  found  distinction  in,  professional  life 
and  the  various  activities  of  modern  times. 

(I)  The  first  of  whom  any  record  is  now 
found  was  Daniel  Batcheller,  who  lived  and 
died  near  Canterbury,  England.  He  had  four 
sons :  Joseph,  Henry,  Joshua  and  John.  The 
first  two  and  last  of  these  settled  in  America. 

(H)  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  Daniel  Batcheller, 
was  born  in  Canterbury,  and  died  in  March, 
1647,  i^  Wenham,  Massachusetts.  He  came 
to  America  in  1636  with  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
one  child  and  three  servants,  being  also  accom- 
panied by  his  brothers,  Henry  and  John  Batch- 
eller. He  was  a  tailor,  and  settled  first  in 
Salem,  whence  he  removed  shortly  to  Wen- 
ham.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony  in  1637,  and  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  from  Wenham  in  1644, 
being  the  first  from  that  town.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate,  made  March  3,  1657,  stated  that 
he  had  been  dead  ten  years.  His  estate  was 
settled  by  his  son  Mark.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Wenham  church,  or- 
ganized October  8,  1644,  and  his  wife  was 
admitted  to  the  same  church  on  the  seventh 
of  the  following  month.  In  a  record  regard- 
ing a  matter  of  church  discipline  in  Wenham 
appears  the  following:  "In  ye  mesne  space 
it  pleased  God  to  take  to  himself  brother 
Batchel,  a  man  wise,  moderate  and  very  able 
to  be  helpful  in  such  cases."  His  children 
were  Marie,  John,  Elizabeth  and  Hannah. 

(Ill)  John,  junior  son  of  Joseph  and  Eliz- 
abeth Batcheller,  was  baptized  January  20, 
1638,  in  the  First  Church  of  Salem,  and  died 
December  17,  1698,  in  Wenham.  His  will 
was  made  the  day  preceding  his  death,  and  the 
inventory  of  his  estate  made  March  20,  1699, 
showing  a  valuation  of  £519  5s.  John  Batch- 
eller was  a  juror  in  the  lamentable  witchcraft 
trials  of  Salem,  and  in  1692  signed  a  state- 
ment asking  forgiveness  for  his  pai*ticipation 
therein.  He  married  (first)  July  12,  1661, 
Mary  Dennis,  who  died  June  26,  1665,  and 
he  married  (second)  May  4,  1666,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Robert  Goodale,  of  Salem.  She 
died  March  22,  1729.  There  were  two  chil- 
dren of  the  first  wife,  John  and  Joseph.  Those 
of  the  second  were:  Mark,  Elizabeth,  Eben- 
ezcr,  Hannah,  Mary,  Sarah  and  David. 


(IV)  David,  youngest  child  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Goodale)  Batcheller,  was  born  1673, 
in  Wenham,  where  he  died  January  29,  1766. 
He  was  the  first  to  adopt  the  spelling  of  the 
name  now  used  by  his  descendants.  He  was 
prominent  in  both  church  and  town  affairs  of 
Wenham,  being  town  clerk  fr<Mn  1744  to 
1748.  From  his  father  he  inherited  a  farm 
of  eighteen  acres,  and  he  was  probably  en- 
gaged in  agriculture.  He  married  (intentions 
published  May  7,  1709),  Susannah  Whipple, 
of  Ipswich,  who  died  June  13,  1764.  Chil- 
dren: David,  Susannah  (died  young), 
Joseph,  Amos,  Nehemiah,  Abraham,  Mary, 
Susanna. 

(V)  Abraham,  youngest  son  of  David  and 
Susannah  (Whipple)  Batcheller,  was  born 
June  5,  1722,  in  Wenham,  and  died  January 
31,  1813,  in  Sutton,  Massachusetts.  He  lived 
for  a  time  in  Westboro,  and  purchased  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  in  Sutton  at  one  shill- 
ing per  acre.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  a 
man  pf  strong  will  and  eccentric  character. 
His  children  were  allowed  one  cup  of  tea  a 
week,  on  Sunday  morning.  When  desiring 
to  reach  any  point  in  his  large  domain  he 
hitched  up  three  yoke  of  oxen  and  crashed 
his  way  in  a  bee  line  through  the  underbrush 
without  making  any  previous  clearing.  In 
1763  he  was  a  selectman  of  Sutton,  at  which 
time  he  was  called  captain.  The  next  year 
the  record  of  his  election  as  selectman  calls 
him  ensign,  and  also  in  the  two  succeeding 
years.  In  1773  and  1782  he  was  selectman 
and  then  was  called  lieutenant.  He  married, 
May  17,  1751,  Sarah  Newton,  born  July  19, 
1732,  in  Westboro,  daughter  of  Abner  and 
Vashti  (Eager)  Newton.  Children:  Abraham, 
Abigail,  Vashti,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Ezra, 
Sarah  and  Amos. 

(VI)  Abraham  (2),  eldest  child  of 
Abraham  (i)  and  Sarah  (Newton)  Batch- 
eller, was  bom  March  26,  1752,  in  Sutton,  and 
died  August  14,  1832,  in  Stockton,  New  York. 
He  received  from  his  father  a  farm  in  Sutton, 
on  which  he  lived  thirty  years.  He  was  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  serving  as  a  corporal 
in  Captain  Andrew  Elliott's  company  of  Colo- 
nel Ebenezer  Lamed's  regiment.  He  was  fre- 
quently an  officer  of  Sutton,  serving  as  select- 
man in  1781.  In  1792  he  removed  to  Paris 
Hill,  Oneida  county.  New  York,  which  was 
then  a  wilderness,  the  present  city  of  Utica 
containing  at  the  time  only  three  log  houses. 
In  1816  he  removed  to  Stockton,  Chautauqua 


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county,  New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing until  his  death.  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  and  received  the  title 
of  lieutenant  through  service  in  the  state  mil- 
itia. 

He  married,  December  28,  1774,  Rebecca 
Dwight,  born  May  19,  1754,  died  April  5, 
1842,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane  (Bulk- 
ley)  Dwight.  Children:  Paul,  Elizabeth, 
Joseph,  Dwight,  Rebecca,  Abraham,  Silence, 
Levina,  Electa,  Charles,  Sally  and  Nancy. 

(VII)  Captain  Joseph  Batcheller,  first  sur- 
viving son  of  Lieutenant  Abraham  (2)  and 
Rebecca  (Ehvight)  Batcheller,  was  born  June 
3,  1778,  in  Sutton,  and  died  July  13,  1871,  in 
Pomfret,  New  York.  In  the  autumn  of  181 1 
he  went  to  Chautauqua  county  and  located 
eleven  miles  south  of  Dunkirk,  where  he  built 
a  log  house  and  barn,  and  then  returned  to 
Oneida  county  for  his  family.  In  February, 
1 8 12,  he  removed  to  his  new  location  with 
a  yoke  of  oxen  and  sled,  spending  two  weeks 
on  the  trip.  There  he  engaged  in  farming  the 
rest  of  his  life.  His  military  title  was  de- 
rived from  service  in  the  militia.  He  married, 
in  Smithfield,  New  York,  January  18,  1810, 
Dorothy  Needham,  born  April  22,  1789,  died 
February  20,  1865,  in  Pomfret.  Children: 
I.  Julia  Ann,  married  (first)  Milo  Barley; 
(second)  Otis  Temple.  2.  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Joseph  Wilson.  3.  Varman  Needham,  a 
farmer,  residing  in  Stockton.  4.  Joseph  E., 
died  young.  5.  George  S.,  died  young.  6. 
Joseph  E.,  mentioned  below.  7.  George  S.,  a 
farmer  of  Stockton. 

(VIII)  Joseph  Elliott,  fourth  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  and  Dorothy  (Needham)  Batch- 
eller, was  bom  December  26,  1822,  in  Pom- 
fret, and  resided  in  Stockton,  where  he  was 
a  farmer,  and  died  September  22,  1888.  He 
married,  in  Pomfret,  in  April,  1848,  Achsah 
Hunger,  born  February  12,  1824.  Children: 
I.  Tower,  was  a  farmer  in  Stockton.  2.  Naomi 
Adele,  was  wife  of  Joseph  M.  Kelly,  a  farmer, 
of  Stockton.    3.  Delmer  E.,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Delmer  Elliott,  junior  son  of  Joseph 
E.  and  Achsah  (Munger)  Batcheller,  was 
born  February  27,  1862,  in  Pomfret,  and  re- 
sided on  the  paternal  farm  until  fifteen  years 
of  age.  He  attended  the  various  schools  of 
Stockton,  and  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Fredonia,  New  York,  afterwards  taking  a 
post-graduate  course  at  the  Illinois  Wesleyan 
University,  which  institution  has  conferred 
upon     him     the     degree     of     Bachelor     of 


Philosophy.  In  the  winter  of  1881-82  he  be- 
gan teaching  at  Gerry,  Chautauqua  county, 
and  was  afterwards  employed  in  the  same 
manner  at  Perrysburg,  Stockton  and  Ripley, 
in  his  native  county.  From  1884  to  1886  he 
was  principal  of  the  Union  School  and  Aca- 
demy at  Mayville,  New  York.  On  the  organi- 
zation of  School  No.  39,  in  the  city  of  Buffalo, 
he  was  appointed  principal  and  thus  continued 
three  years.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  prin- 
cipal of  School  No.  45,  which  included  over 
thirteen  hundred  pupils  and  twenty-seven 
teachers,  and  continued  at  the  head  of  this 
school  for  thirteen  years.  Mr.  Batcheller  is 
a  man  of  large  frame,  with  strong  mentality 
as  well  as  physical  vigor.  He  was  popular 
with  both  teachers  and  pupils  in  Buffalo,  where 
he  was  so  long  in  active  educational  work. 
In  July,  1902,  he  was  appointed  superintend- 
ent of  the  schools  of  Olean,  New  York,  in 
which  position  he  continued  until  February  i, 
1908,  with  success  and  manifest  benefit  to  the 
educational  system  of  the  city.  After  resign- 
ing the  superintendency  in  Olean,  Mr.  Batch- 
eller again  returned  to  Buffalo,  having  asso- 
ciated himself  with  Mr.  C.  F.  Warner,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Warner  &  Batcheller,  and 
engaged  in  the  business  of  real  estate  and  in- 
surance. After  one  and  one-half  years  of  suc- 
cess in  this  business  he  was  unanimously  in- 
vited to  accept  the  position  of  superintendent 
of  schools  in  Dunkirk,  New  York.  Feeling 
that  his  calling  was  to  the  educational  field, 
which  was  more  congenial  than  that  of  busi- 
ness, he  accepted  and  has  continued  in  that 
position  to  the  present  time.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Principals'  Associa- 
tion of  Buffalo,  of  whose  executive  committee 
he  was  a  member  and  refused  its  presidency; 
he  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Teachers'  Association,  and  an  active  member 
of  the  National  Educational  Association.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Masonic  brother- 
hood, holding  membership  in  Queen  City 
Lodge,  No.  338,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Buffalo;  and  Keystone  Chapter,  No.  163,' 
Royal  Arch  Masons.  For  many  years  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Richmond  Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  in  Ripley,  July  16,  1884,  Sa- 
ville  H.  Rickenbrode,  born  March  4,  1859, 
who  was  several  years  a, teacher.  Children: 
Pauline  Naomi,  died  in  her  second  year ;  Del- 
mer Elliott,  born   May    18,    1891 ;   Margaret 


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Elizabeth,  September  19,  1892;  Carl  Arthur, 
June  19,  1896. 


(VII)  Deacon  Charles 
BATCHELLER  Batcheller,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Abraham  (2)  (q. 
V.)  and  Rebecca  (D wight)  Batcheller,  was 
bom  in  Paris  Hill,  Oneida  county,  New 
York,  April  23,  1802,  died  in  Q)lorado, 
Texas,  December  25,  1882,  and  was  buried 
in  Victor,  Iowa.  When  he  was  four- 
teen years  old  his  parents  removed  to 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  following 
a  trail  of  marked  trees,  which  was  the  only 
road.  Here  Charles  Batcheller  settled  later 
on  a  high  hill  in  Stockton,  which  commanded 
a  magnificent  view  of  the  chain  of  Cassadaga 
lakes,  and  lakes  Erie  and  Chautauqua.  He 
became  a  wealthy  farmer.  In  1849  he  removed 
to  Fredonia,  New  York,  where  he  conducted 
a  retail  dry  goods  business  until  1857,  when 
he  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Iowa  county, 
Iowa,  whither  he  removed  and  resumed  farm- 
ing. In  1859  ^^  disposed  of  these  interests 
and  invested  in  Texas  lands,  and  while  on  a 
visit  to  them  he  was  taken  sick  and  died.  "For 
over  forty  years  he  was-  an  honored  member 
of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  was  most  highly 
gifted  in  prayer."  He  was  a  radical  in  poli- 
tics, an  ardent  admirer  of  Wendell  Phillips, 
Gerrit  Smith  and  Garrison,  and  he  was  most 
active  in  assisting  runaway  slaves  to  Canada, 
via  the  so-called  underground  railway.  He 
married,  May  24,  1826,  Eliza  Ann,  bom  Sep- 
tember 26,  1809,  died  June  28,  1859,  daughter 
of  David  Johnson.  Children,  all  born  in 
Stockton,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York:  i. 
Lodoski,  bom  September  5,  1827,  died  March 
8,  1886;  married,  June  5,  i860,  William 
Henkle.  2.  Salathiel  (referred  to  below.) 
3.  Eliza  Ann,  born  February  19,  183 1,  died 
March  9,  1852.  4.  Mattie  Rebecca,  bom  March 
26,  1833,  died  December  4,  1886;  married, 
June  2,  1864,  James  Yard  Elmendorf.  5.  Me- 
lissa, born  August  8,  1836;  lived  in  Denver, 
Colorado;  married,  October  15,  1857,  Frank 
Jerome,  deceased.  6.  Eva  Ellen,  bom  April 
24,  1846;  living  in  Denver,  Colorado;  married 
Frank  Jerome,  1904,  who  died  May  15,  1907. 
(VIII)  Salathiel,  son  of  Deacon  Charles  and 
Eliza  Ann  (Johnson)  Batcheller,  was  born  at 
Stockton,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
March  26,  1829,  and  died  at  Victor,  Iowa, 
August  14,  1875.  He  received  his  education 
in  Fredonia,  New  York,  and  then  entered  on 


a  mercantile  career  in  that  place.  Later  he 
removed  to  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  where  he  studied 
law  and  also  entered  the  political  arena,  a 
strong  Republican,  serving  as  county  clerk 
for  many  years.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil 
war  he  entered  the  Union  army,  but  being  of 
a  frail  constitution  he  was  made  first  assistant 
quartermaster-general  of  the  Department  of 
the  Cumberland,  where  he  remained  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  when  he  returned  home, 
broken  in  health.  He  married,  December  2, 
185 1,  Marietta  P.,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Sam- 
uel Augustus  and  Prudence  Olivia  (Cotes) 
Brown,  of  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York.  Her  grandfather.  Colonel  Daniel 
Brown,  was  born  in  Windham,  Connecticut, 
January  13,  1747,  and  during  the  revolution- 
ary war  was  a  deputy  commissioner  under 
General  Jonathan  Trumbull.  He  was  a  de- 
scendant of  the  Peter  Brown  who  came  over 
to  America  in  the  "Mayflower."  He  married 
Anna  Phelps.  The  Hon.  Samuel  Augustus 
Brown,  son  of  Colonel  Daniel  and  Anna 
(Phelps)  Brown,  was  born  in  the  parish  of 
Gilead,  Hebron,  Connecticut,  February  20, 
179s,  and  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1863.  I"  ^813  he  began  the  study  of 
law  at  Springfield,  New  York,  and  three  years 
later  removed  to  Jamestown.  In  18 17  he  be- 
came a  member  of  Mount  Moriah  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Jamestown,  and  in 
1823  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  lodge.  He 
held  many  offices  of  public  trust,  and  was 
commissioner  and  inspector  of  common 
schools  and  assessor  of  the  town  of  EUicott. 
In  182 1  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the  James- 
town Congregational  Church.  March  28,  1825, 
he  was  appointed  master  in  chancery  and  also 
brigade  judge  advocate  of  militia.  In  1826  he 
was  a  member  of  the  New  York  state  as- 
sembly, and  in  1827  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
as  counselor  in  chancery.  In  1828  he  was  dis- 
trict attorney,  in  183 1  a  director  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua County  Bank,  and  in  1858  special  sur- 
rogate of  the  county.  He  was  also  superin- 
tendent of  the  poor,  and  after  1840  a  member 
of  the  Chautauqua  Bible  Society.  He  was  a 
Presbyterian  in  religion  and  became  an  elder 
in  1849.  He  married,  March  7,  1819,  Pmd- 
ence  Olivia,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Cotes, 
of  Springfield,  New  York,  who  was  bom  there 
January  18,  1799,  and  died  August  31,  1862. 
They  had  eleven  children,  five  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.  Children  of  Salathiel  and  Marietta 
P.  (Brown)  Batcheller:  I.  Frank,  born  March 


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24,  185s,  died  July  13,  1855.  2.  Mary,  born 
February  8,  1858,  died  in  May,  1859.  3.  Eva 
Brown,  born  December  22,  i860;  living  in 
Jamestown,  and  for  the  past  ten  years  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools  there.  4.  Levant 
Bishop  (referred  to  below). 

(IX)  Levant  Bishop,  son  of  Salathiel  and 
Marietta  P.  (Brown)  Batcheller,  was  born  at 
Victor,  Iowa,  December  3,  1869,  ^md  is  now 
living  at  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  He  graduated  from  the  high  school 
of  Victor,  Iowa,  in  1885,  and  then  took  the 
course  in  pharmacy  in  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo, from  which  he  graduated  in  1897.  March 
I,  1898,  he  commenced  business  with  John  M. 
Winnberg  at  113  Main  street,  Jamestown,  and 
has  been  there  ever  since,  the  firm  building 
up  a  large  and  prosperous  business.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of 
Burd  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Jamestown,  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  a  Knight 
Templar,  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  of  the  Moose  and  the  Elks.  He  is  a  Pres- 
byterian in  religion.  He  married,  at  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio,  February  5,  1902,  Alice,  daughter 
of  William  Edward  and  Emeline  (Perkins) 
Hughes.  Her  father  was  a  blacksmith.  His 
children  are :  Alice,  referred  to  above ;  Charles 
and  Cordelia.  Children  of  Levant  Bishop 
and  Alice  (Hughes)  Batcheller:  i.  Alice  Cor- 
delia, born  January  20,  1904.  2.  Edward 
Jerome,  born  April  20,  1907. 

The  Herron  family  of  West- 
HERRON     field.  New  York,  descend  from 

John  Herron,  a  well-to-do 
farmer  and  land  owner,  born  in  the  parish 
of  Raffery,  county  Down,  Ireland.  His  fam- 
ily had  long  been  seated  in  Ireland,  where 
they  held  a  good  position.  John  Herron  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Watson,  of  Newton  Arde, 
county  Down.  Both  John  and  his  wife  died 
in  Ireland  in  the  county  in  which  their  lives 
had  been  spent.  Children:  i.  William  (of 
whom  further).  2.  Jane,  born  in  Raffery, 
county  Down,  Ireland,  January  31,  1828;  mar- 
ried, in  Ireland,  William  Johnson.  They  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1850,  settled  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  where  she  yet  resides  (191 1)» 
aged  eighty-four  years.  3.  Arabella,  died  in 
Ireland,  unmarried.  4.  James,  born  in  Raf- 
fery, Ireland,  where  he  died  in  1862.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  in  i860,  but  did 
not  long  remain,  returning  to  Ireland  and  his 
native  parish,  where  he  died. 


(II)  William,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Watson)  Herron,  was  born  in  the  parish 
of  Raffery,  county  Down,  Ireland,  August  13, 
1 82 1,  died  in  Westfield,  New  York,  May  23, 
1896.  "  He  married  in  Ireland  and  in  1850, 
with  wife  and  three  children,  sister  Jane  and 
husband,  came  to  the  United  States.  The 
Johnsons  settled  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
while  William  and  his  family  chose  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  for  their  location.  In  1852  his  wife 
died  and  William  joined  his  sister  in  West- 
field,  leaving  his  children  with  friends  in  Bal- 
timore. He  purchased  a  farm  in  Westfield 
and  soon  afterward  brought  his  children  to 
his  Chautauqua  county  home.  He  was  a  very 
successful  farmer,  and  a  man  held  in  high  es- 
teem. He  married  (first)  in  Ireland,  about 
1842,  Jane  Wallace,  born  in  county  Down, 
Ireland,  about  1824,  died  in  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land, 1852.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Margaret  Walface,  of  Ireland,  and  a  de- 
scendant of  the  famous  Wallace  family  of 
Scotland.  William  Herron  married  (second) 
Cynthia  Green,  of  Westfield,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  all  but  the  youngest  born 
in  Raffery,  Ireland:  John  (of  whom  fur- 
ther) ;  Robert,  born  September  25,  1845.  died 
February  21,  1846;  Robert  Wallace,  born 
January  24,  1847,  married  Chloe  Winter; 
Ihomas,  September  16,  1848,  married  Mar- 
garet Foskie ;  James,  born  in  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land. September  27,  1851,  died  1852.  Children 
of  second  marriage,  all  born  in  Westfield,  New 
York :  Elizabeth,  married  William  Donngann ; 
William,  married  Lillian  Bloomer;  Jennie, 
died  young;  Frank,  died  young;  Fred,  mar- 
ried Amy  Bloomer  and  resides  on  the  home- 
stead farm. 

(III)  John,  eldest  son  of  \yilliam  and  Jane 
(Wallace)  Herron,  was  born  in  the  parish 
of  RaflFery,  county  Down,  Ireland,  January 
21,  1844.  He  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  by  his  parents  in  1850  and  joined  his 
father  in  Westfield,  New  York,  in  1853,  being 
then  nine  years  of  age.  He  was  educated  in 
the  Westfield  schools.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm  and  later  purchased  a  farm  of  sixty-four 
acres  on  the  Munson  road,  where  he  resides 
(191 1 ).  He  maintains  a  dairy  and  has  al- 
ways been  a  large  dealer  in  live  stock  of  all 
kinds.  A  portion  of  his  farm  is  devoted  to 
fruit  culture,  including  a  grape  vineyard.  He 
has  been  successful  in  business  and  holds  a 
good  position  in  his  town  as  an  enterprising, 
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quartermaster  sergeant  of  the  Eleventh  Sep- 
arate Company,  Thirty-first  Brigade,  New 
York  National  Guard,  and  served  with  his 
company  in  suppressing  the  great  railroad 
strike  of  1877,  in  Buffalo.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  but  has  never  aspired  to  pub- 
lic office,  although  he  is  deeply  interested  in 
all  that  concerns  the  welfare  of  nation,  state 
and  county,  being  well-read  and  informed  on 
the  vital  issues  of  the  day.  He  is  one  of  the 
oldest  Free  Masons  of  Summit  Lodge,  of 
Westfield,  where  he  was  made  a  Mason  in 
1870.  He  is  an  honored  past  master  of  that 
lodge  and  a  companion  of  Westfield  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons. 

He  married,  in  Westfield,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1872,  Rosabelle  Wood,  born  in  Rip- 
ley, New  York,  July  2,  1847,  daughter  of 
Hiram  Wood,  born  in  West  Winfield,  Herki- 
mer county.  New  York,  August  12,  1808,  died 
189 1.  He  married  Almeda  Winter,  born  1822, 
died  1904.  Hiram  Wood  was  a  son  of  David 
Wood,  an  early  settler  and  prominent  citizen 
of  Herkimer  county.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Herron:  i.  Jesse  K.,  born  August  27, 
1879.  2.  Wallace  Wood,  born  March  25,  1881 ; 
married  Ethel  Burch,  June  20,  1907;  child, 
Leslie  Robert,  born  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
May  17,  1908.  3.  Nellie  Leverna,  born  June 
4,  1883;  married,  June  26,  1907,  Gerald  Gil- 
man  Gibbs.  4.  Anna  Almeda,  born  August  26, 
1886. 


The  name  of  Stuart  and 
STEWART  Stewart  has  long  been  asso- 
ciated with  Scotland,  and 
tales  of  romantic  interest  have  been  built 
around  the  Highland  devotion  to  the  Stuart 
cause  and  unfortunate  "Prince  Charlie."  The 
lineage  of  the  Stewarts  of  Silver  Creek,  New 
York,  herein  recorded,  is  traced  to  the  time 
of  Cromwell,  "The  Protector.*'  They  were 
one  of  the  many  Scotch  familes  who  sought 
refuge  in  the  North  of  Ireland,  from  whence 
their  descendants  came  to  America,  founding 
that  race  here  known  as  "Scotch-Irish"  that 
played  so  important  a  part  in  the  settlement 
of  \\>stern  Pennsylvania,  and  of  whom  it  is 
proudly  boasted  "never  produced  a  Tory." 
The  founder  of  this  branch  in  the  United 
States.  Adam  Stewart,  was  born  in  London- 
derry, Ireland,  of  Scotch  parents,  in  1756. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  he  came  to  America, 
settling  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
married  in  Berks  county.     Later  he  removed 


to  Sadsbury  township,  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  at  the  unusual 
age  of  ninety-four  years.  He  was  a  man  large 
of  stature  and  known  far  and  near  as  Squire 
Stewart  from  having  been  justice  of  the  peace 
for  many  years.  For  over  fifty  years  he  was 
an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  that  office 
in  those  days  having  a  life  tenure.  He  was 
held  in  deepest  respect  during  his  active  years 
and  with  utmost  veneration  as  his  years  passed 
man's  allotted  period  and  neared  the  century 
mark.  He  retained  his  faculties  to  the  last, 
retaining  his  interest  in  the  church  and  in  cur- 
rent events  until  the  very  last  moment  of  life. 
He  was  a  great  reader  and  fell  from  his  chair 
with  a  newspaper  in  his  hand.  On  being  raised 
from  the  floor  he  was  found  to  be  lifeless. 
He  married  (first)  Jane  Feister,  who  died 
about  181 1,  the  mother  of  eight  children.  He 
married  (second)  Lydia  Schuylmacher,  the 
mother  of  five. 

(II)  Aaron,  son  of  Adam  Stewart,  was 
born  in  Sadsbury  township,  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  October  11,  i8or,  died  there 
October  5,  1871.  He  was  a  merchant  in  the 
town  of  Evansburg,  Crawford  county,  but  in 
his  later  years  retired  to  a  farm,  continuing 
there  until  his  death.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  married  Margaret  McMichael  (a 
native  of  the  same  town),  born  June  19,  1802, 
died  there  March  21,  1847.  Children,  all  born 
in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania:  i.  Mary 
Crawford,  born  February  24,  1823,  died  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1847;  married  Hiram  Stoddard.  2. 
George  S.,  July  3,  1825,  died  August  23,  1898; 
married  Damaris  Rooker.  3.  Adam,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1827,  died  August  25,  1908;  married 
Ellen  R.  Stevens;  children:  Frederick  Shat- 
tuck,  Franklin  Pierce,  Altamont  Stratton, 
Belle,  Margaret  and  Sadie.  4.  Rosanna,  Au- 
gust 16,  1831,  died  September  22,  1905;  mar- 
ried David  J.  Hood.  5.  Eliza,  September  8, 
1833 ;  married,  in  Cheyenne,  Wyoming,  July 
21,  1870,  Stephen  Boyd,  born  in  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, near  Oxford  Mills;  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1865,  going  to  Denver,  Colorado, 
later  to  Laramie,  Wyoming.  Children:  i. 
Bertha,  born  April  11.  1872.  ii.  Minnie.  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1874,  died  March  15,  1874.  iii.  Lil- 
lian, October  28,  1876;  married,  October  12, 
1899,  Elwyn  W.  Condit;  has  a  son  Elwyn 
Boyd,  born  April  16,  190 1.  Mrs.  Boyd,  now 
seventy-eight  years  of  age,  resides  in  Laramie, 
Wyoming;  was  one  of  the  first  jury  composed 
of  women  in  the  state  of  Wyoming.     In  her 


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own  handwriting  she  furnished  important  data 
for  this  record.  6.  Amelia,  May  17,  1836; 
married  Peter  Conver;  died  May  14,  1883. 
7.  Anna,  October  28,  1838;  married  Hamilton 
Armour  Adams.  8.  James  F.,  March  21, 
1841;  married  Mary  McElhenny;  children: 
William  W.,  George  S.  and  Blanche.  9.  Theo- 
dore (of  further  mention). 

(Ill)  Theodore,  son  of  Aaron  Stewart,  was 
born  in  Evansburg,  Crawford  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  28,  1844.  He  was  educated 
at  Evansburg  and  at  Meadville  Academy, 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania;  also  at  Poughkeep- 
sie.  New  York,  Business  College.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  he  went  to  Franklin,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  entered  a  banking  office  which  after- 
ward became  the  Venango  National  Bank  of 
Franklin,  Pennsylvania,  remaining  there  until 
it  failed  in  1866.  In  that  year  he  came  to 
Silver  Creek,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
to  take  a  similar  position  with  the  Bank  of 
Silver  Creek,  continuing  until  1876,  when  that 
institution  discontinued  business.  He  engaged 
in  mercantile  life  in  Silver  Creek  as  senior 
member  of  Stewart  &  Company,  which  firm 
conducted  a  successful  business  until  1899, 
when  he  again  entered  the  financial  field.  In 
May,  1899,  he  organized,  with  others,  the 
State  Bank  of  Silver  Creek.  He  was  chosen 
cashier  and  is  now  vice-president.  He  has 
other  important  business  interests,  one  being 
the  Columbian  Postal  Supply  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  cancelling  machines  used  in  the 
postoffices  for  the  cancellation  of  stamps.  He 
also  holds  official  position  in  the  Silver  Creek 
Sand  Company,  Silver  Creek  Gas  and  Im- 
provement Company,  and  the  People's  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Company.  He  is  an  Inde- 
pendent in  politics,  considering  the  man  more 
than  his  party.  For  several  years  he  has  been 
treasurer  of  the  village  corporation  of  Silver 
Creek.  He  has  always  been  active  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church  and  for  some  time  has  filled 
the  office  of  elder. 

He  married,  November  29,  1882,  Antoinette 
More,  bom  at  Silver  Creek,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1864,  daughter  of  Henry  D.  and 
Elizabeth  More  (see  More  V).  Children: 
I.  Vernon  Theodore,  born  November  13,  1883 ; 
educated  in  Silver  Creek  schools ;  graduate  of 
high  school,  1900;  graduate  of  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1905,  and  soon  after  entered 
the  National  City  Bank  of  New  York  City. 
In  1910  he  became  cashier  of  the  State  Bank 
of  Silver  Creek,  of  which  he  has  been  a  di- 


rector since  1905.  He  is  a  member  of  Beta 
Theta  Pi  (college  fraternity),  and  April  14, 
1895,  became  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Silver  Creek.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1908,  Helen  L.,  daughter  of  Ralph  J. 
and  Corinne  (Howes)  Quale,  of  Buffalo,  New 
York ;  child :  Richard  More,  born  March  29, 
1910.  2.  Ethel,  born  July  10,  1885,  at  Silver 
Creek,  New  York;  united  with  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  Silver  Creek,  January  2, 
1898;  graduate  of  the  high  school,  1904,  and 
president  of  her  class ;  graduate  of  Elmira  Col- 
lege, 1908;  was  president  of  her  class  during 
her  freshman  year;  graduate  of  Fredonia 
State  Normal  School,  1910,  and  since  1910  a 
teacher  in  the  Silver  Creek  high  school. 

(The   More  Line). 

(II)  John  (2)  More,  of  Roxbury,  Delaware 
county.  New  York,  was  the  son  of  John  (i) 
and  Isabel  (Buncan)  More.  He  was  born  in 
Forres,  Elginshire,  Scotland,  February  24,1745, 
died  in  Roxbury,  New  York,  January  i,  1840. 
In  1772  he  came  to  America,  settling  in  Dela- 
ware county,  New  York,  where  he  cleared 
ground,  built  a  log  cabin  and  passed  through 
all  the  bitter  experiences  of  the  pioneer.  He 
was  driven  from  his  home  by  Indians  and 
spent  some  years  in  Catskill,  New  York,  later 
returning  to  Delaware  county.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war  when  necessary  for 
home  defense.  He  was  the  first  postmaster  at 
Moresville,  Delaware  county;  was  appointed 
magistrate  by  the  governor,  and  for  a  long 
time  was  the  only  man  in  his  district  author- 
ized to  perform  the  marriage  ceremony.  He 
married,  in  Elgin,  Scotland,  June  9,  1770, 
Betty  Taylor,  born  in  Elgin,  1738,  died  in 
Roxbury,  New  York,  October  13,  1823.  Chil- 
dren, first  two,  John  and  Robert,  born  in  Scot- 
land ;  Alexander  Taylor,  in  Delaware  county, 
New  York;  Jonas,  Jean,  James  and  David  in 
Catskill,  Greene  county,  New  York;  Edward 
Livingston,  in  Moresville,  Delaware  county. 
New  York. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  John  (2)  More,  the 
immigrant,  was  born  in  RothiemurchuS,  Inver- 
ness, Scotland,  July  8,  1772,  died  February 
19,  1849,  in  Prattsville,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Susanna  Fellows,,  born  Januar}' 
30,  1776,  in  Old  Canaan,  Connecticut,  died 
August  18,  1824,  in  Roxbury,  New  York, 
daughter  of  David  and  Lois  (Stevens)  Fel- 
lows. He  married  (second)  Polly  Moffatt, 
born  October  5,  1787,  died  August  18,  1829. 


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Children  by  first  wife :  David  Fellows,  Eliza- 
beth and  Lois  (twins),  Alexander,  Edward 
A.,  William,  ^enry  Fellows,  James  and  Lois 
Ann. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Robert  More,  was 
born  in  Roxbury,  Delaware  county,  New- 
York,  September  4,  1804,  died  at  Avon 
Springs,  New  York,  September  23,  1848.  He 
was  successively  clerk  at  Leeds,  New  York; 
merchant  at  Holly,  New  York;  cashier  in  a 
bank  at  Geneva,  New  York ;  cashier  at  Water- 
loo; cashier  at  Conneaut,  Ohio;  cashier  in  a 
bank  at  Buffalo,  New  York;  banker  and 
broker  at  Albany,  New  York ;  wholesale  fruit 
merchant.  New  York  City,  and  bookkeeper. 
He  married  Catherine  Hasbrouck,  born  Octo- 
ber 9,  1803,  in  Kingston,  New  York;  died 
there  March  10,  1884.  Children:  James  Has- 
brouck, Henry  Dwight,  Susan  Frances  and 
WilHam  Linus. 

(V)  Henry  Dwight,  son  of  William  More, 
was  born  in  Geneva,  Ontario  county,  New 
York,  September  18,  1831,  died  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  May  2,  1889.  He  married,  June 
19,  1856,  Elizabeth  Cockburn,  born  August  9, 
1835,  in  Kingston,  Ulster  county,  New  York, 
died  December  4,  1880,  at  Silver  Creek,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Lucas 
Keersted  and  Maria  (Shaw)  Cockburn.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  June  14,  1861 ;  married,  October  11, 
1883,  Mary  E.  Winters ;  children :  Jessie  and 
Grace.  2.  Antoinette,  born  in  Silver  Creek, 
New  York,  September  28,  1864;  married,  No- 
vember 29,  1882,  Theodore  Stewart  (see 
Stewart  HI).  3.  Edwin  W.,  born  in  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  May  20,  1870;  married,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1906,  Isabelle  Hildagarde  Sheehan,  at 
Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Among  the  early  proprietors  of 
NELSON     Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  were 

John,  William  and  Moses  Nell- 
son,  or  Nilson,  as  written  in  the  early  records, 
later  their  descendants  appear  in  the  same 
town  records  as  Nelson.  The  Buffalo  family 
herein  recorded  descend  from  William  Nelson, 
a  supposed  descendant  of  Thomas  Nelson, 
who  came  with  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers  from 
Rowley,  England,  in  December,  1638,  settling 
at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,,  where  he  held  many 
positions  of  trust.  He  was  called  to  England 
on -business,  was  taken  sick  there,  and  died 
in  1648.  His  wife  was  Joan  Dummer. 
(I)  WilHam  Nelson,  of  whom  the  first  rec- 


ord appears  in  America,  was  one  of  the  first 
proprietors  of-  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  with 
wife  Elinore.  Their  parentage  is  unknown. 
He  died  at  Brimfield,  in  October,  1750;  she 
died  there,  October  16,  1757. 

(H)  John,  third  son  of  William  Nelson,  a 
resident  of  Brimfield,  died  in  1783,  at  Whit- 
ingham,  Vermont.  He  married  Abigail.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  born  October,  1749;  settled 
in  Whitingham,  Vermont,  where  he  died; 
married  (first)  Mary  Fenton,  (second)  Eliza- 
beth   .    2.  Andrew,  born  April  14,  1757. 

3.  Benjamin,  born  April  23,  1758,  died  in  At- 
tica, New  York,  October  10,  1842;  married, 
February  26,  1779,  Anne  Fenton.    4.  William. 

5.  George,  of  whom  further.  6.  Edward,  born 
February  22,  1765,  died  at  Bernardston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, E>ecember  10,  1862;  married,  1790, 
Hannah  Ranger. 

(HI)  George,  son  of  John  Nelson,  was  born 
in  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  May  13,  1762, 
died  there  October  14,  1842.  He  was  a  farmer 
all  his  active  life.  He  moved  to  Attica,  New 
York,  where  his  elder  brother  Benjamin  had 
settled,  but  after  a  few  years  returned  to  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  married,  June  i,  1789,  Susan, 
daughter  of  David  Fenton.  Children:  i.  Eu- 
nice, born  February  i,  1790,  died  June,  1841 ; 
married  Willard  Thompson.  2.  Andrew,  born 
February  2,  1793,  died  September  11,  1794. 
3.  Willard,  born  May  9,  1795,  died  in  Massa- 
chusetts, about  i860 ;  married  Orilla,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Abigail  Moulton  (see  Moul- 
ton).  4.  John,  of  whom  further.  5.  Adin, 
born  March  5,  1799,  died  at  Wales,  Massachu- 
setts, August  14,  1867 ;  married  Sally . 

6.  Andrew,  born  May  26,  1801,  died  at  Hen- 
derson,  Illinois,  August  26,   1868.     7.  Ruea, 

born  September  11,  1804,  died  July,  1893,  and 
is  buried  at  Wales,  Massachusetts.  8.  Free- 
man, born  October  5,  1805,  died  at  Stevens 
Point,  Wisconsin,  April  15,  1883.  9.  Louisa, 
born  December  14,  18 12,  died  at  Wales,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1892. 

(IV)  John  (2),  third  son  of  George  Nel- 
son, was  born  in  Brimfield,  Massachusetts, 
August  28,  1796,  died  September  6,  1868,  at 
Attica,  New  York.  In  the  year  1818  he  re- 
moved with  his  wife,  one  son  and  what  few 
belongings  they  had,  in  an  ox  cart,  to  Attica, 
New  York,  then  practically  a  wilderness,  and 
settled  upon  a  piece  of  heavily  timbered  land, 
clearing  off  thirty  acres  of  solid  timber  with 
an  ax,  fencing  same  in  with  a  six-rail  fence, 
the  rails  and  stakes  being  of  his  own  splitting, 


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building  his  own  cabin  on  this  place.  During 
the  early  part  of  his  residence  here,  which 
was  before  the  days  of  railroads  or  even  the 
Erie  canal,  he  walked  back  to  his  old  home  in 
Massachusetts  four  times,  a  distance  of  eight 
hundred  miles  on  each  round  trip,  which  dis- 
tance he  covered  in  sixteen  days  actual  walk- 
ing time.  He  was  a  farmer  during  his  active 
years,  and  in  politics  a  Whig,  later  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married,  September  13,  1816, 
Fidilla  Moulton,  born  May  12,  1796,  at  Mon- 
son,  Massachusetts,  died  at  Attica,  New  York, 
May  31,  1874,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Abigail 
(Blodgett)  Moulton  (see  Moulton).  Chil- 
dren: I.  James  Lawrence,  born  February  27, 
181 7,  in  Massachusetts,  died  in  Attica,  New 
York,  August  15,  1896;  married,  October  13, 
1856,  Emily  Lindsay.  2.  Adin,  born  at  At- 
tica, New  York,  May  5,  1819,  died  there  De- 
cember 8,  1906;  married,  January  13,  1848, 
Eliza  Gardner,  born  September  5,  1828.  3. 
Fenton,  born  January  24,  1821,  at  Attica,  died 
in  Wisconsin,  June  14,  1893;  married  Irene 
Phillips.  4.  Abigail,  born  in  Attica,  June  11, 
1823,  died  there  unmarried,  November  25, 
1846.  5.  George,  born  in  Attica,  November 
12,  1825,  died  there  May  12,  1905;  married, 
October  22,  185 1,  Ann  Banta  Nelson,  who 
died  June  6,  1866.  6.  Olive,  born  December 
19,  1827,  at  Bennington,  New  York,  died 
March  30,  1904,  at  Varysburg,  New  York; 
married  Sylvester  Hauver,  March  15,  1855. 
7.  Luvan,  bom  December  19,  1829,  at  Ben- 
nington, died  at  Batavia,  New  York,  February 
7,  1869;  married  Penrose  Garrett.  8.  Francis 
Bolivar,  born  June  t.'j,  1832,  at  Attica,  New 
York;  married,  October  31,  1861,  Melissa 
Gorton.  9.  John  Seaward,  of  whom  further. 
10.  Mary,  born  June  11,  1838,  at  Attica,  died 
there  February  21,  1872;  married  Lathrop 
Blodgett. 

(V)  John  Seaward,  son  of  John  (2)  Nel- 
son, was  born  in  Attica,  New  York,  October 
17,  1835,  died  there  January  i,  1903.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  spent  his 
business  life  engaged  in  agriculture.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married,  March 
2,  1859,  Emmeline  Locke,  born  at  Bennington, 
New  York,  June  5,  1836,  died  at  Attica,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1901.  Children:  John  Moulton, 
of  whom  further:  Addie  L.,  born  December 
10,  1867,  married,  January  i,  1893,  Edwin  P. 
Burr. 

(VI)  John  Moulton,  only  son  of  John  Sea- 
ward Nelson,  was  born  in  Attica,  New  York, 


October  31,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  school,  finishing  his  studies  at  Attica 
high  school.  He  began  business  life  as  a  book- 
keeper for  John  Belden  at  his  coal  and  lum- 
ber office,  remaining  three  years.  In  1884  he 
embarked  in  the  same  business  in  Attica  for 
his  own  account,  continuing  until  1889.  He 
then  became  a  salesman  for  the  Whitney  Kem- 
merer  Coal  Company  of  New  York  City.  In 
1895  he  came  to  Buffalo  as  resident  manager 
of  the  Buffalo  branch  of  the  Rochester-Pitts- 
burgh Coal  and  Iron  Company,  and  so  con- 
tinues (1912).  He  is  an  independent  Repub- 
lican, and  with  his  family  is  an  attendant  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Attica,  New  York,  February  7,  1883, 
Ella,  daughter  of  Chauncy  G.  and  Marcia 
(Gregory)  Rykerd.      They  have  no  children. 

(The  Moulton  Line). 

This  name  figures  prominently  in  English 
history  from  the  year  1066,  when  Sir  Thomas 
De  Moulton  fought  with  his  King,  William 
the  Conqueror,  at  the  battle  of  Hastings.  In 
1 100  the  town  of  Moulton  was  founded  in 
England.  The  family  was  noble  and  bore 
arms  of  generally  the  same  design.  In  1571 
was  granted  the  arms  borne  by  ancestors  of 
the  American  family :  Argent  three  bars  gules 
between  eight  escalop  shells  sable:  three,  two, 
two  and  one ;  crest,  on  a  pellet  a  falcon  rising 
argent.  In  1664  a  Robert  Moulton  was  an 
admiral  in  the  British  navy.  The  American 
ancestor  and  emigrant  is  Robert  Moulton,  son 
of  Rev.  Robert  Moulton,  of  the  Established 
Church.  He  was  a  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Moul- 
ton. 

(I)  Robert  Moulton  landed  from  England 
in  1629,  accompanied  by  his  brother  James, 
and  a  son  Robert,  a  clergyman  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  was  made  a  freeman  May 
18,  163 1,  and  from  a  letter  to  Governor  Endi- 
cott  it  is  learned  that  Robert  Moulton  was 
entrusted  with  all  the  shipwright  tools  and 
supplies  sent  to  the  colonies,  the  letter  stipu- 
lating that  Robert  Moulton  was  to  have 
"cheife  charge.''  He  was  probably  the  first 
well-equipped  shipbuilder  that  ever  landed  in 
New  England.  He  built  the  first  vessels  in 
Salem  and  Medford.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  colonial  legislature,  representing  the  town 
of  Salem.  He  lived  in  Charlestown  1630- 1635, 
where  the  navy  yard  now  stands,  and  had 
a  home  there.  The  place  was  called  Moulton's 
Point,  and  it  was  there  that  the  British  landed 


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when  they  crossed  from  Boston  to  fight  the 
Americans  at  Bunker  Hill.  He  afterward 
moved  to  Salem,  where  he  built  a  house  which 
is  yet  in  good  condition  and  was  continuously 
in  the  Moulton  name  until  1904,  the  last  male 
owner  also  being  Robert  Moulton,  who  willed 
it  to  a  daughter.  On  her  death  in  1904,  her 
husband  sold  the  property  out  of  the  family 
name.  He  died  in  1655.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  not  known.  Children:  Robert,  and 
Dorothy,  married  Rev.  Gasman  Edwards. 

(H) 'Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Moul- 
ton, was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  his  father  in  1629.  He  was  a  min- 
ister of  the  Church  of  England,  and  attempted 
to  establish  that  church  in  Salem,  but  was 
opposed  by  Governor  Endicott  and  others  in 
authority  as  not  in  accord  with  the  ideas  of 
the  colonists.  He  was  rector  of  the  Salem 
church  in  1640.  He  died  in  the  autumn  of 
1665,  leaving  a  will.  He  married,  1640,  Abi- 
gail Goode,  niece  of  Emmanuel  Downing,  who 
married  Lucy,  a  sister  of  Governor  Winthrop. 
Children:  Abigail,  born  December  25,  1642, 
married  Benjamin  Bellflower;  Robert,  of 
whom  further;  John,  born  April  25,  1654, 
married  Elizabeth  Corey;  Samuel,  died  1667; 
Joseph,  bom  January  3,  1656;  Menani,  bom 
January,  1659,  married  Joseph  Bachelor; 
Mary,  born  June  15,  1661,  married  William 
Lord  (2)  ;  Hannah,  married  Thomas  Flint. 

(in)  Robert  (3),  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Rev.  Robert  (2)  Moulton,  was  bap- 
tized in  Salem,  July  17,  1672,  died  at  Brim- 
field,  Massachusetts,  between  1725-  and  1731. 
He  married  Mary  Cook,  in  Salem,  July  17, 
1672,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Judith  Birdsall 
Cook.  Children :  Mary,  born  January  2,  1673, 
married  Thomas  Mackintire ;  Robert,  of  whom 
further;  Ebenezer,  April  23,  1678;  Abigail, 
December  28,  1681,  married  Zechariah  Marsh; 
Samuel,  married  Sarah  Green;  Martha,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Green;  Hannah,  unmarried. 

(IV)  Robert  (4),  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Robert  (3)  Moulton,  was  bom  in 
Salem,  July  3,  1675,  died  August  25,  1756, 
leaving  a  will.  He  lived  in  Salem,  Windham, 
Connecticut,  and  Brimfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  in  Beverly,  April  11,  1698,  Hannah 
Groves.  Children:  i.  Hannah,  born  August 
I,  1699;  married  Stephen  Fuller.  2.  Robert, 
December  18,  1700;  married  Elizabeth  Baker. 
3.  Mary,  September  30,  1702;  married  An- 
thony Needham.  4.  Abigail,  married  Abel 
Bingham.     5.  Lois,  married  Dunkee. 


6.  Lydia,  born  January  13,  1708;  married 
(first)  Thomas  King,  (second)  Mer- 
rick. These  six  children  were  born  in  Salem, 
those    following   in    Windham,    Connecticut: 

7.  Ebenezer,  December  25,  1709 ;  married  Eu- 
nice Hall.  8.  Mehitable,  March  24,  1712; 
married  John  Perry.  9.  Samuel,  June  15, 1714; 
married  Mary  Haynes.  10.  Susan,  June  15, 
1714.  II.  Joseph,  August  24,  1716,  died  Sep- 
tember 13,  1735.  12.  Freeborn,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 13.  John,  February  i,  1 720-1 721 ;  mar- 
ried Ruth  Bound. 

(V)  Freeborn,  twelfth  child  of  Robert  (4) 
Moulton,  was  born  in  Windham,  Connecticut, 
in  1817.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Monson, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  purchased  a  tract  of 
land  four  miles  square.  Near  the  centre  of 
his  tract  he  built  in  1763  the  famous  mansion 
"Moulton  Hill,"  which  stood  until  1895,  when 
it  was  sold  out  of  the  family  and  torn  down. 
He  lived  there  until  a  very  old  man,  bequeath- 
ing the  homestead  to  his  son  Daniel.  Although 
then  an  old  man  and  exempt  from  military 
duty,  he  shouldered  his  musket  and  responded 
to  the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  19,  1775.  He 
married  Rebecca  Walker.  Children:  Joseph, 
born  January  15,  1738;  Rebecca,  November 
29,  1740,  died  young;  Rebecca  (2),  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1742;  Hannah,  November  29, 
1743;  Freeborn,  April  9,  1746;  Abner,  June 
27,  1749;  Phineas,  May  15,  1751 ;  Elijah,  Au- 
gust 10,  1753;  Calvin,  1758;  Daniel,  of  whom 
further;  Luther,  1763.  Abner,  Elijah  and 
Calvin  were  soldiers  in  the  revolutionary  war. 

(VI)  Daniel,  tenth  child  of  Freeborn  Moul- 
ton, was  born  in  Monson,  Massachusetts, 
March  12,  1762,  died  there  March,  1849,  ^tged 
eighty-seven  years.  He  inherited  the  paternal 
mansion  on  Moulton  Hill  and  the  homestead 
farm.  He  was  a  man  of  education,  strong 
character  and  sound  judgment.  He  taught 
school  for  forty  years  and  held  many  of  the 
town  offices  of  Monson.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years  he  enlisted,  July  12,  1779,  in  Cap- 
tain Joshua  Shaw's  company  (Sixth  Hampden 
County  Regiment),  and  served  at  New  Lon- 
don. He  married  Abigail  Blodgett,  born  in 
Stafford,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Joshua 
Blodgett,  also  a  revolutionary  soldier,  and 
granddaughter  of  Daniel  Alden,  a  direct  de- 
scendant of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden  of  the 
"Mayflower."  Daniel  Alden  served  in  the 
revolution,  from  Bridgewater,  joining  Wash- 
ington's army  at  Valley  Forge.  Children  of 
Daniel  Moulton,  all  born  in  Monson:    i.  Har- 


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rison,  October  20,  1782 ;  married  Polly  Riddle ; 
children:  Elbridge  G.,  William  H.,  John  W., 
Susan  and  Mary.  2.  Daniel,  July  7,  1784; 
studied  divinity  and  became  a  minister  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  located  in  Chi- 
cago ;  married  and  had :  James  Madison,  Levi, 
Daniel  and  Levant.  3.  Violata,  February  20, 
1786;  married  John  Gardner,  of  Brimfield, 
who  died  in  1827;  they  lived  in  De  Ruyter 
and  Cazenovia,  New  York;  children:  Alfred 
and  Daniel.  4.  Lucinda,  born  December  12, 
1787.  5.  Levi,  October  28,  1789.  6.  Oril, 
April  21,  1792,  7.  Olive,  twin  of  Oril.  8.  Asa, 
bom  March  26,  1794.  9.  Orilla,  May  12, 
1796;  married  Willard,  son  of  George  and 
Susan  (Fenton)  Nelson  (see  Nelson  (III) ; 
children:  *i.  Susan,  born  1820,  married  Cal- 
vin Skinner,  and  had  Ndson,  James,  Adelaide 
and  Fred ;  ii.  Maud,  born  1824,  married  Tyler 
Smith,  died  November,  1865,  had  Fred,  born 
1861,  married  May  Field,  and  Nora,  born 
1865,  married  Charles  Chamberlain ;  iii.  Orilla, 
bom  August  21,  1825,  married  Warner  Ben- 
nett, child  Cornelius,  born  August  i,  1851 ; 
iv.  Augusta,  born  1829,  married  (first)  Albert 
Dunbar,  and  had  Charles  and  Adelaide;  she 
married  (second)  Roswell  Moulton;  v. 
Samantha,  born  1832,  died  September,  1886, 
married  George  Shaw,  and  had  William;  vi. 
Cornelius,  bom  1834,  died  1880,  married 
Lauriston  Moulton,  and  had :  Mabel,  married 
Dr.  Webber,  and  Samuel;  vii.  Willard,  born 
1840,  served  three  years  in  the  civil  war,  child, 
Willard.  10.  Fidilla,  of  whom  further.  11. 
Tamar,  bom  May  18,  1798,  died  August  2, 
1849;  married  1792,  died  September  6,  1847. 
12.  Electa,  bom  October  23,  1800.  13.  Maria, 
November  22,  1802. 

(VII)  Fidilla,  twin  of  Orilla,  and  tenth 
child  of  Daniel  and  Abigail  (Blodgett)  Moul- 
ton, was  born  in  Monson,  Massachusetts,  May 
12,  1796,  died  May  31,  1874,  at  Attica,  New 
York.  She  married,  September  12,  1816,  John, 
son  of  George  and  Susan  (Fenton)  Nelson 
(see  Nelson  (III). 


The  Nelson  family  of  Dunkirk, 
NELSON     New  York,  is  of  Scotch-Irish 

and  English  ancestry,  descend- 
ing in  the  paternal  line  from  Joseph  Nelson, 
of  Ireland,  and  in  the  maternal  line  from  Wil- 
liam Bartholomew.  The  family  was  originally 
Scotch,  and  in  religion  Covenanters.  At  the 
restoration  of  the  monarchy  under  Charles  II, 
this  sect  was  made  the  object  of  bitter  perse- 


cution, and  thousands  took  refuge  in  the  north 
of  Ireland.  Forming  a  distinct  people,  they 
came  to  be  known  as  Scotch-Irish,  a  people 
of  strong  character  and  peculiarly  devoted  to 
their  religion.  Among  them  was  numbered 
the  Nelson  family. 

Descended  from  the  stock  above  mentioned 
was  Joseph  Nelson,  whose  mother  was  a  di- 
rect descendant  of  John  Knox,  the  famous 
Scotch  divine  and  reformer.  Joseph  Nelson's 
native  place  was  Dromore,  county  Down, 
whence  he  removed  to  Banbridge,  Ireland, 
where  he  died.  He  was  a  manufacturing 
jeweler  and  a  noted  clockmaker.  One  of  his 
specialties  was  the  making  of  the  old  tall 
clocks  known  as  "grandfather's  clock,"  many 
of  which  he  exported  to  the  United  States. 
He  married  Mary  Jane  Gilbert,  whose  father, 
Rev.  .Adam  Gilbert  D.  D.,  was  a  Scotchman 
and  Covenanter,  who  became  a  Presbyterian 
when  the  two  churches  merged,  and  was  sent 
'to  Ireland  as  a  missionary  by  the  Scotch  Pres- 
byterian church.  Children  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  Jane  (Gilbert)  Nelson:  Robert,  Ann, 
and  Joseph. 

Joseph  Nelson,  youngest  child  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Jane  (Gilbert)  Nelson,  was  born  in 
Dromore,  county  Down,  Ireland,  August  7, 
1832.  He  was  well  educated,  and  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  came  to  the  United  States 
with  his  elder  brother  Robert,  aged  twenty- 
two  years,  and  their  sister  Ann,  after  the 
death  of  their  mother  and  their  father's  sec- 
ond marriage.  They  arrived  at  Dunkirk  on 
May  4,  1850.  The  brothers  had  a  perfect 
practical  knowledge  of  the  jeweler's  business, 
gained  with  their  father  in  Ireland,  and  de- 
cided to  establish  in  that  line  in  Dunkirk, 
which  they  did  most  successfully.  After  a 
partnership  for  several  years  in  the  retail  busi- 
ness, they  finally  decided  to  abandon  it  and 
confine  themselves  entirely  to  wholesale 
jewelry  business,  and  having  dissolved  part- 
nership, Robert  went  to  Toledo,  Ohio,  where 
he  successfully  established  himself.  Joseph 
remained  in  Dunkirk,  continuing  in  the  whole- 
sale jeweli*y  business  and  with  much  success, 
until  his  retirement.  The  business  which  he 
founded  was  conducted  under  the  firm  name 
of  Joseph  Nelson  &  Company,  wholesale 
jewelry  and  silverware  dealers,  and  is  notable 
as  the  oldest  in  its  particular  line  of  all  firms 
in  the  United  States  operating  continuously 
under  the  same  firm  name,  and  will  live  after 
him.     In  its  making  and  in  all  the  events  of 


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his  life,  he  made  for  himself  a  name  and  a 
reputation  for  the  strictest  integrity,  lofty 
character,  public  spirit  and  well  planned  phil- 
anthropy. 

He  had  been  a  member  of  his  mother's 
church  (the  Presbyterian)  in  his  early  years, 
but  for  the  last  fifty-four  years  of  his  life 
he  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Dunkirk  Bap- 
tist church.  He  was  most  liberal  in  his  sup- 
port of  his  own  church  and  of  all  Christian 
organizations  and  benevolences  of  whatever 
denomination.  He  was  intensely  public- 
spirited  and  gave  loyal  support  to  every  enter- 
prise for  the  advancement  of  Dunkirk's  ma- 
terial and  moral  interests.  He  was  the  soul 
of  business  integrity,  and  held  in  universal 
esteem  in  his  city.  He  had  no  club  or  secret 
order  affiliation,  being  a  man  of  quiet  domestic 
tastes,  devoted  to  home  and  family.  His  only 
sister  Ann  was  an  inmate  of  his  home  until 
her  death,  unmarried.  He  married,  in  Sheri- 
dan, New  York,  June  29,  1858,  Julia  Ann  Bar- 
tholomew, bom  in  Sheridan,  December  12, 
1840,  daughter  of  Henry  (see  Bartholomew). 
Children,  all  born  in  Dunkirk:  i.  Isabelle, 
married  Frank  Gilbert.  2.  Leah,  married 
Henry  Van  der  Voert ;  children,  bom  in  Dun- 
kirk: Hildegarde,  married  Daniel  W. 
Lathrop;  Joseph  Nelson,  and  Henry  Ferdi- 
nand. 3.  Julia,  married  James  Lyman  Van 
Buren,  who  died  February  26,  1910;  children, 
born  in  Dunkirk:  Josephine  Nelson,  Nellie 
Caroline,  James  Henry,  .Joseph  Nelson  (twin 
of  James  Henry),  James  Lyman,  and  Robert 
Nelson,  died  aged  two  years.  4.  Josephine, 
died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Nelson  died  at  his  home  in  Central  Ave- 
nue, Dunkirk,  June  28,  1909.  His  death  was 
sincerely  deplored  by  the  entire  community, 
and  during  the  funeral  hour  all  places  of  busi- 
ness in  the  city  stood  closed. 

(The  Bartholomew  Line). 

This  surname  was  derived  from  the  ancient 
Hebrew  or  Syriac  personal  name  Bartholmai, 
modified  in  Greek  and  Roman  spelling.  Like 
the  other  names  of  Christ's  Apostles,  Bar- 
tholomew came  into  use  as  a  baptismal  name 
in  every  Christian  country,  even  before  the 
use  of  surnames. 

The  Bartholomew  family  in  England  ap- 
pears to  date  back  to  the  origin  of  the  use  of 
surnames.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms :  Argent 
a  chevron  engrailed  between  three  lions 
rampant  sable.     One  branch  of  the   family 


bears  this:  Or  three  goats'  heads  erased 
sable.  Crest:  A  demi-goat  argent  gorged 
with  a  chaplet  of  laurel  vert. 

John,  Robert  and  Richard  Bartholomew 
were  living  about  1550,  in  Warborough,  Ox- 
fordshire, England.  Robert  and  Richard 
were  brothers,  and  from  the  fact  that  John's 
son  was  an  overseer  of  Richard's  will  it  is  in- 
ferred that  John  was  a  brother  also.  They 
were  landowners,  church  wardens  and  men 
of  consequence  in  the  community.  They  fre- 
quently used  the  term,  "alias  Martyn,"  after 
Bartholomew,  presumably  having  adopted  the 
name  of  a  maternal  ancestor,  as  was  frequently 
the  case,  to  secure  an  inheritance.  Oliver 
Cromwell's  name  is  given  in  early  records 
alias  Williams,  his  paternal  ancestors  being  of 
the  Williams  family. 

(I)  John  Bartholomew  lived  in  Warbor- 
ough, England.  He  married  there,  November 
22,  1 55 1,  Alice  Scutter,  who  was  probably 
his  second  wife. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i) 'Bartholo- 
mew, married,  in  Warborough,  November  6, 
1552,  Margaret  Joyes.  He  was  made  overseer 
of  his  uncle  Richard's  estate  in  1577.  His 
four  sons  apparently  all  settled  in  the  neigh- 
boring towns  of  Oxford  and  Burford.  Chil- 
dren: John,  baptized  June  19,  1556,  married 
Ales  Vicarage;  Rowland,  baptized  December 
5,  1561,  (twin),  died  1587;  Richard  (twin), 
baptized  December  5,  1561,  buried  in  Burford; 
April  29,  1632 ;  William,  of  whom  further. 

(HI)  William,  son  of  John  (2)  Bartholo- 
mew, was  baptized  in  Warborough,  February 
7,  1567,  and  buried  May  6,  1634.  He  settled 
in  Burford,  where  he  was  a  mercer,  a  dealer 
in  silks  and  woolens.  His  will  was  dated 
April  25,  1634.  He  married  Friswide,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Metcalfe,  mayor  of  New 
Woodstock,  a  neighboring  town.  She  was 
buried  in  Fulbrooke,  December  10,  1647.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  married,  June  28,  1620,  Richard 
Tidmarsh;  John,  inherited  father's  estate  and 
business,  and  died  November  15,  1639;  Wil- 
liam, born  1602-3,  of  whom  further;  Henry, 
born  1606-7,  died  November  22,  '1692,  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts;  Richard,  supposed  to 
have  died  in  London,  or  on  a  return  trip  from 
London  to  Massachusetts;  Francis,  baptized 
in  Burford,  February  13,  1613-14;  Thomas, 
baptized  June  30,  1616;  Abraham,  died  in  Bur- 
ford, March  22,  1646-47;  Sarah,  baptized 
April  14,  1623. 

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Bartholomew,  was  born  in  Burford,  England, 
1602-3.  He  received  a  good  education.  He 
went  to  London,  and  married  Anne,  sister  of 
Robert  Lord,  afterward  his  next  neighbor  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  Before  September, 
1634,  he  had  entertained  the  famous  Mrs. 
Anne  Hutchinson  at  his  London  home.  On 
September  18,  1634,  he  arrived  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  ship  "Griffin,"  in  the 
same  company  with  Anne  Hutchinson,  Rev. 
John  Lothrop  and  others.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  March  4,  1634-5,  and  at  the  same 
time  was  given  permission  to  trade  with  ves- 
sels at  Ipswich,  where  he  settled.  He  received 
several  grants  of  land  there  in  1635,  and  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  the  same  year, 
serving  again  in  1636-37-41-47-50.  He  was 
often  on  the  jury;  was  commissioner,  town 
clerk,  assessor,  selectman,  treasurer  of  the 
county,  and  often  on  important  committees. 
He  removed  to  Boston  about  1660,  and  in 
1662  was  overseer  of  the  mill  of  William 
Brown,  of  Boston.  He  is  called  a  merchant, 
of  Boston.  He  died  in  Charlestown,  at  the 
home  of  Jacob  Green,  January  18,  1680-81. 
His  grave  is  in  the  Phipps  street  cemetery, 
Charlestown,  near  that  of  John  Harvard.  His 
wife  Anne  died  in  Charlestown,  January  29, 
1682-3,  and  her  gravestone  is  still  standing. 
Children:  Mary,  married  (first)  in  Glouces- 
ter, December  24,  1652,  Matthew  Whipple, 
(second)  Jacob  Greene;  Joseph,  born  about 
1638,  resided  in  London,  England,  in  1693; 
William,  of  further  mention. 

(V)  Lieutenant  William  (3),  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Bartholomew,  was  born  at  Ipswich, 
1640- 1,  and  died  in  the  spring  of  1697.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  and  settled  first 
in  Roxbury.  He  sold  his  Roxbury  land  in 
1676-7,  and  removed  to  Deerfield,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  bought  the  home  lot  of  Peter 
Woodward.  At  the  time  of  the  raid  of  the 
Indians  on  Hatfield,  September  19,  1677,  he 
was  there  with  his  family.  His  daughter  Abi- 
gail, aged  four,  was  among  the  captives  taken 
to  Canada  and  was  ransomed .  eight  months 
later.  In  1679  he  removed  to  Branford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  was  granted  twenty  acres 
of  land,  built  a  saw  mill  and  kept  an  ordinary 
or  inn.  He  was  elected  surveyor  and  fence 
viewer.  In  1687  the  town  of  Woodstock  re- 
quested him  to  build  a  mill  in  their  town  and 
offered  him  a  grant  of  land.  He  was  com- 
missioned ensign  of  the  New  Roxbury  com- 
pany, as  Woodstock  was  then  called  (July  13, 


1689),  and  in  1691  became  lieutenant.  In  1692 
he  was  the  first  deputy  to  the  general  court 
from  Woodstock.  He  died  in  Woodstock,  in 
1697.  He  married,  in  Roxbury,  December  17, 
1663,  Mary  Johnson,  born  April  24,  1642, 
daughter  of  Captain  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Por- 
ter) Johnson,  granddaughter  of  John  Johnson, 
who  held  the  title  of  "Surveyor  of  all  ye 
King's  armies  in  America."  Her  father  was 
killed  in  the  Narragansett  fight,  December 
i9»  1675,  2S  he  was  leading  his  men  over  the 
bridge  (a  fallen  tree)  into  the  enemy's  fort. 
Children:  Isaac,  born  Novefnber  i,  1664,  died 
October  25,  1727;  William,  October  16,  1666; 
Mary,  October  26,  1668;  Andrew,  December 
II,  1670,  of  whom  further;  Abigail,  December 
8,  1672,  married  (first)  January  11,  1691-2, 
Joseph  Frizzel,  (second)  1709,  Samuel  Paine, 
died  1732;  Elizabeth,  March  15,  1674-5,  mar- 
ried November  21,  1699,  Edmund  Chamber- 
lain ;  Benjamin,  born  about  1677 ;  John,  abotit 
1679;  Joseph,  about  1682. 

(VI)  Andrew,  son  of  William  (3)  Bar- 
tholomew, was  baptized  December  11,  1670, 
in  Roxbury.  He  managed  his  father's  mills 
in  Branford  after  the  latter's  removal  to 
Woodstock,  and  after  his  father's  death  owned 
and  operated  them  in  company  with  his  brother 
Benjamin.  On  January  11,  171 1-2,  the  prop- 
erty was  divided  and  Andrew  bought  large 
quantities  of  land  in  Branford,  Wallingford, 
and  adjoining  towns.  He  removed  to  Wall- 
ingford  before  1729,  and  continued  tliere  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a  leading  citi- 
zen, and  often  held  positions  of  trust.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  there  in  1701.  He 
married  Hannah  Frisbie,  died  February  2, 
1 74 1,  daughter  of  Samuel  Frisbie,  of  Bran- 
ford. Children:  i.  William,  born  February 
2,  1699.  2.  Susannah,  February  4,  1701-2.  3. 
Hannah,  August  17,  1704;  married.  Novem- 
ber 19,  1724,  Joseph  Barker.  4.  Samuel,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1706;  died  1795.  5.  Daniel,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1708;  died  October  25,  1777  6.  Re- 
becca, March  28,  1712;  married,  October  19, 
1732,  Peter  Hall;  died  October  3,  1791.  7. 
Rev.  Andrew,  November  7,  1714;  graduated 
at  Yale  College,  173 1,  was  settled  minister  at 
Harv»'inton,  Connecticut,  October  4,  1738,  and 
continued  as  pastor  thirty-five  years.  8.  Tim- 
othy, February  28,  1716-7;  died  Apiil  27, 
1749.  9.  Joseph,  of  further  mention.  10.  John, 
February  8,  1723-4.    11.  Martha. 

(VII)  Lieutenant  Joseph,  son  of  Andrew 
and  Hannah  (Frisbie)  Bartholomew,  was  bom 


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in  Branford,  Connecticut,  May  6,  172 1,  died  in 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  October  27,  1781. 
He  marched  on  the  Lexington  alarm  of  April 
19,  1775,  and  served  eight  days.  His  com- 
mission of  lieutenant  from  the  general  court 
placed  him  in  command  of  all  the  men  in  town 
subject  to  military  duty.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 13,  1741,  Mary  Sexton.  Children:  Han- 
nah, Andrew,  Joseph,  died  young;  Jonathan, 
and  Joseph   (2). 

(Vni)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mary  (Sexton)  Bartholomew,  was  born  at 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  1748,  died  April, 
1 82 1.  His  farm  was  on  what  was  called 
"Whirlwind  Hill,"  now  known  as  East  Farms, 
in  Wallingford,  a  large  part  being  yet  owned 
in  the  family.  He  married  (first)  Martha 
Morse,  who  died  about  1781 ;  (second)  about 
1784,  Damarius  Hall,  who  died  November  6, 
1819.  Children,  first  three  by  first  wife:  Isaac 
(2),  married  Lydia  Curtiss;  Levi  Moss,  mar- 
ried (first)  Lucy  Ives,  (second)  Pamelia  Pot- 
ter; Joseph,  of  whom  further;  Samuel,  mar- 
ried (first)  Sylvia  Hood,  (second)  Hannah, 
widow  of  Stoddard  Neal;  Ira  (2),  married 
Eunice  Hall ;  Orrin,  married  his  second 
cousin  Emmeline  Bartholomew. 

(IX)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Bar- 
tholomew, was  born  in  Wallingford,  Connecti- 
cut, settled  in  New  York  state,  first  at  Sheri- 
dan, where  he  was  an  early  settler.  The  tract 
of  land  he  purchased  was  virgin  wilderness, 
but  he  erected  a  log  cabin,  cleared  a  farm, 
and  prospered.  He  lived  and  labored  there 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married,  March 
18,  1804,  Julia  Howd.  Children:  i.  Eliza, 
married  W.  H.  Parker.  2.  William,  died  aged 
nineteen  years.  3.  Polly,  married  Harry  Hall. 
4.  Sylvia  Ann,  married  Ives  Andrews.  5. 
Stephen  Decatur,  died  young.  6.  Almon,  died 
aged  nine  years.  7.  Henry,  of  whom  further. 
8.  Joseph,  a  prominent  dry  goods  merchant  of 
Dunkirk;  married  (first)  Cornelia  Herten, 
(second)  Elizabeth  Pearson.  9.  Nelson;  asso- 
ciated with  his  brother  in  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness ;  he  built  and  managed  the  EKinkirk  Opera 
House,  which  after  his  death  came  under  the 
management  of  Joseph  Nelson;  died  unmar- 
ried. 10.  William  A.,  died  unmarried.  11. 
Stephen  Decatur  (2),  married  Julia  E.  Allen. 

(X)  Henry,  eldest  son  and  seventh  child  of 
Joseph  (3)  and  Julia  (Howd)  Bartholomew, 
was  born  in  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  June  7, 
1818,  died  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  November, 
1871.    He  came  to  Sheridan,  New  York,  with 


his  father,  and  for  several  years  followed 
farming.  He  then  removed  to  Dunkirk,  where 
he  was  a  successful  manufacturer  of  boxes  of 
various  kinds.  In  his  later  years  he  retired 
from  business  and  returned  to  Sheridan,  re- 
siding on  a  farm  of  about  three  hundred  acres, 
where  his  last  years  were  spent,  dying  in  Dun- 
kirk. He  married  Isabella  Paterson,  bom  in 
Oneida  county.  New  York,  July  7,  1819,  died 
1854;  children,  a  son  dying  in  infancy  and 
three  daughters:  i.  Julia  Ann,  married  Joseph 
Nelson  (q.  v.).  2.  Mary,  married  (first)  Wil- 
liam A.  Post,  a  captain  in  the  civil  war,  and 
killed  while  employed  on  Erie  railroad  as  en- 
gineer; child:  William  (2)  Post.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Charles  Van  Wagner.  3.  Helen 
Isabella,  married  William  L.  Slater,  of  Dun- 
kirk, now  a  resident  of  Jamestown  (see 
Slater  VI). 

Mrs.  Julia  A.  Bartholomew  Nelson  survives 
her  husband,  and  resides  at  Dunkirk,  where 
she  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem. 


This    branch    of    the    Gilbert 
GILBERT     family  in  the  United  States  is 

of  English  ancestry.  Its  Eng- 
lish progenitors  were  of  the  working  class 
who,  as  one  descendant  writes,  "lived  peace- 
ful, honest  lives."  Samuel  Gilbert  was  an 
English  working  man,  who,  with  wife  Susan- 
nah, belonged  to  the  Episcopal  church.  They 
had  children:  John,  Arthur,  Henry  and 
Susan.  The  family  home  was  in  Cornwall. 
John,  born  181 1,  was  the  first  of  the  family 
to  come  to  the  United  States.     He  married, 

in  England,  1833,  Mary  ,  born   1814, 

and  in  1840  he  left  England  for  the  United 
States.  In  1843  his  wife,  with  four  children 
and  her  brother-in-law,  Henry  Gilbert,  fol- 
lowed, making  the  journey  from  England  to 
Ravenna,  Ohio,  in  thirteen  weeks. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susannah 
Gilbert,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  England,  about 
1815.  He  learned  the  cabinetmaker's  trade, 
and  in  1843  came  to  the  United  States  with 
his  brother  Henry's  family.  He  first  settled 
at  Ravenna,  Ohio,  later  in  Londonville,  Ash- 
land county,  Ohio.  He  was  a  Baptist  in  re- 
ligion, and  a  Republican,  holding  the  offices 
of  councilman  and  member  of  the  school  board 
at  Londonville.  He  married,  about  1850,  Eliz- 
abeth Sprague,  born  in  Londonville,  Ohio, 
daughter  of  William  Jasper  Sprague,  bom  on 
a  farm  near  Fly  Creek,  Chautauqua  county. 
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life  lived  in  Dunkirk,  New  York.  He  married 
Rebecca  Jones,  of  Londonville,  Ohio.  Chil- 
dren: Ann,  Margaret,  Louisa,  James  and 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Henry  Gilbert.  Their 
children:  Henry  Washington,  born  February 
22,  1852;  John  Franklin,  of  further  mention; 
William  Jasper,  born  August  26,  1856;  Clem- 
ent Girard,  October  8,  1858 ;  Thomas  Burton ; 
Lou  Harriet;  George;  Benjamin;  Joseph 
Nelson. 

(Ill)  John  Franklin,  son  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  E.  (Sprague)  Gilbert,  was  born  in 
Londonville,  Ashland  county,  Ohio,  June  30, 
1854.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
He  came  to  Dunkirk  and  became  employed 
with  Joseph  Nelson,  where  he  learned  the 
jewelry  business,  continued  in  his  employ,  and 
in  June,  1898,  was  made  a  member  of  the 
firm,  continuing  in  partnership  with  him  up 
to  the  death  of  Mr.  Nelson,  June  28,  1909. 
Since  that  time  he  has  continued  in  business 
alone.  The  firm  has  been  very  successful,  and 
is  well  known  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Gilbert  has 
given  close  attention  to  business  and  ranks 
high  in  commercial  circles.  He  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Citizens'  Savings  Bank  of  his 
native  town,  Londonville,  Ohio,  and  has  other 
business  interests.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order  for  many  years,  and  an 
active  worker  in  his  lodge.  He  was  formerly 
a  member  of  clubs  and  societies  in  his  city, 
but  for  many  years  has  held  no  club  member- 
ships. He  married,  at  Dunkirk,  New  York, 
October  15,  1896,  Isabelle  Bartholomew  Nel- 
son, born  in  Dunkirk,  July  3,  1859,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Julia  Ann  (Bartholomew)  Nel- 
son, of  Dunkirk  (see  Nelson  and  Bartholo- 
mew). Mrs.  Gilbert  is  a  leading  member  of 
the  Church  of  Christ,  Scientist.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gilbert  have  no  children. 


This  family  is  of  Welsh  ances- 
SLATER  try,  the  name  originally  being 
Slaughfter,  also  Slafter  and 
later  Slater.  The  first  settlement  in  America 
was  about  1680,  when  John  Slaughfter  settled 
in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  removing  to  Mans- 
field, Connecticut,  as  early  as  1716,  and  was 
an  original  settler  in  1721  of  Wellington,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  was  the  first  grand  juror 
for  that  town.  He  died  there  before  1754. 
He  married  and  had  a  son  Samuel. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Slater  (as  the 
name  is  now  spelled),  of  Mansfield  and  Wel- 
lington, Connecticut,  was  born  August,  1696, 


died  at  Mansfield,  July  31,  1770;  married, 
January  24,  1721-22,  Dorothy  Fenton,  and  had 
a  son  John. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  and  Dorothy 
(Fenton)  Slater,  was  born  at  Mansfield,  Con- 
necticut, May  26,  1739,  d^^d  at  Norwich,  Ver- 
mont, October  8,  1819.  He,  with  two  com- 
panions, made  the  first  settlement  at  Norwich. 
He  married  (first)  March  26,  1767,  Elizabeth 
Hovey;  (second)  October  5,  1815,  Priscilla 
Hovey.  Among  the  children  of  first  marriage 
was  a  son  Elihu. 

(IV)  Elihu,  believed  to  be  a  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Elizabeth  (Hovey)  Slater,  was  born 
at  Norwich,  Vermont,  between  1777  and  1779. 
He  married  Sarah  Beach,  and  had  children: 
Orin,  Eben,  Susan,  Mary,  Hugh,  William,  a 
veteran  of  the  civil  war;  Aremus  (of  whom 
further). 

(V)  Aremus,  son  of  Elihu  and  Sarah 
(Beach)  Slater,  was  born  at  Cairo,  Greene 
county.  New  York,  July  25,  1820,  died  March 
30,  1873,  ^t  Dunkirk,  New  York.  He  received 
a  good  education,  and  early  in  life  entered  the 
railroad  employ.  He  finally  became  a  locomo- 
tive engineer  and  for  thirty  years  was  in  ac- 
tive service,  principally  with  the  Erie  Railroad 
Company.  He  lived  at  Hornell,  New  York; 
Williamsport,  Pennsylvania,  and  Dunkirk, 
New  York,  the  latter  being  his  home  for  many 
years.  He  was  a  member  and  trustee  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Dunkirk,  and 
a  man  of  high  standing.  His  manly,  upright 
character  made  him  many  friends  who  sin- 
cerely mourned  his  death.  In  political  life  he 
took  little  part,  but  was  a  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party  always.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in 
his  younger  years  and  quite  active  in  the  or- 
der. He  married,  .Mary  Jane  Feroe,  born 
April  29,  1830,  at  Buffalo,  New  York;  died 
February  17,  1880,  and  is  buried  beside  her 
husband  in  the  cemetery  at  Fredonia,  New. 
York.  She  grew  up  in  Cairo,  New  York, 
where  she  was  educated.  Children:  i.  Mary 
Melissa,  born  February  12,  1847;  married 
(first)  Henry  Tyler;  child,  Mary  L. ;  married 
(second)  Melvin  G.  Hill;  residence,  Addison, 
New  York.  2.  William  Lewis  (of  whom  fur- 
ther). 3.  Delia  Ann,  born  April  20,  1850, 
died  1906;  married  Frank  Bliss.  4.  Adelbert, 
born  October  10,  1853,  died  November  19, 
1875.  5.  Edward  Scott,  residence,  Los  An- 
geles, California;  married  and  had  one  son, 
deceased;  and  two  daughters. 


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(VI)  William  Lewis,  son  of  Aremus  and 
Mary  Jane  (Feroe)  Slater,  was  born  in  Cairo, 
Greene  county,  New  York,  April  25,  1848. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
towns  in  which  his  father  resided:  Hornell, 
Williamsport  and  Dunkirk.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  began  business  life  for  him- 
self as  proprietor  of  a  book,  news  and  sta- 
tionery store,  which  he  continued  for  six  years. 
He  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  rail- 
road, remaining  two  years.  He  then  estab- 
lished in  the  grocery  business,  which  he  con- 
tinned  for  four  years,  when  he  sold  out  and 
went  to  Arizona.  After  two  years  spent  in 
mining  he  returned  to  New  York  state  and 
located  in  Buffalo.  Here  he  remained  for 
twenty-three  years  engaged  in  contracting  and 
building.  He  then  removed  to  Adams,  New 
York,  as  superintendent  of  a  planing  mill. 
Later  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New  York, 
where  he  is  now  connected  with  the  Warren, 
Ross  Lumber  Company,  and  resides  on  Fair- 
mount  avenue.  He  was  made  a  member  of 
Parish  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Buffalo,  later  demitting  to  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  No.  145,  of  Jamestown.  He  also  is  a 
member  of  Buffalo  Chapter,  No.  71,  Royal 
Arch  Masons.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  Christ,  Scientist,  and  in  politics  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  November  11,  1869,  at 
Sheridan,  New  York,  Helen  Isabelle  Bartholo- 
mew, born  at  Dunkirk,  January  24,  1850,  (see 
Bartholomew  X).  Children:  i.  Henry  Lewis, 
born  October  6,  1870,  died  August  22,  1905 ; 
he  was  a  traveling  salesman  for  Joseph  Nelson 
&  Company,  of  Dunkirk,  a  young  man  of  good 
business  ability  and  reputation.  He  belonged 
to  the  Masonic  order  at  Dunkirk,  and  was  a 
Republican  in  politics.  2.  Joseph  Nelson,  born 
at  Dunkirk,  July  11,  1878;  received  a  technical 
education,  graduating  from  Cornell  with  the 
class  of  1903,  and  is  a  civil  engineer  by  pro- 
fession, and  connected  with  the  good  roads 
work  in  the  state  of  New  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
Lodge,  Chapter,  Commandery  and  Shrine.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Cornne.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth Helen  and  Alice  Gray.  3.  Leah  Helen, 
born  in  Dunkirk,  September  19,  1882;  mar- 
ried, September  12,  1910,  Howard  Raymond 
Black,  born  at  Oakland,  Genesee  county.  New 
York,  November  14,  1881,  son  of  John  C.  and 
Ethel  A.  (Morsman)  Black.  He  is  secretary 
of  the  Warren,  Ross  Lumber  Company,  of 
Jamestown.     One  child,   Howard   Black.     4. 


William  Adelbert,  born  at  Buffalo,  New  York, 
June  13,  1891. 


This    is    an    ancient   name   in 
HARVEY     England,  where  it  was  brought 

with  William  the  Conqueror 
by  Hervens  de  Bourges  (anglicized  Hervey  of 
Bourges).  He  is  shown  in  Domesday  Book, 
and  in  1086  held  a  great  barony  in  Suffolk. 
In  1485  Turner  Harvey  was  born,  who  be- 
came a  noted  archer  and  warrior.  His  arms 
were :  Sable  on  a  chevron  between  three  long- 
bows argent,  as  many  pheons  of  the  field. 
Crest :  A  leopard  or,  langued  gules,  noling  in 
paw,  three  arrows  proper.  Motto :  "Faites  ce 
que  le  honneur  exigef*  William  Harvey,  1554- 
67,  was  high  in  roval  favor,  and  there  is  con- 
stant mention  of  the  family  in  English  records. 
(I)  Thomas  Harvey  died  in  Somersetshire, 
England,  prior  to  1647.  About  the  time  of 
the  birth  of  Thomas  Harvey's  first  child.  King 
James*  declaration  that  he  would  make  all  men 
conform  to  the  Established  Church  or  drive 
them  out  of  England,  was  having  its  due 
effect,  and  in  due  time  the  pilgrims  in  the 
"Mayflower"  landed  in  New  England.  Thomas 
Harvey's  sons,  William  and  Henry,  joined  the 
emigration  in  1636,  and  his  daughter  married 
Anthony  Slocum,  and  with  him  came  to  Amer- 
ica, settling  in  Taunton.  The  name  of  Thomas 
Harvey's  wife  is  not  known,  but  he  had  an- 
other son  James,  besides  the  two  mentioned. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Thomas  Harvey,  was 
born  in  Somersetshire,  England,  about  1614. 
In  company  with  his  brother  Thomas  he  came 
to  America  in  1636  and  settled  at  Dorchester. 
In  1637  he  was  one  of  the  company  of  forty- 
six  "first  and  ancient  purchasers,"  so  called, 
who,  "feeling  much  straitened  for  want  of 
room,"  purchased  from  Massasoit,  Sachem  of 
the  Wampanoag  tribe  of  Indians,  whose  seat 
was  at  Mount  Hope,  the  Indian  title  to  Cohan- 
net,  lying  thirty-two  miles  south  of  Boston,  in 
the  colony  of  New  Hymouth.  In  the  summer 
of  1638  the  proprietors  removed  to  their  pur- 
chase, to  which  they  gave  the  name  of  Taun- 
ton, the  English  home  of  many  of  them.  Mr. 
Harvey  was  the  owner  of  eight  shares  in 
the  new  purchase.  His  is  the  second  recorded 
marriage  in  the  town,  and  is  thus  shown  upon 
the  court  records :  "At  a  court  of  Assistants, 
William  Harvey  and  Joane  Hucker  of  Cohan- 
net  were  maryed  the  2nd  of  Aprill,  1639."  In 
late  1639  or  early  in  1640  he  removed  with 
his  wife  to  Boston,  where  they  remained  until 


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1646,  during  which  period  four  children  were 
born  to  them.  He  then  returned  to  Taunton. 
In  1659  he  shared  in  the  general  distribution 
of  land,  receiving  a  home  lot  on  what  is  now 
Cohannet  street.  In  1661  he  was  appointed 
excise  commissioner.  In  1664  he  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court,  and  again  in 
1677.  For  many  years  he  was  selectman,  and 
his  name  is  of  frequent  mention  in  connection 
with  important  affairs  of  the  town.  He  died 
in  the  summer  of  1691,  leaving  a  will.  His 
children:  i.  Abigail,  bom  April  25,  1640; 
died  August  20,  169 1.  2.  Thomas,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Experience,  born  March,  1644; 
married  her  cousin,  Thomas  Harvey.  4.  Jo- 
seph, born  December  8,  1645  J  ^^^^  1691 ;  mar- 
ried Esther .    5.  Jonathan,  born  1647; 

died  1691 ;  unmarried. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  William  and 
Joane  (Hucker)  Harvey,  was  born  in  Boston, 
December  18,  164 1.  In  1646  he  settled  with 
his  parents  in  Taunton,  and  in  1667  became 
the  owner  of  a  right  of  land  thereby  pur- 
chased from  Richard  Stacey.  In  1678  he  was 
described  as  a  **husbandman,"  and  was  the 
owner  of  land  in  the  "South  Purchase.'*  His 
name  appears  on  the  list  of  "the  four  squa- 
drons ordered  to  bring  their  arms  to  meeting 
on  the  Lordsday"  in  1682.  In  1689  he  was 
one  of  the  grantees  named  in  the  Bradford 
deed.  In  1700  he  was  a  member  of  the  "First 
Military  Company  or  Train  band"  of  Taunton. 
In  1708-9  he  was  selectman  of  the  town,  and 
held  that  office  for  several  years.  He  is  of 
frequent  mention  in  the  records  until  his  death 
in  Tauriton  in  1728,  in  the  eighty-seventh  year 
of  his  age.  He  married,  December  10,  1679, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (Hodgkins)  Willis.  Deacon  John  came 
from  England  to  America,  and  was  an  original 
proprietor  and  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts.  Qiildren:  i. 
William,  born  January  2,  1681 ;  died  1733.  2. 
Thomas,  of  further  mention.  3.  John,  born 
February  4,  1684.  4.  Jonathan,  born  April  30, 
1685.  5.  Joseph,  born  January  14,  1688.  6. 
Hannah,  born  1690;  unmarried  in  1716.  7. 
Elizabeth,  born  1692;  unmarried  in  1716. 
8.  Abigail,  born  1694;  married,  1739,  James 
Latham,  of  Bridgewater. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Willis)  Harvey,  was  born  in  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts,  September  17,  1682.  He 
lived  at  Norton,  where  his  children  were  born. 
About  1724  or  1725  he  removed  with  his  fam- 


ily to  Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county.  New 

York.     He  married,  in   1706,  Sarah  . 

Qiildren,  born  in  Norton,  Massachusetts:  i. 
Thomas,  February  18,  1707.  2.  Elijah,  Octo- 
ber 20,   1708.     3.  Zechariah,  May  21,   171 1. 

4.  Joel,  of  further  mention.  5.  Sarah,  born 
July  2,  1716.  6.  Zebulon,  May  20,  1719.  7. 
Obed,  March  10,  1722. 

(V)  Joel,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  and  Sarah 
Harvey,  was  bom  at  Norton,  Bristol  county, 
Massachusetts,  in  April,  1712,  and  in  1724  or 
1725  removed  with  his  parents  to  Nine  Part- 
ners, Dutchess  county.  New  York.  Later  he 
lived  at  New  Milford,  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
and  in  1742  removed  to  Sharon,  where  he  set- 
tled in  what  was  called  "the  valley."  He  built 
there  a  grist  mill  that  stood  for  more  than 
sixty  years,  and  a  substantial  stone  house 
which  stood  for  a  longer  period.  He  was  also 
a  large  land  owner.     He  died  December  26, 

1776.    He  married  Sarah .    Children, 

bom  in  Sharon:  i.  Sarah,  July  31,  1744.  2. 
Joel,  of  further  mention.  3.  Cynthia,  June  8, 
1749.  4.  Zilphina,  November  4,  1750.  5. 
James,  February  23,  1753.    6.  Esther,  March 

5,  1755.  7.  William,  May  23,  1757.  There 
were  probably  others  bom  in  other  towns. 

(VI)  Joel  (2),  son  of  Joel  (i)  and  Sarah 
Harvey,  was  bom  February  11,  1746,  at 
Sharon,  Connecticut.  He  removed  to  Wash- 
ington county.  New  York,  where  he  settled 
in  the  town  of  Fort  Ann.  A  relative,  Medad 
Harvey,  had  settled  there  prior  to  1784,  who 
was  one  of  the  first  supervisors  of  the  town, 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  a  farmer.  Joel  Har- 
vey married,  and  had  a  son  Medad. 

(VII)  Medad,  son  of  Joel  (2)  Harvey, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Fort  Ann,  Washing- 
ton county,  New  York,  March  22,  17 — .  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  later  removed 
to  Onondaga  county,  New  York,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming,  later,  in  1823,  removing 
to  Herkimer  county.  He  married  Mary  Fos- 
ter, and  had  issue :  William  F.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; and  Oliver  H. 

(VIII)  WiUiam  F.,  son  of  Medad  Harvey, 
was  born  in  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
April  5,  1822;  died  February  15,  1901.  In 
1823  his  parents  removed  to  Herkimer  county, 
where  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Fairfield  Academy.  He  remained  there 
until  1845,  becoming  a  farmer  and  lumberman. 
In  1879  ^c  settled  in  Lockport,  New  York, 
where  he  became  a  contractor  and  builder,  also 
an  extensive  dealer  in  real  estate,  continuing 


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the  lines  of  activity  until  his  death.  He  was 
an  attendant  of  the  Reformed  Church  and 
member  of  the  Masonic  order.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah  Brown  and  had  three  daughters, 
Jane,  Ellen,  and  Isabel.  He  married  (second) 
in  Herkimer,  New  York,  1874,  Elisabeth 
(Jones)  Spinner,  widow  of  Charles  Spinner, 
of  Herkimer,  New  York. 

(The  Spinner  Line). 

(H)  Rev.  John  P.  Spinner,  son  of  John 
Peter  Spinner,  was  born  in  Baden,  Germany, 
and  died  in  Herkimer  county,  New  York.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Gymnasium  of  Bishopeim 
and  the  University  of  Mentz.  In  1789  he  was 
consecrated  to  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 
He  married  Mary  Magdale  Fedelis  Brumante, 
a  native  of  Loire;  and  in  1801,  accompanied 
by  his  wife,  emigrated  to  the  United  States, 
having  renounced  his  priestly  vows.  He  landed 
in  New  York  City,  and  in  1802  was  called  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  Reformed  Protestant 
Dutch  Church  of  German  Flats  (town  of  Mo- 
hawk), Herkimer  county,  New  York.  Here 
he  ministered  to  the  spiritual  welfare  of  his 
people  for  forty-six  years,  broken  only  by  a 
short  period  of  teaching.  Nor  were  his  serv- 
ices confined  to  this  particular  congregation, 
for  he  preached  to  the  people  at  Columbia, 
Warren,  Indian  Castle,  Manheim,  Schuyler, 
and  in  some  of  the  towns  of  adjoining  coun- 
ties, and  at  the  church  in  Herkimer  village. 
He  was  thoroughly  educated,  and  his  sermons 
are  said  to  have  been  eloquent  and  masterly. 
He  died  at  his  residence  in  Herkimer,  May 
27,  1848,  aged  eighty  years.  Children :  Fran- 
cis E.,  John  D.,  Peter  B.,  Catherine  L.,  Jacob 
W.,  Charles,  Amelia,  Christian  F.,  Mary  A. 

(Ill)  Francis  E.,  son  of  Rev.  John  P.  Spin- 
ner, was  born  at  German  Flats,  Herkimer 
county ;  was  educated  mostly  under  his  father's 
instruction;  was  for  twenty  years  executive 
officer  of  the  Mohawk  Valley  Bank;  held  all 
commissions  from  the  governors  of  New  York, 
from  lieutenant  to  major-general  of  the  state 
artillery;  was  sheriff  of  Herkimer  county; 
commissioner  for  building  the  State  Lunatic 
Asylum  from  1845  to  1849 ;  was  auditor  in  the 
naval  office  at  New  York  City  in  1854;  was 
elected  representative  from  New  York  to  the 
thirty-fourth  and  thirty-fifth  congress,  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  committee  on  accounts ;  re- 
elected to  the  thirty-sixth  congress;  serving 
as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  accounts. 
In   1 861   he  was  appointed   treasurer  of   the 


United  States  by  President  Lincoln,  continu- 
ing in  that  position  until  1875,  when  he  re- 
signed. His  signature  was  better  known  than 
any  other  in  this  country,  as  it  was  borne  upon 
every  bank  note  issued  by  the  government  be- 
tween the  years  1861  and  1875. 

(Ill)  Charles,  son  of  Rev.  John  P.  Spinner, 
was  born  at  German  Flats  (where  the  town 
of  Mohawk  now  stands),  Herkimer  county, 
New  York,  December,  18 10,  died  October  27, 
1872,  and,  like  his  brother  Francis  E.,  received 
most  of  his  instruction  from  his  father,  who 
was  a  highly  educated  German  minister.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  and 
was  a  leading  business  man,  and  a  leader  in 
the  Democratic  party.  He  married,  May  17, 
i860,  Elisabeth  Jones,  of  Herkimer,  New 
York.  Children :  i.  Charles  C,  born  June  26, 
1861,  now  a  resident  of  Herkimer,  New  York; 
married  Harriet  Ames,  of  Herkimer,  August 
19,  1881,  and  has  three  children:  Charles  F., 
Willis  A.  and  Elizabeth.  2.  Ernest  F.,  born 
March  27,  1867,  died  in  New  Mexico,  Decem- 
ber II,  1903;  he  went  to  Largo,  New  Mexico, 
in  1887,  engaged  in  the  merchandise  and  cattle 
business;  married  Lena  Rosenburg,  of  Lock- 
port,  New  York,  September  25,  1889;  they 
had  two  sons :    Carl  R.  and  Harvey. 

(The  Jones  Line). 

Elisabeth  (Jones)  Spinner  is  a  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  Jones,  born  in  Wales,  came  to  the 
United  States,  where  he  settled  in  Greene 
county.  New  York,  and  founded  a  family. 

Lewis,  son  of  John  Jones,  was  born  May 
15,  1811,  died  January  11,  1883;  married 
Sarah  Kelsey,  born  February  12,  1812.  died 
at  Lockport,  1905.  Sarah  Kelsey  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Kelsey,  born  April  12,  1784,  died 
September  30,  1866.  Elisabeth,  daughter  of 
Lewis  and  Sarah  (Kelsey)  Jones,  was  bom 
in  Greene  county.  New  York.  She  married 
(first)  Charles  Spinner;  (second)  William  F. 
Harvey  (see  Harvey  VHI).  She  survives  her 
second  husband  also  and  resides  in  Lockport, 
New  York. 


Jan  Dobs  or  Dopse,  immigrant 
DOBBS     ancestor  of  the  Dobbs  family  of 

New  York,  was  living  in  Tarry- 
town,  Westchester  county,  New  York,  as  early 
as  1698  "en  z)m  buys  vrous  Abigail",  and 
both  were  members  of  the  Dutch  church  at 
Sleepy  Hollow.  He  had  sons,  William  and 
Thomas,  born  17 12.     William  Dobbs,  son  of 


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Jan  Dobs,  or  Dopse,  was  bom  in  Philadel- 
phia, according  to  various  accounts,  and  he  is 
presumed  to  have  been  of  Swedish  ancestry, 
from  the  New  Jersey  colony,  but  his  father 
was  Dutch,  according  to  very  positive  evidence 
(see  Bolton,  vol.  I,  Records  of  the  Dutch 
Church  of  Tarry  town).  Jan  and  Abigail  Dobs 
were  sponsors  at  the  baptism  of  a  child  of 
William  and  Leah  Dobs  in  1730.  William 
and  Leah  Dobs  were  sponsors  at  various  bap- 
tisms of  children  of  relatives  at  Sleepy  Hol- 
low, Tarrytown.  Jan  and  Abigail  Dobs  were 
sponsors  in  1706-10-30.  William  Dobbs  lived 
at  Tarrytown  and  married  there,  according  to 
the  records  of  the  Dutch  church,  Leah  Van 
Waert,  of  Philadelphia.  Among  their  children 
were:  Abram,  baptized  April  11,  1730,  at 
Tarrytown,  and  Jeremiah  (mentioned  below). 

Jeremiah,  son  of  William  Dobbs,  married 
Jane  Le  Vines  and  had  two  daughters,  a  son 
Peter,  whose  descendants  lived  at  Greenburg, 
near  Tarrytown,  and  Jeremiah  Jr.  Jeremiah 
Dobbs  Sr.  was  a  fisherman  and  settled  near 
the  southern  part  of  what  is. now  Dobbs  Ferry 
in  the  town  of  Greenburg.  He  "added  to  his 
meagre  income  by  ferriage  of  occasional 
travelers  across  the  Hudson.  He  used  a  style 
of  boat  known  at  that  day  as  a  periauger,  a 
canoe  hollowed  out  of  a  solid  log."  The  canoe 
was  propelled  by  a  single  long  oar  by  sculling 
at  the  stern.  From  this  primitive  ferry  the 
village  took  its  name. 

In  1790  the  first  federal  census  of  New 
York  state  gave  as  the  heads  of  families  of 
this  surname,  Jarvis,  Jeremiah,  Abraham, 
Peter,  John  and  Daniel,  several  of  whom  have 
been  mentioned.  Daniel  Dobbs  was  living  at 
Kinderhook,  then  Columbia  county,  and  had 
four  sons  under  sixteen  and  two  females  in 
his  family.  Abraham,  son  of  William  Dobbs, 
was  living  at  Greenburg  and  had  four  males 
over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age  and  three 
females  in  his  family.  Jeremiah  Dobbs  was 
of  New  York  City,  as  was  also  Peter,  men- 
tioned above.  John  Dobbs  lived  in  Haver- 
straw,  Orange  county. 

We  find  also  in  New  York  City  in  early 
days  William  Dobbs,  a  member  of  the  old 
Dutch  church.  He  was  bom  in  17 18,  died  in 
New  York  City,  September  6,  1781,  and  is 
buried  in  Trinity  churchyard,  Broadway.  He 
married  Catherine  Van  Size,  who  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  January  25,  1710,  died  May 
4,  1799.  Children:  Ann,  Polly,  Catherine, 
William  and  eight  others.     It  is  thought  that 


this  William  was  a  son  of  William,  mentioned 
above,  and  grandson  of  Jan.  William  Dobbs, 
of  New  York,  has  descendants  at  Danbury, 
Connecticut. 

(I)  Zachariah  Dobbs,  a  member  of  the  fam- 
ily here  under  consideration,  lived  in  Dutchess 
county.  New  York.  He  married  Loretta  Cox. 
They  had  children:  Zachariah,  Jordan,  Mar- 
tin (mentioned  below). 

(II)  Martin,  son  of  Zachariah  Dobbs,  was 
bom  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  March 
23,  1801,  died  April  24,  1872,  at  Somerset, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools.  About  1834  he  moved  to  Monroe 
county.  New  York,  where  he  carried  on  a 
farm  on  shares  for  three  years.  In  1837  he 
settled  in  Niagara  county,  in  the  town  of  Som- 
erset, and  bought  a  farm  of  sixty  acres  on 
the  Lake  road  and  afterward  he  bought  an- 
other farm  of  one  hundred  acres  on  the  same 
road  and  conducted  both  places,  raising  grain 
and  conducting  general  farming  for  many 
years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
married,  November  3,  1824,  Ann  Albertson, 
born  in  June,  1801,  in  Dutchess  county,  New 
York,  died  at  Somerset,  April  19,  1873.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Lydia  A.,  born  November  13,  1825. 
2.  Harriet  A.,  July  13,  i8i29;  married  James 
Thotn.  3.  Susan  Mary,  August  28,  1830; 
married  (first)  John  Wilson,  and  (second) 
George  V.  Meseroll,  4.  Edward,  December  5, 
1834,  died  young.  5.  Albert  N.,  January  31, 
1837;  married  Addie  Pettit.  6.  S.  Theron 
(mentioned  below).  7.  Homer  J.,  July  3, 
1845,  died  young. 

(III)  S.  Theron,  son  of  Martin  Dobbs,  was 
born  October  17,  1840,  in  Somerset.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  Lockport  union  school.  During  his 
boyhood  he  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm, 
and  in  1865  ^^^^  over  the  management  of  one 
of  his  father's  farms  on  shares,  and  in  1872 
bought  a  farm  of  eighty-nine  acres  known  as 
the  old  Bangham  farm  on  the  Lake  road.  In 
addition  to  general  farming,  he  has  made  a 
specialty  of  fruit  and  has  an  apple  orchard  of 
sixteen  acres  besides  other  small  fruits.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Prohibitionist,  and  in  religion 
a  Methodist. 

He  married,  January  18,  1865,  Hannah  M. 
Pease,  born  Febmary  10,  1839,  daughter  of 
Adam  and  Margaret  (Patten)  Pease.  The 
Pease  and  Patten  families  were  early  settlers 
in  Somerset  and  prominent  among  the  found- 
ers of  the  town.    Children,  born  at  Somerset : 


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I.  Walter  T.,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Lillian  A., 
born  February  28,  1873;  married  Glenn  F, 
Hcx)d,  November  9,  1910.  3.  Josephine  M., 
March  8,  1875 ;  married  Wilfrid  Frost,  March 
17,  1897,  and  had  Qifford  E.  Frost,  born 
December  28,  1899;  Lillian  A.  Frost,  born 
May  28,  1902,  and  Elizabeth  H.  Frost,  born 
May  25,  1905. 

While  this   family  has  been  in 
RUSZAJ    the  United  States  and  Buffalo 

but  two  generations,  they  have 
taken  a  leading  position  in  the  business  and 
professional  life  of  the  Polish  Colony.  Martin 
Ruszaj,  bom  in  Germany,  Province  of  Poland, 
November  12,  1851,  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1872  to  avoid  military  duty  in  the  German 
army.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  S. 
(Majchrzycki)  Ruszaj,  of  Poland,  a  farmer. 
He  settled  in  Buffalo,  where  in  1885  he  estab- 
lished a  book  and  stationery  store,  specializing 
in  church  supplies  used  by  those  of  the  Catholic 
faith.  His  store  on  Peckham  street  was  the 
first  of  the  kind  kept  by  a  Polish  Catholic,  and 
has  always  been  a  successful  one.  He  still 
continues  the  business.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  Saint  Stanislaus 
Roman  Catholic  Church  and  Society.  He 
married,  September  18,  1875,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Adelbert  Fronczak,  of  Poland,  and  only 
sister  of  Dr.  Francis  E.  Fronczak,  the  well- 
known  physician  and  health  commissioner  of 
the  city  of  Buffalo.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born 
February  9,  1878;  resident  of  Buffalo;  mar- 
ried Anastasia  Kaleta ;  they  had  four  children : 
Leon,  Mary,  Alexander,  Cecelia.  2.  Mary, 
married  Frederick  Grobelski;  they  had  two 
children:  Leon  and  Sophie.  3.  Katherine, 
married  Stanislaus  Wawrzyniak;  they  had 
three  children:  Celia,  Lucy,  Florence.  4. 
Stanley  Eustace  (of  whom  further).  5.  Agnes, 
married  Anthony  Tabolski;  child.  Flora.  6. 
Walter.    7.  Jennie.    8.  Helen. 

(H)  Stanley  Eustace,  son  of  Martin  and 
Anna  (Fronczak)  Ruszaj,  was  bom  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  February  24,  1884.  He  was 
educated  at  Saint  Stanislaus  parochial  school, 
the  public  school  of  the  ninth  ward  of  Buf- 
falo, and  the  Masten  Park  high  school,  from 
which  he  was  graduated,  class  of  1904.  He 
chose  the  profession  of  dentistry,  entered  the 
University  of  Buffalo,  was  graduated  D.D.S., 
1907,  and  licensed  to  practice  by  the  state  of 
New  York  the  same  year,  and  at  once  began 
practice  at  No.  1012  Broadway,  Buffalo,  and 


so  continues.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Trans- 
figuration (Roman  Catholic),  and  of  the 
Eighth  Dental  District  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  He  married,  August  5,  1908,  Angeline 
L.,  daughter  of  Marcelli  and  Mary  (Pronobis) 
Smeja.  Child:  Eugene,  born  November  11, 
1910. 


This  is  an  ancient  and  hon- 
RATCLIFFE    orable   family  of  England. 

The  family  herein  recorded 
was  long  seated  in  Yorkshire,  where  they 
were  land  owners.  In  America  the  name  is 
found  among  the  early  pilgrims.  Robert  Rat- 
cliffe  was  living  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
in  1623,  while  Rev.  Robert  Ratcliffe  was  the 
first  rector  of  King's  Chapel,  Boston,  1686. 
King's  Chapel  was  fifth  in  the  order  of  Boston 
churches.  In  1686  the  first  Episcopal  service 
was  held  in  Boston  in  the  "old  Town  House." 
Rev.  Robert  Ratcliffe  came  over  May  14,  1686, 
in  the  frigate  "Rose,"  and  held  the  first  Epis- 
copal service.  King's  Chapel  was  originally 
a  small  wooden  structure,  but  was  soon  re- 
placed by  a  more  pretentious  one  of  stone. 

(I)  John  Ratcliffe,  the  progenitor  of  the 
Medina  Ratcliffes,  lived  and  died  at  Hains- 
worth,  near  Bradford,  Yorkshire,  England. 
He  was  a  cattle  drover  and  farmer.  His  busi- 
ness in  cattle  (failed  him  to  different  pJarts  of 
England  and  frequently  to  Ireland.  He  was  a 
man  of  substance  and  good  standing  in  his 
town,  well  known,  energetic  and  thrifty.  He 
married  Mary  Rhodes,  of  the  same  shire.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  Thomas,  Abram,  John,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Susanna,  and  Betty,  who  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  Hartley. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Ratcliffe, 
was  born  December,  1820,  near  Halifax, 
Yorkshire,  England.  He  was  well  educated  in 
the  county  schools,  and  learned  the  butcher's 
trade  in  the  town  of  Preston,  in  Yorkshire. 
In  1850,  with  his  wife,  he  sailed  for  the  United 
States,  landing  in  New  York  City  after  a 
seven  weeks'  voyage.  He  came  to  Batavia, 
Genesee  county.  New  York,  by  rail,  and  from 
there  overland  by  team  to  Medina,  Orleans 
county,  where  he  settled.  In  a  short  time  he 
began  business  for  himself,  opening  a  com- 
bined meat  market  and  grocery  store,  which 
he  successfully  and  profitably  conducted  until 
his  death,  June  15,  1861.  He  was  a  man  of 
good  business  ability,  upright  and  honorable 
in  all  his  dealings.     He  was  a  Democrat  in 


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politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church.  He  married,  in  Yorkshire,  in 
1848,  Hannah  Bland,  born  June  20,  1820, 
christened  at  the  old  Bradford  Episcopal 
Church,  Yorkshire,  died  at  Medina,  New 
York,  September  19,  19 10,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mercy  (Spencer)  Bland,  of  Brad- 
ford, in  Yorkshire.  William  Bland  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Wesleyan  church  of 
Kingsbury,  in  Yorkshire,  a  church  that  has 
since  benefited  by  the  generosity  of  his  de- 
scendants in  Medina.  Children:  i.  Thomas, 
born  June  i,  1849  (^^^  ^^^Y  English-born 
child  of  his  parents),  died  March  12,  1850. 
2.  John  T.,  born  in  Medina,  March  28,  1851, 
died  August  23,  i860.  3.  Mary  Hannah,  of 
further  mention.  4.  Rhodes  Edward,  born 
February  25,  1857,  in  Medina,  died  there  Feb- 
ruary II,  1901.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  learned  the  trade  of  harness 
maker,  and  maintained  a  place  of  business  on 
East  Center  street.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church  of  Medina,  of  which 
he  was  trustee  and  treasurer  for  many  years. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics. 

(HI)  Mary  Hannah,  only  daughter  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Bland)  Ratcliffe,  was  born  in 
Medina,  New  York,  February  28,  1854.  She 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the 
University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Michi- 
gan, where  she  matriculated  in  1887,  pursued 
the  medical  course,  and  was  graduated  M.  D. 
in  1891.  Although  fully  equipped  for  her  pro- 
fession. Miss  Ratcliffe  has  never  practiced. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Medina,  and  active  in  the  work  of  that 
church,  especially  in  the  Social  Union  and  the 
missionary  societies.  After  the  death  of  her 
mother,  she  visited  England  and  the  old  Wes- 
leyan church  at  Kingsbury,  in  Yorkshire,  of 
which  her  Grandfather  Bland  was  a  founder, 
and  to  which  she  made  a  generous  donation 
as  a  memorial.  Miss  Ratcliffe  resides  in  Me- 
dina, New  York,  where  she  is  well  known 
for  her  good  works. 

The  Moshers  of  Westfield, 
MOSHER  New  York,  are  of  English  an- 
cestry, descendants  of  Hugh 
Mosher,*who  came  from  England  in  1632, 
landing  at  Boston  from  the  ship  "Jsme,"  and 
was  of  Newport  and  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts. 

(II)  Hugh  (2),  son  of  Hugh  (i)  Mosher, 
was  born  in  1633,  died  1713.    In  1660  he  was 


ope  of  six  men  who  bought  certain  lands  at 
Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  of  the  Indian  Sachem, 
Socho.  In  1684  he  was  ordained  pastor  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church,  of  Dartmouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  married  (first)  Rebecca  Harn- 
del.  His  second  wife  was  named  Sarah.  He 
had   eight   children,   all   by   first   wife. 

(III)  Nicholas,  eldest  son  of  Hugh  (2) 
Mosher,  was  born  1666,  died  August  14,  1747. 
He  was  of  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts,  and 
Tiverton,  Rhode  Island.  His  wife  Elizabeth 
died  in  1747.     They  had  ten  children. 

(IV)  Nicholas  (2),  sixth  child  of  Nicholas 
(i)  Mosher,  was  born  January  17,  1703.  He 
was  left  five  pounds  in  his  father's  will,  and 
when  married  and  settled  in  life  was  of 
Tyringham,  Connecticut.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Crandall  and  had  fourteen  children. 

(V)  Francis,  son  of  Nicholas  (2)  Mosher, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  about  1750.  He 
moved  to  New  York  state,  settling  in  the 
town  of  Pittstown,  Rensselaer  county.  He 
married  and  had  three  children :  Frances  (of 
whom  further)  ;  George,  of  Lockport,  New 
York;  a  daughter,  who  married  Robert  Mc- 
Kay and  settled  in  Fulton  county.  New  York, 

(VI)  Francis  (2),  son  of  Francis  (i) 
Mosher,  was  born  in  1786.  He  married  and 
had  six  children:  i.  Daniel,  married  and  had 
children:  Lydia,  Emma  and  Jay;  all  lived 
in  Fulton  county.  2.  Abram  (of  whom  fur- 
ther). 3.  Phila,  married  Madison  Hall,  of 
Red  Creek,  Wayne  county.  New  York.  4. 
Abbie,  married  Benjamin  Hunt,  of  Wa)me 
county.  5.  George,  married  Lydia  Ann  San- 
ford.    6.  Lydia. 

(VII)  Abram,  son  of  Francis  (2)  Mosher, 
was  born  in  Rensselaer  county,  New  York, 
1816,  died  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county, 
January  4,  1858.  He  came  to  Chautauqua 
county  about  1840,  settling  in  the  western 
part  of  the  county  near  the  Pennsylvania  state 
line.  Here  he  followed  agriculture  for  sev- 
eral years,  spending  his  last  years  in  West- 
field.  He  married  Amirilla  Welch,  bom  in 
Wayne  county.  New  York,  died  in  Westfield, 
New  York,  September  26,  1887.  aged  eighty- 
four  years.  Children:  i.  Francis  Reed  (of 
whom  further).  2.  Horatio  M.,  born  in  Rip- 
ley, Chautauqua  county,  August  30,  1846.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  has  for  the  past  twenty-five  years 
been  employed  by  his  brother  in  his  lumber 
business  at  Westfield.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order  and  a  Republican.     He  mar- 


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ried,  November  9,  1870,  in  Westfield,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Timson,  born  there  185 1,  died 
March  24,  1910,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mar- 
garet (Snowden)  Timson,  and  granddaughter 
of  Charles  and  Irene  (Whipple)  Timson. 
Irene  Whipple  was  a  descendant  of  Matthew 
Whipple,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 

(VIII)  Francis  Reed,  eldesl  son  of  Abram 
Mosher,  was  born  in  Ripley,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  February  26,  1843.  He 
received  a  good  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  in  1862  settled  in  Westfield,  New  York. 
He  was  energetic  and  industrious  and  worked 
at  any  honest  labor  that  presented  itself,  hus- 
banding his  earnings  with  the  purpose  ever 
in  view  of  engaging  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  In  1878  he  felt  that  he  had  sufficient 
capital  to  engage  in  the  lumber  business  in  a 
small  way.  He  purchased  a  modest  stock  and 
established  his  yard  on  the  west  side  of  Chau- 
tauqua creek.  He  prospered  and  gained  not 
only  a  foothold  in  the  business  world  but  a 
sure  place  in  the  regard  of  the  business  men 
of  his  section.  Four  years  after,  in  1882,  he 
purchased  the  coal  business  of  R.  L.  Adams, 
on  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern 
railroad.  This  business  also  prospered  under 
Mr.  Mosher's  able  management,  who  later 
merged  his  two  lines,  coal  and  lumber,  into 
one  concern.  The  Westfield  Coal  and  Lumber 
Company,  which  still  transacts  a  large  and 
profitable  business.  Mr.  Mosher  began  his 
business  career  on  the  sure  foundation  of 
fair  dealing  with  every  one  and  has  all  his 
life  maintained  the  high  ideals  with  which 
he  started.  No  man  stands  higher  in  the 
esteem  of  his  circle  of  acquaintance.  He  was 
elected  village  trustee  and  gave  efficient  serv- 
ice for  four  terms.  He  was  then  chosen  a 
member  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners, 
having  in  charge  the  gathering  and  distribu- 
tion of  Westfield's  water  supply.  In  1901  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  village  corpora- 
tion of  Westfield  and  to  this  office,  as  he  did 
to  the  others,  he  gave  the  same  careful  atten- 
tion and  devotion  that  characterizes  his  con- 
duct of  his  private  business.  He  is  now  serv- 
ing as  assessor  of  the  village.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church,  past  master  of 
Summit  Lodge,  No.  219,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  member  of  Westfield  Chapter,  No. 
239,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  of  Dunkirk 
Commandery,  No.  40,  Knights  Templar.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Republican. 
He   married,   in   Westfield,   December    11, 


1872,  Grace  Harper,  born  in  county  Down, 
Ireland,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
Harper.  Her  father  came  from  Ireland  to 
the  United  States  with  wife  and  child,  settling 
in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  He  was 
a  shoemaker  in  Ireland,  but  on  coming  to 
Chautauqua  county  engaged  in  farming.  Chil- 
dren: James,  married  Jane  Strain;  Nancy, 
married  Samuel  Thompson;  Sarah,  married 
Archibald  McDougal ;  Grace,  married  Francis 
R.  Mosher;  Thomas,  a  veteran  of  the  civil 
war ;  John.  Children  of  Francis  R.  and  Grace 
Mosher:  Rilla,  deceased;  Agnes;  Thomas 
W.,  married  Marica  Jones,  and  has  one  child, 
Walter. 


The  name  of  Morton,  Moreton 
MORTON     and     Montaigne     is     earliest 

found  in  old  Dauphine,  and  is 
still  existent  in  France.  In  family  annals 
there  is  a  repeated  statement  that  one  of  the 
family  emigrated  from  Dauphine,  first  to  Brit- 
tany, then  to  Normandy,  where  he  joined  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror.  The  family  in  England 
was  noble  and  held  exalted  position  in  both 
church  and  state.  Prominent  among  the  Eng- 
lish Mortons  who  came  to  America  were 
Thomas  Morton,  Esq.,  Rev.  Charles  Morton, 
Landgrave  Joseph  Morton,  proprietary  gover- 
nor of  South  Carolina,  and  George  Morton, 
ancestor  of  the  Albany  family  of  Warner 
Groom  Morton.  In  America  the  family  has 
achieved  prominence  in  every  department  of 
life,  public  and  private.  Perhaps  the  best 
known  of  the  name  is  Levi  Parsons  Morton, 
former  member  of  congress,  former  foreign 
diplomat,  former  governor  of  New  York  and 
former  vice-president  of  the  United  States. 
A  branch  of  the  family  early  settled  in  Scot- 
land, from  whom  the  Mortons  of  Great  Val- 
ley, New  York,  descend. 

(I)  The  first  of  this  branch  to  come  to  the 
United  States  was  John  Morton,  of  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  who  came  to  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  at  an  early  day,  with  one 
son. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Morton, 
was  born  in  Scotland,  where  he  married.  He 
followed  his  father  to  Cattaraugus  county. 
New  York,  where  he  purchased  land  of  the 
Holland  Land  Company,  located  in  Great  Val- 
ley. He  owned  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and 
thirty-seven  acres,  which  he  cleared  and 
brought  under  cultivation.  He  married  and 
had  two  children:     William    (of  whom  fur- 


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ther)  ;  Alexander,  married  and  had  a  daughter 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Milton  Fobes. 

(III)  William,  eldest  son  of  John  (2)  Mor- 
ton, was  born  in  Scotland,  in  1816,  died  in 
Great  Valley,  New  York,  in  1899.  He  came 
to  Cattaraugus  county  with  his  father  in  1854 
and  was  also  a  farmer.  He  married  Margaret 
Scott,  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  Children: 
Mary,  married  Joseph  Green;  William  S.  (of 
whom  further)  ;  Robert,  married  Lana  Ste- 
vens ;  children :  Gilbert,  Lester  and  Charles. 

(IV)  William  S.,  eldest  son  of  William 
Morton,  was  born  in  Great  Valley,  Cattarau- 
gus county.  New  York,  June  19,  1858.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  was 
his  father's  farm  assistant  in  his  earlier  years. 
He  began  mercantile  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  Elli- 
cottville  store  of  Havenor  Brothers,  where  he 
remained  one  year.  He  then  went  to  Bordell, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  for  a  year, 
from  thence  went  to  East  Bradford,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  remained  for  another  year.  His 
clerkships  in  these  different  places  gave  him 
a  practical  experience  in  mercantile  methods 
and  decided  him  to  become  a  merchant  him- 
self. He  formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph 
Green  (his  brother-in-law)  and  in  1882  es- 
tablished a  grocery  business  in  Salamanca. 
They  continued  in  successful  operation  for 
two  years,  then  sold  out  and  dissolved  part- 
nership. 

In  1884  he  located  in  Great  Valley, 
where  in  company  with  his  brother,  Robert 
Morton,  he  purchased  the  store  of  J.  E.  Chase, 
and  until  1901  conducted  a  successful  general 
merchandising  business.  In  1901  they  sold 
their  interest  to  Arthur  Bonstell,  but  two 
years  later  William  S.  Morton  repurchased  the 
entire  business,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted alone.  Mr.  Morton  is  and  has  been 
for  many  years  prominent  in  public  life.  He 
has  been  supervisor  of  Great  Valley  for  fifteen 
years;  clerk  of  the  town  five  years;  member 
of  the  board  of  education.  He  is  a  leader  in 
town,  county  and  state  politics,  and,  although 
quiet  and  unassuming,  is  a  man  of  great  force 
of  character,  and  usually  carries  his  political 
plans  to  a  successful  issue.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
Ellicottville  Lodge,  No.  307,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  266, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Salamanca  Conimandery, 
No.  62,  Knights  Templar.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1883,  Etta  Weeger,  and  has  a  son, 
Howard,  born  June  4,  1886. 


The  Fitzgeralds  of  Sala- 
FITZGERALD    manca    descend    from    a 

famous  Irish  family  that 
has  long  been  seated  in  that  land  of  famous 
families.  They  date  back  to  the  days  of  clans 
and  tribes  who  ruled  by  might  of  valor  and 
strength.  The  name  is  of  frequent  occurrence 
in  Ireland  and  has  been  borne  by  distinguished 
men  in  every  generation.  The  founder  of  the 
family  in  the  United  States,  Edward,  is  a 
son  of  Michael  and  Ellen  Fitzgerald,  both  of 
county  Limerick. 

(II)  Edward,  son  of  Michael  and  Ellen 
Fitzgerald,  was  bom  in  county  Limerick,  Ire- 
land. He  came  to  the  United  States  after  his 
marriage,  settling  in  New  York  state,  at  Ad- 
rian, where  he  lived  until  the  birth  of  one 
child.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Erie  rail- 
road for  a  time,  but  later  removed  to  Sala- 
manca, where  he  conducted  a  store.  He  mar- 
ried Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Bridget 
(Connors)  Broderick,  all  of  county  Limerick, 
Ireland.  Children:  i.  Nellie,  born  in  Adrian, 
New  York,  November  23,  1864;  married, 
April  21,  1885,  Fj'cd  Sander;  children:  Eddie, 
born  January  10,  1886,  died  August  31,  1886; 
Eva,  July  10,  1888;  George  W.,  July  12,  1890; 
Mary  Frances,  July  23,  1892,  died  November 
5,  1900;  Hazel  A.,  April  22,  1894.  2.  Delia, 
born  February  22,  1866,  died  June  16,  1885. 
3.  Mary  Catherine,  born  October  i,  1867.  4. 
Thomas  J.,  born  June  30,  1869.  5.  Edward  B. 
(mentioned  below). 

(III)  Edward  B.,  youngest  child  and  second 
son  of  Edward  and  Bridget  (Broderick)  Fitz- 
gerald, was  bom  in  Salamanca,  New  York, 
June  3,  1870.  He  attended  the  public  school, 
and  in  early  life  began  working  in  the  store 
of  W.  T.  Fish,  commencing  in  1887,  con- 
tinuing until  1897.  He  was  of  such  value  to 
his  employer  that  he  received  several  promo- 
tions ;  he  resigned  at  the  end  of  ten  years'  serv- 
ice. In  1897  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Thomas  J.  Fitzgerald,  and  started 
in  business  in  a  small  way  at  No.  22  Main 
street.  The  brothers,  both  capable  business 
men,  prospered  and  were  compelled  to  seek  en- 
larged quarters.  They  are  now  located  in 
a  three-story  brick  and  stone  structure  on 
the  comer  of  Main  and  Maple  streets,  where 
they  conduct  a  modern  dry  goods  and  house 
furnishing  department  store,  excluding,  how- 
ever, furniture  and  groceries,  the  building  be- 
ing known  as  the  Fitzgerald  Block.  Edward 
Fitzgerald  is  a  director  of  the  Salamanca  Trust 


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Company  and  the  First  National  Bank.  He 
is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  served  one  term 
as  village  trustee.  He  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Salamanca  Lodge,  Knights  of  Columbus, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
of  the  Country  Qub.  His  religious  faith  is 
Roman  Catholic. 

He  married,  October  4,  1892,  Nettie  May 
Kenengar,  born  May  27,  1874,  eldest  daughter 
of  Andrew  and  Nettie  (Wyman)  Kenengar. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenengar:  John 
K. ;  Nettie  May,  married  Edward  B.  Fitz- 
gerald; Jennie,  married  John  Maher. 
Children  of  Edward  B.  and  Nettie  May  (Ken- 
engar) Fitzgerald:  Eugene  Raymond,  born 
November  29,  1893;  Leo  Bernard,  Decem- 
ber I,  1895;  George  Edward,  September  3, 
1897 ;  Thomas  Frederick,  April  27,  1901 ;  Mary 
Frances,  April  i,  1907;  Charles  Richard,  No- 
vember 5,  191 1, 


The  Emerlings  of  Buffalo, 

EMERLING    New  York,  descend  from  a 

German  family  long  seated 
in  Altenburg,  Germany,  where  it  is  numer- 
ously represented.  The  name  is  not  a  familiar 
one  in  the  United  States,  in  which  it  has  few 
representatives  except  this. 

(I)  William  Emerling,  grandfather  of  Daniel 
W.  Emerling,  was  born  in  Altenburg,  where 
he  lived  and  died.  He  married  and  had  five 
children,  all  of  whom  died  in  Germany  except 
Henry  John,  the  third  child. 

(H)  Henry  John,  son  of  William  Emerling, 
was  born  in  Altenburg,  Germany,  August  9, 
1824,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  December 
17,  19 10.  He  received  a  good  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  province,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1855,  when  he  came  to  the  United 
States.  He  settled  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  with 
his  wife  and  two  children.  He  was  engaged 
in  various  enterprises  in  Buffalo,  finally  en- 
gaging in  the  produce  commission  business, 
later  in  business  in  the  Washington  street  mar- 
ket, wholesale  and  retail.  He  retired  from 
active  business  about  1895.  He  was  success- 
ful in  his  various  enterprises  and  bore  an  ex- 
cellent character  in  the  city.  He  was  a  de- 
voted church  worker,  and  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  charter  members  of  St.  Luke's 
Evangelical  Church,  corner  of  Richmond  ave- 
nue and  Utica  street.  He  was  trustee  at 
various  times  and  in  earlier  years  deacon  and 
elder.     He  was  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  in  Altenburg,  Germany,  about 


1 85 1,  Rosina  Bechtel,  born  August  2,  183 1,  in 
Altenburg  (or  near  there),  died  in  Buffalo, 
October  18,  1897.  Her  mother  Augusta  mar- 
ried a  second  husband,  a  Mr.  Ehrlich.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Amelia,  married  John  Small,  now  in 
business  at  Ellicott  and  Tupper  streets,  Buf- 
falo; three  children.  2.  Herman  Frederick, 
superintendent  for  W.  A.  Case,  Perry  and  Mis- 
sissippi streets,  Buffalo;  married  and  has 
one  child.  3.  Pauline,  married  George  Frank, 
deceased,  whom  she  survives,  a  resident  of 
Buffalo ;  four  children.  4.  Charles,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 5.  George,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, died  in  infancy.  7.  Henry,  with  the  Will- 
iam Hengerer  Company ;  married  and  has  two 
children.  8.  Daniel  W.,  married  and  has  no 
children. 

(HI)  Daniel  W.,  youngest  child  of  Henry 
John  Emerling,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  December  25,  1871.  He  was  educated 
in  Buffalo  schools,  graduating  from  public 
school  No.  16,  and,  in  1887,  from  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College.  He  took  up  the 
study  of  law  with  Fred  Greiner,  of  Buffalo, 
continuing  four  years.  He  never  followed  that 
profession  but  entered  the  employ  of  the  Third 
National  Bank  of  Buffalo  as  draft  clerk,  work- 
ing up  to  head  individual  bookkeeper. .  In  1900 
he  resigned  and  took  a  position  with  Marshall, 
Clinton  &  Rebadow,  attorneys  and  counselors, 
as  private  secretary  to  Charles  D.  Marshall. 
Mr.  Marshall  died  April  22,  1908,  and  Mr. 
Emerling  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  Mar- 
shall estate.  In  April,  19 10,  he  established  a 
general  real  estate  and  insurance  business, 
which  he  still  continues.  He  is  a  most  capable, 
energetic  man  of  business  and  has  ably  ad* 
ministered  the  trusts  committed  to  his  care. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  was  formerly 
district  committeeman  for  the  twenty-second 
ward  of  Buffalo,  but  of  later  years  has  not 
taken  an  active  part  in  political  affairs.  He 
is  a  member  of  St.  Luke's  Evangelical  Church, 
of  which  his  father  was  a  founder ;  member  of 
Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce;  member  of 
Manufacturers',  Automobile,  Acacia  and  Mo- 
tor Boat  clubs  of  Buffalo  and  of  the  Masonic 
order.  In  the  latter  fraternity  he  belongs  to 
and  is  past  master  of  Highland  Lodge,  Com- 
panion of  Keystone  Chapter,  a  Sir  Knight  of 
Lake  Erie  Commandery  and  a  Noble  of  Is- 
mailia  Temple. 

He  was  married  in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Oc- 
tober t8,  1898,  to  Maud  Lewis  King,  daughter 
of  Henry  L.  King,  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 


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The  Christeys  are  of  English 
CHRISTEY    descent,    the    family   having 

long  been  seated  in  that 
country.  They  were  people  of  standing  and 
wealth,  among  their  holdings  being  St.  Cath- 
erine's Docks,  Liverpool,  an  entailed  property 
that  was  held  in  the  family  three  hundred 
years.  The  Christeys  of  Buffalo,  herein  traced, 
descend  from  Joseph  Christey,  born  in  Eng- 
land, died  in  Buffalo,  where  a  monument  in 
Forest  Lawn  marks  his  resting  place.  He  was 
a  banker  and  broker  in  England,  and  an  officer 
in  the  Home  Guard.  He  came  to  America 
in  1832,  settling  in  Toronto,  Canada.  He  did 
not  long  remain  there,  but  with  his  family 
eame  to  the  United  States,  living  in  New 
York  City  and  at  Albany,  New  York,  where 
his  youngest  child,  Arthur,  was  born.  He 
intended  to  return  to  Toronto  with  his  family, 
'  but  changed  his  plans  and  came  to  Buffalo, 
where  he  lived  a  retired  life,  dying  in  1856  at 
the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  He  was  reared 
in  the  Church  of  England,  and  in  Buffalo  was 
connected  with  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church.  He  married,  in  England,  Ann  Chiper- 
field,  daughter  of  Everard  John  and  Ann  Ol- 
landsby,  who  bore  him  eleven  children,  born 
in  England,  one  in  the  United  States,  and 
she  died  in  Toronto  in  1834,  aged  thirty-seven. 
(II)  Arthur,  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and 
Ann  (Chiperfield)  Christey,  was  bom  in  Al- 
bany, New  York,  July  12,  1833.  He  attended 
the  public  school,  and  at  an  early  age  was  ap- 
prenticed to  the  printer's  trade.  From  that 
time  until  his  retirement  from  business  he  was 
identified  with  the  printing  and  publishing 
business.  Until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of 
age  he  was  connected  with  Thomas  & 
Lathrop's  printing  house,  but  the  failure  of 
the  concern  threw  him  out  of  employment. 
While  with  this  company  he  became  acquaint- 
ed, through  business  dealings,  with  the  L.  L. 
Brown  Paper  Company,  of  Adams,  Massachu- 
setts, who,  after  the  failure  referred  to, 
brought  him  in  contact  with  E.  D.  Jenks,  of 
Adams.  They  formed  a  partnership  and  es- 
tablished in  Buffalo  a  wholesale  paper  house. 
The  firm  of  Christey  &  Jenks  became  well 
known  in  Western  New  York  as  the  largest 
concern  of  its  kind  in  the  state.  They  con- 
tinued in  successful  business  until  about  1861, 
when  Mr.  Christey  bought  his  partner's  in- 
terest and  continued  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Arthur  Christey.  Mr.  Christey  was 
also   heavily    interested   in   the  printing  and 


publishing  business  of  Buffalo.  He  published 
the  Live  Stock  Journal,  and  was  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Haus,  Kelly  &  Company, 
later  Haus,  Kelly  &  Christey,  later  Haus, 
Nauert  &  Klein,  who  founded  the  paper  that 
has  since  developed  into  the  Buffalo  Times, 
He  was  a  principal  owner  in  the  Christey 
Stationery  Company,  and  invented  many  de- 
vices in  the  way  of  clasps,  filing  devices,  and 
a  perpetual  calendar.  He  printed  and  copy- 
righted a  great  many  pamphlets  on  various 
subjects.  He  retired  from  business  in  1891, 
and  still  (1911)  continues  his  residence  in 
Buffalo.  He  led  an  active  business  life  and 
accomplished  an  immense  amount  of  work. 
He  was  highly  regarded  in  business  circles, 
and  is  known  as  one  of  Buffalo's  pioneer  busi- 
ness men  in  the  paper,  printing  and  publish- 
ing business.  He  was  a  Democrat  until  i860, 
when  he  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  has 
ever  since  acted  with  the  Republican  party. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  and  was  married  there  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Shelton,  but  in  later  ye!<irs  connected  with 
the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  of  which  he  was 
a  vestryman. 

He  married,  December  19,  1854,  Fanny 
Lance  Bryant,  who,  like  himself,  was  the 
youngest  of  a  family  of  twelve.  She  was  born 
in  Toronto,  Canada,  July  28,  1835,  youngest 
child  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Lance  Bryant, 
and  died  in  Buffalo,  June  22,  1904.  Joseph 
Bryant  and  his  family  came  from  England  in 
1832.  Mr.  Bryant  was  a  banker  and  broker 
in  England,  but  did  not  engage  in  any  busi- 
ness after  coming  to  the  United  States.  He 
is  buried  in  Forest  Lawn,  as  is  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Christey.  Children  of  Arthur  and  Fanny 
L.  Christey:  i.  Elizabeth  Anstey,  married  Wil- 
lard  Way  Hodge;  children:  Elizabeth  and 
Shurly  Qiristey  Hodge.  2.  Fanny  Augusta, 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Ella  Gertrude.  4.  Arthur 
Bryant. 

(IV)  Captain  Arthur  Bryant  Christey,  only 
son  of  Arthur  and  Fanny  Lance  (Bryant) 
Christey,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  August  6,  1868. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
the  Buffalo  Classical  School,  kept  by  Professor 
Horace  Briggs.  He  was  for  a  time  in  his  fa- 
ther's employ,  and  in  189 1  was  cashier  and 
bookkeeper  for  the  R.  W.  Bell  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Buffalo.  In  1892  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Empire  State  Savings  Bank,  as 
general  bookkeeper.  In  1898  he  served  in  the 
Spanish-American  war,  returning  to  the  em- 


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ploy  of  the  Empire  Bank.  From  1899-1901 
he  was  in  the  Philippines  (see  forward).  In 
1903  he  was  appointed  deputy  comptroller  of 
the  city  of  Buffalo,  holding  the  same  until  the 
close  of  1905.  Owing  to  a  change  in  the  city 
administration  he  was  not  reappointed,  but 
served  as  chief  bookkeeper  in  the  comptroller's 
office  continuously,  1906-09  inclusive.  In  1910 
he  was  again  appointed  deputy  comptroller, 
which  office  he  now  holds  (1911). 

Mr.  Christey  enlisted  in  the  New  York  Na- 
tional Guard  in  Company  F,  Sixty-fifth  Regi- 
ment, December  i,  1885.  On  March  19,  1888, 
he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant ;  May  24, 
1893,  adjutant  of  the  regiment.  He  resigned 
from  the  Guard,  June  11,  1896,  re-entering  the 
Guard  on  March  4,  1897,  as  captain  of  com- 
pany G,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment.  May  17,  1898, 
he  was  commissioned  captain  of  Company  G, 
Sixty-fifth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  for  service  in  the  war  with  Spain. 
The  regiment  was  mustered  out  from  the  serv- 
ice of  the  United  States,  November  19,  1898, 
and  Captain  Christey  resigned  his  commission 
in  the  New  York  National  Guard  on  July  12, 
1899,  after  having  been  commissioned  by  every 
governor  from  Governor  Hill  to  Governor 
Roosevelt.  He  entered  the  United  States  Vol- 
unteer service  August  i,  1899,  ^^^  was  com- 
missioned by  President  McKinley  first  lieuten- 
ant of  the  Forty-first  Regiment,  United  States 
Volunteers.  He  served  in  the  Philippines  with 
the  Forty-first,  and  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  with  his  regiment  in  San  Francisco, 
July  3,  190 1.  Captain  Christey  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church. 


Members  of  the  Pren- 
PRENDERGAST    dergast     family     were 

prominent  in  the  early 
history  of  Chautauqua  county.  The  American 
ancestor,  William  Prendergast,  was  born  in 
Ireland,  and  after  coming  to  the  United  States 
he  with  others  explored  many  sections  of 
northern  New  York  and  states  lying  south 
and  west,  finally  settling  along  the  shores  of 
Lake  Chautauqua.  The  story  of  their  wan- 
derings in  search  of  a  favorable  location,  their 
adventures  with  the  wild  things  of  the  forest, 
their  hardships  and  privations  would  make  a 
wonderful  story  of  adventure.  One  of  the 
family,  James  Prendergast,  became  the  founder 
of  Jamestown,  New  York,  where  numerous 
memorials  to  his  memory  are  found. 


(II)  William,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Prendergast,  was  born  in  Waterford,  Ire- 
land, February  2,  1727,  died  in  the  town  of 
Chautauqua,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
February  14,  181 1.  He  had  uncles,  James, 
Robert  and  Jeffrey  Prendergast,  all  of  whom 
lived  in  Ireland.  On  coming  to  America  he 
settled  in  Pawling,  Dutchess  county,  New 
York,  where  he  followed  farming  and  lived 
for  many  years.  Late  in  life  he  moved  to 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  some  of  his 
sons  living  there  and  in  Washington  county. 
When  he  was  seventy-eight  years  of  age  he  be- 
came a  settler  of  Chautauqua  county.  This 
was  in  1806,  the  family  holdings  in  the  town 
of  Chautauqua  aggregating  about  thirty-five 
hundred  acres,  lying  along  the  shores  of  Lake 
Chautauqua,  near  the  present  grounds  of  the 
world  famous  Chautauqua  Assembly.  Chau- 
tauqua county  was  not  the  intended  destination 
of  the  old  pioneer  when  he  left.  Rensselaer 
county  in  1805,  but  the  state  of  Tennessee  was 
his  objective  point  The  party  included  four 
sons  of  William  Prendergast,  five  daughters, 
sons-in-law,  grandchildren,  and  a  slave,  Tom, 
led  by  this  wonderful  man  of  seventy-eight 
years.  They  numbered  twenty-nine  persons 
and  traveled  in  canvas  wagons,  some  requiring 
four  horses  to  draw.  They  took  a  course 
across  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  to  Wheel- 
ing, West  Virginia,  where  they  took  flat  boats 
and  descended  the  Ohio  to  Louisville,  from 
there  went  overland  to  a  point  near  Nashville, 
Tennessee,  their  intended  destination.  After 
their  long  journey  it  was  a  great  disappoint- 
ment to  find  conditions  so  unfavorable  that 
the  thought  of  remaining  was  not  for  a  mo- 
m/ent  tonsidered.  They  took  their  course 
through  Kentucky,  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania  to 
Erie,  which  they  reached  in  the  late  fall  of 
1805.  In  1806  they  settled  in  the  town  of 
Chautauqua,  although  William  Prendergast 
and  several  of  the  family  had  passed  the  pre- 
vious winter  in  Canada.  The  sons  each  took 
separate  tracts  of  land,  much  of  it  heavily- 
timbered,  but  all  adjoining. 

William  Prendergast  married  Mehitable 
Wing,  born  March  20,  1738,  died  September 
4,  1812,  daughter  of  Jedediah  and  Elizabeth 
Wing,  of  Beekman,  New  York.  Children,  all 
born  in  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  but  prob- 
ably not  in  order  of  birth:  i.  Matthew  (of 
whom  further).  2.  Thomas,  born  September 
15,  1758,  died  June  3,  1842.  3.  Mary,  married 
William  Bemus,  of  EUery,  Chautauqua  county. 


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New  York.  4.  Elizabeth,  died  unmarried,  Au- 
gust 20,  1824.  5.  James,  founder  of  James- 
town, New  York.  6.  Dr.  Jedediah,  born  May 
13,  1766;  married  Penelope  Chase.  7.  Martin, 
born  April  22,  1769;  married  Martha  Hunt. 
8.  John  Jeffrey.  9.  Susanna,  married  Oliver 
Whiteside.  10.  Eleanor,  died  aged  thirteen 
years.  11.  Martha,  died  unmarried,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1849, 2iged  seventy-four  years.  12.  Will- 
iam, a  major  in  the  war  of  1812.  13.  Minerva, 
married  Eiisha  Marvin. 

(III)  Matthew,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Will- 
iam and  Mehitable  (Wing)  Prendergast,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Pawling,  Dutchess  county, 
New  York,  August  5,  1756,  died  in  the  town 
of  Chautauqua,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  February  24,  1838.  He  grew  up  in 
Dutchess  county,  later  lived  for  many  years 
in  Washington  county,  New  York,  and  in 
Pittstown,  Rensselaer  county,  leaving  the  lat- 
ter town  when  well  advanced  in  years.  He 
did  not  accompany  the  family  in  their  southern 
journeyings,  but  came  to  Chautauqua  county 
in  1807  with  his  brother  James  and  settled 
on  the  west  side  of  Lake  Chautauqua,  six 
miles  from  Ma)rville.  He  was  the  first  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  Chautauqua  after  the 
county  was  fully  organized  in  181 1,  Pomfret 
having  been  taken  from  Chautauqua  in  1808. 
He  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  in  1808, 
served  in  that  office  for  many  years  and  was 
also  associate  judge  of  the  county.  He  died 
at  his  pioneer  home  on  Lake  Chautauqua,  aged 
eighty-three  years.  He  married  (first)  in 
eastern  New  York,  Abigail  Akin;  (second) 
Anna  Hunt.  Children  by  first  wife:  Lillian, 
married  Jared  Irwin;  Dr.  William  (of  whom 
further).  Children  by  second  wife:  James 
and  Arthur. 

(IV)  Dr.  William  Prendergast,  only  son  of 
Judge  Matthew  and  Abigail  (Akin)  Pren- 
dergast, was  born  in  Pawling,  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  February  28,  1791,  died 
in  Chautauqua,  New  York,  March  11,  1857. 
He  grew  up  in  Washington  county.  New 
York,  and  in  1807,  being  then  sixteen  years  of 
age,  came  with  his  father  to  Chautauqua 
county.  He  studied  medicine  and  when  only 
a  stripling  served  as  a  surgeon  during  the  war 
of  1812-14.  He  practiced  his  profession  in 
Mayville,  New  York,  for  many  years  and  was 
a  well-known  practitioner  and  highly  respected 
citizen.  His  uncle,  Jedediah  Prendergast,  set- 
tled in  Mayville  in  181 1,  and  Dr.  William 
was  his  successor.     He  retired  from  practice 


and  spent  his  latter  years  on  his  farm  in  the 
town  of  Chautauqua.  He  owned  at  the  time 
of  his  death  about  one  thousand  acres  of 
farm  land.  He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1815,  Elizabeth,  born  June  24,  1797, 
died  September  15,  1881,  daughter  of  Martin 
Prendergast.  Child,  Martin  (of  whom  fur- 
ther). 

(V)  Martin,  only  child  of  Dr.  William 
and  Elizabeth  (Prendergast)  Prendergast, 
was  bom  in  Mayville,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York.  He  was  a  clerk  for  many  years. 
Inheriting  the  old  homestead,  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  farming.  He  was 
well-known  in  his  town,  and  for  fifteen  years 
served  as  supervisor.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  man  of  high  character.  He 
married  Phoebe  Holmes,  born  March  3,  1823, 
died  January  23,  1899,  daughter  of  Seth  W. 
Holmes,  of  Oneida  county.  New  York,  who 
emigrated  to  Erie  county.  New  York,  settling 
near  Buffalo;  later  came  to  Mayville  where 
most  of  his  after  life  was  spent.  He  was 
sheriff  of  Chautauqua  county  prior  to  1849, 
and  was  for  some  years  a  successful  specula- 
tor in  the  state  of  California,  later  returning 
to  Mayville.  His  wife  was  Sarah  Stone. 
Children  of  Martin  and  Phoebe  (Holmes) 
Prendergast,  all  born  in  Chautauqua  county: 
I.  Martha,  born  August  26,  1842;  married, 
January  20,  1869,  William  M.  Whallon,  who 
died  January  3,  1899;  child,  Martin  Prender- 
gast, born  January  17,  1870;  married  May 
Herrick,  and  has  a  son,  William  Prendergast, 
born  January  8,  1897.  2.  John  H.  (of  whom 
further).  3.  William,  bom  May  13,  1848, 
died  April  21,  1852.  4.  Helen,  bom  June  4, 
1850,  died  unmarried,  May  2,  191 1.  5.  Dr. 
William,  born  March  20,  1854;  graduated,  M. 
D.,  from  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phila- 
delphia, 1883;  located  at  Mayville,  where  he 
is  the  third  Dr.  Prendergast  and  the  second 
Dr.  William  to  successfully  practice  medicine. 
He  is  unmarried. 

(VI)  John  H.,  eldest  son  of  Martin  and 
Phoebe  (Holmes)  Prendergast,  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Chautauqua,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1844.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
Mayville  schools,  and  has  always  followed 
agriculture  as  a  business.  He  owns  a  farm 
in  Chautauqua  on  which  he  now  resides 
(191 1 ).  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married,  February  23,  1876,  Antoinette  Hunt, 
born  May  13,  1841,  daughter  of  James  M.  and 


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Rhoda  Ann  (Hewes)  Hunt;  child,  James 
Hunt. 

(VII)  James  Hunt,  only  child  of  John  H. 
and  Antoinette  (Hunt)  Prendergast,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Chautauqua,  New  York, 
January  2,  1878.  He  attended  the  Mayville 
union  school  whence  he  was  graduated  with 
honor  in  June,  1896.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  entered  the  Hawley  Preparatory  School  at 
Buffalo,  being  graduated  June  18,  1898.  He 
decided  upon  the  profession  of  law  and  entered 
Cornell  University,  being  graduated  from  the 
law  school,  LL.  B.,  class  of  1902.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  June,  1902,  and  on 
July  24  of  that  year  took  up  his  residence  in 
Westfield,  New  York,  and  at  once  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  formed  a  law 
partnership  with  Gerald  G.  Gibbs,  of  Sherman, 
New  York,  which  was  dissolved  in  1904.  Since 
the  dissolution  of  Prendergast  &  Gibbs,  Mr. 
Prendergast  practiced  alone  for  a  while  and 
then  formed  a  partnership  with  James  Robin- 
son Douglas,  law  and  insurance.  In  1905  he 
was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  an  office  in 
which  he  still  continues.  For  some  years  he 
has  been  member  of  the  Republican  county 
committee.  He  also  served  as  overseer  of  the 
poor  for  two  years.  Politically  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  in  which  he  filled 
the  position  of  chaplain  for  a  time.  He  is 
highly  regarded  in  his  town  and  commands  a 
good  law  practice. 

He  married,  June  17,  1908,  in  Westfield, 
Clara  S.  Fay,  born  in  that  village,  daughter  of 
John  R.  and  Emma  J.   (Niell)  Fay. 

The  Lautz  family  is  one  that  long 
LAUTZ  existed  in  the  kingdom  of  Ba- 
varia, nojv  part  of  the  great  Ger- 
man empire.  The  immediate  progenitor  of 
the  Buffalo  family,  Martin  Lautz,  was  a  man 
of  wealth  and  position,  but  through  a  series 
of  circumstances  and  the  chicanery  of  those 
whom  he  trusted,  his  fortune  was  lost  and 
the  family  scattered,  four  of  his  eleven  chil- 
dren coming  to  the  United  States,  one  of  these, 
William  Lautz,  coming  to  Buffalo. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Martin  Lautz,  was 
born  in  Bavaria,  Germany,  May  i,  1815,  died 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  1868.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1853,  landing  in  New  York 
City  after  a  voyage  of  ninety-two  days,  with 
a  cash  capital  of  five  dollars,  and  subsequently 
settled  in  Buffalo.     He  first  began  the  manu- 


facture of  candles,  which  business  later  grew 
into  the  great  soap  manufacturing  business  of 
Lautz  Brothers  &  Company  still  a  highly  suc- 
cessful, well-known  manufacturing  firm  of 
that  city.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hienenz. 
Children:  i.  William,  born  in  Bavaria,  Ger- 
many, April  20,  1838;  engaged  with  his 
brothers  in  soap  manufacturing  for  a  time, 
and  in  1872  started  the  marble  and  stone  busi- 
ness in  Buffalo,  which  still  exists  as  The 
Lautz  Company,  of  which  he  is  the  active 
head  (1911).  He  married  (first)  Maria  Lie- 
ben;  sons:  William  J.,  of  Buffalo;  Fritz  J., 
vice-president  of  The  Lautz  Company,  Arthur. 
He  married  (second)  Amelia  Bank,  who  died 
May  I,  191 1,  leaving  a  daughter,  Amelia.  2. 
John  Adam,  born  in  Dieburg,  Germany,  May 
14,  1840,  died  in  Buffalo,  August  16,  1894. 
He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1853  with 
his  parents,  later  coming  to  Buffalo.  He  en- 
listed in  June,  1861,  in  the  Twentieth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  serving 
two  years,  nine  months.  After  the  war  he  re- 
turned to  Buffalo,  where  with  his  brothers  he 
engaged  in  soap  manufacturing  as  Lautz 
Brothers  &  Company.  He  married,  November 
16,  1865,  Catherine  Bardol,  who  survives  him. 
She  is  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Bardol,  of  Buf- 
falo. Children:  i.  Carl  A.;  ii.  Katherine  L., 
married  John  A.  Rose ;  children :  John  A.  and 
Dorothy ;  iii.  Otto  John ;  iv.  Amelia  Frederica, 
married,  September  26,  1894,  John  Lorenz 
Chittenden;  v.  Martin,  died  in  infancy;  vi. 
Hortense,  married  Clifford  DeWitt  Coyle.  3. 
Charles,  deceased.  4.  Elizabeth,  married  Will- 
iam Schweigert  (deceased).  5.  Frederick  C. 
M.  (of  whom  further).  6.  Anna  (deceased), 
married  Joseph  Chretien.  7.  Margaret,  mar- 
ried George  Munschauer  (deceased).  8.  Kate, 
married  Julius  Georger.  9.  Martin,  died  July 
I,  1893;  married  Ella  Bank,  who  survives 
him ;  children :  Martin  and  John. 

(Ill)  Frederick  Christopher  Martin, 
fourth  son  and  fifth  child  of  William  Lautz, 
was  born  in  Germany,  March  5,  1845,  ^'^^  ^" 
Buffalo,  December  22,  1905.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  with  his  parents  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  He  engaged  with 
his  father  in  candle  manufacturing  and  later 
with  his  brothers  in  soap  manufacturing,  be- 
ing a  member  of  Lautz  Brothers  &  Company. 
He  had  other  extensive  business  interests ;  was 
interested  in  The  Lautz  Company  (marble  and 
stone),  and  in  the  Machine  and  Tool  Works. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  Commonwealth  Trust 


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Company,  and  of  other  corporations  of  Buf- 
falo. He  was  a  successful  man  of  business 
and  held  high  position  in  the  city.  He  was 
under  twenty  years  of  age  when  in  February, 
1865,  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Eighty-first 
Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry.  He 
served  with  his  regiment  through  the  closing 
campaigns  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  fac- 
ing both  victory  and  defeat  in  many  of  the 
hard-fought  battles  of  the  war.  He  was  hon- 
orably discharged  and  mustered  out  of  the 
service,  August  31,  1865,  at  Fort  Monroe, 
Virginia.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  the  Blessed  Sacrament  (Roman  Catholic). 
He  was  an  accomplished  musician,  and  organ- 
ized the  Buffalo  Symphony  Orchestra,  which 
he  maintained  for  twelve  years,  and  which, 
while  entirely  successful  along  artistic  lines, 
proved  a  most  costly  venture  for  Mr.  Lautz, 
who  expended  upon  it  the  large  sum  of  $100,- 
000.  He  possessed  a  beautiful  voice,  finely 
trained,  and  he  was  for  fifteen  years  and  until 
nearly  the  close  of  his  life  principal  solo  singer 
in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral  and  the  Church  of 
the  Blessed  Sacrament.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Buffalo  Club  and  the  Country  Club.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  April  22,  1874,  Amelia  Kath- 
erine,  born  May  23,  1854,  in  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  John  Trageser,  who  was  born 
in  Bavaria,  Germany,  July  25,  1822,  died  in 
New  York  City,  October  23,  1891 ;  he  came 
to  the  United  States  where  he  became  a  suc- 
cessful copper  manufacturer.  He  married, 
April  12,  1841,  Augustine  Kramer,  born  Jan- 
uary 28,  1826,  died  June  20,  1907.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Trageser:  i.  John,  born 
March  11,  1845,  died  September  5,  1902,  at 
Sacramento,  California.  2.  Adelaide,  married 
Edward  E.  Welcke;  children:  Edward,  Will- 
iam R.,  Adelaide  and  Lester.  3.  Lester  (de- 
ceased). 4.  Augusta,  married  Joseph  J.  Wer- 
rick,  whom  she  survives  without  children  at 
Mt.  Vernon,  New  York.  5.  Amelia  Katherine, 
married  Frederick  C.  M.  Lautz.  6.  William 
Celestin,  bom  May  19,  1857;  a  resident  of 
New  York  City,  328  West  87th  street:  he 
married  Marie  Williams,  of  Buffalo ;  two  chil- 
dren: Thecla  M.,  Emma  M.  7.  Albert  Ferdi- 
nand, bom  March  16,  i860;  married  Bertha 
Heidt ;  resides  at  305  105th  street,  New  York 
City ;  three  children :  Grace,  Gertrude  and  Al- 
bert. 8.  Emma  Marie,  married  Samuel  J. 
Taylor,  resides  at  Mt.  Vernon,  New  York; 
three  children:  Augusta,  Samuel  J.  and  Mat- 


thew. Children  of  Frederick  C.  M.  and  Amelia 
Katherine  Lautz:  i.  Amelia,  died  in  infancy. 
2.  Augusta  Joan,  married  George  A.  Austin; 
children :  Frederick  C.  M.  Lautz  and  Spencer 
Trageser  Austin.  3.  Emma  Matilda,  born  April 
16,  1878,  died  September  6,  1902.  4.  Eliza- 
beth Caroline.  Mrs.  Frederick  C.  M.  Lautz 
survives  her  husband  and  continues  her  resi- 
dence in  Buffalo. 


The   name   Barr    is    evidently   of 
BARR     Hebraic  origin,  in  which  Bar  means 

"son,''  and  Baar  "was  famous."  In 
Arabic  the  word  Barr  means  "wheat,"  in 
Persian  means  "fruit,"  and  the  Irish  word 
Bar  means  "excellence."  The  name  as  well 
as  the  bearers  thereof  evidently  has  come 
through  Celtic  or  Gallic  and  Teutonic  families, 
as  the  spelling  of  the  name  would  indicate. 
In  the  Gallic  the  name*  is  spelled  Barre ;  Teu- 
tonic, Barry  or  Barrh,  and  when  anglicized  it 
is  Barr.  In  religion  the  Barrs  have  always 
been  Protestants.  As  Huguenots  or  Re- 
formers they  fled  from  persecution  in  France 
to  Scotland  and  England,  in  1 572-1681  they 
were  refugees  in  the  north  of  Ireland  from 
Scotland.  The  American  ancestor  settled  in 
Connecticut,  a  branch  of  the  family  l^ter  set- 
tling in  Vermont,  from  whom  the  Buffalo 
family  descends. 

(I)  William  Barr  was  born  in  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, about  1781,  died  in  Orleans  county,  New 
York,  in  1835.  He  was  the  son  of  a  farmer, 
and  his  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm;  in 
1814  he  was  hired  by  a  representative  of  the 
United  States  government  to  go  to  Troy,  New 
York,  there  load  his  teams  with  provisions  and 
carry  them  to  the  soldiers  at  Fort  Porter,  Buf- 
falo. While  on  this  trip  he  was  deeply  im- 
pressed with  the  advantages  western  New 
York  offered  to  settlers,  and  on  his  return  to 
Rutland,  sold  his  farm  and  emigrated  to  west- 
ern New  York.  He  made  this  trip  with  his 
wife  and  five  children  in  covered  wagons, 
carrying  a  complete  camping  outfit  and  mak- 
ing the  journey  very  comfortably,  breaking 
his  own  road  part  of  the  way  and  keeping 
his  course  by  means  of  blazed  trees  marked  on 
his  former  journey,  and  by  others  who  had 
passed  that  way.  He  settled  near  Albion, 
Orleans  county,  where  he  purchased  a  tract 
of  land  which  he  cleared  and  there  erected  a 
home  in  the  then  wilderness.  He  found  the 
soil  fertile,  and  by  hard  labor  he  maintained 
his  family  in  comparative  comfort.  He  resided 


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on  the  Albion  farm  until  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Rutland,  Malinda,  daughter  of  John 
Gordon,  who  survived  him  and  made  her  home 
with  her  son,  John  C,  in  Erie,  Pennsylvania, 
where  she  died  about  1858,  aged  seventy-six 
years.  Of  their  ten  children,  five  were  born  in 
Rutland  and  five  in  Orleans  county:  i.  Ma- 
linda, married  Hugh  McCendy,  of  Albion, 
New  York;  moved  to  Wisconsin,  where  she 
died,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  2.  William,  died 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  aged  eighty  years;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Parmalee,  of  Orleans  county, 
died  in  Chicago,  aged  seventy  years.  3.  John 
Gordon,  married  Mary  Ann  Rathbun,  born  in 
New  London,  New  York,  died  in  Buffalo, 
May  6,  1892,  daughter  of  Acors  Rathbun,  a 
pioneer  farmer  of  central  New  York,  who  died 
1855,  aged  eighty-four  years ;  children :  i.  Cor- 
nelia, married  Francis  Wilder,  of  Buffalo,  and 
had  Charles  Dudley  and  Frank  L.  ii.  George 
Dudley,  born  March  30,  1846,  married  April 
20,  187 1,  Sarah  Susan  Jones,  born  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  February  22,  1848,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Jones  (2),  born  in  Burlington,  Ver.- 
mont,  January  2,  181 1,  died  May  24,  1880, 
married  Emily  Harris,  born  in  Buffalo,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1819,  died  February  15,  1887,  daughter 
of  Asa  and  Mary  Harris ;  Asa  was  born  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  April  15,  1795,  died 
June  28,  1874;  Nathaniel  Jones  (i)  was  born 

October  28,  1779,  married  Susan ,  born 

August  14,  1785.  iii.  William  H.  D.,  of  Erie, 
Pennsylvania.  4.  Kate,  died  unmarried.  5. 
Lucy,  married  William  H.  Watson.  6.  Cather- 
ine, died  aged  seventeen  years.  7.  Alfred, 
died  in  Wisconsin.  8.  Dewitt,  an  early  Cali- 
fornia pioneer,  died  unmarried.  9.  Robert  W., 
of  further  mention.  10.  Ann,  married  a 
Thompson. 

f  II)  Robert  W.,  ninth  child  of  William  and 
Malirida  (Gordon)  Barr,  was  born  in  Orleans 
county,  New  York,  near  Albion,  August  29, 
1829.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
and  worked  on  the  farm  until  he  arrived  at  a 
suitable  age  to  learn  a  trade.  He  worked  for 
four  years  learning  the  harness  maker's  trade, 
then  began  working  as  trainman  on  the  Buf- 
falo &  Rochester  railroad,  continuing  until 
1862.  He  began  as  trainman,  but  was  rapidly 
promoted  until  he  became  a  passenger  conduc- 
tor. In  1862  he  resigned  his  position  with  the 
railroad  company  and  entered  upon  a  long  and 
successful  career  as  a  hotel  proprietor.  His 
first  house  was  "The  Barre,"  of  Buffalo,  fol- 
lowed by  "The  National,"  of  the  same  city. 


He  sold  the  latter  property  and  purchased  the 
"Judson*  House,"  at  Lockport,  New  York,  and 
afterward  was  proprietor  of  the  "Reed 
House,"  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  and  "Stanwix 
Hall,"  at  Rome,  New  York.  After  disposing 
of  the  latter  he  returned  to  Buffalo,  where  he 
conducted  the  "Tucker  House."  He  was  en- 
gaged in  the  hotel  business  for  thirty  years 
and  was  a  well  known  and  popular  landlord. 
Later  for  twelve  years  he  was  salesman  for 
H.  Messersmith,  of  Buffalo,  and  for  the  past 
five  years  (1906-11)  has  been  actively  engaged 
in  the  development  of  Buffalo  city  and  subur- 
ban real  estate.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
and  he  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  married,  February  i,  1849,  Eunice  Ade- 
laide, bom  in  Oneida  county,  New  York,  De- 
cember 15,  1829,  daughter  of  Lyman  and  Bet- 
sey (Mower)  Littlefield.  Children:  Eugene 
Leslie,  bom  February  21,  1850,  died  May  9, 
1857,  ^t  Buffalo;  George  Washington,  bom 
March  24,  1852,  died  in  Buffalo,  January  28, 
1869. 


This  is  an  old  German  family  that 
HESS     for  many  generations  was  seated  in 

the  duchy  of  Baden,  Germany.  The 
first  of  this  branch  to  settle  in  the  United 
States  was  Francis  (or  Francis  Joseph)  Hess, 
born  in  Baden,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
July,  1882.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  builder 
and  was  well  known  to  the  trade  in  Buffalo. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Evangelical 
Society  and  prominent  in  the  work  of  the  mis- 
sion conducted  by  his  church.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  but  took  little  active  part 
in  public  affairs.  He  was  an  upright,  christian 
citizen,  much  respected  by  his  friends  and  by 
those  with  whom  he  held  business  relations. 
He  married  Fanny  Echardt,  born  in  Switzer- 
land, August  19,  1826,  died  December  23, 
1901.  Children:  i.  Frank  Benjamin  (of 
whom  further).  2.  Lydia,  married  Charles 
Heist  and  resides  in  Buffalo.  3.  Qara  Matilda, 
a  missionary,  now  residing  in  Washington; 
married  John  M.  Foster,  now  in  China.  4. 
Anna  Martha,  married  G.  W.  John.  5.  Daniel 
Adam  Andrew,  now  living  in  Buffalo ;  married 
Helen  G.  Geltz.  6.  George  Whitfield,  died  in 
infancy. 

(II)  Frank  Benjamin,  eldest  son  and  child 
o"f  Francis  and  Fanny  (Echardt)  Hess,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  May  5,  1853,  ^'^d  April  28, 
191 1.  He  passed  through  the  city  public 
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school,  class  of  1871.  He  began  business  life 
as  a  bookkeeper  for  a  lumber  firm,  then  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Com- 
pany as  clerk.  He  worked  his  way  up  through 
successive  promotions  to  be  chief  clerk  in  the 
Buffalo  shops,  and  about  1890  was  made  divi- 
sion clerk  and  assistant  superintendent.  While 
Mr.  Hess  was  the  practical  man  of  business 
and  a  trusted  official,  he  was  a  great  lover  of 
music  and  made  more  than  a  local  reputation 
as  a  composer.  He  was  an  accomplished  per- 
former on  the  pipe  organ  and  was  organist 
for  a  church  of  the  Evangelical  Society  and 
for  thirty  years  organist  of  the  Zion  Reformed 
Church  on  the  east  side,  and  also  choirmaster. 
He  was  a  voluminous  composer  and  published 
a  book  of  church  music  that  is  extensively 
used.  His  ability  as  an  organist  as  well  as  a 
composer  was  fully  recognized  in  musical  cir- 
cles, where  he  was  held  in  highest  appreciation. 
A  more  perfect  illustration  of  the  practical, 
trained  business  man  and  the  cultivated,  tal- 
ented man  of  music  and  art  was  rarely  found. 
For  a  short  time  Mr.  Hess  was  a  private  of 
the  Sixty-fifth  Regiment,  New  York  National 
Guard.  He  was  a  member  of  Zion  Reformed 
Church,  and  a  Republican.  He  belonged  to 
the  Masonic  order,  but  his  greatest  interest 
was  in  his  music. 

He  married,  March  6,  1873,  Emily  C, 
daughter  of  Adam  Reinhard,  a  piano  maker, 
born  in  Baden,  Germany,  died  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  aged  eighty-one  years;  he  married 
Henrietta  Geid,  also  a  native  of  Germany. 
Frank  B.  and  Emily  C.  Hess  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children: 

I.  Frank  William,  connected  with  the  pur- 
chasing department  of  the  Erie  railroad,  at 
New  York  City,  as  chief  clerk ;  resides  at  Clif- 
ton, New  Jersey;  married  Mary  Schroeder; 
children:  Frank  Joseph,  Robert  Lewis,  Ada 
Emily  and  Alfred  Benjamin,  two  dying  in 
infancy.  2.  Clara  Amelia,  married  Frank 
Muller;  resides  in  Montana;  child:  Robert 
M.  3.  Ruth  Charlotte,  married  Theodore  W. 
Mayer;  resides  in  Buffalo;  children:  Emily 
Charlotte  and  Theodore  William.  4.  Henri- 
etta, married  Dr.  Robert  C.  Maynard.  5. 
Olive,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Lucy  Ada,  died 
aged  eleven  years.  7.  Benjamin  Robert,  re- 
sides in  Buffalo ;  married  Irene  Regina  Roth ; 
children :  Lyndon  Hess  and  Lorenzo  Charles. 
8.  John  Carl,  resides  in  Buffalo.  Mrs.  Hess 
survives  her  husband  and  continues  her  resi- 
dence in  Buffalo. 


Though   of   comparatively   re- 
SPEIDEL    cent  settlement,  the  Speidels  of 

Buffalo  have  earned  a  substan- 
tial position  in  the  business  circles  of  that 
city.  The  family  is  of  German  lineage,  trac- 
ing many  generations  of  worthy  ancestors  in 
the  "fatherland." 

(I)  George  Speidel,  born  1820,  died  1902, 
grandfather  of  Charles  G.  Speidel,  was  a  mil- 
ler of  Wiirtemberg,  Germany.  He  married 
Barbara  Metzger  and  had  seven  children:  i. 
Mary,  married  Rev.  Berner,  of  Buffalo.  2. 
Coenrad,  died  aged  eighteen  years.  3.  Bal- 
thasar  (of  whom  further).  4.  Rosa,  died  De- 
cember, 1890.  5.  Rev.  Peter,  a  minister  of  the 
Lutheran  church.  6.  Jacob,  married  Rose 
Klink ;  six  children.  7.  Katherine,  born  i860, 
died  1910;  married  Charles  Matter.  When 
forty-two  years  of  age,  George  Speidel  spent 
one  year  in  the  United  States,  visiting  his 
children. 

(H)  Balthasar,  son  of  George  Speidel,  was 
born  in  Wiirtemberg,  Germany,  October  24, 
1847.  ^^  learned  the  trade  of  baker,  master- 
ing it  in  all  its  varied  details.  In  1872  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  settling  at  once  in 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  worked  at  his  trade 
and  after  studying  trade  conditions  determined 
to  establish  in  the  baking  business  for  him- 
self. On  July  18,  1872,  he  opened  Speidel's 
Bakery,  at  639  Michigan  street.  He  prospered 
and  enlarged  his  business,  and  in  January, 
1904,  the  Speidel  Vienna  Bakery  Company 
was  incorporated  by  Mr.  Speidel  and  his  sons, 
of  which  he  is  vice-president.  He  married,  in 
Germany,  June  11,  1872,  Annie  Blockenger, 
and  embarked  for  the  tJnited  States  for  their 
wedding  tour.  Children:  i.  Charles,  died  in 
infancy.  2.  Rosa,  married  George  P.  Riter; 
has  child,  Dorothy.  3.  Charles  Godfrey  (of 
whom  further).  4.  Fred  William,  president 
of  the  Speidel  Vienna  Bakery  Company ;  mar- 
ried Mamie  L.  Stokes.  5.  Wilhelm  Bernhardt, 
died  in  infancy.  6.  Emma,  married  John  Fritz ; 
has  child,  Helena.  7.  William,  married  Ellen 
Kruce;  has  child,  Frederick  William,  born 
January  27,  1906. 

(HI)  Charles  Godfrey,  third  child  of  Bal- 
thasar and  Annie  (Blockenger)  Speidel,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  April  21,  1875. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
was  taken  into  the  bakery  business  with  his 
father,  who  thoroughly  prepared  him  for  the 
important  positions  he  now  holds,  secretary, 
treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Speidel  Vienna 


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Bakery  Company,  one  of  the  large  baking 
companies  of  the  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
St.  Paul's  German  Lutheran  Church  and  takes 
active  interest  in  its  prosperity.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  September 
23,  1897,  Edith  GifFord. 


Dr.  Moore,  of  Westfield,  New 
MOORE     York,    descends,    through    both 

paternal  and  maternal  lines, 
from  Irish,  ancestry  of  good  position.  His 
father,  Edward  J.  Moore,  although  born  in 
England,  was  the  son  of  William  J.  Moore,  a 
barrister,  of  Dublin,  Ireland. 

(II)  Edward  J.  Moore  came  to  the  United 
States  from  England,  in  1850,  and  settled  in 
Westfield,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York.  He 
continued  there  until  after  his  marriage,  then 
moved  to  Detroit,  Michigan,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  drug  business.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
civil  war  Mr.  Moore  sold  his  drug  store  and 
going  abroad  remained  until  peace  was  de- 
clared, then  returned  to  Westfield,  where  he 
engaged  in  agriculture  until  the  death  of  his 
father-in-law,  then  removed  to  the  McQurg 
homestead  in  the  village  of  Westfield,  where 
he  died  about  1888.  He  married,  in  Westfield, 
in  1851,  Catherine  McClurg,  and  had  one  son, 
William /J.   (of  whom  further). 

Catherine  (McClurg)  Moore  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  James  McQurg,  born  in  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  1785,  died  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
May  26,  1872.  He  came  to  America  with  his 
father  in  1798,  being  then  in  his  thirteenth 
year.  His  father  had  been  engaged  in  the 
Irish  rebellion  which  culminated  in  disaster 
in  1798.  Being  on  the  losing  side  Mr.  Mc- 
Clurg Sr.  came  to  the  United  States,  settling 
first  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Father 
and  son  later  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  they  engaged  in  the  iron  busi- 
ness, having  foundry  and  furnaces.  About 
1807  James  McClurg  came  to  Westfield,  New 
York,  remaining  until  the  war  with  England 
in  1812.  He  then  returned  to  Pittsburgh, 
where  he  utilized  his  knowledge  of  the  iron 
business  and  the  McClurg  furnaces  in  the 
casting  of  cannon  for  the  United  -  States  gov- 
ernment. This  is  said  to  have  been  the  be- 
ginning of  cannon  making  in  this  country. 
After  the  war  James  McClurg  returned  to 
Westfield,  where  he  remained  until  his  death 
in  1872.  He  opened  a  small  store  in  West- 
field  during  his  first  residence  and  is  noted  in 
the  histories  of  Chautauqua  county  as  the  first 


merchant  in  Westfield  and  a  financier  of  great 
ability.  On  his  return  in  1814  he  again  opened 
a  store  in  the  village  and  for  many  years 
thereafter  was  a  leading  merchant.  His  store 
was  in  a  building  that  stood  at  the  comer, 
now  the  Common,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the 
first  frame  building  erected  in  the  village.  In 
1818  he  built  the  first  brick  house  ever  erected 
between  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  Erie,  Penn- 
sylvania. It  was  built  so  substantially  that 
now,  nearly  a  century  later,  it  is  occupied  by 
his  grandson,  Dr.  William  J.  Moore.  In  as- 
sociation with  Judge  Campbell  and  George 
Hall,  Mr.  McClurg  built  the  Westfield  mill,  in 
the  village,  on  the  site  of  an  old  mill.  He 
built  the  "Westfield  House"  and  the  McClurg 
brick  block  that  stands  on  South  Portage 
street. 

He  also  dealt  heavily  and  profitably  in 
village  and  town  real  estate.  He  purchased 
what  was  known  as  the  Eason  farm,  divided 
it  into  village  lots,  and  added  what  is  now  an 
important  part  of  Westfield.  He  contributed 
liberally  of  this  land  for  village  improvement, 
donating  the  "Common"  on  the  corner  of 
South  Portage  and  Main  streets,  also  the  land 
on  which  the  South  Portage  street  Presby- 
terian church  is  built.  During  his  merchandis- 
ing days  he  had  a  large  trade  with  the  Indians, 
exchanging  his  store  goods  for  their  furs,  etc. 
For  thirty  years  he  was  a  prominent,  public- 
spirited  and  useful  citizen  of  Westfield.  Busi- 
ness was  his  ruling  ambition  and  he  was  ever 
alert  for  any  remunerative  undertaking.  He 
took  a  lively  interest  in  public  men  and  af- 
fairs and  contributed  his  full  share  to  the  up- 
building of  Westfield.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  very  strict  in 
his  observance  of  the  Sabbath  day.  In  his 
business  dealings  he  was  most  methodical  and 
upright.  During  the  latter  years  of  his  life  he 
lived  retired  from  business  cares,  having  am- 
ply provided  for  the  future  of  himself  and 
family. 

Mr.  McClurg  married  Martha  Eason,  a 
niece  of  John  Eason,  an  early  settler,  and 
daughter  of  David  Eason,  the  first  sheriff  of 
Chautauqua  county  and  state  senator  in  1823- 
24.  Children,  all  born  in  the  McClurg  home- 
stead in  Westfield:  i.  Alexander,  married 
Mrs,  Maria  Lambert,  widow  of  a  United 
States  naval  officer.  2.  James,  died  unmarried, 
at  the  age  of  forty-two.  3.  Julia  Ann,  married 
Dr.  Davidson,  of  Chicago,  Illinois.  4.  Cather- 
ine, died  in  Westfield,  in  1909,  in  her  eighty- 


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ninth  year;  she  married,  in  185 1,  Edward  J. 
Moore,  of  previous  mention. 

(Ill)  Dr.  William  J.  Moore,  only  child  of 
Edward  J.  and  Catherine  (McClurg)  Moore, 
was  born  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  April  26,  1852. 
The  family  later  settled  in  Westfield,  where 
the  lad  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
attended  Cornell  University,  then  deciding 
upon  the  profession  of  medicine  entered  Jef- 
ferson College,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
M.  D.,  class  of  1874.  He  went  abroad  after 
graduation  and  continued  his  studies  in  the 
hospitals  of  London,  England.  On  his  return 
from  abroad  he  located  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
where  lor  ten  years  he  was  in  active  practice. 
After  his  father's  death,  in  1888,  Dr.  Moore 
closed  up  his  business  in  Qeveland  and  retir- 
ing from  practice  went  to  Westfield,  where  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  the  old  McClurg 
homestead.  He  settled  the  affairs  of  the  estate 
and  has  since  lived  a  retired  life  devoted  to 
the  management  of  his  private  affairs.  He  is 
an  Independent  in  politics. 

He  married  Helen,  daughter  of  John  Sut- 
ton, a  prominent  citizen  of  Indiana,  Pennsyl- 
vania.    Dr.  Moore  has  no  children. 


Among  the  very  oldest  fami- 
OTTAWAY    lies  of  the   town  of   Mina, 

Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  is  the  Ottaway,  their  settlement  being 
but  seven  years  later  than  that  of  Alex  Find- 
ley,  the  first  settler  in  that  part  of  the  town 
of  Clymer,  afterward  Mina.  The  Ottaway 
family  were  for  many  generations  fiative  to 
the  county  of  Kent,  England,  where  James, 
the  American  ancestor,  was  born.  He  was  a 
miller  by  trade  and  operated  a  mill  in  his  na- 
tive county.  He  was  of  an  adventurous  dis- 
position, and  the  reports  from  the  United 
States,  and  Western  New  York  especially, 
which  he  received,  determined  him  to  emi- 
grate. Accompanied  by  his  wife,  children  and 
brother,  Horatio,  he  sailed  in  1823,  arriving 
at  New  York  City  six  weeks  later.  His  des- 
tination seems  to  have  been  decided  on  before 
leaving  England,  for  he  at  once  proceeded  up 
the  Hudson  river  to  Newburg,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  team  and  wagon.  Soon  afterward, 
with  such  supplies  as  were  needed,  he  began 
the  long,  lonely  and  often  dangerous  journey 
to  Western  New  York.  He  finally  reached 
Buffalo,  where  he  left  his  family  and  began 
his  search  for  suitable  land  in  that  vicinity. 
Not  finding  a  location  to  his  liking,  he  again 


took  up  his  journey,  going  to  Chautauqua 
county  over  the  Buffalo  &  Erie  road  to  West- 
field,  thence  to  Maryville,  and  from  there  over 
the  Waterford  road  to  Mina.  Although  this 
was  then  virgin  forest,  he  found  signs  of  fer- 
tility in  the  soil,  and,  purchasing  a  part  of  lot 
thirteen,  built  a  log  cabin  and  began  a  clearing. 
His  was  the  first  deed  given  for  land  in  the 
western  part  of  Mina,  and  he  was  the  first 
of  the  many  English  families  that  settled  in 
that  section,  his  house  being  the  rendezvous 
for  those  following.  He  was  very  hospitable 
and  his  latchstring  was  always  out  for  his 
countrymen  until  their  own  log  houses  could 
be  built.  He  finally  cleared  and  brought  under 
cultivation  a  good  farm,  upon  which  his  chil- 
dren were  born,  and  which  is  still  owned  by 
his  son. 

He  was  three  times  married.  His  children 
were :  James,  William,  Horace,  Ann,  Charles, 
Edmund,  Joseph,  Henry,  John  E.  (of  further 
mention  )  ;  Susan,  Horatio. 

(II)  John  E.,  son  of  James  Ottaway,  the 
emigrant,  was  born  on  the  homestead  farm 
in  Mina,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  June 
20,  1827.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools,  and  has  always  resided  upon  the  home 
farm  in  Mina.  He  aided  in  its  development 
and  later  in  life  became  its  owner  by  purchase 
from  his  father.  There  he  celebrated  his  gold- 
en wedding,  October  17,  1899,  and  still  con- 
tinues his  residence.  He  has  followed  agri- 
culture throughout  his  active  years,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  most  influential  and  trusted 
men  of  his  town.  He  was  named  as  executor 
of  many  estates  and  became  guardian  of  many 
trust  funds.  For  many  years  he  represented 
Mina  on  the  board  of  supervisors,  and  was 
for  a  great  many  years  a  director  of  the  State 
Bank'  of  Sherman.  He  grew  in  mentality 
and  in  the  rugged  virtues  of  honesty  and  up- 
rightness as  the  years  progressed  until  he 
ranked  with  the  best  of  his  day.  Modest,  yet 
unafraid,  he  has  passed  through  the  rugged 
scenes  oif  a  pioneer's  life  holding  his  integrity 
above  reproach,  and  now  looking  back  over 
his  eighty-three  years  sees  nothing  but  hon- 
est achievement  and  a  life  well  spent.  He  has 
kept  pace  with  modern  development  and  is 
keen  in  his  enjoyment  of  the  daily  paper,  tele- 
phone and  other  modern  inventions  that  have 
come  into  daily  use  during  his  lifetime.  He  is 
a  staunch  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  October  17,  1849,  Sarah  Boor- 
man,  born  in  Sherman,  Chautauqua  county. 


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NEW   YORK. 


New  York,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
(Hosmer)  Boorman,  of  England,  who  were 
among  the  early  settlers  of  the  town  of  Sher- 
man, coming  there  in  1825.  She  has  been  a 
wortfiy  helpmeet  and  contributed  her  full  share 
to  her  husband's  .success  in  life  and  to  mould- 
ing the  character  of  her  children.  Children: 
Osmer  J.,  of  Sherman,  New  York ;  Arthur  B. 
(of  further  mention)  ;  G.  Fred,  of  Mina,  New 
York;  Susan  A.,  married  Lester  Jones,  of 
Mina ;  Cora  E.,  of  Westfield,  New  York. 

(Ill)  Arthur  B.,  son  of  John  E.  and  Sarah 
(Boorman)  Ottaway,  was  bom  on  the  home- 
stead in  Mina,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
May  8,  1854.  His  early  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  public  school  and  Sherman  Aca- 
demy. In  1873  he  came  to  Westfield,  where 
he  entered  the  academy,  graduating  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years.  He  prepared  for  col- 
lege, but  circumstances  interfered  and  the  col- 
lege course  was  abandoned.  In  the  intervals  of 
school  life  he  assisted  on  the  farm,  but  his 
first  employment  after  leaving  school  was 
teaching.  He  taught  for  a  number  of  terms, 
in  the  meantime  devoting  himself  to  reading 
law,  having  determined  to  fit  himself  for  that 
profession.  He  prepared  under  the  preceptor- 
ship  of  William  Russell,  of  Westfield,  and  af- 
ter the  required  time  spent  in  the  latter's  office 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879.  He  at  once 
began  practice  as  junior  of  the  law  firm  of 
Russell,  Deckerman  &  Ottaway,  and  after  its 
dissolution  practiced  alone.  Later  he  became 
senior  of  the  legal  firm  of  Ottaway  &  Mun- 
son. 

Mr.  Ottaway  was  elected  district  attor- 
ney of  Chautauqua  county  in  1884.  He  held 
this  office  three  years,  winning  the  commenda- 
tion of  both  bench  and  bar.  He  then  retired 
to  private  practice,  which  has  always,  been 
large  and  important.  He  was  for  several  years 
attorney  for  the  board  of  supervisors  and  was 
retained  in  many  cases  of  importance.  On 
January  i,  1906,  he  was  appointed  county 
judge  of  Chautauqua  county  by  Governor 
Higgins,  and  elected  to  the  same  position  at 
the  ensuing  election,  which  high  position  he 
most  worthily  fills  at  the  present  time  (191 1). 

Judge  Ottaway  is  learned  in  the  law  and  as 
a  practitioner  most  skillful  in  its  application. 
As  a  judge  he  is  fair  and  impartial,  giving  to 
each  attorney  his  legal  rights,  and  to  each  de- 
cision most  careful  study.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  is  public-spirited  and  progres- 
sive, aiding  in  every  way  to  further  the  inter- 


ests of  Westfield  and  to  advance  the  cause  of 
the  public  good.     He  is  unmarried. 


This  name,  written  Rumsey 
RUMSEY    and   Rumsie,   first  appears   in 

New  England  with  Robert 
Rumsey,  who  was  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
where  his  name  appears  on  town  records,  Jan- 
uary 23,   1664.     He  married  Rachel  . 

Children:  Benjamin,  Isaac,  Robert  (of  fur- 
ther mention) ;  Rachel,  Abigail,  Elizabeth  and 
Daniel. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Rum- 
sey, was  a  resident  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut. 
He  married  and  had  issue:  Joseph,  John  (of 
further  mention)  ;  William  and  Nathan. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Rumsey, 
was  born  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  1726,  died 
at  Hubbardton,  Vermont,  December  28,  1790. 
He  lived  at  Redding,  Connecticut,  removing 
from  there  to  Hubbardton,  in  1784,  after  a 
residence  in  Redding  of  seven  years.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Fairfield,  March  19,  1752,  Esther 
Jones,  born  1732,  at  Elizabethtown,  New 
York,  died  at  Hubbardton,  July,  1808.  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  January  12,  1753,  ^^^^ 
at  Warsaw,  New  York,  1826 ;  Rachel,  January 
22,  1754;  Nathan,  June  15,  1756;  David  (of 
further  mention)  ;  Mary,  1761 ;  Esther,  1764; 
Ebenezer,  1768;  Polly;  Ellen. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  John  Rumsey,  was  born 
at  Redding,  Connecticut,  November  21,  1758, 
died  at  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  January  2,  1849.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  the  revolution,  enlisting  March  i,  1778,  to 
serve  ten  months,  and  received  a  revolutionary 
pension  for  his  services.  He  moved  from 
Connecticut  to  Hubbardton,  Vermont,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1792,  and  from  there  to  Westfield,  New 
York,  in  1831.  He  married,  atRoxbury,  Con- 
necticut, May  9,  1781,  Hannah  Bronson,  born 
October  2,  1760,  at  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
died  at  Westfield,  February  14,  1841.  Chil- 
dren, first  five  born  in  Roxbury,  Connecticut, 
last  five  at  Hubbardton,  Vermont:  Philo, 
June  9,  1783,  died  at  Westfield,  April  23, 
1840;  Esther,  bom  March  4,  1784,  died  at 
Troy,  New  York ;  Stephen  (of  further  men- 
tion) ;  Zalmon,  March  3,  1789,  died  at  Hub- 
bardton, Vermont,  January  13,  1813;  Mary, 
January  24,  1791,  died  in  Westfield,  New 
York;  Catrina,  February  24,  1793,  died  at 
Randolph,  New  York,  March  9,  1854 ;  Laura, 
March  7,  1795;  Aaron,  May  6,  1797,  died  at 
Buffalo,  New  York,  April  6,  1864;  Olive,  Feb- 


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ruary  28,  1799,  died  at  Tonawanda,  New 
York,  September  7,  1861 ;  Anna,  January  8, 
1801,  died  at  Hubbardton,  February  23,  1823. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  David  Rumsey,  was 
bom  in  Roxbury,  Connecticut,  June  i,  1785, 
died  at  Westfield,  New  York,  July  31,  1873. 
He  lived  at  Hubbardton,  Vermont,  and  in 
1827  removed  to  Washington  county.  New 
York;  thence  in  1831  to  Westfield,  Oiautau- 
qua  county.  New  York.  He  was  a  captain  in 
the  war  of  1812.  He  was  a  merchant  in 
earlier  life,  and  after  settling  in  Westfield  was 
engaged  in  merchandising  for  many  years  and 
was  also  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
leather,  owning  a  tannery  which  he  operated  in 
partnership  with  his  brother  Aaron.  Later, 
in  1849,  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  thirty  acres  from  his  nephew,  Fayette 
Rumsey,  whose  father,  Calvin  Rumsey,  pur- 
chased it  from  the  Holland  Land  Company. 
Here  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  days.  The 
farm  passed  to  his  son,  Argyle  Z.  Rumsey, 
and  is  now  (1911)  the  property  of  his  grand- 
son, Argyle  W.  Rumsey.  He  joined  the  Bap- 
tist church  when  fifteen  years  of  age  and  was 
always  an  active  church  worker,  especially  de- 
voted to  work  in  the  Sunday  school.  In  the 
summer  of  1833  he  was  superintendent  of  four 
Sunday  schools  in  the  hill  country  and  in  1834 
added  a  fifth.  In  1834  he  changed  his  mem- 
bership to  the  Presbyterian  church,  where  he 
was  equally  active.  He  married,  in  Hubbard- 
ton, February  11,  1813,  Rachel  Norton,  bom 
February  27,  1790,  at  Ballston,  Saratoga 
county,  New  York,  died  in  Westfield,  April  i, 
1868.  Children,  first  four  born  in  Hubbard- 
ton, Vermont,  the  fifth  at  Hebron,  New  York : 
Return  Norton,  born  May  20,  1814,  died  at 
Westfield,  July  2,  1841  ;Ann  Matilda,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1816,  died  at  Westfield,  August  19, 
1839;  Carlisle  T.,  August  24,  1818,  died  at 
Westfield,  July  9,  1839;  Argyle  Zalmon  (of 
further  mention)  ;  Marietta  Marvin,  August 
18,  1829. 

(VI)  Argyle  Zalmon,  son  of  Stephen  Rum- 
sey, was  born  in  Hubbardton,  Vermont,  May 
25,  1820,  died  at  San  Antonio,  Texas,  July  9, 
1862.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  until  1857  lived  on  the  home  farm.  He 
bought  the  tannery  of  his  father,  which  he 
operated  for  some  time.  On  account  of  poor 
health  he  was  obliged  to  seek  another  climate. 
He  removed  to  Texas,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  sale  of  agricultural  implements,  being 
the  first  dealer  to  have  such  goods  shipped  into 


that  state.  He  continued  in  business  until  his 
death  at  San  Antonio,  in  1862. 

He  married,  in  Westfield,  Mabelia  Bliss, 
born  in  that  town,  November  9,  1827,  daugh- 
ter of  Elam  C.  and  Mary  (Harmon)  Bliss. 
She  survives  her  husband  and  resides  (1911) 
in  Westfield,  New  York.  Children:  i.  Walter 
Bliss,  born  in  Westfield,  June  28,  1853,  ^^^^ 
there  February  23,  1894.  He  married  (first) 
January  24,  1878,  in  Albany,  New  York,  Nel- 
lie Nicholas,  born  June  5,  1855,  at  Ripley,  New 
York,  died  at  Westfield,  January  5,  1885.  He 
married  (second)  May  28,  1890,  in  Emporia, 
Kansas,  Mary  Cowan.  Children  of  first  wife : 
i.  Mabel  C,  born  June  2,  1879,  at  Albert  Lea, 
Minnesota,  ii.  Edith  B.,  bom  April  5,  1881, 
married  Fred  BuUt  two  children,  born  in 
Provo,  Utah;  Walter  B.  and  Paul.  Children 
of  second  wife :  iii.  Walter,  bom  in  Emporia, 
Kansas,  iv.  Florence  P.,  born  in  Westfield, 
New  York.  2.  Argyle  W.  (of  further  men- 
tion). 

(VII)  Argyle  Warren,  son  of  Argyle 
Zalmon  Rumsey,  was  born  at  Waxahachie, 
Texas,  August  8,  1861.  In  1862  his  father 
died,  and,  the  country  being  then  in  the  midst 
of  the  great  civil  war,  his  mother  experienced 
great  difficulty  in  getting  through  the  confed- 
erate lines  to  her  friends  in  the  north.  She 
had  many  influential  friends,  however,  who 
assisted  her,  and  finally,  after  two  years'  effort, 
she  reached  Westfield  with  her  two  sons  and 
her  husband's  remains,  which  were  finally  laid 
to  rest  in  Westfield  cemetery. 

Argyle  W.  was  educated  in  the  Westfield 
schools  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm 
of  his  maternal  grandfather,  Elam  C.  Bliss, 
who  was  a  noted  farmer  of  Chautauqua 
county.  Mr.  Bliss  was  a  successful  exhibitor 
at  fairs  and  exhibitions  and  often  took  Argyle. 
W.  with  him  on  his  trips.  After  the  death  of 
Mr.  Bliss,  in  1882,  Argyle  and  his  brother, 
Walter  B.,  continued  the  stock  raising  busi- 
ness for  twelve  years  as  partners,  and  during 
that  time  they  continued  the  exhibitions  of 
their  stock  upon  a  much  more  elaborate  plan, 
making  large  exhibitions  at  state  fairs 
throughout  the  United  States,  from  Maine  to 
Texas  and  *  from  Minnesota  to  South  Caro- 
lina. Their  stock  became  widely  known  and 
they  were  given  credit  for  having  the  finest 
herd  of  Devon  cattle  in  the  United  States.  In 
1880  Mr.  Bliss  had  set  out  his  first  vineyard 
and  to  this  Mr.  Rumsey  has  added  until  now 
he  has  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of 


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bearing  vineyards.  The  stock  farm  and  busi- 
ness were  sold  and  in  1905  he  purchased  his 
present  fine  residence  in  Westfield.  He  was 
one  of  the  principal  movers  in  the  organization 
of  the  Citizens'  Bank,  of  Westfield,  in  1908, 
of  which  he  is  a  director  and  one  of  the  largest 
stockholders.  He  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic 
order,  belonging  to  Summit  Lodge,  of  West- 
field,  of  which  he  is  past  master;  Mayville 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Dunkirk 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  West- 
field,  and  is  past  commander  and  past  deputy 
commander  of  the  district. 

He  married,  in  Ripley,  New  York,  March  4, 
1 89 1,  Almira  M.  Rose,  born  in  Sherman,  New 
York,  March  4,  1866. 


This  is  an  Irish  familv  which 
ALLEN  has  been  closely  connected  with 
railroads  in  Ireland.  Henry 
Allen,  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  after 
spending  his  life  in  the  railroad  service,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  attained  the  high  office  of 
inspector,  died  in  the  United  States  while  on  a 
visit  to  his  children.  He  married  Rachel 
Lowry,  born  near  Belfast,  Ireland.  She  died 
in  Ireland.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  the  following  three  coming  to 
America:  Henry  (of  whom  further);  Mar- 
garet; Elizabeth. 

(II)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i),  and 
Rachel  (Lowry)  Allen,  was  born  in  Belfast, 
Ireland,  February  28,  1849.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Royal  Academic  Institute  of  Belfast. 
In  1863  he  was  employed  by  the  Great  North- 
em  Railroad  of  Ireland.  Subsequently  he  be- 
came agent  for  the  northern  part  of  Ireland 
for  the  London  &  Northwestern  Railroad  of 
England.  He  received  an  appointment  in 
England  as  the  agent  of  the  Great  Western  of 
Canada  Railroad,  and  for  two  years  was  lo- 
cated at  Strathbury  and  Hamilton,  Ontario. 
He  filled  this  position  so  satisfactorily  that  he 
was  made  inspector  of  the  railroad  and  for 
six  years  was  in  the  office  at  Hamilton,  On- 
tario. His  next  position  was  with  the  Nickel 
Plate  Railroad,  and  for  twenty-six  years  he 
was  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  the  capacity  of 
traveling  freight  agent.  He  had  always  been 
of  a  frugal  turn  of  mind  and  had  always  in- 
vested his  salary  in  good,  sound  ventures,  and 
consequently  he  was  able  to  retire  at  the  age 
of  fifty-five.  He  came  to  Westfield,  New 
York,  in  1897,  w^here  he  has  lived  ever  since, 


making  grape  growing-  his  chief  occupation. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  the  citizens  of 
Westfield. 

He  married  (first)  in  Strathbury,  Ontario, 
1879,  Anna,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
Buttery,  bom  in  Strathbury,  Ontario.  He 
married  (second),  1893,  Charlotte  Buttery,  a 
sister  of  his  first  wife.  Children  of  first  wife : 
Harry,  Paul  B.,  Joseph  Ernest,  died  young. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Charlotte,  born  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  Marion,  born  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio;    Catherine,    born    in    Westfield,    New 

York ; ,  died  in  infancy ;  a  boy  (not  yet 

named). 


The  progenitor  of  this  branch  of 
MASON     the  Mason  family  and  the  first  to 

settle  in  New  York  state  was 
Thaddeus  Mason,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Clinton 
county.  He  was  born  in  New  England,  of 
Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  whom  available  records 
do  not  disclose.  Thaddeus  Mason  served  in 
the  war  of  1812,  and  after  settling  in  Clinton 
county  was  extensively  engaged  in  lumbering. 
He  owned  and  operated  saw  mills,  converting 
his  heavily-timbered  lands  into  lumber.  He 
was  twice  married,  descent  being  traced 
through  a  son  of  his  second  wife,  who  had  a 
daughter  Priscilla,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  and  sons  Luther  M.  and  Silas. 
(II)  Luther  M.,  eldest  son  of  Thaddeus 
Mason,  was  born  in  Plattsburg,  Clinton 
county.  New  York,  September  27,  1802,  died 
in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
March  17,  1886.  He  learned  the  trade  of  mill- 
wright, and  for  several  years  was  extensively 
engaged  in  Clinton  county  in  lumbering  and 
the  erection  of  saw  and  grist  mills.  About 
1832  he  moved  to  the  town  of  Ellery,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  where  he  owned  a  farm  and 
worked  at  his  trade.  He  erected  several  flour- 
ing mills  in  Chautauqua  county  and  established 
the  first  ferry  (under  license)  to  operate 
across  Lake  Chautauqua  at  what  is  now 
Bemus  Point  or  the  Narrows.  He  operated 
this  ferry  for  several  years.  He  was  well 
known  in  the  county  and  bore  a  high  reputa- 
tion. He  was  a  strong  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  married,  1823,  at  Fort  Ann,  Washington 
county,  New  York,  Ann  Haskins,  born  Octo- 
ber 14,  1805,  daughter  of  Ira  Haskins,  born 
in  New  York  state,  of  English  parentage. 
Children,  first  five  born  in  Clinton,  the  others 
in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York   (town  of 


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Ellery)  :  i.  Charles,  born  October  26,  1825, 
died  in  California,  unmarried.  2.  Ira,  bom 
October  21,  1827,  died  in  Harmony,  New 
York,  unmag-ied.  3.  Luther  (2),  born  No- 
vember 29,  1829,  died  in  Harmony,  New  York, 
January  16,  1907;  married  Emily  Gould.  4. 
James,  June  14,  1832,  died  unmarried.  5.  Gil- 
son,  May  13,  1834  (deceased) ;  married  Eliza- 
beth Benthy.  6.  Melchert  D.,  December  5, 
1836.  7.  William,  August  6,  1839,  ^i^d  at 
Glade,  Pennsylvania,  March  20,  1901 ;  married 
(first)  Maria  Clark;  married  (second)  Viola 
Smith.  8.  Silas  W.  (of  whom  further).  9. 
Emmett,  November  20,  1843;  married  Carrie 
Caromy.  10.  Emma  Ann,  twin  of  Emmett, 
died  at  Bemus,  March,  1867;  married  Alfred 
Field.  II.  Maria  C,  July  9,  1847;  married 
DeWitt  Atherly. 

(HI)  Silas  W.,  eighth  child  of  Luther  M. 
Mason,  was  born  in  Ellery,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  November  21,  1840.  He 
was  reared  on  the  Ellery  homestead  and  at- 
tended the  public  school.  He  spent  one  year 
at  Westfield  Academy,  then  taught  in  the  pub- 
lic school  for  one  term,  returning  to  the  acad- 
emy, whence  he  was  graduated  in  1859,  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years.  After  being  variously 
employed  for  two  years  he  entered  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College,  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  graduating  in  1861.  In  1862  he  went 
to  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  for 
the  ensuing  six  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business  very  extensively.  In  1870 
he  moved  to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York. 
He  was  then  thirty  years  of  age.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  with  Austin  Smith,  of  West- 
field,  and  two  years  later  entered  the  Albany 
Law  School,  from  whence  he  was  graduated 
in  1872  and  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  at  once 
began  practice,  locating  in  Westfield,  where  he 
yet  continues.  He  has  proved  a  capable,  suc- 
cessful lawyer  and  has  also  large  business  in- 
terests outside  his  profession.  He  is  interested 
quite  heavily  in  coflFee  and  rubber  plantations 
in  Mexico,  and  in  other  enterprises  nearer 
home. 

Mr.  Mason  is  one  of  the  leading  Pro- 
hibitionists of  his  state.  In  1887  he  was  the 
Prohibition  candidate  for  the  assembly  from 
Chautauqua  county ;  in  1889  candidate  of  the 
same  party  for  judge  of  the  supreme  court 
of  New  York,  and  the  next  year  their  candi- 
date for  judge  of  the  court  of  appeals,  and 
has  also  been  their  choice  for  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of  the  state.     Although  his  party  is  in 


such  a  hopeless  minority,  he  has  always  polled 
their  full  strength,  and  at  each  succeeding  elec- 
tion shown  an  increased  vote.  He  has  served 
two  terms  as  president  of  the  village  of  West- 
field,  been  president  of  the  board  of  education 
several  years,  and  is  now  village  trustee,  an 
office  he  has  long  held.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  which  he  has  served 
for  several  years  as  trustee,  and  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  order. 

He  married,  March  5,  1862,  Amanda  F. 
Persons,  born  in  Westfield,  daughter  of  Paul 
and  Susan  (McGill)  Persons.  Children: 
George  P.,  born  1863;  Louie,  died  in  infancy; 
Qara,  married  Harry  L.  Sears,  of  New  York 
City ;  children :    Mason  O.  and  George. 

John   Sheldon,  an   inhabitant 
SHELDON     of  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 

was  born  in  England  in  1630, 
died  in  1708.  He  settled  at  Providence,  where 
he  was  a  tanner.  He  was  deputy  in  1702.  He 
deeded  his  homestead,  March  20,  1708,  to  his 
son  Nehemiah  on  condition  that  he  would 
maintain  his  father  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  married,  in  1660,  Joan  Vincent,  who  died 
in  1708.  Children:  i.  Timothy,  born  March 
29,  1661,  died  1744;  married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Alexander  and  Jane  (Holbrook)  Balcom; 
children :  Martha,  born  May  5,  1687 :  Tim- 
othy, March  i,  1689;  Samuel,  January  29, 
1691  :  Mary,  August  i,  1693.  2.  John  (of 
whom  further).  3.  Mary,  died  April  28,  1735; 
married,  January  12,  1688,  Stephen,  son  of 
Stephen  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Arnold;  children: 
Stephen:  Philip,  born  February  12,  1693:  Ed- 
ward: Phoebe,  born  March  5,  1695:  Sarah; 
Penelope,  born  1701 ;  Savana,  born  1703.  4. 
Nicholas,  died  November  23,  1747;  married 
Abbie  Tillinghast,  born  March.  1674,  daughter 
of  Purden  and  Lydia  (Taber)  Tillinghast; 
children:  Mary,  Nicholas,  Joseph,  Abigail, 
Lydia.  5.  Nehemiah,  born  1672,  died  1754; 
married  Rachel  Mann,  born  April  15,  1679, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Wheaton) 
Mann;  children:  Abraham;  Philip:  Mary, 
married,  December  18,  1721,  William  Rhodes; 
Rachel,  born  1705,  married,  March  6,  1728, 
Pearnot  Packer ;  Wealtherm,  married,  June  6, 
1 73 1,  John  Williams. 

(11)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Joan 
(Vincent)  Sheldon,  was  born  in  Rhode  Island, 
died  at  Pawtucket,  that  colony,  August  16, 
1741.  He  was  a  tanner  and  cordwainer.  He 
married  and  reared  a  family  of  eight  children ; 


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-.  2.  John  (3). 


I.  Roger,  married  Mercy 

3.  William  (of  whom  further).  4.  Edward. 
5.  Patience,  married Thornton.  6.  De- 
liverance.   7.  Ezekiel,  married  Joanna . 

8.  Sarah. 

(III)  William,  son  of  John  (2)  Sheldon, 
was  born  in  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  about 
17 10.  He  married  Rebecca  Rhodes,  1737. 
Children:  i.  Deliverance,  born  1740;  married 
Nathan  Jillson.  2.  Robert,  born  1741 ;  mar- 
ried    Hill.     3.  Roger,  born  1745;  was 

of  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.  4.  William  (of 
wliom  further).  5.  Benjamin,  born  1750;  set- 
tled at  Unadilla,  New  York.  6.  John,  born 
1752;  settled  in  the  northern  part  of  Adams, 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts.  7.  Rebecca, 
born  1754;  married  John  Philips.  8.  Susanna, 
married   Nathan  Jillson.     9.   Anna,   married 

Potter,  of  Cranston,  Rhode  Island.   10. 

Mercy,  married Randall.  11.  Daugh- 
ter, married  Ezra  Day. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  and 
Rebecca  (Rhodes)  Sheldon,  was  born  in  Paw- 
tucket, Rhode  Island,  1747.  He  lived  in  Cum- 
berland, Rhode  Island,  and  in  Stephentown. 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York.     He  married 

Abigail  .     Children:     Diana,   married 

Charles  A.  Calkins ;  Benjamin  (of  whom  fur- 
ther) :  William ;  James. 

(\')  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  William  (2) 
and  Abigail  Sheldon,  was  born  in  Stephen- 
town,  New  York,  January  5,  1785,  died  May 
3,  1854.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  became 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Monroe  county. 
New  York,  settling  in  the  town  of  Sweden, 
about  seventeen  miles  from  Rochester.  He 
worked  at  his  trade  and  also  owned  farming 
land.  He  married,  January  24,  1805,  Anna  C. 
James,  bom  July  3,  1784,  at  Stephentown,  died 
at  Sweden,  New  York,  October  i,  1873.  Chil- 
dren, first  two  born  in  Stephentown,  the  others 
in  Sweden:  Benjamin  Lee,  December  24, 
1805;  Arthur  Anna,  November  6,  1806;  May 
Julia,  November  29,  1808 ;  James  Alson,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  181 1 ;  Phoebe  Eliza,  February  13, 
1813:  Electa  Calista,  May  14,  1815;  Harriet 
Adeline,  November  26,  1817;  Abigail  Elvira, 
January  12,  1820:  Eleanor  AI.,  May  i,  1822; 
DeWitt  CHnton   (of  whom  further). 

(\'I)  DeWitt  Clinton,  youngest  child  and 
fourth  son  of  Benjamin  and  Anna  C.  (James) 
Sheldon,  was  born  in  Sweden,  Monroe  county. 
New  York,  October  14,  1825,  died  at  Holly, 
Orleans  county.  New  York,  June  11,  1896. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.     He 


was  reared  a  farmer  and  inherited  the  home- 
stead farm  in  Sweden,  which  he  cultivated 
until  his  retirement.  He  was  a  capable  man 
and  held  in  high  esteem.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  and  in  politics  a  Demo- 
crat. He  married,  January  i,  1846,  in  Holly, 
New  York,  Elvira  Pennell,  born  in  that  town, 
1827,  died  there  March,  1903,  daughter  of 
Epaphras  and  Sarah  (Bradley)  Pennell.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Sweden :  Helen  M.,  married 
George  Pennell ;  Adelaide,  died  aged  eighteen 
years ;  Charles  B.  (of  whom  further)  ;  Harriet 
P.,  married  Walter  Beadle;  Ada  M.,  married 
John  M.  Brown. 

(VII)  Charles  B.,  eldest  son  and  third  child 
of  DeWitt  Clinton  and  Elvira  (Pennell)  Shel- 
don, was  born  in  Sweden,  Monroe  county, 
New  York,  June  9,  1856.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  finishing  his  studies  at 
Brockport  State  Normal.  He  was  reared  on 
the  farm  and  followed  agriculture  as  a  busi- 
ness for  some  time,  later  becoming  a  traveling 
salesman,  continuing  on  the  road  several 
years.  He  then  located  in  Buffalo,  where  he 
established  a  successful  wholesale  commission 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Charles  B. 
Sheldon.  He  continued  this  until  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son,  Leland  L.  Sheldon,  by 
whom  it  is  yet  conducted.  Mr.  Sheldon 
(senior)  then  located  in  Westfield,  Chautau- 
qua county.  New  York,  where  on  April  i, 
1906,  he  purchased  an  established  hardware 
business,  which  he  has  since  very  successfully 
conducted.  He  is  a  member  and  trustee  of 
the  Baptist  church,  and  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. His  career  has  been  a  successful  one 
and  he  has  established  an  enviable  reputation 
for  upright  dealing. 

He  married,  December  15,  1881,  Frances 
Louise  Beadle,  born  in  Sweden,  New  York, 
August  4,  1857,  daughter  of  Almond  D. 
Beadle,  born  in  Sweden,  May  4,  1830,  died 
February,  1909.  He  married  Abigail  Avery, 
born  August  6,  1832,  died  May  2,  1885. 
Almond  D.  was  a  son  of  Rev.  John  Beadle, 
a  Methodist  minister,  who  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  married  Abigail  Bentley,  of 
Rhode  Island.  Children  of  Charles  B.  and 
Frances  Louise  Sheldon,  first  two  born  in 
Sweden,  New  York:  i.  Leland  Locke,  bom 
May  22.  1883  ;  wholesale  commission  merchant 
of  BuflFalo.  He  married,  August  15,  1908, 
Virginia,  daughter  of  John  E.  and  Ella 
(Barker)  Taylor.  2.  Edith  Gertrude,  born 
June  12,   1885.     3.  Clinton  Almond,  borij  in 


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Brockport,  New  York,  July  27,  1892.  4.  Mar- 
garet Elizabeth,  born  in  Erie,  Pennsylvania, 
May  14,  1896,  died  there  April  19,  1897. 

The  first   Cowen  of   record   in 
COWEN     New   England  is  John   Cowen 

"from  Scotland,"  who  was  of 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  in  1656.  He  pur- 
chased lands  and  built  a  house.  An  entry  in 
the  colony  records,  1670,  shows  his  Scotch 
spirit:  John  Cowen  appeared  in  court  to 
answer  for  his  contemptible  words  against 
royal  authority,  to  wit:  That  he  scorned  to 
be  in  subjection  to  an  Englishman,  and  that 
there  never  was  any  king  in  England  that 
was^c^n  Englishman  save  one,  crooked-backed 
Richard,  a  crooked  rogue  just  like  such  a  one 
(naming  a  well-known  hunchback).  Cleared. 
He  spelled  his  name  Cowen,  as  did  the  New 
York  family  for  three  generations.  Some 
branches  spell  it  Cowan. 

He  married  Rebecca,  widow  of  Richard 
Man,  1656.  Children:  Joseph,  born  1657; 
was  killed  in  the  Rehoboth  battle,  1676;  Mary, 
born  1659;  John,  1662;  Israel,  1664,  married 
anl  left  a  family;  Rebecca,  1666. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Cowen, 
was  born  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  1662. 
He  married,  1687,  Deborah  Litchfield.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  born  1688;  Joseph,  1690;  John, 
1692;  Joshua,  1694;  Caleb,  1696;  Israel,  1701 ; 
Mary,  1705. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Cowen, 
settled  in  Rhode  Island,  where  he  married  and 
had  issue,  including  a  son  John  (4). 

(IV)  The  pioneer  Cowen  in  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  was  John  (4)  Cowen,  born 
in  Rhode  Island,  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war  and  came  to  Cattaraugus  county  in  1833, 
settling  in  the  town  of  Conewango,  where  he 
died  at  the  age  of  ninety-one  years.  He  mar- 
ried Olive  Smith.  Children:  Eddie,  John, 
Arthur  P.,  Sally,  Esther  and  Waity. 

(V)  Eddie,  son  of  John  (4)  and  Olive 
(Smith)  Cowen,  was  born  in  Rhode  Island, 
settled  in  Tolland  county,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died.  He  married  Griggs.  Chil- 
dren, not  in  order  of  birth :  Jane,  Theodore, 
John  Madison  (of  further  mention)  ;  Olive, 
Norman  E.  G„  born  in  Connecticut,  1833; 
married  Hattie  A.  Metcalf ;  he  resided  on  the 
homestead  of  his  grandfather ;  Sarah. 

(VI)  John  Madison,  son  of  Eddie  Cowen, 
was  born  December  12,  1826,  and  when  six 
years  old  came  to  Conewango  with  his  grand- 


father, John  Cowen.  He  grew  up  to  farm 
labor,  and  on  arriving  at  man's  estate  cleared 
a  farm,  which  he  cultivated  all  his  active  life. 
He  yet  resides  in  Conewango  (1911),  aged 
eighty-five  years.  He  married,  August  3,  1847, 
Rachel  A.  Seager.  Children:  i.  Adeline,  de- 
ceased. 2.  Josephine  W.,  married  George  J. 
Mason,  son  of  Charles  and  Ann  Mason; 
Charles  was  of  English  descent  and  a  veteran 
of  the  civil  war.  3.  Sally  A.,  married  David 
(3)  Loop,  son  of  David  (2),  son  of  Day  id 
(i),  born  and  died  in  Columbia  county.  New 
York.  David  (2)  came  to  Conewango  in  1840 
and  for  many  years  operated  the  Holdridge 
Mills  at  East  Randolph,  and  owned  three 
farms.  He  married  Mary  Winter.  David  (3) 
and  Sally  A.  Loop  have  three  children :  Claude 
A.,  Josephine  and  MaryR.  4.  John  Norman 
(of  further  mention).  5.  Esther,  married 
(first)  Charles  Carr;  (second)  David  Whit- 
ford;  child,  Emily,  married  Stanley  Aldrich. 
6.  Jane  M.  (Jennie),  married  Willard  Bab- 
cock.  7.  Orastus  S.,  deceased.  8.  William  S., 
deceased. 

(VII)  John  Norman,  fourth  child  of  John 
Madison  Cowen,  was  born  in  Conewango,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York,  December  23, 
1854.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the 
public  school,  after  which  he  pursued  a  course 
at  Chamberlain  Institute.  He  then  attended 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Ypsilante,  Michi- 
gan, then  entered  the  University  of  Michigan, 
at  Ann  Arbor,  pursuing  a  four  years'  course 
in  the  dental  department.  He  was  graduated, 
D.  D.  S.,  class  of  1878,  and  at  once  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  East  Ran- 
dolph, continuing  until  1884,  when  he  located 
in  the  village  of  Randolph,  where  he  is  yet 
in  successful  practice,  and  an  influential,  highly 
regarded  citizen.  He  has  served  as  village 
trustee  and  is  a  trustee  of  Chamberlain  Insti- 
tute. He- was  a  director  of  the  Bank  of  Ran- 
dolph and  since  1894  has  been  president  of 
that  most  excellent  institution,  succeeding 
President  Crowley.  He  is  past  master  of 
Randolph  Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  a  Republican  in  politics. 

Whether  considered  as  a  professional  man, 
financier  or  public  official  Dr.  Cowen  meas- 
ures up  to  the  full  standard  expected  and 
rarely  are  all  the  qualities  necessary  to  a  suc- 
cessful career  in  all  three  so  abundantly  found. 
He  is  public-spirited  and  liberal-minded  and 
has  many  friends. 

He  married,  October  23,  1881,  Mrs.  Emma 


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(Fenton)  Crowley,  daughter  of  John  Fenton 
and  a  descendant  of  Governor  Reuben  Fen- 
ton.   She  died  July  2,  1886. 


John  Douglass  was  kidnapped 
DOUGLAS     in     London,     England,     and 

brought  in  a  ship  to  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  He  became  a  settler  of  Mid- 
dleboro,  Massachusetts,  where  he  married 
about  1719.  He  purchased  a  small  farm, 
where  he  died  at  an  advanced  age.  He  mar- 
ried Eunice  Rattleaf  (or  Ratliffe).  Children: 
Elijah,  of  further  mention;  John,  born  1722, 
married  Mary  Braley;  George,  born  1725, 
married  Prudence  Caswell. 

(H)  Elijah,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Eunice 
(Rattleaf)  Douglass,  was  born  in  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts,  about  1720,  died  1807.  He  set- 
tled in  Maine,  where  he  became  a  large  land 
owner  and  well-to-do  citizen.  He  was  totally 
blind  fourteen  years  before  his  death.  He 
married  (first)  Phebe  Taylor;  (second)  Eliz- 
abeth Esles.  Children:  Martin,  Daniel,  Cor- 
nelius. Children  of  second  wife :  Joseph,  Job, 
Israel,  Sarah,  Patience,  Mary,  Elijah,  John. 

(HI)  Daniel,  second  son  of  Elijah  and  his 
first  wife,  Phebe  (Taylor)  Douglass,  was  born 
in  Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  1747.  He  was 
a  farmer  of  Maine.  He  married,  June  9,  1779, 
Sabry  Russell.  Children :  Daniel,  of  further 
mention;  Cornelius,  Nabby,  Sylvania,  Annie, 
Phebe. 

(IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  and 
Sabry  (Russell)  Douglass,  was  born  in  Maine 
in  1780,  died  in  Saratoga  county,  New  York. 
He  resided  for  a  time  in  Connecticut,  then 
came  to  New  York  state,  settling  in  Saratoga 
county,  where  he  was  an  extensive  dealer  in 
lumber,  owning  and  operating  a  saw  mill.  In 
1836  he  came  to  Niagara  county.  He  married 
(first)  Sarah  Bailey;  married  (second)  Lydia 
.  Children:  Milton,  of  further  men- 
tion: John,  born  1816,  died  1889,  was  a  civil 
engineer,  surveyor  and  school  teacher ;  he 
was  county  surveyor  of  Dane  county,  Wis- 
consin, where  he  was  an  extensive  land  owner, 
and  resided  at  Token  Creek,  Wisconsin ;  he 
married  Amy  Aldrich,  of  Olcott,  New  York; 
Martin. 

(V)  Milton  Douglas,  eldest  son  of  Daniel 
(2)  and  Lydia  Douglass,  was  born  in  Sara- 
toga county,  New  York,  October  19,  1808, 
died  in  Niagara  county,  1887.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Saratoga  county 
and  worked  with  his  father  there  until  1836, 


when  Daniel  and  his  two  sons  came  to  Niag- 
ara county,  settling  in  the  town  of  Somerset, 
where  Milton  followed  farming  for  four  years. 
About  1843  he  bought  a  farm  of  eighty-five 
acres  in  New  fane  on  the  Coomer  Road.  This 
tract  was  then  covered  with  timber.  He  began 
a  clearing,  which  continued  until  sixty-five 
acres  were  under  cultivation.  Here  he  resided 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  hard  working  man 
of  good  standing  in  his  community.  He  was 
a  Presbyterian  in  religion,  and  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  married  (first)  Caroline  Smith, 
in  Saratoga  county,  183 1 ;  married  (second) 
Caroline  Bennett  Austin,  1842,  born  in  Ticon- 
deroga.  New  York,  1818,  died  1898.  Chil- 
dren: I.  William  A.,  born  1843,  ^^  Somerset, 
New  York,  died,  1887,  in  Newfane;  he  was 
a  veteran  of  the  civil  war;  married  (first) 
Olivia  Stratton,  (second)  Jennie  C.  Palmatier, 
(third)  Alice  Bixler.  2.  Martin  Van  Ness, 
of  further  mention.  3.  Mary,  born  1850,  mar- 
ried J.  F.  Smith,  of  Lansing,  Michigan ;  child, 
Mabel,  married  W.  Swick. 

(VI)  Martin  Van  Ness,  youngest  son  of 
Milton  and  Caroline  Bennett  (Austin)  Doug- 
las, was  born  July  20,  1846,  on  his  father's 
farm,  Coomer  Road,  Newfane,  Niagara 
county,  New  York.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  public  school,  Lockport  Union 
School  and  Eastman's  Business  College, 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  finishing  his  studies 
in  1866.  For  a  year  he  was  with  his  uncle 
in  Wisconsin  farming.  In  the  fall  of  1867 
he  came  to  Lockport,  where  he  engaged  as  a 
teacher  of  bookkeeping  and  penmanship  in  the 
public  schools.  He  remained  in  this  position 
for  thirteen  years,  establishing  a  reputation  as 
an  instructor.  In  1880  he  resigned  and  until 
1885  was  engaged  in  the  insurance  business. 
In  1885  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Lock 
City  Brewing  Company  as  accountant.  He 
is  now  (1911)  secretary  of  the  company  and 
general  manager.  He  is  past  master  of  Niag- 
ara Lodge;  No.  375,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  which  he  was  secretary  from  1888 
to  1898;  past  high  priest  of  Ames  Chapter, 
No.  88,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  which  he  was 
secretary  from  1872  to  1898 ;  member  of  Bruce 
Council,  No.  15,  Royal  and  Select  Masters, 
of  which  he  was  recorder  from  1874  to  1898 ; 
past  eminent  commander  of  Genesee  Com- 
mandery,  No.  10,  Knights  Templar,  of  which 
he  was  recorder  from  1885  to  1898;  member 
of  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks; 
was   first   master   workman   of   John    Hodge 


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Lodge,  No.  69,  and  treasurer  since  1890.  He 
married  (first),  October  16,  1867,  Mary 
Morse,  of  Wisconsin,  who  died  at  Lockport, 

1872.  He   married    (second),    December    i, 

1873,  Almeda  Armstrong,  born  1846,  at  Lock- 
port,  died  there  1888;  before  marriage  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools;  child,  Camille 
D.,  born  June  29,  1876. 


This  family  descends  from 
DOUGLAS  Thompson  Douglas,  a  well- 
to-do  farmer  of  county  Down, 
Ireland,  where  he  died  in  1889.  He  never 
came  to  the  United  States,  but  lived  and  died 
on  his  homestead  in  Ireland.  His  wife,  Anna 
(Shaw)  Douglas,  survived  him  and  spent  her 
last  years  on  the  home  farm.  Thompson 
Douglas  had  fifteen  children :  Agnes,  married 
a  Mr.  Brown  and  resides  in  Ireland;  John, 
died  in  California;  Margaret,  married  a  Mr. 
Whiteside,  deceased;  James;  William  R.  (of 
whom  further)  ;  Hugh,  lives  in  Ireland ;  Davis, 
died  in  California;  Sarah  Mary,  married  a 
Mr.  Brown,  deceased;  Thomas;  Thompson; 
Brown;  Grace,  died  unmarried;  three  others 
supposed  to  have  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  William  R.,  son  of  Thompson  Doug- 
las, was  born  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  Janu- 
ary 30,  1847,  ^i^<l  i^  Westfield,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  January  6,  19 10.  His  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  on  the  farm  and  in  at- 
tendance at  the  government  schools.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  years  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  settling  in  the  village  of  Westfield  in 
December,  1863.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
marble  cutter,  but  at  the  end  of  his  years  of 
apprenticeship  was  compelled  to  abandon  it 
on  account  of  ill  health  caused  by  inhaling  the 
dust  raised  in  chiseling  the  marble.  He  then 
learned  the  trade  of  moulder,  which  he  fol- 
lowed until  the  shut  down  of  the  Lock  foun- 
dry in  1870.  In  that  year  he  began  working 
as  a  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  his  uncle. 
Robert  Shaw,  continuing  in  that  capacity  until 
1874,  when  he  was  admitted  to  a  partnership, 
forming,  with  his  uncle  and  J.  R.  S.  Cosgrove, 
the  grocery  firm  of  R.  Shaw  &  Company.  Dur- 
ing the  next  eight  years  there  were  several 
changes  in  the  personnel  of  the  firm,  but  Mr. 
Douglas  remained  during  that  entire  period. 
In  1882  he  purchased  the  interests  of  all  his 
partners,  becoming  sole  owner  and  proprietor. 
He  continued  in  most  successful  and  lucrative 
operation  of  the  same  business  until  his  death 
in  1910.     He  was  a  most  capable,  courteous, 


upright  and  generous  man  of  business.  His 
integrity  was  proverbial,  all  agreeing  that  his 
word  indeed  was  "as  good  as  his  bond."  He 
was  warm-hearted  and  generous,  giving  freely 
to  the  relief  of  those  in  distress.  He  was 
truly  mourned  by  a  host  of  friends.  On  be- 
coming a  voter  Mr.  Douglas  at  once  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party,  and,  while  never 
seeking  office,  took  the  liveliest  interest  in 
the  success  of  his  party  and  in  the  public 
welfare  of  his  village.  He  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  education  in  1888  and 
was  annually  re-elected  (often  without  oppo- 
sition) until  his  death.  His  services  to  the 
cause  of  education  were  invaluable  and  fully 
appreciated  by  his  townsmen.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church,  which  he 
served  for  many  years  in  an  official  capacity. 
He  was*  a  member  of  Summit  Lodge,  No.  219, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  Westfield 
Council,  No.  81,  Royal  Arcanum. 

He  married,  November  19,  1873,  Mary 
Winsor,  of  Westfield,  who  survives  him. 
Children:  John  Robert  (of  whom  further)  ; 
Harry  Winsor,  born  June  2,  1877;  married 
Myrtle  Sutherland;  William  Minford,  bom 
November  14,  1880;  Elizabeth  A.,  born  March 
26,  1883,  died  1886;  James  Robinson,  born 
January  5,  1886,  married  Clara  Mary  Kent; 
Alice  Ruth,  bom  February  22,  1889;  Grace, 
April  I,  1891 ;  Margaret,  March  28,  1895. 

(Ill)  John  Robert,  eldest  son  of  William 
R.  Douglas,  was  born  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
July  27,  1875.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  began  business  life  as  a  clerk  in 
his  father's  store.  He  was  interested  in  pub- 
lic men  and  affairs  and  for  nine  years  was 
private  secretary  to  S.  Frederick  Nixon, 
speaker  of  the  New  York  house  of  assembly, 
and  a  noted  Republican  leader.  During  the 
intervals  when  the  legislature  was  not  in  ses- 
sion he  returned  to  his  old  position  in  the 
store  at  Westfield.  After  the  death  of  Mr. 
Nixon,  Mr.  Douglas  received  the  appointment 
of  assistant  librarian  at  Albany,  a  position  he 
held  until  January  i,  191 1,  when  he  resigned 
to  accept  the  postmastership  of  Westfield,  as- 
suming control  of  that  office  the  same  day. 
He  has  always  been  an  active  party  worker, 
served  for  eight  years  on  the  Republican 
county  committee  and  was  for  six  years  its 
secretary,  resigning  that  office  in  191 1,  on  be- 
coming postmaster.  He  served  two  terms 
of  three  years  each  as  trustee  of  the  village 
corporation    of    Westfield,    and    has    always 


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shown  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
village  and  town.  On  the  death  of  his  father, 
in  1910,  he  was  appointed  administrator  of 
and  continued  the  mercantile  business  for  the 
estate,  assisted  by  his  brothers,  one  of  whom, 
James  R.,  is  also  assistant  postmaster.  Mr. 
Douglas  is  unmarried. 

Anna  (Shaw)  Douglas,  wife  of  Thompson 
Douglas,  and  grandmother  of  John  R.  Doug- 
las, was  a  daughter  of  James  Shaw,  a  large 
linen  manufacturer  of  Ireland.  He  owned  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-seven  acres 
in  county  Down,  on  which  his  linen  mills  were 
built.  He  gave  employment  to  from  four 
to  six  hundred  hands,  also  operating  a  general 
store  for  their  convenience.  He  was  well 
known,  for  his  energy  and  enterprise  and  was 
a  leading  man  in  his  section.  He  died  No- 
vember 9,  1849,  aged  fifty-seven  years.  He 
married  Margaret  Robinson,  who  died  in  1837. 
His  father,  William  Shaw,  was  a  lifelong  resi- 
dent of  county  Down,  where  he  died,  aged 
eighty-seven  years. 

Mary  (Winsor)  Douglas,  wife  of  William 
R.  and  mother  of  John  R.  Douglas,  was  born 
in  Westfield,  New  York,  November  17,  1854, 
daughter  of  David  Winsor,  born  in  the  county 
of  Kent,  England,  in  1814,  died  in  Westfield, 
1863.  He  came  from  England  to  the  United 
States  in  1851  with  wife  and  three  children. 
On  the  passage  his  daughter  Anna,  aged  two 
and  one-half  years,  died  and  was  buried  at 
sea.  He  settled  in  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  where  he  continued  his  English  occupa- 
tion, farming.  His  farm  was  in  Westfield. 
After  several  years  he  abandoned  farming  and 
secured  employment  in  the  Lock  foundry.  His 
wife,  Serenia  (Hollands)  Winsor,  born  De- 
cember 16,  1 82 1,  died  in  1904.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (James)  Hol- 
lands. Children  of  David  and  Serenia  Win- 
sor :  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Phillips,  deceased ;  John, 
lives  in  Corry,  Pennsylvania;  Anna,  died  at 
sea;  Mar}',  married  William  R.  Douglas. 


The  first  record  found  of  this 
SEAGER    family    in    Connecticut    is    at 

Simsbury,  as  follows:  "Richard 
Segar  and  Abigail  Griffin  were  joyned  to- 
gether in  marriage  March  the  twentieth  one 
thousand  six  hundred  eighty-two."  This  is 
followed  by :  "Richard  Segar  dyed  March  19, 
1697-8,  and  his  wife  Abigail  dyed  March  31, 
1697-8."  The  next  entry  is:  "John  Segar, 
Richard  Segar's  son,  was  born  March  1687-8. 


Joseph  Segar,  Richard  Segar's  son,  was  bom 
in  the  year  1692."  The  Cattaraugus  county 
family  descends  from  Joseph  ( i )  Seager,  who 
was  a  brother  of  Richard  and  uncle  of  the 
Joseph  born  1692.  There  is  no  record  of  him 
found  further  than  that  of  the  birth  of  his 
son  Joseph  (2).  His  wife  was  Mehitable, 
daughter  of  John  Parsons.  She  was  born 
1682,  died  November  27,   1725. 

(H)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mehitable  (Parsons)  Seager,  was  born  in 
Simsbury,  Connecticut,  December  30,  1704. 
He  married,  March  26,  1730,  Dorothy  Alford. 
Children:  Joseph  (3),  born  March  23,  1731; 
Dorothy,  January  27,  1734;  Mica  (Micah) 
(of  further  mention).     (Perhaps  others.) 

(HI)  Micah,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Dor- 
othy (Alford)  Seager,  was  born  in  Simsbury, 
Connecticut,  April  22,  1736.  He  married  and 
had  a  son  Micah  (2)    (of  further  mention). 

(IV)  Micah  (2),  son  of  Micah  (i)  Seager, 
was  bom  in  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  about 
1765.  He  married  (first)  Lois  Graham ;  (sec- 
ond)   Susan  .     He  settled  in  Phelps, 

Ontario  county,  New  York,  about  1812,  with 
his  family.  His  sons  became  land  owners  of 
that  town  and  his  descendants  yet  possess  the 
lands  they  cleared.  Orestes,  Hector  and  An- 
son Seager  later  settled  in  Cattaraugus  county. 
Children,  order  of  birth  not  known:  i. 
Aurora.  2.  Anson,  born  1805 ;  settled  in  1833 
in  Conewango,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  where  he  was  a  land  owner  and  justice 
of  the  peace ;  married  Aurora  Harmon ;  .chil- 
dren: Caroline,  Charlotte,  Delia,  William  H. 
and  Micah  (3).  3.  Schuyler.  4.  Hector.  5. 
Orestes,  married  Lucinda  Ashley ;  children : 
Rachel  A.,  Schuyler,  Adeline  and  Edward. 
6.  Maria.  7.  Michael.  8.  Levi,  married 
Sophia  Streeter.    9.  Philomena. 

(V)  Hector,  son  of  Micah  (2)  Seager,  was 
born  March  14,  1793,  in  Simsbury,  Connecti- 
cut, died  in  Conewango,  Cattaraugus  county. 
New  York,  1859.  He  came  with  his  father 
to  Phelps,  New  York,  where  he  remained  un- 
til 1 83 1,  then  in  company  with  his  brother 
Orestes,  came  to  Cattaraugus  county,  settling 
in  the  Conewango  valley.  Hector  owned  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  acres  and  became  an  in- 
fluential man  of  his  day.  He  was  a  warm 
friend  of  the  cause  of  education,  taught  school, 
did  conveyancing  and  served  in  a  high  official 
position  in  the  county  school  board  of  educa- 
tion, and  as  supervisor.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist 


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Episcopal  church,  serving  as  class  leader  for 
many  years.  He  married,  November  14,  181 1, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  Woodward.  Six 
of  their  children  were  bom  in  Phelps,  two 
in  Conewango.  i.  David,  born  1815,  died 
1832.  2.  Fiaelia,  married  Jason  Gould;  two 
children:  i.  Frank,  married  Lewis  Carr;  his 
son  Jason  married  Olive  Mason,  ii.  George 
Green,  married  Aurilla  Saunders.  3.  Julia 
Ann,  married  Edwin  Pinney ;  one  child,  Eliza, 
died  aged  seventeen  years.  4.  William  Nor- 
ton, married  (first)  Sophia  Eldred;  three  chil- 
dren: i.  George,  married  Elizabeth  Gage; 
four  children :  Grover  Cleveland,  Earl,  Alida 
and  Mabel,  ii.  Foster  V.  iii.  Elizabeth.  He 
married  (second)  Caroline  Crum;  three  chil- 
dren :  iv.  Lida.  v.  Harriet,  vi.  Cora.  5.  Lois. 
6.  Alvina,  married  Daniel  Bowen;  one  child, 
Hector  M.,  married  Etta  Woodworth,  and  has 
Hester.  7.  George  E.  (of  further  mention). 
8.  Charlotte,  married  Darwin  Carl;  one  child, 
Nettie  C,  married  Edwin  Payne,  and  has 
Florence  and  Darwin. 

(VI)  George  E.,  son  of  Hector  and  Sarah 
(Woodward)  Seager,  was  bom  in  Cone- 
wango, Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1833.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  during  the  winter  terms  of  1850- 
51  attended  Chamberlain  Institute.  He  worked 
on  the  homestead  farm  until  he  became  of 
legal  age,  then  purchased  a  farm  for  himself. 
After  the  death  of  his  father  he  purchased  the 
interest  of  the  other  heirs  and  became  owner 
of  the  old  homestead.  This  property  he  still 
owns  and  has  cultivated  for  him  on  the  share 
plan.  In  1870  he  became  a  manufacturer  and 
purchaser  of  cheese  and  butter,  a  business  that 
developed  to  immense  proportions.  Although 
now  seventy-eight  years  of  age,  Mr.  Seager 
is  in  daily  management  of  a  business  upwards 
of  $200,000  yearly,  and  in  earlier  days  it  ex- 
ceeded $300,000.  He  is  a  thorough  man  of 
business  and  gives  little  evidence  that  years 
are  upon  him.  In  1874  he  located  his  resi- 
dence in  the  village  of  Randolph,  where  he 
now  lives  (1911).  He  was  made  a  Mason 
in  1871  and  is  a  past  master  of  Elk  Creek 
Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
He  has  taken  the  degrees  of  Capitular 
Masonry,  but  the  charter  of  his  chapter  being 
surrendered  he  never  affiliated  with  any  other. 
He  organized  the  fire  department  of  Randolph 
and  was  chief  for  many  years.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  village  corporation  five  years  and 
a  member  of  the  school  board  nine  years.    He 


was  chiefly  instrumental  in  organizing,  finan- 
cing and  building  the  water  works  system  of 
Randolph,  and  in  every  way  furthers  the  in- 
terests of  his  town.  He  is  also  a  director  of 
the  State  Bank  of  Randolph.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion  a  Congrega- 
tionalist.  For  business  activity  and  intense 
public  spirit  Mr.  Seager  may  well  be  styled 
Randolph's  "grand  old  man." 

He  married  (first)  Ruth  Myers,  born  1836, 
died  1859.  He  married  (second)  Nettie  Bige- 
low,  bom  September  17,  1839,  daughter  of 
John  (2)  and  Caroline  (Wells)  Bigelow,  and 
granddaughter  of  John  (i)  and  Temperance 
(Spencer)  Bigelow.  Caroline  Wells  was  a 
daughter  of  Asa  and  Betsey  Wells.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Minnie  L.,  born  March  16, 
1868;  graduate  of  Allegheny  College,  of 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania ;  married  Leland  Van 
Rensselaer.  2.  Frank  L.,  bom  in  Conewango, 
New  York,  March  23,  1876;  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  Chamberlain  Institute. 
He  began  business  life  as  a  clerk,  then  entered 
the  State  Bank  of  Randolph,  as  messenger 
and  clerk,  and  is  now  assistant  cashier  and  a 
director.  He  has  served  as  president  and  trus- 
tee and  treasurer  of  the  village  corporation, 
trustee  of  the  fire  department  and  treasurer 
of  the  school  board.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  and  of  Elk  Creek 
Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
He  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  a  "worthy  son 
of  a  worthy  sire."  He  married  Elizabeth 
Crowley.    Child,  Kate  Crowley,  born  August 

The  Keep  family  of  Lockport, 
KEEP     New  York,  are  lineal  descendants 

of  John  Keep,  of  Longmeadow  and 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  John  Keep  is  first 
mentioned  in  the  records  of  Springfield  as  a 
resident  there  in  1660.  In  1663  ^^  was  elected 
selectman,  and  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of 
a  good  deal  of  importance  in  Springfield  at 
that  time,  serving  on  many  committees  and 
juries.  In  1667  he  was  hayward  of  Long- 
meadow,  and  in  1668  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways in  Springfield  town.  He  appears  fre- 
quently in  the  records  until  1676,  when  he 
met  his  tragic  death.  .  On  Sunday,  March  26, 
he  was  on  his  way  to  church  in  Springfield 
with  several  others,  and  was  attended  by  sev- 
eral troopers  of  the  colony.  Notwithstanding 
their  protection,  they  were  attacked  by  In- 
dians and  several  were  killed,  including  John 


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Keep,  his  wife,  and  son  Jabez.  This  is  known 
in  history  as  the  "Longmeadow  Massacre." 
John  Keep  married,  December  31,  1663,  Sarah 
Leonard,  born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
December  13,  1645,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Leonard,  of  an  important  colonial  fam- 
ily. Children :  Sarah,  bom  December  5,  1666 ; 
Ehzabeth,  November  15,  1668;  Samuel,  of 
further  mention;  Hammond,  born  June  28, 
1673;  Jabez,  born  December  11,  1675,  mur- 
dered by  Indians. 

(II)  Ensign  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Leonard)  Keep,  was  born  August  22, 
1670,  at  Longmeadow,  Massachusetts,  died 
August  23,  1755.  After  the  loss  of  both  father 
and  mother,  when  he  was  but  six  years  old, 
he  was  taken  by  his  grandmother  Leonard, 
who  lived  in  Springfield,  and  afterward  was 
reared  on  the  farm  of  an  uncle.  He  became 
himself  a  farmer,  and  served  in  the  militia 
with  rank  of  ensign.  He  married,  February 
27,  1695,  Sarah  Holton  of  Longmeadow,  born 
September  25,  1678,  died  June  20,  1754.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  of  further  mention ;  Samuel,  born 
November  12,  1700;  Sarah,  August  23,  1703; 
Jabez,  March  10,  1706;  Elizabeth,  May  22, 
1709;  Jemima,  July  17,  171 1;  Josiah,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1 7 13;  Abiah,  December  11,  1715; 
Stephen,  October  26,  1717;  Eunice,  March  3, 
1720. 

(III)  John  (2)  eldest  son  of  Ensign  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  (Holton)  Keep,  was  born  June 
22,  1698,  died  July  28,  1757.  He  settled  at 
Brimfield  (now  Monson),  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers.  At  the 
first  town  meeting  held  there  he  was  chosen 
fence  viewer,  later  was  assessor,  and  was  se- 
lectman in  1749-54.  He  died  and  is  buried  at 
Brimfield.  He  married  Abigail  Munn,  born 
October  17,  1700,  died  October  5,  1787,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Mary  Moody  Munn.  Chil- 
dren: John  (2),  bom  March  15,  1725;  Eliz- 
abeth, August  6,  1726;  Jabez,  March  2,  1728; 
Abigail,  March  28,  1730;  Sarah,  September 
27,  1732;  Eunice,  September  9,  1734;  Eunice 
(2),  January  3,  1736;  Simeon,  February  15, 
1737;  Mary,  January  28,  1739;  Caleb,  of  fur- 
ther mention ;  Seth. 

(IV)  Captain  Caleb  Keep,  tenth  child  and 
fourth  son  of  John  and  Abigail  (Munn)  Keep, 
was  born  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 10,  1 741,  died  at  Homer,  Cortland 
county.  New  York.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  when 
the  revolutionary  war  began  at  once  took  an 
active  part  with  the  colonies.    He  marched  as 


sergeant  with  Captain  Freeborn  Moulton's 
company,  Colonel  Danielson's  regiment,  on  the 
Lexington  alarm,  April  19,  1775,  from  Mon- 
son to  Cambridge,  and  took  part  in  the  stir- 
ring events  of  that  day.  He  appears  as  lieu- 
tenant of  Captain  Joseph  Thompson's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Danielson's  regiment,  August 
I,  1775.  He  continued  in  the  service  and  be- 
came captain  of  the  Ninth  Company,  First 
Regiment,  Hampshire  county,  Massachusetts 
militia.  After  returning  from  the  army  he  set- 
tled at  Monson  and  resumed  his  occupation 
of  farmer.  He  had  as  distinguished  a  civil 
career  as  he  had  military.  In  1794  he  was 
elected  selectman  and  served  several  terms. 
In  1793-94-97  he  was  elected  to  the  general 
court  of  Massachusetts  from  Monson,  and 
held  other  positions  of  trust.  Late  in  life  he 
removed   to   Homer,    Cortland   county,   New 

York,  where  he  died.  He  married . 

Children:  Mercy,  born  March  17,  1771 ; 
Clarissa,  October  6,  1772;  Martin,  December 
20,  1774;  Rhoda,  March  19,  1779;  Chauncey, 
of  further  mention. 

(V)  Chauncey,  youngest  child  and  second 
son  of  Captain  Caleb  Keep,  was  born  Novem- 
ber s,  1784,  died  in  Homer,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1853.  He  settled  in  Cortland  county, 
where  he  became  a  man  of  prominence  and  in- 
fluence. He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  in 
1830  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New  York 
house  of  assembly,  serving  with  distinction 
until  1836.  He  was  one  of  the  first  board  of 
trustees  of  Cortland  Academy  in  1819,  and 
always  maintained  his  interest  in  that  institu- 
tion. He  was  connected  with  various  business 
enterprises  of  his  section,  and  aided  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Cortland  county.  He  married 
Prudence  Wolcott,  bom  May,  1789,  died  No- 
vember 28,  1869,  at  Homer,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Parmenis  and  Mary  Wolcott,  and 
a  direct  descendant  of  Roger  Wolcott,  one  of 
the  early  colonial  governors  of  Connecticut. 
Children:  i.  William,  born  May  11,  1812,  died 
at  Lockport,  New  York,  July  29,  1865;  he 
was  a  banker,  presidential  elector  in  1857 ; 
married  Frances  Rhodes  of  Syracuse,  New 
York.  2.  Sophia,  born  1813,  died  1854.  3. 
Mary  Wolcott,  bom  18 17,  died  May  29,  1884. 
4.  Chauncey  (2),  born  June  29,  1819,  died  No- 
vember 10,  1874,  at  Lockport,  New  York.  5. 
Henry,  born  October  20,  1820,  died  May  4, 
1897,  at  Chicago,  Illinois.  6.  Charles,  born 
April  4,  1823,  died  August  30,  1893.  7.  Al- 
bert, born  April  30,  1826.    8.  Augustus,  born 


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August  29,  1829,  died  August  22,   1906.     9. 
George  R.  (of  further  mention). 

(VI)  George  R.,  youngest  child  and  seventh 
son  of  Chauncey  and  Prudence  (Wolcott) 
Keep,  was  born  at  Homer,  New  York,  April 
3,  1832,  died  at  Lockport,  New  York,  August 
23,  1903.  He  was  educated  at  Cortland  Acad- 
emy, Homer,  and  in  1849  joined  his  brothers 
in  Lockport,  New  York,  and  with  them  was 
engaged  in  merchandising,  conducting  a  gen- 
eral and  clothing  store.  He  remained  in  mer- 
cantile life  in  Lockport  until  1877,  when  he 
disposed  of  his  interests  and-  removed  to  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  where  he  established  in  the 
manufacturing  of  boots  and  shoes.  He  con- 
tinued in  active  successful  business  life  until 
1893,  when  he  retired.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
executive  ability,  and  handled  successfully  the 
various  enterprises  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected. He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  and  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried, June  7,  1865,  Jennie  M.  Roberts,  who 
died  June  3,  1899.  Children:  Ralph  S.,  of 
further  mention;  Augustus  Wolcott,  born 
February  16,  1880,  di«i  March  5,  1881. 

(VII)  Ralph  Spencer,  eldest  son  of  George 
R.  and  Jennie  M.  (Roberts)  Keep,  was  born 
in  Lockport,  New  York,  March  20,  1874.  He 
was  educated  in  private  and  public  schools  of 
Chicago,  prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  and  entered  Williams 
College  in  1893.  After  completing  his  college 
studies  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  National 
Exchange  Bank  of  Lockport,  New  York,  re- 
maining three  years.  He  then  became  con- 
fidential secretary  to  his  unclet  Augustus  Keep, 
continuing  with  him  until  his  death  in  1906. 
Mr.  Keep  is  a  director  of  the  National  Ex- 
change Bank,  and  since  1906  has  not  been  en- 
gaged actively  in  any  business.  He  is  a  ves- 
tryman of  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  Lockport. 
His  clubs  are:  The  Buffalo,  Buffalo  Country, 
Lockport  Country  and  Tuscarora.  His  col- 
lege fraternity  is  Zeta  Psi,  Zeta  Chapter,  of 
which  he  is  trustee. 

He  married,  June  15,  1904,  at  Lockport, 
Gertrude  IngersoU  Van  Epps,  born  June  5, 
1880,  daughter  of  Robert  T.  and  Belle  (Inger- 
soU) Van  Epps.  Child:  Wolcott  Keep,  born 
December  5,  1906. 


This     family     settled     in     the 
SHAFER    American  colonies  prior  to  the 

revolution,    coming    from 
Sweden,  where  the  family  had  been  seated  for 


many  generations.  The  emigrant  ancestor,  John 
Shafer,  was  born  in  Sweden,  came  to  Amer- 
ica and  settled  in  Fredericksburg,  Maryland. 
He  served  as  a  private  in  the  revolution,  and 
in  1804,  with  his  family,  removed  to  the  town 
of  Rush,  Genesee  county,  New  York,  where 
he  purchased  a  farm  and  conducted  it  with  tfie 
aid  of  his  sons.  He  lived  to  be  an  old  man 
and  reared  a  large  family.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Steele,  born  1760,  died  1864,  at  the  great 
and  unusual  age  of  one  hundred  and  four 
years.  She  was  well  known  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, and  retained  unusual  vigor  until  well 
along  toward  the  century  mark. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Steele)  Shafer,  was  born  in  Fredericksburg, 
Maryland,  1799,  died  in  Niagara  county.  New 
York,  March,  1885.  He  was  taken  to  Rush, 
Genesee  county,  New  York,  with  his  father 
in  1804,  He  grew  up  to  farm  labor,  an  occu- 
pation he  always  followed.  He  settled  in  the 
town  of  Yates,  Orleans  county,  and  in  1849 
moved  to  the  town  of  Olcott,  Niagara  county. 
New  York.  He  married  Eleanor  Fenton,  of 
Orleans  county.  New  York.  Children:  Sid- 
ney, died  at  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  in  1907; 
Ira,  died  young,  in  Olcott,  New  York ;  Electa, 
born  1824,  now  (1911)  living  in  Olcott; 
Sophronia,  died  in  1862,* at  Olcott;  Belinda, 
now  living  in  Olcott,  aged  eighty  years ;  James, 
a  farmer,  now  aged  seventy-eight  years ;  Hor- 
ace, died  1856;  Homer,  a  farmer  of  Olcott, 
now  aged  seventy- four  years ;  Esther,  now  liv- 
ing at  Ransomville,  New  York,  aged  seventy- 
two  years;  Franklin,  bom  April  24,  1841,  in 
Orleans  county,  now  living  in  Olcott ;  Eugene, 
of  furthet  mention. 

(III)  Eugene,  eleventh  child  and  seventh 
son  of  Peter  and  Eleanor  (Fenton)  Shafer, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Yates,  Orleans  county, 
New  York,  August  19,  1843.  He  was  six 
years  of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Ol- 
cott, Niagara  icounty,  where  he  remained  on 
his  father's  farm  until  his  marriage.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  has  de- 
voted his  life  to  fruit  farming.  The  homestead 
farm  in  Olcott,  where  he  worked  with  his 
father,  was  the  place  of  the  first  experiment 
in  grafting  apple  trees,  and  was  a  point  of 
a  good  deal  of  interest  at  that  time.  Having 
retired  from  the  farm,  he  is  now  living  in  Ol- 
cott, making  a  specialty  of  fruit  culture,  mostly' 
different  varieties  of  the  apple,  for  which  the 
farm  is  famous.  He  is  an  ardent  Republican 
and  much  interested  in  public  affairs. 


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He  married,  October  i,  1867,  Lydia  S. 
Meseroll,  born  April  23,  1843,  daughter  of 
Philip  H.  and  Hannah  (Stratton)  Meseroll. 
Children:  Philip,  born  December  14,  1871, 
died  January  2,  1882;  Minnie,  born  May  9, 
1869,  now  residing  with  her  parents  in  Olcott. 
An  interesting  feature  of  this  family  is  their 
great  longevity.  While  none  have  reached 
the  great  age  of  Elizabeth,  of  the  first  genera- 
tion, there  are  several  of  the  second  that  have 
passed  eighty,  and  are  advancing  closely  to 
the  age  of  ninety  years. 

This  surname  comes 
VAN    WAGONER     from  the  habit  among 

the  early  Dutch  set- 
tlers of  affixing  to  their  own  names  that  of 
the  place  in  Holland  from  which  they  came. 
Aert  Jacobsen,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the 
line  herein  traced,  came  from  Wageningen. 
Jacob,  his  son,  wrote  his  name  Jacob  Aertsen 
Van  Wageningen,  meaning  Jacob,  son  of  Aert, 
from  Wageningen.  This  being  difficult  to 
pronounce  soon  became  Wagenen,  the  "Van" 
meaning  from  was,  however,  retained.  From 
this  have  come  the  various  spellings:  Wag- 
enen, Wagnen,  Wagoner  and  Wagner,  all  be- 
ing descendants  of  the  Dutch  immigrant,  Aert 
Jacobsen,  from  Wageningen,  Holland.  For 
convenience  the  name  will  be  written  in  its 
present  form,  Van  Wagoner,  although  the 
earlier  generations  wrote  it  Van  Wagenen,  as 
many  branches  still  do. 

(I)  Aert  Jacobsen  probably  came  from 
Wageningen,  a  town  near  the  Rhine  ten  miles 
west  of  Arnheim  in  Gelderland.  This  is  sur- 
mised, as  his  grandchildren  adopted  the  name 
of  that  town  as  a  surname,  prefixing  Van 
(from).  He  was  probably  a  son  of  Jacob 
Aertse  Wagenaar,  who  came  to  Albany,  New 
York,  in  1642,  with  Evart  Pels  and  others. 
The  Kingston  church  records  show  that  Aert 
Jacobsen  died  before  1668.  His  wife's  name 
was  Annetje  Gerrits.  The  earliest  documen- 
tary evidence  of  him  is  in  1653,  when  he  with 
several  others  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  to 
the  Patroon  at  Albany.  In  1660  he  purchased 
a  piece  of  land  in  Esopus,  New  York.  He 
left  his  property  to  his  five  children  by  a  will 
that  was  probably  never  recorded,  as  there  are 
on  record  at  Kingston  five  quitclaim  deeds 
executed  by  his  children  to  each  other,  all 
dated  November  6,  1710.  Children:  i. 
Neeltje  Aertsen,  married,  June  6,  1667,  Cor- 
nelis  Aertsen  Tynhont.     2.   Grietje   Aertsen, 


married  Jacobus  Coenradt  Elmdorf,  February 
28,  1668,  *'with  the  consent  of  her  mother." 
(Both  of  these  marriages  are  recorded  in 
Kingston  church  records).  3.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Cornelis  Masten.  4.  Jacob  Aertsen,  of 
further  mention.  5.  Gerrit  Aertsen,  married 
Clara,  daughter  of  Evart  Pels. 

(II)  Jacob  Aertsen  Van  Wagoner,  son  of 
Aert  Jacobsen,  was  born  February  14,  1652. 
(O.  S.)  He  married,  February  25,  1677, 
Sara,  daughter  of  Evert  Pels.  She  was  born 
July  3,  1659  (Bible  record).  They  lived  at 
Wagendale,  now  Creek  Locks,  Ulster  county, 
New  York.  His  will,  written  in  Dutch,  dated 
October  5,  17 15,  is  recorded  at  Kingston.  Chil- 
dren, all  baptized  at  Kingston  except  Jacob: 
Annatje,  married  Jan  Hermans ;  Aert,  married 
Marytje  Blansham;  Evert,  of  further  men- 
tion; Gerrit,  died  young;  Rebecka,  married 
Jan  Freer;  Geertje,  married  Jacob  Gerritse 
Decker;  Jannetje,  died  young;  Jannetje  (2), 
married  Johannis  Turk;  (ierrit  (2),  died  aged 
eighteen  years ;  Symon,  married  Sara  Dubois ; 
Jacob  Aertse,  baptized  at  Albany,  February 
20,  169s ;  Benjamin,  married  Elizabeth  Ven 
den  Berg;  Abraham,  married  Hillegond  Cris- 
pell;  Sara,  married  Solomon  Deyo;  Isaac, 
married  Catrina  Freer. 

(HI)  Evert,  third  child  of  Jacob  Aertsen 
and  Sara  (Pels)  Van  Wagoner,  was  born 
April  12,  1684.  He  married,  1709,  Hillegond, 
baptized  in  New  York,  November  14,  1686, 
daughter  of  Claes  Jansen  and  Janneken  (Kier- 
sen)  Van  Heyningen.  They  removed  to 
Dutchess  county  at  an  early  date  and  settled 
near  Poughkeepsie.  Children:  Jacob,  mar- 
ried Helena  Van  de  Bogaard;  Nicholas,  of 
further  mention;  Sara,  married  Tennis  Van 
Vliet;  Gerrit,  married  Sara  De  Graff;  Jan- 
neken, born  February  12,  1719;  Maretjen, 
married  Abraham  De  GraflF. 

(IV)  Nicholas,  son  of  Evert  and  Hillegond 
(Van  Heyningen)  Van  Wagoner,  was  bap- 
tized in  New  York,  April  5,  1713.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Poughkeepsie,  September  6,  1735, 
Hester,  baptized  at  Kingston,  October  12, 
1710,  daughter  of  Jan  and  Maria  (Peacock) 
De  (jraflF.  His  will,  dated  November  6,  1769, 
proved  at  Fort  George,  New  York,  December 
II,  1772,  is  recorded  in  New  York,  liber  28 
of  wills,  page  337.  In  it  his  residence  is  given 
as  Charlotte  precinct,  Dutchess  county,  New 
York ;  his  wife  Hester  is  named ;  sons.  Evert, 
John  and  Nicholas;  daughters,  Hellegontie, 
wife  of  Johannis  Bush,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jo- 


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seph  Hagaman,  Sarah,  wife  of  Johannis  Van 
Enden,  and  Janneke.  Also  grandchildren, 
John,  Hester  and  Elizabeth  Alden,  children 
of  his  deceased  daughter,  Maria. 

(V)  Nicholas  (2),  youngest  son  and  child 
of  Nicholas  (i)  and  Hester  (De  Graff)  Van 
Wagoner,  was  born  in  Dutchess  county.  New 
York,  May  15,  1748,  died  at  Rhinebeck,  New 
York,  January  7,  181 1.  He  married,  at  Rhine- 
beck,  November  25,  1770,  Elsie  Ostrander, 
born  October  20,  1743,  died  April  26,  1832, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Van  Ben- 
schoten)  Ostrander.  Nicholas  and  wife  are 
both  buried  at  Pleasant  Valley,  Dutchess 
county,  New  York. 

(VI)  Captain  Evert  (2)  Van  Wagoner,  son 
of  Nicholas  (2)  and  Elsie  (Ostrander)  Van 
Wagoner,  was  born  in  Dutchess  county.  New 
York,  February  2,  1776.  He  enlisted  a  com- 
pany of  men,  was  chosen  their  captain  and 
commanded  them  at  the  battle  of  Plattsburg 
fought  during  the  war  of  1812.  He  married 
Sarah  Albertson. 

(Vn)  Solomon,  son  of  Captain  Evert  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Albertson)  Van  Wagoner,  was 
bom  in  Dutchess  county,  February  16,  1802, 
died  in  Lockport,.  Niagara  county,  New  York, 
July  31,  1881.  Early  in  life  he  came  by  way 
of  the  Erie  canal  to  Rochester,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  teaming  and  distilling.  He  contracted 
fever  and  ague  there,  which  compelled  him  to 
seek  another  location.  He  bought  a  farm  in 
Wyoming  county,  near  Attica,  which  he  oper- 
ated as  a  dairy  and  live  stock  farm.  He  was 
in  successful  business  there  until  1840,  when 
he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Niagara  county. 
He  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
fifteen  acres  in  the  town  of  Somerset  on  the 
Lake  road.  There  he  remained  engaged  in 
general  farming  and  live  stock  dealing  until 
187 1.  In  that  year  he  sold  all  his  farm  in- 
terests and  retired  to  Lockport,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  comfortable  home  and  lived  until 
his  death.  He  was  originally  a  Whig  in  poli- 
tics, joined  the  Republican  party  on  its  forma- 
tion, but  later  became  a  Democrat.  He  was 
an  energetic,  industrious  man  and  a  good  citi- 
zen. He  married  Catherine  Buckbee,  born 
April  18,  1802,  died  April  24,  1850.  Children : 
Nancy  E.,  died  in  infancy;  Gilbert  M.,  born 
February  27,  1828,  died  December  12,  1864; 
Henry  J.,  of  further  mention ;  Jane  Eliza,  born 
June  14,  1834,  died  August  30,  1841 ;  Almon, 
bom  April  10,  1841,  now  a  resident  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts. 


(VIII)  Henry  J.,  son  of  Solomon  and 
Catherine  (Buckbee)  Van  Wagoner,  was  born 
in  Rochester,  New  York,  July  26,  1830.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Wyom- 
ing and  Niagara  counties,  with  one  term  at 
Yates  Academy,  Yates,  New  York.  He  was 
reared  a  farmer  and  until  1858  was  his  father's 
chief  assistant.  In  the  latter  year  he  went  to 
Michigan,  where  he  purchased  and  cleared  a 
farm  of  eighty  acres.  After  three  years  spent 
in  Michigan  he  returned  to  Niagara  county. 
In  1864  he  purchased  a  farm  of  eighty-six 
acres  from  his  father,  in  the  town  of  Newf ane, 
which  has  been  his  home  for  half  a  century. 
The  farm  is  well  planted  with  fruit  trees  and 
makes  a  most  desirable  residence.  Mr.  Van 
Wagoner  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  an 
attendant  of  the  Universalist  church,  of  Ol- 
cott.  He  is  highly  respected  in  his  town,  his 
long  years  of  residence  having  proved  his 
good  qualities  as  a  friend  and  neighbor. 

He  married.  May  28,  1863,  Sarah  Jane 
Shedd,  born  September  12,  1840,  daughter  of 
Charles  Shedd,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  and 
his  wife,  Dorothy  (Folts)  Shedd,  of  Newfane, 
New  York.  Child,  Harry  Alonzo,  born  Au- 
gust 13,  1872;  educated  in  the  district  school, 
Yates  Academy  and  Lockport  high  school.  He 
now  manages  and  cultivates  the  home  farm. 


Few  men  have  been  held  in  higher 
RICE     esteem  or  died  more  deeply  mourned 
than  Dr.  Alvin  B.  Rice,  of  James- 
town, New  York,  son  of  Stephen  and  Louisa 
P.    (Lewis)    Rice,   of    Panama,    Chautauqua 
county,   New   York.  , 

Dr.  Rice  was  born  near  Panama,  October 
22,  1841,  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  May 
7>  1903-  His  early  education  was  obtained 
in  the  public  schools,  after  which  he  entered 
Amherst  College,  from  whence  he  was  grad- 
uated. He  chose  medicine  as  his  profession 
and  began  study  under  Dr.  H.  H.  Glidden,  of 
Panama.  He  attended  a  course  of  lectures 
at  Michigan  University,  Ann  Arbor,  afterward 
entering  Bellevue  Medical  College,  at  New 
York,  from  whence  he  was  graduated,  M.  D. 
He  returned  to  Panama,  where  he  practiced 
for  a  time  according  to  the  teachings  of  the 
allopathic  school  of  medicine.  Later  he  be- 
came impressed  with  the  virtues  of  the 
homoeopathic  system  and  after  a  course  of 
study  and  lectures  in  New  York  began  the 
practice  of  homoeopathy,  which  he  ever  con- 
tinued.    He  practiced  in  Panama  until  1889, 


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then  located  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  where 
he  ever  afterward  lived  and  practiced,  winning 
wide  and  honorable  fame  for  his  medical  skill 
and   for  his  devotion   to  his  profession. 

He  was  vice-president  of  the  New  York 
State  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  and  was 
highly  regarded  among  his  professional 
brethren.  He  was  an  exceedingly  modest  man 
and  never  sought  preferment,  but  in  various 
capacities  his  sterling  worth  and  ability  were 
recognized  by  his  associates  and  he  was  chosen 
to  positions  of  honor  and  trust.  He  was  prom- 
inent as  a  citizen,  as  a  physician,  as  a  church- 
man and  in  his  fraternity.  His  rare  skill  and 
sympathetic  nature  gave  him  strong  hold  upon 
the  confidence  and  affection  of  his  patients, 
who  looked  upon  him  not  only  as  a  healer 
but  as  a  friend. 

From  early  life  he  was  a  devoted  member 
of  the  Baptist  church.  For  many  years  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  at 
Panama,  and  after  coming  to  Jamestown  was 
one  of  the  most  active,  earnest  members  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  corresponding  secretary  of  the 
Chautauqua  County  Baptist  Association.  He 
was  always  a  strong  advocate  of  the  cause  of 
temperance,  not  only  advocating  but  practicing 
it.  He  was  a  political  Prohibitionist  and  was 
several  times  the  nominee  of  his  party  for  pub- 
lic office.  His  devotion  to  the  cause  of  Free 
Masonry  was  well  known.  He  belonged  to 
Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  A\|Htern  Sun  Chapter  and 
Jamestown  Commander)',  but  it  was  to  the 
latter  that  he  was  particularly  devoted.  He 
was  for  many  years  prelate  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  eminent  commander.  It  was 
only  the  evening  of  the  night  he  died  that  a 
meeting  of  Sir  Knights  was  held  in  his  office 
to  arrange  plans  for  the  funeral  of  Sir  Knight 
Phillips,  a  departed  member.  But  a  few  days 
later  and  his  brethren  of  the  order  were  per- 
forming their  beautiful  burial  rites  beside  the 
grave  of  their  honored  commander.  Dr.  Rice 
accomplished  so  much  good  in  his  community 
that  his  name  will  be  honored  as  long  as  mem- 
ory remains  to  those  who  knew  his  great  and 
unselfish  nature. 

He  married,  February  23,  1868,  Helen  M. 
Davis,  born  at  York  Mills,  now  known  as 
Yorkville,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Mary  Ann 
(Ford)  Davis.  Children:  Lottie  J.,  married 
Charles  E.  Treat;  Vincent  M.,  Charles  R. 
Mrs.  Charles  E.  Treat  has  two  children:  C. 
\'incent  and  Helen  Doris  Treat. 


The  Pratt  family  is  of  Norman 
PRATT     stock,    the    name    appearing    in 

anglicized  form  in  France  early 
in  the  Middle  Ages.  It  is  derived  from  the 
Latin  "Pratum,"  a  meadow;  Spanish,  Prade; 
French,  Pre,  Preaux,  Prairie.  The  barony 
of  Pratella  existed  near  Rouen,  on  the  Seine 
below  Paris,  early  in  the  eleventh  century.  Its 
lord,  Le  Sire  de  Preaux,  followed  William 
the  Conqueror  to  England  in  1066,  his  name 
being  found  on  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey  as 
having  been  present  at  the  battle  of  Hastings. 
Thirty  years  later,  in  1096,  a  Sire  de  Preaux 
followed  Duke  Robert  of  Normandy,  the  eld- 
est son  of  William  the  Conqueror,  on  the 
First  Crusade.  Two  of  his  kinsmen,  William 
and  John,  accompanied  him.  John  de  Pratelles 
was  a  favorite  minister  of  King  Richard  the 
First  (Coeur  de  Lion).  Two  brothers,  Wil- 
liam and  Peter  de  Pratelles,  followed  Richard 
on  the  Third  Crusade  in  1 189-91.  William 
saved  the  king  from  capture  in  a  skirmish 
with  the  Saracens  by  allowing  himself  to  be 
captured,  pretending  that  he  was  the  king. 
He  was  later  exchanged  for  ten  emirs,  and 
was  knighted  for  his  valor.  Documents  con- 
nect him  with  Rouen,  where  the  barony  of 
Pratella  was  located.  A  Seigneur  de  Preaux 
was  killed  at  the  head  of  his  household  in 
the  battle  of  Agincourt  in   1415. 

The  anglicized  form  of  the  mame,  Pratt, 
begins  to  appear  frequently  in  the  thirteenth 
and  fourteenth  centuries.  There  are  nine  ar- 
morial bearings  extant  among  diflFerent  fami- 
lies of  this  name.  Its  frequent  occurrence  on 
Norman  rolls  proves  the  Norman  origin  of 
the  family.  While  it  is  found  in  nearly  every 
county  in  England,  it  is  particularly  identified 
with  Herts  and  Norfolk. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  name  from  wMiom  the 
American  Pratts  can  trace  direct  descent  was 
Thomas  Pratt,  who  lived  at  Baldock,  county 
of  Herts,  England,  about  thirty-four  miles 
from  London,  in  the  early  part  of  the  sixteenth 
century.  His  will  is  dated  February  5,  1538- 
39.  His  wife's  name  was  Joan,  and  he  had 
three  sons :  Thomas,  James,  Andrew,  and  one 
daughter,  Agnes. 

(II)  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Pratt,  had 
three  children:  Allen,  baptized  1561 ;  William, 
October,  1562;  Richard,  June  27,  1567. 

(III)  Rev.  William  Pratt,  son  of  Andrew 
Pratt,  was  rector  at  Stevenage.  Hertfordshire, 
for  thirty  years,  and  died  in  1629,  aged  sixty- 
seven  years.     He  married  Elizabeth  . 


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Children :  Mary,  February  6,  1605  ;  Elizabeth, 
April  2,  1613 ;  Richard,  baptized  February  16, 
1618;  John,  November  9,  1620;  William; 
Sarah. 

(IV)  John  Pratt  and  his  brother  William, 
sons  of  Rev.  William  Pratt,  were  the  founders 
of  the  Pratt  family  in  America.  John  appears 
in  the  records  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
as  owner  of  a  home  lot,  and  as  one  of  the  orig- 
inal members  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker's 
church.  This  would  fix  the  date  of  his  immi- 
gration as  prior  to  1636,  when  Hooker  and 
Samuel  Stone  led  their  flock  through  the 
wilderness  to  found  Newton,  or,  as  it  soon 
became,  Hartford,  Connecticut.  The  fact  that 
these  two  sons  of  a  clergyman  of  the  Church 
of  England  were  at  this  time  living  in  a  Puri- 
tan colony  and  were  members  of  a  Puritan 
church  may  explain  the  omission  of  their 
names  from  their  father's  will.  John  and 
Lieutenant  William  Pratt  appear  among  the 
original  proprietors  of  Hartford.  They  drew 
home  lots  in  the  first  division  of  land  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1639,  *^"d  their  names  occur  frequently 
in  the  records  of  the  colony.     John  married 

Elizabeth ,  arid  died  July  15,  1655,  and 

had   two   sons,   John   and  Daniel. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth Pratt,  married  (first)  Hannah  Boosey; 
(second)  Hepsibah  Wyatt.  He  died  Novem- 
ber 23,  1687.  Children :  Hannah,  born  1658 ; 
John,  1661;  Elizabeth,  1664;  Rnth,  1667 
Sarah,  1668;  Joseph,  1671 ;  Susannah,  1680; 
Jonathan. 

(VI)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Pratt,  born 
November  23,  1687,  married  Mary  Benton, 
and  died  in  1755.  They  lived  at  East  Hart- 
ford. Children:  Elizabeth,  Jerusha,  Daniel, 
Moses,  Jonathan,  Eliab,  Aaron,  Mary,  Hep- 
sibah. 

(VH)  Aaron,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Benton)  Pratt,  was  born  about  1725-26.  He 
married  Mary  Clark,  of  East  Hartford,  in 
1756,  and  removed  to  Westminster,  Vermont. 
In  1805  he  came  to  his  son's  home  in  Buffalo, 
where  he  died  February  9,  1806.  His  widow 
died  in  Buffalo,  November  20,  1809.  Both 
were  buried  in  the  village  cemetery,  where  is 
now  Franklin  square.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, Aaron,  Mary,  Samuel,  William,  died  in 
infancy;  William. 

(VIII)  Aaron  (2)  and  William  (2)  Pratt 
were  sons  of  Aaron  (i)  Pratt,  of  Westmin- 
ster, Vermont. 


(IX)  Samuel  (in  some  records  given  as 
Lemuel),  grandson  of  Aaron  (i)  Pratt,  came 
to  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  from  Tinmouth,  Vermont,  in  1838.  He 
had  been  preceded  by  his  son,  Lyman  S.,  who 
had  secured  for  his  father  seventy  acres  of 
land  by  contract  from  Nicholas  Devereux. 
Samuel  Pratt  spent  nearly  a  year  in  clearing 
fifteen  or  twenty  acres,  erecting  a  log  house- 
and  a  frame  barn.  In  September,  1839,  he 
was  joined  by  his  family.  Prior  to  coming 
to  New  York  state  he  had  lived  in  Hubbard- 
ton  and  Tinmouth,  Vermont.  He  married  and 
had  issue. 

(XJ  Lyman  S.,  son  of  Samuel  Pratt,  was 
born  m  Hubbardton,  Vermont,  December  17, 
1813.  In  1841  he  married  and  settled  in  Little 
Valley,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  and 
built  a  house  and  opened  a  wagon  shop  in 
part  of  it.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father  he 
purchased  the  homestead,  which  he  cultivated, 
also  carrying  on  his  carriage  and  wagon  build- 
ing. In  1864  he  sold  the  homestead  and 
moved  to  Randolph,  where  for  five  years  he 
engaged  in  the  same  business,  purchasing  and 
operating  a  wagon  shop.  In  the  spring  of 
1877  he  returned  to  Little  Valley,  where  he 
died  April  26,  1895.  He  married  Martha 
Smith.  Children:  Mortimer  N.  (of  further 
mention) ;  Jerome  I.;  Alice,  married  Stephen 
A.  Maricham;  children:  Winfield  and  Lina. 
This  family  resides  in  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York. 

(XI)  Mortimer  N.,  eldest  child  of  Lyman 
S.  and  Martha  (Smith)  Pratt,  was  born  in 
Little  Valley,  New  York,  January  28,  1845, 
died  November  28,  1902.  His  early  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  school,  after  which 
he  studied  and  was  graduated  at  Randolph 
Academy.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began 
teaching  in  the  public  schools,  continuing  for 
thirteen  consecutive  winters.  He  gave  much 
of  his  time  to  the  public  service.  In  Febru- 
ary, 1867,  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  held  that  office  sixteen  years.  He  also 
served  three  terms  as  assessor  of  the  town 
of  Little  Valley,  and  one  year  as  justice  of 
sessions.  January  i,  1883,  he  was  appointed 
deputy  sheriff  by  John  Little,  and  January  i, 
1886,  was  reappointed  by  Mr.  Little's  succes- 
sor, A.  E.  Darrow.  In  November,  1888,  he 
was  elected  sheriff  of  Cattaraugus  county, 
serving  a  full  term  of  three  years.  He  was 
the  owner  of  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
eighty  acres,   which   included   the  two   acres 


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on  which  his  father,  Lyman  S.,  first  settled 
and  had  his  carriage  shop.  Besides  his  farm- 
ing and  public  interests,  Mr.  Pratt  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Kellogg  Manufacturing  Company, 
makers  of  all  kinds  of  washing  machinery. 
He  was  a  loyal,  steadfast  Republican,  influen- 
tial in  the  party  and  a  willing  worker  for 
party  success.  He  held  office  continuously 
from  the  time  he  was  twenty-two  years  of 
age.  He  married,  November  28,  1866,  Har- 
riet Huntley,  born  1844,  who  survived  him. 
Children :  Rollin  H.,  Arthur  J.,  and  Howard 
S.   (see  forward). 

(XII)  Rollin  Huntley,  oldest  son  of  Morti- 
mer N.  and  Harriet  (Huntley)  Pratt,  was 
born  in  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  March  28,  1868.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  finishing  at  the 
Fredonia  State  Normal  School.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff 
of  Cattaraugus  county,  serving  under  his 
father,  and  continued  in  the  sheriff's  office 
until  1892.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Kellogg  Manufacturing  Company  as  book- 
keeper, remaining  four  years.  In  1897  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  in  the  office  of  the  county 
clerk  of  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  still 
continues  as  assistant  (or  deputy)  county 
clerk.  He  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  since 
1895,  and  since  1900  clerk  of  the  village  cor- 
poration. He  is  a  most  careful,  experienced 
man  of  business,  and  a  valued  public  official. 
He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  married,  De- 
cember 5,  1893,  Georgianna  M.,  daughter  of 
John  A.  and  Ellen  Seekins. 

(XII)  Arthur  Jerome,  second  son  of  Mor- 
timer N.  and  Harriet  (Huntley)  Pratt,  was 
bom  in  Little  Valley,  New  York,  August  4, 
1871.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  at  Bryant  and  Stratton  Business  College, 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  has  been  connected 
with  the  wholesale  and  retail  hardware  busi- 
ness all  of  his  business  life,  being  with  Weed 
&  Company,  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  five  years. 
In  May,  1905,  he  purchased  the  general  hard- 
ware business  of  Mr.  Parsons,  at  Little  Val- 
ley, and  conducted  the  same  for  five  years. 
He  is  now  a  travelling  salesman  for  Dwelle- 
Kysor  Hardware  Company,  Buffalo,  New 
York.    He  married  Addie  Sweetland. 

(XII)  Howard  Smith,  youngest  son  of 
Mortimer  N.  and  Harriet  (Huntley)  Pratt, 
was  bom  in  Little  Valley,  New  York,  January 


24,  1888.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  graduated  from  the  Jamestown 
Business  College  in  1909.  He  was  for  a  time 
bookkeeper  for  the  Merrell-Soule  Powdered 
Milk  Company,  at  Little  Valley,  New  York, 
and  is  at  present  instructor  in  general  business 
methods  and  banking  in  the  Jamestown  Busi- 
ness College.    He  is  unmarried. 


This    family    settled     in 
SWEETLAND    New  England  but  a  few 

years  later  than  the  Pil- 
grims at  Plymouth  Rock.  While  not  a  numer- 
ous family,  they  are  found  in  Massachusetts 
and  other  New  England  states  at  early  dates. 
A  branch  of  the  early  family  settled  in  Ver- 
mont, where  Asa  Sweetland  was.born  in  1784. 
He  married  Tabitha  Houghton,  bom  Septem- 
ber 2,  1788,  and  in  1816  moved  to  New  York 
state  with  wife  and  four  children,  settling  in 
Elba,  Genesee  county.  In  1828  he  moved  to 
Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county,  and  in  1821 
his  children  were  also  living  near  him.  He 
was  a  leading  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  which  he  served  as  class  leader 
until  old  age  compelled  him  to  forego  church 
work.  He  died  March  8,  1867.  Children: 
I.  Lewis  (of  further  mention).  2.  Asa,  born 
in  Vermont,  June  6,  1812,  died  December  18, 
1887 ;  married,  March  8,  1832,  Matilda,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Fisher,  a  pioneer  of  Napoli. 
A^a  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  over  sixty  years,  twenty-five 
of  which  he  was  class  leader.  His  wife  died 
December  18,  1887,  leaving  a  daughter  Al- 
theda,  married  Horace  Hart  and  died  March 
8,  191 1 ;  had  a  son  Henry  M.  3.  Laban.  4. 
Prusia. 

(II)  Rev.  Lewis  Sweetland,  son  of  Asa  and 
Tabitha  (Houghton)  Sweetland,  was  bora  in 
Vermont,  January  2,  1810.  He  settled  in  Gen- 
esee county,  New  York,  with  his  parents,  and 
in  1830  came  to  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus 
county,  where  he  erected  a  homestead  in  the 
western  part  of  the  town,  consisting  of  one 
hundred  acres  of  timber  land,  which  he  cleared 
and  improved. 

Mr.  Sweetland  was  for  several  years  a 
local  preacher  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  later  was  ordained  and  became  an  itin- 
erant preacher,  dying  while  actively  engaged 
in  the  ministry,  September  17,  1873.  He  mar- 
ried Drusilla  Palmer.  Children :  John  Wes- 
ley (of  further  mention)  ;  Laura  J.,  born  1832 ; 
Emory,  October  4,  1835;  Orlando,  1845;  So- 


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phia,  1847;  Maria,  twin  of  Sophia;  four  other 
children,  died  young. 

(Ill)  John  Wesley,  eldest  son  of  Rev. 
Lewis  and  Drusilla  (Palmer)  Sweetland,  was 
bom  in  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  April  9,  183 1,  died  September  7, 
1884.  He  was  well  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Little  Valley,  and  for  several  win- 
ters taught  in  the  town  schools,  spending  his 
summers  on  the  farm.  In  September,  1862, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  One  Hundred  and 
Fifty-fourth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteers. 
He  was  stricken  with  fever  at  Arlington 
Heights  and  sent  to  the  hospital.  On  becom- 
ing convalescent  he  was  retained  at  the  hospi- 
tal as  assistant,  continuing  until  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  service.  He  returned  to  Little 
Valley,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  until 
1876,  when  he  moved  to  the  village  of  Little 
X'^alley  and  took  a  clerkship  in  the  office  of  the 
county  clerk,  also  continuing  to  operate  his 
farm.  In  the  spring  of  1879  he  formed  a  part- 
*nership  with  W.  C.  Parker,  and  engaged  in 
the  hardware  trade  as  Sweetland  &  Parker. 
After  about  two  years  he  bought  Mr.  Parker's 
interest,  continuing  business  alone  until  the 
spring  of  1884,  when  he  admitted  his  son, 
Seneca  L.,  as  partner,  under  the  firm  name  of 
J.  W.  Sweetland  &  Son.  He  was  assessor  of 
Little  Valley  for  many  years,  and  a  deacon  of 
the  Congregational  church.  He  stood  high 
in  his  community  and  was  a  man  of  good 
business  ability.  He  married,  January  4,  1854, 
Melvina  F.  Short,  born  in  Richmond,  Ontario 
county.  New  York,  November  4,  1833,  died 
Mardi  6,  191 1,  daughter  of  Rev.  Seneca  M. 
and  Mary  (Gregg)  Short,  whose  children 
were:  Melvina  F.,  Laura  J.,  Mary  M.  and 
Rosalie  R.  Children  of  John  Wesley  Sweet- 
land: I.  Seneca  Lewis  (of  further  mention). 
2.  Frank  A.,  born  May  12,  1857,  died  March 
I9»  1859.  3-  Mary  Ida,  born  July  2,  i860,  died 
July  3,  i860.  4.  Morton  L.,  born  July  17, 
i86(5,  died  October  3,  1866. 

(IV)  Seneca  Lewis,eldest  son  of  John  Wes- 
ley and  Melvina  F.  (Short)  Sweetland,  was 
born  in  Batavia,  Genesee  county.  New  York, 
September  8,  1855.  When  two  years  of  age 
his  parents  moved  to  Little  Valley,  Cattarau- 
gus county,  which  has  ever  since  been  his 
home.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
finishing  with  a  two  years'  course  at  Chamber- 
lain Institute,  then  conducted  by  Professor 
Edwards.  After  leaving  school  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Cattaraugus  Republican^  where 


he  learned  the  trade  of  printer,  remaining  five 
years.  He  then  spent  a  year  on  the  Bradford 
Era,  In  1883  his  father's  health  failed  and 
the  son  gave  up  his  own  business,  returned 
to  Little  Valley  and  became  an  assistant  in 
the  hardware  store.  In  1884  he  was  admitted 
a  partner  in  J.  W.  Sweetland  &  Son.  The 
firm  bought  the  Dinsmore  block,  extended 
their  lines  and  conducted  a  most  successful 
business.  On  the  death  of  John  Wesley 
Sweetland,  in  1884,  the  firm  was  reorganized 
as  S.  L.  Sweetland  &  Company,  his  mother 
being  the  company,  continuing  until  1907, 
when  the  firm  was  dissolved.  In  May,  1909, 
Mr.  Sweetland  established  a  store  for  the  sale 
of  tobacco,  school  supplies,  etc.,  which  he  still 
continues.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
was  town  clerk  of  Little  Valley,  1884-89,  and 
is  now  again  holding  that  office.  He  served 
as  school  trustee  two  years,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  commissioners  that 
established  the  Water  and  Electric  Light  Plant 
in  Little  Valley.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  January  4,  1879,  Ella  R.  Bailey, 
born  March  10,  1856,  daughter  of  Gamaliel 
and  Marietta  (Evarts)  Bailey,  whose  children 
were:  Austin,  married  Frances  Henderson; 
Oel,  married  a  Miss  Milks ;  Ella  R.,  Norman, 
Grant,  Cortes,  Cora  and  Claude.  Children  of 
Seneca  L.  Sweetland:  i.  Lee  Wesley,  bom 
June  9,  1882;  graduate  of  Little  Valley  high 
school ;  was  for  a  time  bookkeeper  in  the  Lit- 
tle Valley  Bank,  now  cashier  in  the  main  office 
of  the  Oliver  Typewriter  Company,  at  San 
Francisco,  California.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order  and  a  young  man  of  good  busi- 
ness ability.  2.  Seneca  Lewis  Jr.,  bom  De- 
cember 28,  1883;  graduate  of  Little  Valley 
high  school;  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
and  a  farmer. 


Edwin,  son  of  Otis  Hitch- 
HITCHCOCK    cock,    was   bom   in    1831, 

died  1910.  He  came  to 
the  town  of  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  when  a  boy,  and,  after  attending 
the  public  school,  worked  at  farming.  He  was 
thrifty  and  in  due  course  of  time  became  a 
land  owner.  He  owned  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-six  acres  on  which  he  established  a 
dairy.  He  prospered  in  business  and  became 
one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  town.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farmers' 


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Mutual  Insurance  Company,  a  member  of  the 
school  board  and  a  most  influential,  public- 
spirited  citizen.  He  was  an  Independent  in 
politics,  and  while  a  liberal  supporter  of  all 
churches  gave  particular  allegiance  to  none. 

He  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Peter  Ben- 
son, who  survives  him,  a  resident  of  Randolph. 
Children:  i.  Luella  J.,  married  George 
Ropps ;  children :  Ruth,  Louis  and  Lee.  2. 
Clarence,  married  Lizzie  McGinity;  children: 
Genevieve  and  Gertrude.  3.  Charles.  4.  Alvin 
E.  (of  further  mention).  5.  Otis,  married 
Vail  Anderson ;  children  :  Harold ;  Edward, 
married  Ella  Parsons  and  their  children  are 
Helen,  Leo  and  Arthur ;  Paul ;  Glenn,  married 
Addie  Cool  and  their  children  are  Louise,  Rob- 
ert, Marian  and  Maud ;  Rebecca,  married  Guy 
Porter  and  their  children  are  Lyman,  Elva  and 
Laura. 

(Ill)  Alvin  E.,  fourth  child  and  third  son 
of  Edwin  and  Ellen  (Benson)  Hitchcock,  was 
bom  on  the  Hitchcock  homestead  farm  iti 
Randolph,  January  25,  1868.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  worked  on  the 
farm  after  completing  his  studies.  He  saved 
his  earnings  and  invested  in  a  machine  for 
baling  hay  and  began  business  for  himself. 
He  prospered  and  soon  began  buying  loose 
hay,  pressing  it  and  shipping  to  market.  As 
his  business  became  more  profitable  he  ex- 
tended his  operations  to  the  buying  and  sell- 
ing of  livestock  of  all  kinds.  He  was  a  good 
buyer  and  by  close  attention  developed  a  prof- 
itable business.  He  later  took  in  a  partner, 
established  a  livery  and  bought  a  hotel  prop- 
erty, operating  both  for  several  years.  The  firm 
then  dissolved,  his  partner  taking  the  livery 
and  Mr.  Hitchcock  the  hotel  business.  He 
has  large  farming  interests  that  he  oversees, 
and  is  also  the  popular  host  of  the  Farmers' 
Hotel  in  Randolph,  a  resort  much  frequented 
by  automobilists  and  the  traveling  public. 
The  hotel  is  well  kept  and  caters  to  a  liberal 
patronage. 

Mr.  Hitchcock  is  well  known  in  the  county 
and  has  a  host  of  warm  friends.  He  is  liberal 
in  his  benefactions,  public-spirited  and  pro- 
gressive, aiding  in  all  that  is  for  the  benefit  of 
his  town.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  and  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican ;  served  three  years  as  trustee  of  the  vil- 
lage corporation  and  three  years  as  deputy 
sheriff. 

He  married.  May  5,  1897,  Ida  Anderson, 


born  November  17,  1879,  daughter  of  Augus- 
tus and  Cihristina  Caroline  (Carlson)  Ander- 
son, and  granddaughter  of  August  Anderson, 
from  Sweden.  Children:  Raymond  Walter, 
born  June  4,  1898;  Herbert  A.,  May  5,  1902. 


The  earliest  traces  of  the  Mead 
MEAD  family  are  to  be  found  in  a  history 
of  "The  Norman  People  and  Their 
Existing  Descendants  in  the  British  Domin- 
ions and  the  United  States  of  America,"  pub- 
lished in  London,  England,  1874.  From  that 
volume,  it  appears  that  the  name  Mead  is  the 
English  form  of  the  Norman  "de  Poato," 
which,  translated  into  the  English,  is  Mead, 
Meade,  Mede  and  Meads.  In  1635  there  ar- 
rived in  Massachusetts  many  ships  from  Eng- 
land, and  among  those  arrivals  is  found  the 
name  of  "Goodman"  Mead  (called  Gabriel 
Mead).  He  is  the  ancestor  of  the  Massachu- 
setts branch.  The  most  recent  discoveries 
strongly  indicate  that  he  was  accompanied  by 
his  brother,  William  Mead,  ancestor  of  the 
Greenwich  (Connecticut),  Meads,  from  whom 
the  family  in  Troy  descends.  William  and 
"Goodman"  Mead  sailed  from  Lydd,  county 
Kent,  England,  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth"  in 
April,  1635.  The  Mead  coat-of-arms,  to  which 
it  is  believed  they  were  entitled,  is  thus  de- 
scribed :  Sable,  a  chevron  between  three  peli- 
cans, or  vuln,  gules,  crest :  an  eagle  displayed ; 
motto,  Semper  paratus  (always  ready). 
Goodman  Mead  remained  in  Massachusetts. 
William,  however,  followed  the  tide  of  emi- 
gration, which  at  that  time  was  toward  the 
Connecticut  valley.  The  first  English  settle- 
ment was  made  at  Windsor  in  1633,  and  an- 
other settlement  was  made  about  the  same 
time  at  Wethersfield,  where  William  Mead  set- 
tled first,  and  in  164 1  he  removed  to  Stamford 
with  others  from  Wethersfield.  December  7, 
1641,  "William  Mayd  (Mead)  received  from 
the  town  of  Stamford  a  homelot  and  five  acres 
of  land." 

This  William  is  the  ancestor  of  the 
Fairfield  county,  Connecticut,  family,  although 
family  tradition  declares  that  John  Mead  was 
also  one  of  those  of  eastern  New  York,  west- 
ern Vermont  and  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  born  about  1600.  He  married,  in  1625, 
and  died  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  about 
1663.  There  is  no  record  of  his  wife,  but 
there  is  of  his  three  children,  i.  Joseph  (see 
forward).  2.  Martha,  born  1632;  married 
John  Richardson,  of  Stamford.    3.  John,  born 


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about  1634;  married  Hannah  Potter;  died 
February  5,  1699. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Mead,  was 
born  1630,  died  May  3,  1690.  He  married 
Mary  Brown,  of  Stamford;  children:  i.  Zach- 
arias,  died  in  1703,  unmarried.  2.  Joseph 
(see  forward).    3.  Daniel,  born  1659;  married 

Hannah  .    4.  Elisha,  born  about  1661, 

died   1727;  married,  in  1683,  and  had  issue. 

5.  Richard,  born  1664.    6.  Mary. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
^lary  (Brown)  Mead,  was  born  about  1657, 
died  in  1714.  He  married  Sarah  Reynolds; 
children:  1.  Sarah,  born  November  3,  1695; 
married,  August  14,  1718,  Benjamin  Stebbins; 
eight  children.  2.  Joseph,  born  May  3,  1698. 
3.  Theophilus,  born  July  3,  1700,  died  1760; 
married  Abigail  Westcott,  and  settled  in  Nor- 
walk,  Connecticut ;  eight  children.  4.  Jeremiah, 
born  August  6,  1702,  died  1742;  married, 
1725,  Hannah  St.  John;  his  oldest  son,  Cap- 
tain Thaddeus,  was  killed  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war.  5.  Zachariah,  born  March  11, 
1704,  died  1761 ;  married,  but  left  no  issue. 

6.  Nehemiah  (see  forward).  7.  Israel,  born 
March  14,  170)8;  married  and  left  issue. 

(IV)  Nehemiah,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Reynolds)  Mead,  was  born  January 
20,  1706,  died  1784.     He  married  Mehitable 

,  and  settled  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut. 

Children:  Joseph,  David  (see  forward), 
Zachariah,  Nehemiah,  Deborah,  Mary,  Lydia 
and  Abijah. 

(V)  David,  son  of  Nehemiah  and  Mehitable 
Mead,  was  born  1714;  married  Isabella  Knapp 
and  settled  in  Westchester  county.  New  York. 
Sons:  David  (2),  Michael  (see  forward),  and 
others. 

(VI)  Michael,  son  of  David  and  Isabella 
(Knapp)  Mead,  was  born  in  1740.  He  settled 
in  Vermont,  where  he  followed  farming.  He 
married  Tryphena. Burton.  Children:  Isaac, 
born  December  20,  1760;  Silas,  born  May  6, 
1762;  Lydia,  May  20,  1763;  Rufus,  October 
15,  1764;  Ezra,  August  9,  1766;  Tryphena, 
October  10,  1767;  Solomon,  January  30,  1769; 
Michael  (of  further  mention)  ;  Lydia,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1772;  Mary,  October  13,  1773;  Sophia, 
April  13,  1775;  Dorcas,  December  16,  1777; 
Peter,  March  27,  1779;  Cynthia,  September  4, 
1780. 

(VII)  Michael  (2),  son  of  Michael  (i)  and 
Tryphena  (Burton)  IVlead,  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont, died  March  7,  1834,  at  Ovid,  Seneca 
county.  New  York.     He  owned  several  large 


farms,  most  of  which  he  cleared  from  the  vir- 
gin timber.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Mary  (Seeley)  Cole,  born  1783, 
died  April  28,  1853,  at  Somerset,  New  York. 
Children :  Ezra  C.  (of  further  mention)  ;  Be- 
linda, born  December  18,  1803;  Lewis,  No- 
vember 14,  1805;  Fannie,  March  2,  1808; 
Henry,  May  28,  181 1;  Stephen  (of  further 
mention). 

(\TII)  Ezra  C,  son  of  Michael  (2)  and 
Abigail  (Cole)  Mead,  was  born  March  11, 
1802,  at  Ovid,  Seneca  county.  New  York.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  country  schools, 
and  worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  a  young 
man.  After  his  marriage  he  and  his  wife 
journeyed  from  Seneca  county  to  West  Som- 
erset, Niagara  county,  behind  a  yoke  of  oxen. 
Here  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  eight  acres,  which  he  devoted  to  general 
farming.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  was  one  of  its  strongest 
financial  supporters.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  He  married,  October  11,  1820. 
Jane,  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  Nelson, 
born  June  11,  1803,  died  August  8,  1887. 
They  had  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  ar- 
rived at  maturity.  Children:  Lydia,  born 
February  22,  1822;  Hannah,  March  7,  1825; 
Philina,  July  22,  1824;  Abigail,  April  15,  1827; 
Michael,  June  11,  1829,  married  Mary  E.  Mil- 
ler; George  W.,  April  6,  1831,  married  Julia 
Clark;  Henry,  August  29,  1833;  Ezra  Jr., 
June  16,  1835,  married  Lodena  Rising;  Jane 
R.,  May  30,  1837,  married  Josiah  D.  Webster; 
Anna  E.,  May  3,  1839,  married  Andrew 
Stickles;  M.  Mandana,  August  9,  1844,  mar- 
ried Dudley  H.  Mead  (see  Mead). 

(VIII)  Stephen,  son  of  Michael  (2)  and 
Abigail  (Cole)  Mead,  was  born  February  28, 
181 9,  at  Ovid,  New  York,  died  January  18, 
1898,  at  Somerset,  New  York.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  district  schools  of  Ovid,  and  be- 
fore attaining  his  majority  settled  in  Somer- 
set, after  purchasing  a  farm  of  seventy-five 
acres.  Here  for  a  time  he  tried  general  farm- 
ing and  afterward  devoted  his  time  to  raising 
live  stock  and  fruit  farming.  Finally  he  sold 
the  farm,  purchased  another,  and  in  time  be- 
came a  large  land  owner.  During  war  times 
he  dealt  with  considerable  profit  in  wool.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  Democrat.  He  married  Phoebe 
Prime,  of  Allegany  county,  in  1840.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Homer  D.,  born  1842,  died  June  30, 
1902;  married  Julia  Van  Wagoner.    2.  Dud- 


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ley  H.  (of  further  mention).  3.  Augusta, 
born  1846,  died  December  14,  1872.  4.  Ele- 
nora,  died  at  the  age  of  eight  years.  5.  Helen, 
married  S.  Delos  Davis. 

(IX)  X)udley  Henry,  son  of  Stephen  and 
Phoebe  (Prime)  Mead,  was  born  at  Somerset, 
New  York,  October  20,  1843.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  district  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  was  also  at  Albion  high  school.  At  this 
time  he  was  living  at  home,  and  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  became  a  dealer  in  live  stock,  which 
business  he  still  continues.  In  1878  he  pur- 
chased the  old  Mead  homestead  of  one  hun- 
dred and  eighteen  acres,  which  had  been  oc- 
cupied and  cultivated  by  his  father  for  fifty 
years.  He  has  fifty  acres  of  his  farm  in  fruit, 
the  remaining  sixty-eight  acres  he  devotes  to 
general  farming.  He  is  also  the  owner  of  an- 
other sixty-acre  farm.  He  is  a  trustee  and 
strong  supporter  of  the  Somerset  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  a  member  of  Somerset 
Lodge,  No.  639,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  a  Democrat.  He  married,  April  21,  1886, 
at  Somerset,  New  York,  M.  Mandana  Mead, 
seventh  daughter  of  Ezra  C.  and  Jane  (Nel- 
son) Mead,  of  Somerset. 


The  Corson  family  settled  in 
CORSON  York  county,  Maine,  and  east- 
ern New  Hampshire,  in  the 
middle  of  the  eighteenth  century,  at  the  time 
the  Scotch-Irish  were  coming  in  large  num- 
bers to  this  section.  The  name  was  often 
spelled  Courson  and  Coursen,  perhaps  because 
of  the  Scotch  way  of  pronouncing  the  word. 
Ichabod  Corson,  who  settled  at  Rochester, 
New  Hampshire,  was  a  soldier  from  that  town 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1759;  was 
an  assessor  in  1767  and  on  the  committee  to 
recruit  volunteers  for  the  continental  army  in 
1779,  though  in  1775  he  had  refused  to  sign 
the  association  test.  Joshua  Corson,  of  the 
same  family,  was  a  sergeant,  and  Ebenezer 
Corson  was  a  private  from  Rochester  in  the 
revolution.  In  1790  Ichabod  Corson,  with 
two  males  over  sixteen,  two  under  sixteen, 
and  one  female,  was  living  at  Rochester,  and 
David  Corson  was  also  head  of  a  young  family 
in  that  town.  In  1790  no  less  than  eleven 
families,  presumably  of  the  same  stock,  were 
reported  in  the  census,  viz:  Nathaniel,  John, 
John,  Ichabod,  Aaron,  Daniel,  Isaac,  John, 
Lemuel,  Samuel  and  Samuel.  There  were 
none  of  the  name  at  Hallo  well,  now  Augusta, 
and  none  in  Lincoln  county,  in  which  Augusta 


is  situated.  Ebenezer  and  Samuel  Corson, 
both  of  Maine,  served  in  the  revolution.  (See 
"Soldiers  and  Sailors  of  the  Revolution,"  p.  19, 
vol.  IV.)  Aaron  Corson  came  to  Lebanon, 
Maine,  from  Rochester,  New  Hampshire, 
about  1769;  his  brother  Samuel  came  about 
1760  and  died  in  1785.  Aaron  Corson  was  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Jedediah  Goodwin's  com- 
pany of  Colonel  Edward  Wigglesworth's  regi- 
ment, in  1776.  He  was  an  original  settler  of 
the  farm  lately  owned  by  William  A.  Corson. 
He  had  sons,  John  and  Enoch,  and  a  daugh- 
ter, Dorcas.  John  Corson  and  Moses  Corson, 
of  Lebanon,  near  relatives  of  Aaron  and  Sam- 
uel, were  also  soldiers  in  the  revolution.  (See 
pp.  13-14,  "Lebanon  in  the  Revolution.") 

(I)  Dexter  Foster  Corson,  a  descendant  of 
the  Maine  pioneers  of  this  family,  settled  in 
Augusta,  Maine.  He  was  born  in  Maine  in 
1812,  died  in  1888  at  Monroe,  Wisconsin.  He 
was  an  extensive  dealer  in  lumber  at  Augusta, 
and  was  engaged  in  the  harness  and  saddlery 
business  at  Monroe.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican; in  religion,  a  Methodist.  He  was  a 
highly  respected  citizen.  He  married  (first) 
Deborah  Norton.  The  name  of  his  second 
wife  is  not  known. 

(II)  Frederick  Wallace,  sixth  child  of  Dex- 
ter Foster  Corson,  was  born  September  17, 
1847,  ^^  Augusta,  Maine,  died  October  2,  1907, 
at  Lockport,  New  York.  He  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Monroe,  Wisconsin,  when  three 
years  of  age  and  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools  of  Monroe.  When  he  was  twenty-one 
he  went  west  with  a  party  of  thirty,  which 
settled  in  Sioux  Falls,  South  Dakota,  where  he 
is  counted  among  the  founders  of  that  town. 
After  three  years  he  engaged  in  the  printing 
business  and  became  manager  of  the  Elk  Point 
Leader,  of  Elk  Point.  In  1871  he  purchased 
the  Mound  City  Patriot,  which  he  conducted 
for  two  years.  He  then  sold  out  and  returned 
east.  He  was  for  a  time  oh  the  staff  of  the 
Citizen,  of  Rome,  New  York,  then  was  man- 
ager of  the  Republican,  of  Johnstown,  New 
York,  and  afterward  of  the  Ogdensburg  Ad- 
vance. In  1883  he  purchased  the  Wappinger 
Falls  Chronicle,  which  he  edited  and  published 
for  seven  years.  In  1890  he  sold  it  and  in  the 
same  year  bought  the  Courant,  of  Newcastle, 
Pennsylvania.  He  later  disposed  of  that  paper 
and  came  to  Lockport,  New  York,  where,  in 
association  with  Obadiah  C.  Cutler,  he  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  Union-Sun,  After  a 
three  years'   partnership,   he   purchased   Mr. 


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Cutler's  interest  and  those  of  the  other  owners, 
thus  becoming  sole  owner  of  the  Union-Sun. 
He  remained  proprietor  and  editor  of  this, 
one  of  the  most  influential  newspapers  of 
Niagara  county,  until  his  death.  While  jour- 
nalism was  his  chosen  profession  and  the 
greatest  interest  in  his  life,  Mr.  Corson  was 
also  an  influential,  most  capable  man  of  busi- 
ness. He  founded  the  Corson  Manufacturing 
Company,  incorporated  in  1906.  This  com- 
pany was  organized  to  do  a  general  printing 
business  and  for  the  manufacture  of  folding 
boxes  of  all  kinds.  This  enterprise,  one  of 
the  largest  of  its  kind  in  western  New  York, 
has  been  a  very  successful  one,  and  is  now 
managed  by  Egbert  Corson,  son  of  the 
founder. 

Mr.  Corson  was  also  at  the  time  of  his  death 
a  director  of  the  H-O  Company,  of  Buffalo. 
His  life  was  a  useful,  busy  one,  and  he  won 
success  by  timely,  well-directed  effort.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  in  the  com- 
munities mentioned  exerted  a  wide,  deep  and 
lasting  influence  in  behalf  of  his  party  and  for 
the  good  of  all  the  people.  He  held  various 
public  offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  in  his 
different  places  of  residence,  and,  always  de- 
serving, always  secured  public  confidence  and 
respect.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  and  a  liberal  supporter  of  all 
public  charities.  He  was  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to  Lodge, 
Chapter  and  Genesee  Commandery  of  Knights 
Templar.  His  club  was  the  Ellicott,  of  Buf- 
falo. 

He  married,  September  9,  1873,  Alice  H. 
Carr,  daughter  of  Egbert  Eugene  and  Cor- 
nelia Alice  (Loomis)  Carr,  of  Rome,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Egbert,  born  November 
30,  1884;  educated  in  the  public  schools.  Lock- 
port  high  school  and  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. Upon  the  death  of  his  father  he 
left  college  and  assumed  the  management  of 
the  Union-Sun  and  of  the  Corson  Manufactur- 
ing Company.  Under  his  management  both 
have  been  very  successful  and  grown  to 
greater  proportions.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order  and  of  the  Benevolent  Protec- 
tive Order  of  Elks,  and  of  the  Town  and 
Country  Club  and  Tuscarora  Club,  of  Lock- 
port.  2.  Marjorie,  born  February  13,  1890, 
at  Marlboro-on-the-Hudson ;  educated  in  the 
Lockport  high  school,  at  the  Castle,  Tarry- 
town,  New  York,  and  Buffalo  Female  Semi- 
nary. 


Mrs.  Alice  H.  (Carr)  Corson,  since  the 
death  of  her  husband,  has  been  president  of 
the  Corson  Manufacturing  Company  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  Lockport  Union-Sun,  She  is  an 
editorial  writer  of  ability  and  versatility,  her 
political  leaders  being  widely  quoted  by  other 
editors  throughout  the  country.  Her  ideals 
are  high  and  her  purpose,  the  public  good. 
She  is  a  member  and  an  ex-president  of  the 
New  Century  Qub;  member  of  the  Study 
Club  and  of  the  City  Federation  of  Lockport. 
The  family  home  is  at  261  Genesee  street, 
Lockport. 


Eleven  centuries  ago  a  sol- 
DICKINSON     dier  of  fortune  named  Ivar 

made  his  appearance  at  the 
court  of  Halfdan  Huilbein,  king  of  Norway. 
He  had  been  a  shepherd  boy,  captured  one  day 
by  a  band  of  Northmen  and  carried  away  by 
sea.  He  drifted  into  a  life  of  adventure  and 
became  a  great  favorite  at  the  Norwegian 
court.  The  king  made  him  general  of  his 
army  and  in  725  gave  him  his  daughter  Euri- 
thea  in  marriage,  with  the  title  Prince  of  the 
Uplands.  When  the  king  died  the  son  of  Ivar 
became  heir  to  the  throne  and  during  his 
minority  Ivar  was  regent.  This  son,  Eystein, 
reigned  until  755  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son,  Harold  Harfager.  Rollo,  a  prince  of  this 
line,  overran  Norway  in  910.  His  sixth  and 
youngest  son,  Walter,  received  the  castle  and 
town  of  Caen,  as  an  inheritance.  His  great- 
grandson,  Walter  de  Caen,  accompanied  Will- 
iam the  Conqueror  to  England  at  the  time  of 
the  conquest.  From  this  nobleman  the  Dickin- 
sons, of  Ely,  in  Cambridge,  England,  de- 
scended, thirteen  generations  of  direct  descent 
later.  The  name  passed  through  many 
changes,  Dykonson,  Dykinson,  Dykensonne, 
Dickerson  and  Dickinson  being  the  more  com- 
mon forms.  William  Dickinson,  of  the  four- 
teenth generation,  settled  in  Ely,  Cambridge- 
shire, England,  and  married,  1594,  Sarah 
Stacey.  Their  son,  Nathaniel,  is  the  Ameri- 
can ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  Dickinson 
family. 

(I)  Nathaniel,  son  of  William  Dickinson, 
was  born  in  Ely,  England,  1600.  He  married, 
in  1630,  at  East  Bergolat,  Suffolk  county, 
England,  Anna,  widow  of  William  Gull.  They 
emigrated  to  America  and  in  1636  or  1637 
settled  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  Nathan- 
iel was  one  of  the  leaders  in  that  colony, 
and  deputy.     In  1647  he  removed  to  Hadley, 


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Massachusetts,  where  he  was  deacon  of  the 
church  and  first  recorder  of  the  town:  also 
selectman,  assessor,  town  magistrate  and  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  Hop- 
kins Academy.    He  died  at  Hadley,  June  i6, 

1676.  He  married  a  second  wife,  Anne . 

By  first  marriage  he  had  ten  children. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Nathaniel  Dickinson, 
the  emigrant,  was  born  1632  and  was  slain  in 
King  Philip's  war,  September  4,  1675.  He 
married  Phoebe  Bracy.    Five  children. 

(HI)  Deacon  Nathaniel  (2)  Dickinson, 
son  of  Joseph  Dickinson,  was  born  May  20, 
1670.  He  married  Hannah  White.  Nine  chil- 
dren. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel 
(2)  Dickinson,  was  born  in  Hatfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  7,  1699.  He  married, 
April  2,  1724,  Mary  Smith.    Five  children. 

(V)  Noah,  son  of  Jonathan  Dickinson,  was 
born  about  1729,  died  March  28,  1815.  He 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war  with  the  rank 
of  lieutenant.  He  married  (first),  April  28, 
1757,  a  kinswoman,  Mary  Dickinson,  who 
died  June  i,  1791.  He  married  (second)  Su- 
san Ward.    Children  by  both  wives. 

(VI)  Philemon,  son  of  Noah  Dickinson, 
was  born  August  20,  1761,  in  Dutchess 
county.  New  York.  On  February  2,  1800,  he 
with  his  brothers,  John  and  Samuel,  moved 
to  the  town  of  Bolton,  Warren  county.  New 
York.  He  married  Martha  Trumble,  born 
September  i,  1774;  children  of  Philemon  and 
Martha  were:  Lyman,  born  October  11,  1793; 
Debora,  August  28,  1795;  Sarah,  February  26, 
1796;  Silas,  December  30,  1800;  Electa,  Au- 
gust 20,  1802;  Hosea,  February  9,  1803; 
Rachel,  October  3,  1805 ;  James,  November  16, 
1807;  Eliza,  January  11,  181 1;  Emma,  April 
13,  1813;  Barber,  September  4,  1815.  (An- 
other son  of  Noah  Dickinson,  a  brother  of 
Philemon,  moved  to  Qierry  Valley,  New 
York,  about  1798;  no  trace  of  him  after  that 
time. 

(VII)  Hosea,  son  of  Philemon  Dickinson, 
was  born  in  Bolton,  Warren  county,  New 
York,  February  9,  1803.  Moved  to  town  of 
Yates,  Orleans  county,  New  York,  about  1825 ; 
about  1836  he  moved  to  Newfane,  Niagara 
county.  New  York,  where  he  died  December 
2,  1848;  he  owned  a  small  farm  on  the  Bate- 
man  road,  just  south  of  the  Ridge  road.  He 
married  (first),  January  21,  1828,  Sophronia 
R.  Stockwell,  born  1805,  died  January  18, 
1836.    The  children  of  Hosea  and  Sophronia 


R.  were:  i.  Daniel,  born  December  1,  1828, 
died  March,  1903,  at  Qiarlotte.  Eaton  county, 
Michigan.  He  married  Hannah  Levings,  at 
Albion,  New  York ;  their  children  were :  ^lar- 
vin,  Deone,  widow  of  Frank  Mikesel,  and 
Luron  D.,  all  now  residing  at  Charlotte,  Eaton 
county,  Michigan.  2.  Emarilla,  born  July  21, 
1830,  died  at  Charlotte,  Michigan,  May,  1888. 
Joseph,  bom  June  24,  1832,  at  Lyndon ville, 
Orleans  county.  New  York,  moved  to  Cali- 
fornia about  1856,  employed  on  the  Leland 
Stanford  estate,  at  Mayfield,  California;  he  is 
married  and  has  four  daughters :  Maude,  Jose- 
phine, Emma  and  Lillian,  now  living  with 
their  parents.  3.  Sophronia,  born  December  4, 
1835,  at  Lyndonville,  New  York,  where  she 
now  resides;  in  March,  1859,  she  married  Dr. 
Nathan  P.  Johnson,  who  died  January  9,  1888. 
In  1837,  Hosea  Dickinson  married  (second) 
Joanna  Lindsey,  of  Newfane,  New  York,  who 
was  born  December  25,  1813,  died  March  27, 
1888,  in  Newfane,  New  York;  their  children 
were :  4.  George,  born  May  23,  1838,  died  as 
the  result  of  an  accident  while  working  in  a 
factory  at  Chicago,  and  was  buried  in  New- 
fane, New  York.  5.  James,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Adelaide,  twin  of  James,  born  August  13, 
1843,  2it  Newfane,  New  York,  married  Ste- 
phen S.  Wilson,  in  December,  1863,  who  died 
in  1902;  she  now  resides  in  Newfane,  New 
York;  their  children  are:  Allen,  Emma  and 
Burt,  all  married  and  live  with  their  families 
in  Newfane,  New  York. 

(VIII)  James,  son  of  Hosea  Dickinson, 
born  August  13,  1843,  died  in  the  town  of 
Somerset,  New  York,  January  16,  1907; 
buried  in  Wright's  Corners  Cemetery,  New- 
fane, New  York.  He  married,  August  4,  1864, 
Harriet  J.  Branch,  youngest  daughter  of  Jef- 
ferson Liberty  and  Sarah  (Meader)  Branch, 
who  was  born  in  Warren  county.  New  York, 
June  II,  1846,  and  now  lives  in  the  city  of 
Lockport,  New  York.  James  Dickinson  re- 
ceived a  good  education,  and  after  reaching 
manhood  taught  school  during  the  winters 
and  boated  on  the  Erie  canal  during  the  sum- 
mer. He  began  to  accumulate  and  judiciously 
invested  his  savings  in  Niagara  county  farms, 
of  several  of  which  he  became  the  owner.  On 
one  of  these,  the  Philip  Hoag  farm  of  ninety- 
six  acres,  lying  in  the  town  of  Somerset,  he 
made  his  home  and  cultivated  general  crops. 
This  farm  is  now  owned  by  his  son.  Jay  L. 
He  was  a  thrifty,  industrious  man  of  high 
standing  in  his  town.     He  was  a  Democrat. 


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(IX)  Jay  L.,  only  child  of  James  and  Har- 
riet J.  (Branch)  Dickinson,  was  born  in  New- 
fane,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  August  24, 
1867.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Newfane  and  at  Lockport  high  school. 
After  completing  his  studies  he  became  his 
father's  assistant  on  the  Somerset  farm,  con- 
tinuing until  189s,  when  the  father  retired. 
Mr.  Dickinson  has  made  many  improvements 
and  has  made  the  property  a  very  desirable 
one.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  fruit  culture, 
having  twenty-eight  acres  of  apple  trees^  twen- 
ty-five acres  of  peaches  and  eight  acres  in 
other  small  fruits.  Beside  his  home  farm  he 
owns  an  interest  in  another  three  miles  distant 
from  Lockport.  He  is  modern  in  his  methods 
and  is  a  man  of  success.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  chairman 
of  the  board  of  trustees.  He  is  interested  in 
the  work  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  and  a 
member  of  the  New  York  State  Grange.  His 
fraternal  orders  are  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  Barker  Lodge,  No.  877,  and  the 
Masonic,  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  639,  both  of 
Barker,  New  York. 

He  married,  March  4,  1890,  Mary  J.  Frost, 
born  March  22,  1870,  daughter  of  Albert  E. 
and  Elizabeth  (Atwater)  Frost.  Children: 
I.  Bertha  C,  bom  December  4,  1890;  educated 
at  Lockport  high  school  and  Grand  Prairie 
Seminary,  Onarga,  Illinois.  2.  Raymond  A., 
August  13,  1892.  3.  Dorothy  E.,  October  27, 
1895. 


"A  Phillips  crossed  the  water 
PHILLIPS    with    John     Winthrop,    and 

from  him  descended  a  long 
line  of  ministers,  judges,  governors  and  coun- 
cillors. A  sterling  race,  temperate,  just  and 
high  minded."  (A  writer  in  Harpers).  Fami- 
lies and  individuals  of  this  name  began  to 
emigrate  from  the  old  world  to  America  as 
early  as  1630  and  some  a  little  earlier.  The 
name  is  of  ancient  and  classical  origin,  being 
derived  from  the  Greek  Philos-trippos,  or 
horse  lover.  In  Wales  and  Great  Britain  its 
use  as  a  surname  has  continued  for  a  long 
period,  evidently  for  five  centuries  and  per- 
haps much  longer.  It  is  said  that  Phillipse  is 
Welsh  and  that  Phillips  is  from  Worcester- 
shire, England.  Authorities  state  that  the 
Watertown  family  (from  whom  the  Phillips 
of  Mercer  county,  New  Jersey,  descend)  were 
of  the  "Philips"  of  Worcestershire.  Some  au- 
thorities are  positive  that  all  of  the  English 


families  of  this  name  had  their  origin  in 
Wales  and  subsequently  spread  over  Great 
Britain.  Several  different  ways  are  employed 
in  spelling,  as  Phillips,  Philips,  Phillipse, 
Philipps,  and  others,  some  of  them  so  peculiar 
as  hardly  to  be  recognized  as  having  a  com- 
mon origin. 

The  patriarch  of  the  Phillips  family  of 
Lawrence  township,  Mercer  county.  New  Jer- 
sey, was  Philip  Phillips,  born  December  27, 
1678.  He  was  a  son  or  grandson  of  Rev. 
George  Phillips,  of  county  Norfolk,  England, 
graduate  A.  B.,  from  Gonville  and  Caius  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  1613,  and  received  the  de- 
gree of  M.  A.,  1617.  Suffering  from  the  storm 
of  persecution  then  threatening  the  very  exist- 
ence of  the  non-conformists  of  England,  he 
determined  to  leave  the  mother  country  and 
cast  his  lot  with  the  Puritans.  He  embarked 
for  America,  April  12,  1630,  in  the  "Arabella" 
with  his  wife  and  two  children,  fellow  passen- 
gers with  Governor  Winthrop  and  Sir  Richard 
Saltonstall,  arriving  at  Salem,  June  12.  Here 
his  wife  soon  died  and  was  buried  by  the  side 
of  Lady  Arabella  Johnson,  both  evidently  be- 
ing unable  to  endure  the  hardships  and  ex- 
posure. Before  the  final  embarkation  from 
England,  which  had  been  considerably  de- 
layed. Governor  Winthrop  wrote  to  his  son 
John :  "From  aboard  the  Arabella,  riding  be- 
fore Yarmouth,  April  5,  1630:  Yesterday  we 
kept  a  fast  aboard  our  ship  and  in  the  Talbot, 
Mr.  Phillips  exercised  with  us  the  whole  day, 
and  gave  very  good  content  to  all  the  com- 
pany, as  he  doth  in  all  his  exercises,  so  we  have 
much  cause  to  bless  God  for  him."  His  piety, 
talent  and  learning,  especially  in  theology, 
marked  him  for  the  ministry  and  he  was  soon 
settled  over  the  church  at  Watertown,  which 
was  called  together  in  July,  1630.  His  salary 
was  settled  by  the  court  of  assistants,  August 
23,  when  it  was  "ordered,  that  Mr.  Phillips 
shall  have  allowed  him  3  hogsheads  of  meale, 
I  hogshead  of  malte,  4  bushells  of  Indian  corn, 
I  bushell  of  oat  meale,  halfe  an  hundred  of 
salte  fish."  Another  statement  from  the  same 
source  says:  "Mr.  Phillips  hath  30  acres  of 
land  graunted  him  opp.  Charles  River  on  the 
South  side."  His  first  residence  was  burned 
before  the  close  of  the  year.  There  is  a  tradi- 
tion in  the  family  that  his  later  residence  is 
still  standing  "opposite  the  ancient  burial 
ground  back  from  the  road."  The  history  of 
Middlesex  county,  Massachusetts,  says:  "This 
old  house  whose  solid  oaken  frame  is  said  to 


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have  been  brought  from  England  by  Sir  R. 
Saltonstall,  has  a  projecting  second  story 
partly  concealed  by  a  modern  piazza,  and 
stands  well  back  from  the  street.  Externally 
there  is  nothing  to  indicate  great  age,  but  its 
interior  retains  many  marks  of  antiquity."  He 
continued  pastor  over  the  Watertown  church, 
greatly  respected  and  beloved,  till  his  death, 
fourteen  years  after  his  arrival,  dying  at  the 
age  of  fifty-one  years.  "He  was  the  earliest 
advocate  of  the  Congregational  Order  and  dis- 
cipline." His  views  were  for  a  time  regarded 
as  novel,  suspicious  and  extreme,  and  he  with 
his  ruling  elder,  Richard  Brown,  stood  almost 
unaided  and  alone,  until  the  arrival  of  John 
Cotton,  maintaining  what  was  and  still  is  the 
Congregationalism  of  New  England.  It  is 
not  now  easy  to  estimate  the  extent  and  im- 
portance of  the  influence  of  Rev.  Phillips  in 
giving  form  and  character  to  the  civil  and 
ecclesiastical  institutions  of  New  England.  His 
estate  inventoried  five  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds.  His  library  was  valued  at  seventy- 
one  pounds.  This  would  indicate  that  he  had 
other  property  and  sources  of  revenue  other 
than  his  salary  of  "malte  and  salte  fish."  By 
his  two  wives  he  had  ten  children. 

Theophilus  Phillips,  either  a  son  or  grand- 
son, was  one  of  the  grantees  of  Newtown, 
Long  Island,  under  the  new  charter  granted 
in  1686  by  Governor  Dongan,  of  New  York. 
His  name  also  appears  in  the  records  of  New- 
town in  1676.  He  was  thrice  married,  his 
first  wife  being  Ann,  daughter  of  Ralph  Hunt, 
of  Newtown,  one  of  the  company  of  English- 
men who  came  to  Long  Island,  New  York,  in 
1652,  and  planted  the  settlement  of  Newtown. 
One  of  Theophilus  Phillips'  sons  was  Philip 
(see  forward). 

Philip  Phillips  was  borij  December  27,  1678, 
and  with  his  elder  brother,  Theophilus,  re- 
moved to  Lawrence  township,  New  Jersey,  as 
early  as  1698,  as  their  namies  are  among  the 
grantees  of  a  tract  of  land  for  a  church.  Philip 
Phillips  married  Elizabeth  Hunt  and  they  had 
twelve  children,  six  of  whom,  with  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  survived  him  and  are  named  in  his 
will  dated  August  22,  1740. 

Joseph  Phillips,  a  descendant  of  Philip  Phil- 
lips, was  the  historical  Colonel  Joseph  Phillips 
mentioned  by  Stryker  in  "New  Jersey  in  the 
Revolution"  as  Major  Joseph  Phillips  of  the 
New  Jersey  Battalion.  This  was  the  first  mili- 
tary organization  of  New  Jersey  and  was  com- 
manded   at    the    battle    of    Long    Island    by 


Colonel  Philip  Johnson,  who  was  killed  in  that 
battle.  Major  Joseph  Phillips  was  then  pro- 
moted to  be  lieutenant-colonel  and  afterward 
colonel  of  the  regiment.  Later  he  was  colonel 
of  the  First  Regiment  of  Hunterdon  county 
and  participated  with  his  regiment  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Trenton,  Assanpink,  Princeton,  Ger- 
mantown,  Springfield  and  Monmouth.  Colonel 
Joseph  Phillips  died  in  the  stone  house  in 
Lawrenceville,  New  Jersey.  The  remains  of 
the  old  patriot  rest  in  an  unmarked  grave 
(1883),  although  he  has  a  numerous  posterity. 
Many  others  of  the  name  of  Phillips  served 
in  the  revolution,  from  Lawrenceville  and  vi- 
cinity. Many  noted  physicians  have  gone 
forth  on  their  errands  of  healing  from  the 
Lawrenceville  branch,  namely:  Dr.  Joseph 
Phillips,  Dr.  Theophilus  Phillips  (perhaps  one 
of  the  most  eminent  of  the  family),  Dr.  Wil- 
liam W.  L.  Phillips,  of  Trenton,  Dr.  John  H. 
Phillips,  of  Pennington  and  Beverly,  New  Jer- 
sey, medical  director  of  the  United  States 
hospitals  at  Nashville  and  Chattanooga  during 
the  civil  war,  and  many  others.  The  family 
were  also  large  land  owners  and  held  many 
fine  estates  in  the  township  of  Lawrence  and 
county  of  Mercer. 

Abraham  Phillips,  of  the  seventh  genera- 
tion in  America,  was  born  April  5,  1796,  died 
April  ID,  1866.  He  settled  in  Niagara  county, 
New  York,  in  the  town  of  Newfane,  on  what 
is  yet  known  as  the  "Phillips"  road.  He 
owned  a  large  amount  of  real  estate  in  the 
town  including  his  home  farm  of  four  hundred 
acres  and  several  other  farms  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  rated 
the  wealthiest  man  in  that  section  of  the  state. 
He  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  although  then 
but  a  young  man  of  sixteen  or  eighteen  years 
of  age.     He  married   (first)   Betsey  Wisner; 

(second)  Sarah ;  (third)  Elizabeth 

Barrow.  Children  of  first  wife:  David  (of 
further  mention),  Daniel,  Jerome,  Chase, 
Frank  and  Lucinda. 

(VIII)  David,  son  of  Abraham  Phillips  and 
his  first  wife,  Betsey  (Wisner)  Phillips,  was 
born  on  the  old  Phillips  homestead  in  New- 
fane,  New  York,  October  22,  18 17,  died  March 
17,  1874.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Newfane  and  institutions  of  learn- 
ing elsewhere.  He  began  business  life  as  a 
clerk  in  a  Niagara  county  store,  but  early 
became  a  land  owner  and  a  farmer.  He  pur- 
chased one  hundred  acres  of  the  Pease  farm, 
lying  on  the  Creek  road,  which  was  his  home 


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until  death.  He  served  in  the  civil  war,  en- 
listing in  the  Twelfth  Independent  Battery  at 
Lockport,  New  York,  Januarj'  14,  1862,  serv- 
ing with  honor  until  discharged  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  June  14,  1865.  He  was  engaged 
in  many  of  the  severest  battles  of  the  war, 
among  them  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania 
Court  House,  Cold  Harbor,  the  battles  before 
Petersburg,  Welden  Railroad  and  the  fall  of 
Petersburg.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church.  He  was  a  brave 
soldier  and  a  citizen  whose  character  was 
above  reproach.  He  married,  March  16,  1842, 
Catherine  M.  Smith,  bom  December  22,  1825, 
died  January  22,  188 1,  daughter  of  Jonas  and 
Clarissa  Smith,  of  Oswego,  New  York.  *  Chil- 
dren: Emily,  boni  October  26,  1844,  died 
October  20,  1862 ;  Amanda,  born  February  6, 
1845,  died  March  11,  1848;  Mariette,  bom 
September  11,  1846,  died  April  17,  1847; 
Frank  W.  (of  further  mention)  ;  Fred,  twin 
of  Frank  W. 

(IX)  Frank  W.,  son  of  David  and  Cath- 
erine M.  (Smith)  Phillips,  was  born  on  the 
old  Phillips  homestead  in  the  town  of  New- 
fane,  Niagara  county,  New  York,  February 
19,  1865.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in 
his  earlier  youth,  but  the  death  of  his  father 
when  Frank  W.  was  but  nine  years  of  age, 
brought  his  school  years  to  a  close.  He  did 
a  boy's  work  about  the  farm  for  the  next  few 
years,  then  until  he  was  twenty  took  a  man's 
part,  becoming  well  versed  in  agriculture  and 
fruit  growing.  The  home  farm  was  left  to 
his  brother  and  himself  jointly,  but  Frank  W. 
soon  purchased  his  brother's  interest  and  has 
since  conducted  it  alone.  He  has  one  of  the 
model  fruit  farms  of  Niagara  county  and  is 
a  thoroughly  well-informed,  modern  farmer. 
He  is  a  member  of  New  York  State  Grange, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  interested  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  welfare  of  his  town.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  Red  Jacket  Lodge,  No.  646,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  a  Democrat  in  political 
faith.  He  married  (first)  August  25,  1886, 
Jessie  M.  Ferguson,  born  1865,  died  December 
4,  1889,  daughter  of  William  and  Emily  Fer- 
guson, of  Lockport,  New  York.  He  married 
(second)  April  18,  1892,  Sabra  Farley,  born 
May  15,  1870,  daughter  of  Elmer  and  Eliza- 
beth (Harrington)  Farley.  Child  of  first 
wife :  Harry,  lx)rn  July  29,  1887.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Willis,  born  January  2,  1893; 
Elton,  June  24,  1894 ;  Dayton,  June  9,  1907. 


The  MeseroUs  of  Niagara 
MESEROLL    county,  New  York,  descend 

on  the  paternal  side  from 
Charles  Meseroll,  of  New  Jersey,  a  soldier 
of  the  revolutionary  war.  On  the  maternal 
side  from  Baron  Walden,  one  of  the  early 
grantees  of  the  Island  of  Manhattan,  a  branch 
of  which  settled  in  New  Jersey  at  an  early 
date.  Charles  H.  Meseroll  was  born  in  New 
Jersey  prior. to  1760,  died  there  in  1842.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and 
was  with  the  army  of  Washington  at  Valley 
Forge,  and  also  with  him  in  many  of  his  sub- 
sequent battles.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(II)  Cornelius,  son  of  Charles  H.  Meseroll, 
was  born  in  New  Jersey  in  1795,  died  June  23, 
1828,  in  Niagara  county,  New  York.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  181 2  and  was  engaged 
in  the  battle  at  Lundy's  Lane,  Queenstown, 
where  Brock  was  killed,  and  at  the  siege  of 
Fort  Erie.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  New 
Jersey,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  until 
1827.  In  that  year  he  removed  with  his  fam- 
ily to  Niagara  county.  New  York,  settling  in 
the  town  of  Newfane,  where  he  died  the  fol- 
lowing year,  aged  thirty-three  years.  He  mar- 
ried Lydia  Phillips,  bom  in  Salina,  New  York, 
in  1800. 

(III)  Philip  H.,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Lydia 
(Phillips)  Meseroll,  was  bom  in  Seneca 
county,  New  York,  October  4,  1820,  died  at 
Olcott,  Niagara  county,  New  York,  March  23, 
1899.  He  received  a  good  common  school 
education,  and  after  his  removal  to  Niagara 
county,  purchased  a  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres.  He  was  a  veteran  and  an  officer  of 
the  civil  war,  enlisting  August  27,  1862,  in 
Company  K,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-first 
Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  at- 
tached to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  be- 
gan his  military  career  as  sergeant,  and  June 
3,  1864,  was  promoted  on  the  field  of  battle 
to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant.  He  was  com- 
missioned as  officer,  July  i,  1864,  and  honor- 
ably discharged  and  mustered  out  June  26, 
1865.  With  his  regiment  he  served  in  the 
following  battles:  Wopping  Heights,  Mc- 
Lain's  Ford,  Kelly's  Ford,  Locust  Grove,  the 
Battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  Han- 
overtown,  Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  explosion 
of  the  Mine,  Monaccy,  Charlestown,  Smith- 
field,  Winchester,  Fisher's  Hill,  Cedar  Creek 
and  Appomattox.  After  the  war  he  continued 
his  military  career  in  the  New  York  National 
Guard,  serving  as  captain  of  the  Sixty-sixth 


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Regiment,  Thirty-second  Brigade,  Eighth 
Division.  From  the  dose  of  the  war  until 
his  death  Mr.  Meseroll  was  largely  engaged 
in  farming  and  fruit  growing.  He  was-  a 
strong  Republican  and  one  of  the  organizers 
of  that  party  in  Niagara  county  in  1856.  He 
was  popular  in  his  neighborhood  and  held 
many  of  the  town  offices.  He  was  an  attend- 
ant of  the  Universalist  church,  and  a  liberal 
contributor  to  church  and  charitable  societies. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Grand  ^rmy 
of  the  Republic,  and  attended  as  a  delegate 
many  of  their  national  conventions  held  in 
different  parts  of  the  country.  He  married, 
October  20,  1842,  Hannah  E.  Stratton,  born 
December  15,  1825,  died  May  19,  1908,  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  and  Hannah  Stratton,  of  an  old 
New  England  family.  Children:  i.  Lydia, 
born  July  31,  1843,  married  Eugene  Shafer, 
of  Olcott,  New  York.  2.  Hannah  Jane,  born 
January  16,  1846,  a  resident  of  Olcott.  3. 
Emmeline  M.,  born  November  20,  1848,  mar- 
ried George  Lombard,  of  Olcott,  New  York. 
4.  Mary  C,  born  November  28,  1850,  married 
Solomon  Eshbaugh,  of  Olcott,  New  York. 


The  family  of  Arnold  is  of 
ARNOLD  great  antiquity,  having  its  ori- 
gin among  the  ancient  princes 
of  Wales.  According  to  a  pedigree  recorded 
in  the  College  of  Arms,  they  trace  from  Ynir 
of  Gwentland,  who  flourished  about  the  mid- 
dle of  the  twelfth  century  and  who  was  pa- 
ternally descended  from  Ynir,  second  son  of 
Cadwalader,  King  of  the  Britons,  which  Cad- 
walader  built  Abergavenny,  in  the  county  of 
Monmouth,  and  its  castle  which  was  rebuilt 
by  Hamlet,  ap  (sOn)  Hamlet,  ap  Sir  Druce  of 
Balladon,  in  France.  From  this  Ynir,  King 
of  Gwentland,  the  line  is  traced  through  ten 
generations  of  nobles  in  Wales  to  Arnholt  ap 
Gwillim,  of  Meirie,  Esquire.  In  the  twelfth 
generation,  Roger,  grandson  of  Arnholdt  (3) 
and  son  of  Arnholdt  (2),  adopted  Arnold 
as  a  surname.  He  is  called  Roger  Arnold,  of 
Llanthony,  in  Monmouthshire,  Esq.  This 
brings  the  family  to  England.  Roger  Arnold 
married  Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Gamagn  Knight,  Lord  of  Coytey.  Their  son 
Thomas  succeeded  to  the  family  estates  in 
Monmouthshire;  married  Agnes,  daughter  of 
Sir  Richard  Warnestead,  Knight.  Their  son 
Richard  removed  to  Somersetshire,  in  the  par- 
ish of  Street;  married  Emmote.  daughter  of 
Pearce  Young,  of  Wiltshire.    Their  son  Rich- 


ard removed  to  Dorsetshire,  where  he  was 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Bagbere  and  possessed 
many  estates.  He  was  twice  married  and 
had  four  sons.  Of  these  Thomas  Arnold  set- 
tled in  Cheselbourne,  England,  and  is  the  an- 
cestor of  the  Arnolds  herein  recorded.  Wil- 
liam, son  of  Thomas,  came  to  America  and 
settled  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
became  associated  with  Roger  Williams,  and 
filled  many  offices  of  trust.  His  son  Benedict 
served  ten  years  as  governor  of  the  colony 
of  Rhode  Island  between   1663  and  1678. 

(I)  Thomas  (2),  youngest  son  of  Thomas 
(i)  Arnold  of  Cheselbourne,  England,  came 
to  America  in  the  ship  "Plain  Joan,"  and  set- 
tled irf  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  May,  1635  ; 
made  a  freeman  May  13,  1640.  He  seems  to 
have  been  very  remiss  in  attending  church 
worship,  as  he  was  fined  on  three  separate 
occasions,  once  fined  twenty  shillings  for  "of- 
fence against  the  law  concerning  baptism"; 
fined  five  pounds  for  "neglecting  public  wor- 
ship twenty  days";  and  ten  pounds  for 
"neglecting  same  for  forty  days."  He  after- 
ward removed  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
where  he  became  prominent.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  of  the  Rhode  Island  Colony,  May 
18,  1658.  In  1666-67-70-71-72  he  was  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly.  In  1672  he  was 
member  of  the  town  council ;  died  September, 
1674,  aged  seventy-five  years.  The  name  of 
his  first  wife  is  not  known ;  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Phoebe,  died  1688,  daughter  of  George 
and  Susanna  Parkhurst.  Children  by  first 
wife:  I.  Thomas,  died  young.  2.  Nicholas, 
died  young.  3.  Susanna,  married,  1654,  John 
Farnum.  Children  by  second  wife:  i.  Icha- 
bod,  died  young.  2.  Richard,  married  Mary 
Angell;  he  was  deputy  thirteen  terms  be- 
tween 1671  and  1708,  assistant  to  the  gover- 
nor nine  years,  speaker  of  the  house  1707-08; 
resided  in  Providence.  3.  Thomas,  member 
of  town  council,  and  deputy  five  terms,  1667- 
1685.  4.  John,  of  further  mention.  5.  Eleazer, 
married  Eleanor  Smith;  was  deputy  eight 
terms  between  1686  and  1715.  6.  Elizabeth, 
married  Samuel  Comstock. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Phoebe 
(Parkhurst)  Arnold,  was  born  February  19, 
1648 ;  died  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  June 
5,  1723 ;  was  deputy  to  the  general  assembly 
of  Rhode  Island,  1716;  married  Hannah . 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
Arnold,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island;  died  in  1770.     He  resided  in  Provi- 


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dence  and  Johnston,  Rhode  Island;  married, 
1727,  Elizabeth  Matthewson  (Matthews). 
Children :  John ;  David,  married  Mary  West- 
cott;  William;  James;  Alice,  married  Ames 
Mann,  and  removed  to  Greenfield,  New  York; 
Jonathan;  Thomas,  married  Austis  Thornton, 
and  had  eleven  children. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth (Matthews)  Arnold,  was  born  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island.  He  removed  to  the 
Black  River  country.  New  York,  after  resid- 
ing in  New  Hampshire,  where  he  married 
and  had  issue. 

(V)  Abraham  (Abram),  son  of  William 
Arnold,  was  a  resident  of  New  Hampshire, 
his  native  state.  He  later  removed  to  New 
York,  settling  in  West  Bloomfield,  Ontario 
county.  He  was  twice  married,  and  reared  a 
family  of  seven  sons  and  five  daughters.  He 
died  May  24,  1825.  His  second  wife,  Sarah, 
died  September,  1859. 

(\T)  William  (2),  son  of  Abraham  Arnold 
by  his  first  wife,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Keene,  New  Hampshire,  March  28,  1774 ;  died 
at  West  Bloomfield,  Ontario  county.  New 
York,  February  28,  1853.  He  settled  in  New 
York,  where  he  followed  the  business  of  a 
tanner  and  currier.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 6,  1800,  Elizabeth  Cobb,  born  March, 
1780,  died  May  9,  1815.  Children:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, born  July  6,  1802;  married  Colonel 
Ezekiel  Jewett,  of  the  United  States  regular 
army,  and  commandant  at  Fort  Niagara  dur- 
ing the  exciting  anti-Masonic  period  called  the 
"Morgan  Exposure."  2.  William,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Mary,  born  April  20,  1806;  mar- 
ried Bailey  Ayres,  of  West  Bloomfield,  New 
York.  4.  Emmeline,  born  March  10,  1809. 
He  married  (second),  January  2.  1817,  Mar- 
garet Sargent.  He  had  another  son,  Joseph, 
who  died  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

fVII)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Cobb)  Arnold,  was  born  in 
Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire,  July  3,  1804; 
died  July  3,  1876,  at  Lima,  Livingston  county, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school  of  West  Bloomfield,  New  York,  where 
he  settled  while  he  was  a  boy.  He  grew  up 
in  his  father's  business  and  was  associated 
with  him  for  many  years.  Later  he  removed 
to  Lima,  New  York,  where  he  established 
a  factory  for  the  manufacture  of  boots  and 
shoes,  and  conducted  a  retail  store  in  connec- 
tion. He  was  a  prosperous  merchant  and 
manufacturer  of  Lima  for  nearly  half  a  cen- 


tury, and  was  actively  engaged  in  business 
until  his  death.  He  was  active  and  prominent 
in  public  afiFairs  as  well  as  in  business;  was 
justice  of  the  peace  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  captain  of  Ontario  county  militia  at  one 
time.  Politically,  he  was  a  Whig,  and  he  at- 
tended the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married 
'^first)  September  i,  1831,  Emily  Eliza  Peek, 
lied  February  13,  1845;  one  child  only  grew 
to  mature  years,  Maria  Emily,  born  June  3, 
1832,  died  October  5,  1900;  married,  Decem- 
ber 13,  185 1,  Charles  H.  Warner  of  Lima, 
New  York.  He  married  (second)  December 
31,  1845,  Eliza  Bishop,  born  August  13,  1809, 
at  Montville,  Connecticut,  died  at  Lima,  New 
York,  March  2,  1896,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bishop,  who  settled  in  Western  New  York 
prior  to  1823.  Child,  John  B.,  of  further 
mention. 

(VIII)  John  Bishop,  son  of  William  (3) 
and  Eliza  (Bishop)  Arnold,  was  born  at  Lima, 
New  York,  May  11,  1848.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  Genesee  Wesleyan  Sem- 
inary, and  Genesee  College  at  Lima,  the  latter 
institution  later  being  consolidated  with  Syra- 
cuse University.  He  early  became  interested 
in  milling,  and  in  1864  located  in  Lockport, 
New  York,  where  he  erected  mills  and  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  flour,  continu- 
ing in  successful  business  until  1888,  when 
he  retired  from  active  life.  He  has  given  a 
good  portion  of  his  time  to  the  public  service, 
having  served  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  and  two  terms  as  police 
commissioner  of  the  city.  In  1884  he  was 
elected  treasurer  of  Niagara  county,  serving 
in  1885-86-87.  In  1908  he  became  a  director  of 
the  Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  Savings  Bank 
of  Lockport,  and  still  serves.  Politically,  he 
is  a  Democrat;  in  church  fellowship  a  Pres- 
byterian. He  has  borne  an  honorable  part 
in  all  his  public  and  private  business  aflFairs 
and  ranks  with  the  solid,  substantial  men  of 
his  city. 

He  married,  October  17,  1878,  Eugenia 
Flagler,  daughter  of  Cornelius  W.  and  Jennie 
Thorn  (Flagler)  Adriance  of  Lockport,  Niag- 
ara county,  New  York. 


The  Niskayuna  family  of  Ved- 
VEDDER     der   herein    recorded    descends 

from  Harmen  Albertse  Vedder, 
the  first  settler  of  the  name  in  the  Mohawk 
Valley.  He  was  a  trader  in  Beverwyck  before 
the  year  1657.     In  1660  he  returned  to  Hoi- 


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land.  In  i66i,  as  agent  for  Dirk  De  Wolfe, 
merchant  of  Amsterdam,  he  erected  a  salt  ket- 
tle on  Coney  Island,  New  York,  which  being 
claimed  by  the  people  of  Gravesend  he  brought 
suit  before  the  governor  and  council  to  make 
good  his  claim,  and  being  beaten  abandoned 
the  enterprise.  In  1663  he  leased  his 
"bouwery'*  at  Schenectady  to  Simon  Groot 
for  six  years.  In  1668,  being  in  Holland  with 
other  merchants  from  the  province  of  New 
York,  he  purchased  goods  and  chartered  the 
ship  "King  Charles,"  and  obtained  permission 
from  the  King  of  England  to  send  the  ship 
and  goods  to  New  York.  In  1667  ^^^  lived 
in  Albany.  In  1672  he  bought  land  in  Schen- 
ectady. In  1673  he  was  one  of  three  magis- 
trates for  Schenectady.  He  purchased  the 
village  lot  of  the  heirs  of  Reiner,  son  of 
Dominie  Schaets,  of  Albany,*  after  his  massa- 
cre by  the  Indians  in  1690.  The  following 
children  of  Harmen  Vedder  were  living  in 
1715:  Harmanus,  Arent,  Albert,  Johannes, 
Corset,  Angenietje,  wife  of  Jan  Danielse  Van 
Antwerpen. 

(II)  Albert,  son  of  Harmen  Albertse  Ved- 
der, was  born  May  10,  1671.  He  was  carried 
away  by  the  French  and  Indians  to  Canada, 
February  9,  1690,  but  returned  to  the  Mohawk 
Valley,  where  he  died  prior  to  1715.  He  mar- 
ried Maria,  daughter  of  Johannes  Sanderse 
Glen. 

Children:  Anna,  Johannes  (of  further 
mention),  Harmanus,  Catherina,  Alexander, 
Arnout  and  Arent. 

(III)  Johannes,  son  of  Albert  Vedder,  was 
born  August  20,  1702.  He  married,  February  . 
I,  1731,  Maria,  daughter  of  Pieter  Lymouse 
\'edder.  She  was  born  November  29,  1706, 
and  died  March  27,  1731.  Child:  Albert  (of 
further  mention). 

(IV)  Albert  (2),  son  of  Johannes  Vedder, 
was  born  July  27,  1732.  He  married,  October 
30,  1756,  Hester,  daughter  of  Frans  Van  Der 
Bogart.  He  died  November  18,  1805.  She 
died  May  12,  1813,  in  her  eightieth  year.  Chil- 
dren: Johannes,  Maud,  died  young;  Maria, 
Hester,  Frans  Van  Der  Bogart  (of  further 
mention),  Barber,  Neeltje,  Engeltje  Class, 
Annatje. 

(V)  Frans  Van  Der  Bogart,  son  of  Albert 
(2)  Vedder,  was  born  January  i,  1764,  died 
April  3,  181 1.  He  married,  December  15, 
1788,  Lena,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bronwer, 
born  May  5,  1769,  died  April  7,  1834.  Chil- 
dren:     Annatia,    Albert,    Jacob    (of    further 


mention),     Johannes,     Esther,     Margarieta, 
Nicholas,  Elizabeth  C. 

(VI)  Jacob,  son  of  Frans  Van  Der  Bogart 
Vedder,  was  bom  April  30,  1796,  died  Janu- 
ary 17,  1855.  He  married  Margaret  Gouver- 
neur  and  settled  in  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  where  he  died.  Among 
his  children  was  a  son,  Commodore  Perry  (of 
whom  further). 

(VII)  Commodore  Ferry  Vedder,  son  of 
Jacob  and  Margaret  (Gouverneur)  Vedder, 
was  born  in  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  February  23,  1838,  died  there  De- 
cember, 1910.  His  career  was  a^tnost  re- 
markable one.  Born  in  a  log  house  on  a  newly 
settled  farm,  he  obtained  such  education  as  the 
district  afforded  and  worked  at  home  until 
he  was  thirteen  years  of  age.  At  that  age 
he  became  a  driver  boy  on  the  Erie  canal  and 
a  year  later  was  raftsman  on  the  Alleghany 
river,  going  to  Pittsburg  and  down  the  Ohio 
to  Cincinnati.  From  the  latter  city  he  made 
his  way  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  shipped 
before  the  mast  on  the  brig  "Alert,"  bound 
for  Chicago.  He  followed  the  life  of  a  sailor 
on  the  lakes  for  three  years,  becoming  first 
mate,  and  in  1858  and  1859  commanded  a  ves- 
sel, being  yet  under  legal  age.  He  saved  his 
money  and,  returning  to  New  York,  entered 
Springville  Academy  to  complete  his  prepara- 
tory education,  intending  later  to  enter  college. 
During  the  winters  of  1859-60-61-62  he  taught 
school,  and  in  1861  began  the  study  of  law 
with  Judge  David  H.  Bolles.  The  civil  war 
changed  all  his  plans,  and  leaving  all  his  pros- 
pects behind  he  went  to  the  defense  of  his 
country's  flag.  He  enlisted  in  August,  1862, 
as  a  private  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
fourth  Regiment,  New  York  Infantry,  and 
for  gallant  conduct  was  promoted  first  lieu- 
tenant and  later  captain.  At  the  battle  of 
Lookout  Mountain  he  was  brevetted  major  by 
President  Lincoln  in  the  regular  United  States 
army  "for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct," 
and  also  received  four  other  commissions  for 
bravery.  At  the  battle  of  Rocky  Face  Ridge 
he  was  wounded,  but  declined  to  accept  a  fur- 
lough after  leaving  the  hospital.  Not  being 
able  yet  for  field  duty,  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Lincoln  to  examine  applicants  for 
commissions  in  colored  regiments,  with  head- 
quarters at  Chattanooga,  Tennessee.  Again 
taking  the  field  with  his  regiment,  he  was  in 
the  bloody  battle  of  Chancellorsville,  where  he 

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confined  in  Libby  prison  at  Richmond.  He  was 
paroled  and  while  under  parole  was  detailed 
by  the  secretary  of  war  to  take  charge  of  the 
camp  of  paroled  prisoners  near  Alexandria, 
Virginia.  In  the  fall  of  1863  he  was  trans- 
ferred with  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 
He  participated  in  the  battles:  Chancellors- 
ville,  Wauhatchie,  Lookout  Valley,  Lookout 
Mountain,  Mission  Ridge,  Rocky  Face  Ridge, 
siege  of  Savannah,  and  was  with  Sherman  on 
his  celebrated  march  from  Chattanooga  to 
Knoxville,  Tennessee,  to  relieve  General  Burn- 
side.  He  was  also  with  Sherman  from  "At- 
lanta to  the  Sea."  He  was  promoted  as  before 
stated,  and  for  "bravery  in  battle"  in  the  cam- 
paign from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta  was  com- 
missioned lieutenant-colonel.  He  was  honor- 
ably discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war  and 
returned  to  more  peaceful  pursuits. 

He  resumed  the  study  of  law  and  during 
the  winter  of  1865-66  attended  Albany  Law 
School,  and  on  May  7,  1866,  was  admitted  to 
the  New  York  bar  at  Buffalo.  His  success 
in  civil  life  as  a  lawyer  and  a  legislator  and  a 
"business  man  was  as  complete  and  conspicuous 
as  his  record  in  the  army  was  honorable  and 
brilliant.  In  May,  1867,  he  was  admitted  in 
the  district  court  of  the  United  States  for 
the  northern  district  of  New  York.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  appointed  register  in  bank- 
ruptcy, resigning  that  appointment  in  1875  to 
enter  the  state  senate.  From  1872  to  1875, 
inclusive,  he  was  a  member  of  the  assembly. 
In  1869  he  had  been  appointed  United  States 
assessor  of  internal  revenue,  holding  that  office 
for  two  years.  In  1872,  as  a  member  of  the 
judiciary  committee  of  the  house,  he  assisted 
in  investigating  the  charges  against  the  unjust 
judges  of  New  York  City,  Cardozo,  McCunn 
and  Barnard.  He  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee to  draft  articles  of  impeachment  against 
Judge  Barnard  and  was  appointed  one  of  the 
managers  on  the  trial  of  that  official  before 
the  high  court  of  impeachment  for  maladmin- 
istration in  office.  In  1875  he  was  elected 
state  senator,  serving  during  the  sessions  of 
1876-77,  holding  the  chairmanship  of  the  com- 
mittees on  Indian  affairs  and  internal  affairs. 
In  1880  he  was  appointed  state  assessor  by 
Governor  Cornell,  holding  office  three  years. 
It  is  asserted  that  no  man  ever  did  more  to 
lighten  the  burdens  of  taxation  upon  those 
least  able  to  bear  them.  In  1884  he  was 
again  elected  to  the  senate,  holding  under 
three  consecutive  re-elections.    During  his  last 


eight  years  in  the  senate  he  was  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  taxation  and  retrenchment. 
At  all  times  he  took  a  leading  part  in  the  de- 
bates and  deliberations  of  the  senate.  Hold- 
ing membership  on  several  important  commit- 
tees, he  influenced  much  legislation  besides  the 
bills  that  bore  his  name.  He  introduced  the 
bill  to  tax  gifts,  legacies  and  collateral  inheri- 
tance that  became  a  law  in  1885.  Also  the 
bill  amending  the  collateral  inheritance  act, 
which  amended  act  became  a  law  in  1891, 
under  which  the  succession  by  death  of  per- 
sonal property  of  $10,000  or  more  is  taxed 
one  per  cent.  He  drafted  and  introduced  a 
bill  taxing  corporations  for  the  privilege  of 
organizing,  which  became  a  law  in  1866.  As 
a  result  of  these  acts  millions  of  dollars  have 
been  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  state  and 
a  permanent  source  of  revenue  provided.  In 
1894  he  was  chosen  a  delegate-at-large  to  the 
constitutional  convention  held  at  Albany,  of 
which  Joseph  Choate  was  president,  and  after, 
by  his  solicitation,  Senator  Vedder  was  presi- 
dent pro  tern.;  he  served  on  several  important 
committees.  Of  the  thirty-three  amendments 
proposed  by  the  convention  and  adopted  by 
the  people,  he  drafted  and  introduced  four. 
Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  sagacity,  zeal 
and  untiring  devotion  to  the  public  interest 
displayed  by  Mr.  Vedder  in  every  position  of 
public  trust  and  responsibility  to  which  he 
has  been  called.  The  constitution  and  laws  of 
his  state  alike  attest  his  wisdom  and  his  worth. 
Another  bill  which  does  not  bear  his  name  but 
which  was  a  modification  of  a  bill  he  had 
ready  to  introduce  is  the  liquor  law,  known  as 
the  "Raines  Law."  Many  conferences  were 
held  at  Ellicottville  between  Senators  Vedder 
and  Raines,  the  result  being  the  bill  introduced 
by  the  latter. 

In  the  business  world  Colonel  Vedder  was 
an  important  factor.  He  was  president  of 
fourteen  corporations  and  maintained  a  busi- 
ness office  in  New  York  City.  For  twenty 
years  he  was  president  of  the  Bank  of 
Ellicottville,  and  for  twenty-four  years 
president  of  the  Bank  of  Norwood  in 
St.  Lawrence  county,  New  York;  also 
president  of  the  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
Ice  Lines,  of  New  York,  and  of  Elko  Milling, 
Mining  and  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Ran- 
dolph. He  was  professionally  associated  as 
partner  with  William  Manley,  of  Ellicottville, 
for  several  years;  with  Judge  Rensselaer 
Lamb   from   1869  until  the  judge's   death  in 


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187 1 ;  with  George  M.  Rider  from  1876  until 
1884  as  Vedder  &  Rider,  and  with  James  O. 
Clark,  of  EHicottville.  Having  accumulated  a 
large  fortune,  his  latter  years  were  spent  in 
comparative  retirement,  surrounded  by  all  that 
makes  life  pleasant.  He  held  membership  in 
many  societies,  clubs  and  institutions  of  va- 
rious kinds  and  was  everywhere  treated  with 
distinguished  consideration.  He  held  member- 
ship in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and 
was  ever  the  friend  of  the  old  soldier.  He 
was  devoted  to  the  interests  of  his  native  town, 
which  he  furthered  in  every  possible  way.  His 
useful,  honored  life  closed  with  about  the 
allotted  scriptural  period  "three  score  years 
and  ten." 

He  married  (first)  in  1862,  Betty  E.  Squires, 
of  Springville,  who  bore  a  son,  who  died  in 
1882.  She  died  1884.  He  married  (second), 
1892,  Mrs.  Genevieve  A.  (Hill)  Wheeler, 
daughter  of  Thomas  A.  and  Hannah  (War- 
ren) Hill,  of  Chicago,  and  granddaughter  of 
Arthur  Hill,  of  Baltimore.  Her  maternal 
grandparents  are  Cotton  Mather  and  Annie 
(Fairfield)  Warren.  Mrs.  Genevieve  A.  Ved- 
der survives  her  husband  and  resides  in  New 
York  City. 


This  name  dates  to  a  remote  period, 
FAY  even  to  the  days  of  mythology. 
Fays  or  fairies  would  seem  to 
have  always  existed  if  ancient  writings 
can  be  trusted.  As  a  surname  it  is  frequently 
found  in  France,  also  in  Ireland,  Germany, 
Spain,  Italy,  Switzerland,  although  less  fre- 
quently in  the  latter  countries.  The  family  is 
believed  to  be  of  French  origin.  They  are 
said  to  have  been  Huguenots,  who  to  escape 
persecution  fled  to  England  and  Wales,  from 
there  settling  in  Ireland  and  New  England. 
The  name  as  a  patronymic  first  appears  in 
English  records  in  1173,  has  existed  in  Ireland 
for  an  indefinite  period,  and  is  occasionally 
met  with  in  Scotland.  The  Fays,  like  many 
other  ancient  families,  possess  special  char- 
acteristics, prominent  among  them  being  men- 
tal and  physical  strength,  untiring  energy  and 
remarkable  executive  ability. 

The  New  England  Fays  descend  from  John 
Fay,  who  arrived  in  Boston  in  the  "Speedwell" 
from  Gravesend,  England,  June  27,  1656. 
Savage  says  he  was  eight  years  old,  but  other 
authorities  state  he  was  probably  eighteen.  He 
was  bom  in  England  and  is  thought  by  some 
writers  to  have  been  a  son  of  David  Fay,  then 


a  resident  of  Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
that  he  came  from  England  to  join  his  father. 
This  cannot  be  established  and  John  Fay  must 
be  considered  the  emigrant  ancestor.  He  went 
to  Sudbury  and  afterward  to  the  new  town  of 
Marlboro,  where  he  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1669.  At  that  time  he  was  married 
and  had  one  child.  His  name  first  appears  in 
the  town  records  of  Marlborough  in  1671  as 
a  petitioner  for  a  grant  of  land.  In  1675  he 
was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  a  lot  assigned  him  in 
the  eastern  squadron,  lying  next  to  the  county 
road  to  Boston.  He,  however,  continued  his 
residence  in  Marlborough  until  its  dangerous 
situation  during  King  Philip's  war  compelled 
the  settlers  to  seek  safety  in  larger,  better  de- 
fended towns.  John  Fay  retired  to  Water- 
town,  where  his  first  wife  died  and  he  again 
married.  While  living  there  he  was  made  a 
trustee  of  the  estate  of  Reynold  Bush,  of  Cam- 
bridge, who  was  about  to  marry  Susanna 
Lowell,  of  Beverly,  Wiltshire,  England.  He 
was  one  of  those  who  in  1678  attempted  to 
settle  Worcester,  but  did  not  remain,  returning 
to  his  old  home  in  Marlboro,  where  he  died  in 
that  part  of  the  towp  now  Southboro,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1690.  He  appears  to  have  been  a  man 
of  character  and  standing  in  the  community, 
where  he  held  positions  of  public  trust.  His 
widow,  Susanna,  administered  an  inventory 
with  the  statement  that  her  late  husband,  John 
Fay,  had  by  will  disposed  of  the  rest  of  his 
property  in  providing  for  his  children.  This 
will  is  not  on  record  and  may  have  been 
verbal.  As  he  gave  to  each  of  his  sons  large 
tracts  of  land,  he  must  have  been  for  his  day 
quite  a  large  land  owner. 

He  married  (first)  Mary,  born  in  Water- 
town,  1638-39,  died  there  1676,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Brigham,  the  American  ancestor  of 
the  New  England  family.  He  was  bom  in 
England,  1603,  came  to  America,  1635,  in  the 
ship  "Susan  and  Ellen,"  settled  in  Watertown, 
where  he  held  several  town  offices.  He  mar- 
ried Mercy  Hurd,  born  in  England.  Mary 
was  the  first  child  born  to  her  parents  in 
America;  her  marriage  to  John  Fay  was  the 
first  of  a  series  of  nearly  thirty  marriages 
between  the  Fays  and  Brighams.  He  married 
(second)  July  15,  1678,  Susanna  (Shattuck) 
Morse,  daughter  of  William  Shattuck,  the 
pioneer  of  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where 
she  was  born  in  1643.  She  survived  her 
second  husband  and  married  a  third,  July  30, 


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1695,  Thomas  Brigham  (2),  a  brother  of 
John  Fay's  first  wife.  She  had  seven  chil- 
dren by  her  first  husband  and  four  by  her 
second.  Children  of  John  Fay  and  his  first 
wife,  Mary  Brigham,  all  born  in  Marlboro: 
I.  John,  born  November  3,  1669;  married 
Elizabeth  Wellington ;  eleven  children.  2.  Da- 
vid, died  young.  3.  Samuel  (of  further  men- 
tion). 4.  Mary,  born  February  10,  1675  J  n^ar- 
ried  Jonathan  Brigham;  ten  children.  5. 
David  (2),  bom  April  23,  1679;  married 
Sarah  Larkin;  twelve  children.  6.  Gershom, 
born  October  19,  1681 ;  married  Mary  Brig- 
ham; seven  children.  7.  Ruth,  born  July  15, 
1684;  married  Increase  Ward,  seven  children. 
8.  Deliyerance,  born  October  7,  1686;  married 
Benjamin  Shattuck;  two  children. 

(II)  Samuel,  third  son  of  John  Fay  and 
his  first  wife,  Mary  (Brigham)  Fay,  was  bom 
in  Marlboro,  Massachusetts,  October  11,  1673, 
died  November  10,  1732.  He  settled  in  that 
part  of  the  town  now  Westboro,  being  one  of 
the  first  residents  there  when  it  was  set  off 
from  Marlboro  in  1717.  He  and  his  wife 
offered  themselves  for  baptism  in  the  Marl- 
boro church  in  1701.  He  was  chosen  surveyor 
of  highways  in  1718,  served  to  1720,  and  in 
1 72 1  was  tythingman.  He  succeeded  his  broth- 
er John  as  town  clerk  and  in  1728-29-30  was 
sealer  of  leather.  He  owned  land  in  South- 
boro  and  a  large  tract  in  Brookfield.  He  left 
a  will  that  was  not  probated,  the  estate  being 
settled  by  agreement  of  the  heirs.  He  married 
May  16,  1^9,  Tabitha,  born  May  16,  1675, 
daughter  of  Increase  and  Record  Ward.  Their 
first  six  children  were  born  in  Marlboro,  the 
seventh  in  Westboro.  Children:  i.  Rebecca, 
born  February  19,  1700;  married  William 
Nurse,  of  Shrewsbury.  2.  Tabitha,  born  Au- 
gust 14,  1702 ;  married  William  Maurey,  of 
Brookfield.  3.  Samuel  (2),  (of  further  men- 
tion). 4.  Jeduthan,  born  June  7,  1707;  mar- 
ried Sarah  Shattuck,  of  Watertown.  5.  Abi- 
gail, born  January  19,  1709 ;  married  Thomas 
Converse,  of  Connecticut.    6.  Ebenezer,  born 

April  12,  1713;  married  (first)  Abigail 

;  (second)  Thankful  Hyde;  (third)  Mary 


Mason,  who  survived  him;  eighteen  children. 
7.  Mary,  born  March  28,  1720,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

(Ill)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  and  third  child 
of  Samuel  (i)  Fay,  was  baptized  in  Marl- 
boro, Massachusetts,  May  6,  1705,  died  1788. 
He  ceased  to  be  of  record  in  Marlboro  after 
1775,   and  then  settled  at  or  near   Reading, 


Vermont.  He  married  (first)  December  15, 
1726,  his  cousin,  Deliverance,  born  December 
22,  1707,  died  1754,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Deliverance  (Fay)  Shattuck,  of  Watertown. 
Morse  says :  "His  first  wife  died  after  deliver- 
ing to  him  fourteen  children  in  twenty  years." 
He  married  (second),  1756,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
(Hastings)  Cutler,  of  Cambridge.  She  died 
at  Reading,  Vermont,  1796;  eleven  children. 
He  was  over  seventy  years  of  age  when  his 
twenty-fifth  child  was  born.  Children,  all  born 
in  Southboro:  i.  Deliverance,  born  Novem- 
ber 15,  1727.  2.  Ruth,  February  4,  1729.  3. 
Persis,  May  18,  1730.    4.  Abigail,  August  26, 

1731,  died  in  infancy.    5.  Sarah,  November  3, 

1732,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Solomon,  February 
17,  1734;  married  Mary  Pratt;  eleven  chil- 
dren. 7.  Samuel,  August  29,  1735 ;  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  French  war  in  the  Crown  Point 
expedition,  as  was  his  brother  Solomon.  He 
married  (first)  Betsy  Carroll;  (second)  Mary 
Kimball;  twelve  children.  8.  Susannah,  born 
February  18,  1737,  died  1755.  9.  Levinah, 
January  21,  1738,  died  young.  10.  Benjamin 
August,  1740,  died  in  infancy.  11.  Joseph  (of 
further  mention).  12.  Hannah,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1743,  died  young.  13.  Ebenezer,  April 
17,  1745.  14.  Nehemiah,  July  4,  1747.  15. 
Seth,  May  14,  1757,  died  1779;  ^  lieutenant 
in  the  revolutionary  army.  16.  Sherebiah, 
born  June  29,  1758;  was  an  early  settler  of 
Watertown  and  served  three  years  in  the 
revolutionary  war;  he  married  Eleanor  Stan- 
ley.     17.  Hepsibah,    born   October    i,    1760; 

married  (first) Whitney;  (second) 

Samuel  Hale.  18.  Annie,  born  August  S, 
1761,  died  1813,  unmarried.  19.  Ezra,  July 
I,  1765 ;  married  Sarah  Newton ;  fourteen  chil- 
dren. 20.  Moses,  born  May  27,  1767;  mar- 
ried Polly  Goddard.  21.  Abigail,  December 
31,  1768,  died  1845,  unmarried.  22.  Noadiah, 
born  November  25,  1770;  married  Catherine 
Walker.  23.  Hananiah,  born  August  25,  1772 ; 
married  Rebecca  Mansfield;  seven  children. 
24.  Sarah,  born  February  12,  1775;  married 
Joshua  Hyde.    25.  An  infant,  died  unnamed. 

(IV)  Joseph,  eleventh  child  of  Samuel  (2) 
Fay  and  his  first  wife.  Deliverance  (Shattuck) 
Fay,  was  born  December  22,  1741,  died  Janu- 
ary 2,  1824. 

He  settled  at  Athol,  Massachusetts; 
served  as  a  private  in  Captain  Dexter's 
company  of  minute  men.  Colonel  Doolittle's 
regiment,  which  marched  in  response  to  the 
Lexington  alarm,  1775,  and  again  in  Captain 


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Lord's  company,  Colonel  Sparhawk's  regiment, 
^^777^  o"  the  Bennington  alarm. 

He  married,  at  Athol,  in  1762,  Abigail 
Twitchell.  Children  born  in  Athol:  i.  Josiah, 
born  March  16,  1774,  died  on  his  birthday, 
1834 ;  married  Molly  Ward.  2.  Nehemiah  (of 
further  mention).  3.  Dorothy,  died  1833; 
married  Daniel  Ellenwood.  4.  Matilda,  died 
1856;  married  Seneca  Ellenwood.  5.  Benja- 
min, born  September  14,  1783 ;  settled  in  Con- 
cord, Erie  county.  New  York,  in  1817;  he  was 
a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812  and  after  that 
war  was  elected  colonel  of  militia ;  was  active 
in  town  affairs  and  always  held  office;  un- 
married. 6.  Abigail,  died  1810,  unmarried. 
7.  Sally,  born  July  17,  1788;  married  (first) 
John  Ewers;  (second)  Joseph  Yaw,  of  Spring 
field.  New  York,  and  Niles,  Michigan.  8. 
Seth,  married  Lucy  Adams.  9.  Hannah,  died 
1826;  married  George  Mason.  10.  Lucinda, 
died  1856,  at  Athol,  Massachusetts,  a  teacher. 

(V)  Nehemiah,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Abigail  (Twitchell)  Fay,  was  born  in  Athol, 
Massachusetts,  December  10,  1776,  died  at 
Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
May  23,  1856.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school,  and  in  his  youthful  manhood  spent 
several  years  traveling  about  the  country, 
threshing,  etc.  He  was  a  natural  musician 
with  a  good  voice  and  a  great  fund  of  anec- 
dote. This  made  him  a  welcome  visitor  every- 
where. He  was  a  member  of  the  militia  and 
served  during  the  war  of  1812  at  Boston, 
when  that  city  was  believed  to  be  in  danger  of 
attack.  In  1803  he  married,  and  in  1815,  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother  Benjamin,  he  removed 
to  Boston  Corners,  near  Springville,  Erie 
county.  New  York,  where  they  cleared  a  farm, 
where  Nehemiah  resided  until  1837.  The  jour- 
ney was  made  with  ox  teams,  and  family  tradi- 
tion says  the  journey  consumed  but  little  over 
a  month's  time.  He  worked  at  shingle  mak- 
ing, continuing  this  work  until  almost  the  day 
of  his  death.  In  his  later  years  he  became 
almost  blind.  As  an  old  man  he  retained  his 
love  of  song,  anecdote  and  jest,  and  was  a 
great  favorite  among  the  children  and  young 
people.  He  sold  his  interest  in  the  farm  at 
Boston  Corners  to  his  brother,  in  1837,  and 
removed  to  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
and  in  a  few  years  to  Great  Valley,  in  the 
same  county.  He  always  maintained  that 
when  he  should  lose  his  voice  he  would  be 
ready  to  die.  During  his  last  illness  he  awoke 
one  morning  to  find  his  voice  almost  gone. 


Turning  to  his  daughter-in-law  he  said, 
"Lecta,  I  can't  live  long,  I  can't  sing  any 
more."  Before  night  he  breathed  his  last. 
He  was  an  industrious,  kind-hearted  man,  with 
hosts  of  friends  and  no  enemies.  In  1849  ^^ 
went  to  Illinois,  but  did  not  long  remain,  re- 
turning to  Little  Valley. 

He  married,  in  1803,  Achsah  Stratton,  of 
New.  Salem,  Massachusetts,  born  1772,  died 
in  Great  Valley,  New  York,  June,  1870,  hav- 
ing survived  her  husband  fourteen  years. 
Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  in  Athol,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  married  Obadiah  Russell ;  nine  chil- 
dren. 2.  Fanny,  bom  in  Athol,  died  in  Great 
Valley,  New  York;  married  Ashael  Field; 
eight  children.  3.  James  S.,  died  in  1810,  at 
Salamanca,  New  York;  married  Mary* Ferry; 
six  children.  4.  Alcander  (of  further  men- 
tion). 

(VI)  Alcander,  youngest  child  of  Nehemiah 
and  Achsah  (Stratton)  Fay,  was  born  at  Con- 
cord, Erie  county.  New  York,  September  29, 
18 16.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Springville  and  Great  V^alley,  coming  with 
his  parents  to  Cattaraugus  county,  in  1837. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  cooper,  and  in  1856 
purchased  a  large  farm  at  Elkdale.  He  was 
a  great  lover  of  the  chase,  being  one  of  the 
hunters  of  western  New  York.  During  the 
civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Ninety-fourth 
Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  but 
owing  to  illness  saw  little  actual  service.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  Excepting  two  years  spent 
in  the  west,  his  whole  life  after  1837  was 
spent  in  Cattaraugus  county. 

He  married  (first)  May  14,  1839,  Electa 
Clement,  born  1814,  died  in  Great  Valley,  New 
York,  April  i,  1886.  He  married  (second) 
April  27,  1892;  Mary  Chase.  Children,  all 
by  first  marriage:  i.  Adrian,  born  in  Little 
Valley,  New  York,  May  19,  1840 ;  served  four 
years  during  the  civil  war,  in  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Eighth  Regiment,  New  York  Volun- 
teers ;  was  captured  and  confined  in  the  Ander- 
sonville  prison  pen  for  nine  months ;  married, 
April  12,  1865,  Sarah  Flint.  2.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Clark  Wilder;  one  child.  3.  Marcus 
Montrose  (of  further  mention).  4.  Charles 
Willis,  born  August  16,  1848;  married,  Janu- 
ary T,  1873,  Betsey  E.  Childs;  two  children. 
5.  Asa  Clement,  born  in  De  Kalb,  Illinois^ 
December  18,  1850;  married,  July  4,  1877, 
Mary  E.  Hitchcock ;  three  children.    6.  Fanny 


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Clement,  born  in  Little  Valley,  New  York, 
April  15,  1854;  married,  June  8,  1874,  Fred 
Eugene  Longee;  three  children.  7.  Henry 
Franklin,  born  August  17,  1857;  married, 
March  24,  1884,  Mary  Church ;  one  child. 

(VII)  Marcus  Montrose,  second  son  and 
third  child  of  Alcander  and  Electa  (Clement) 
Fay,  was  born  on  the  Elkdale  farm,  Cattarau- 
gus county,  New  York,  June  6,  1844.  The 
house  in  which  he  was  born  is  still  standing 
on  the  old  farm.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  until  he  was  seventeen 
worked  on  the  home  farm.  He  enlisted  (Jan- 
uary 16,  1864)  as  a  bugler  of  Company  F, 
Ninth  Regiment,  New  York  Cavalry,  serving 
under  General  Sheridan  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  being  honorably  discharged  June  17, 
1865.  He  saw  a  great  deal  of  active  service 
but  escaped  unhurt.  On  his  return  from  the 
war  he  brought  with  him  a  fine  horse,  a  most 
intelligent  animal,  which  he  kept  for  twenty 
years.  Mr.  Fay  bought  a  farm  on  Fish  Hill, 
which  he  cultivated  for  some  time,  then  went 
to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  worked  at 
carpentering  for  three  years.  On  his  return 
in  1872  he  settled  in  Mansfield,  thence  re- 
moved to  Otto,  remaining  until  1892,  when  he 
removed  to  Salamanca,  his  present  home.  He 
is  a  most  interesting,  lovable  man,  and  like  his 
grandfather,  Nehemiah  Fay,  full  of  fun  and 
greatly  beloved. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and 
an  Independent  in  politics.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1868,  Kate  Elizabeth  Johnston,  born 
in  New  York,  May  29,  1846,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Jane  (Barnet)  Johnston,  born  in 
Dalkieth,  Scotland,  and  moved  to  Dungannon, 
Ireland,  with  their  parents,  when  small  chil- 
dren. Children:  i.  Jane  E.,  born  in  Adell, 
Iowa,  October  28,  1869,  died  there  February 
17,  1870.  2.  Frank  Irving  (of  further  men- 
tion). 3.  Mary  Ethel,  born  in  Mansfield,  New 
York,  April  28,  1876;  married  George  Wil- 
son. 4.  Laura  Euphemia,  born  in  Mansfield, 
New  York,  May  29,  1878 ;  married  J:  Harold 
Morton;  children:  Katherine,  Addalissia  and 
Laura.  5.  Gustave  Burleigh,  born  in  Otto, 
New  York,  October  20,  1887. 

(VIII)  Frank  Irving,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Marcus  Montrose  and  Kate"  Elizabeth 
(Johnston)  Fay,  was  born  in  Great  Valley, 
New  York,  October  i,  1873.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  after  completing  his  studies 
there  entered  the  drug  store  of  B.  L.  Maltbie, 
at  Otto,  New  York,  where  he  remained  two 


years,  1889-90.  On  September  16,  1891,  he 
came  to  Salamanca,  where  for  five  years  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  T.  L.  Denike ;  the  next 
four  years  were  spent  with  John  C. 
Krieger,  after  which  he  went  to  Bolivar,  where 
he  spent  a  year  in  the  employ  of  Louis  Sei- 
bert.  He  then  returned  to  Salamanca,  New 
York,  entered  the  employ  of  Krieger  Drug 
Company,  remaining  until  1908,  when  he  pur- 
chased the  drug  business  of  his  old  employer, 
T.  L.  Denike,  and  has  since  that  date  been 
successfully  engaged  in  conducting  the  drug 
business  under  his  own  name.  He  is  a  most 
energetic,  capable  man  of  affairs,  and  is  very 
popular  in  his  village.  He  has  fairly  earned 
prosperity,  and  in  the  conduct  of  his  business 
displays  the  characteristics  of  his  seven  gen- 
erations of  American  ancestors,  "mental 
strength,  untiring  energy  and  remarkable  exe- 
cutive ability."  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  married,  June  12,  1902,  Katherine  As- 
enethe  Williams,  born  December  6,  1876, 
daughter  of  Charles  W.  and  Folly  (Scott) 
Williams,  of  Bolivar,  Allegany  county,  New 
York.  Children' of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams: 
I.  Fred,  married  (first)  Carrie  Watrous; 
(second)  Anna  Wood;  child,  Glenn  W.  2. 
Erastus  Goodrich,  married  Amanda  Osbom; 
children :  Maud,  Maier  and  Dana.  3.  Walter, 
married  Lena  Elliot;  children:  Harold,  Leon, 
Milly,  Rupert  and  Genevieve.  4.  Herbert, 
married  Addie  Jackson; children :Trena, Wini- 
fred and  Victor.  5.  May,  married  Clayton  C. 
Mead ;  child,  Cleo  E.  6.  Katherine  A. ,  mar- 
ried Frank  I.  Fay.  7.  Burl  Nicholas,  married 
Jessie  Fay;  child,  Fay  Williams.  Child  of 
Frank  I.  and  Katherine  A.  Fay:  Vera  Jane, 
born  June  12,   1904. 


The  Merows  of  Cattaraugus 
MEROW  county.  New  York,  herein  men- 
tioned, descend  paternally  from 
a  well-to-do  German  family  who  lived  near 
Hamburg.  On  maternal  line  they  descend 
from  Robert  Daye,  who  came  from  England 
to  America  in  1634.  Carson  Merow,  scion  of 
an  old  German  family,  was  born,  lived  and 
died  in  Klein  Serker,  near  Hamburg,  Ger- 
many. He  was  a  farmer  in  good  circum- 
stances, married  and  had  a  family  of  thirteen 
children. 

(II)  John  H.,  son  of  Carson  Merow,  was 
born  in  1823,  on  the  Merow  homestead,  near 
Hamburg,  Germany.  He  worked  at  farming 
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of  two  children.  Then  gathering  his  savings 
together,  in  1858,  he  secured  passage  for  the 
United  States  for  self,  wife  and  two  children. 
The  vessel  being  a  slow  sailer,  twelve  weeks 
were  consumed  in  making  the  passage.  He 
found  his  way  to  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  settling  in  the  town  of  Little  Valley, 
where  he  purchased  land  in  the  west  part  of 
the  town,  and  prospered.  He  later  added  to 
his  original  purchase  until  he  had  two  hundred 
and  twenty-five  acres  nearly  all  under  cultiva- 
tion. 

He  was  a  hard  working  man  and  a 
good  citizen.  He  had  hosts  of  friends  and 
seemed  to  be  one  man  for  whom  everybody 
had  a  good  word.  He  met  his  death,  May  6, 
1890,  crushed  by  a  heavy  log  which  acciden- 
tally rolled  over,  while  assisting  in  building 
a  log  fence.    He  married .    Children : 

1.  John  C.  (of  further  mention).  2.  Sophia, 
bom  1852;  married  Spencer  Holdridge;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Cora,  married  George  Osterstrick  and 
has  Velona  and  Wesley,  ii.  Homer,  married 
Edith  Taylor,  iii.  William,  iv.  Jennie,  mar- 
ried Louis  Yates,  and  has  Florence,  Marian 
and  Olive.  3.  William,  born  February  8, 
1859;  married,  March  14,  1883,  Mosella 
Whipple,  born  December  27,  1857;  children: 
i.  Bert  M.,  born  May  15,  1885,  married 
Blanche  Guile,     ii.  Hazel  Sareppa,  born  June 

2,  1890;  married,  October  28,  1907,  WiUiam 
Carr.  4.  Mary  E.,  born  April  21,  1861 ;  mar- 
ried, March  28,  1883,  Henry  A.  Marsh,  born 
December  2,  1855.  Children:  1.  Minnie,  born 
September  4,  1884,  married,  December  25, 
1907,  Albert  Woulflf,  and  has  Marshall,  born 
April  25,  1909.  ii.  Mabel,  born  March  25, 
1889.    iii.  Mamie,  November  6,  1894. 

(HI)  John  C,  son  of  John  H.  Merow,  was 
born  in  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  1850,  died  there  May  15,  1908. 
He  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
at  Chamberlain  Institute  and  at  a  German 
school  in  Otto,  New  York.  After  leaving 
school  he  worked  first  at  farming,  finally  go- 
ing to  Olean,  New  York,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  Butler's  dry  goods  store.  In  1883 
he  came  to  Little  Valley,  where  he  first  clerked 
in  the  store  of  E.  N.  Lee  for  about  seven  years, 
when  he  purchased  the  Rock  City  Hotel.  He 
rebuilt  and  enlarged  the  building,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  death  the  Rock  City  was  known 
as  the  best  kept  family  hotel  in  the  county. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics  and  served 
on  the  board  of  education.     He  was  a  mem- 


ber of  the  Lutheran  church,  and  of  the  Ma- 
sonic order. 

He  married,  December  11,  1878,  Estella 
Day,  born  September  17,  1857,  daughter  of 
Orrin  and  Brooksanna  (Jones)  Day,  of  New 
Albion  (see  Day  VII).  Children:  Clarence, 
bom  September  12,  1879,  died  1880;  Eva  M., 
bom  June  28,  1889;  married,  October  i,  1907, 
John  R.  Hout,  and  has  Frances  M.,  born  De- 
cember 15,  1909. 

Mrs.  Estella  (Day)  Merow  survives  her 
husband,  a  resident  of  Little  Valley. 

(The  Day  Line). 

Estella  (Day)  Merow  is  a  descendant  of 
Robert  Daye,  born  in  England,  August,  1604, 
died  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  1648.  He  came 
from  England  in  1634  with  wife  Mary,  in 
the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  and  owned  a  house  on 
the  west  side  of  Garden  street,  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  in  1635.  He  soon  after  moved 
to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  his  name  ap- 
pears on  a  monument  erected  in  that  city  to 
the  memory  of  the  first  settlers  there.  He 
left  a  goodly  estate  for  his  wife  and  several 
children.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  all  the  Days 
claiming  early  Connecticut  ancestry.  The 
mother  of  his  children  was  his  second  wife, 
Editha,  sister  of  Deacon  Edward  Stebbins. 
She  is  named  in  his  will,  May  20,  1648.  Chil- 
dren: Thomas,  Sarah,  married  (first)  Na- 
thaniel Gunn,  (second)  Samuel  Kellogg; 
Mary,  married  (first)  Samuel  Ely,  (second) 
Thomas  Stebbins,  (third)  John  Coleman; 
John.  Mrs.  Editha  Day  married  (second) 
John  Maynard,  of  Hartford. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Day,  married 
Sarah  Raynard  (or  Butler?),  of  Hartford.  His 
will  was  dated,  November  16,  1725,  when  he 
was  "advanced  in  years,"  and  proved  May 
5,  1730.  He  owned  a  share  in  a  grist  or  saw 
mill>  which  he  bequeathed  to  his  son  William. 
Children:  i.  Joseph,  died  1726.  2.  John  (of 
further  mention).  3.  Thomas.  4.  Mary, 
married,  November  14,  1699,  William  Clark. 

5.  Maynard,  married,  1714,  Elizabeth  Marsh. 

6.  Sarah,  baptized  September  19,  1686;  mar- 
ried, June  10,  1708, Spencer.  7.  Wil- 
liam, baptized  April  24,  1692.  8.  Joseph,  bap- 
tized June  14,  1699. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Day,  was 
born  in  1677,  died  November  4,  1752.  He 
moved  to  Colchester,  Connecticut,  about  1701. 
He  married  (first)  January  21,  1696,  Grace 
Spencer,  of  Hartford,  who  died  May  12,  17 14, 


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in  Colchester.     He  married    (second)    Mary 

,  who  died  November  2,  1749,  aged 

seventy-four.  Children,  all  of  his  first  wife, 
the  first  three  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut: 

I.  Lydia,  born  April  11,  1698;  married  Joseph 
Fuller.  2.  Mary,  born  August  14,  1699; 
married,  December  20,  1722,  Jonathan  North- 
am.  3.  John,  born  in  Colchester,  June  6, 
1 70 1.  4.  Joseph,  born  September  27,  1702. 
5.  Benjamin,  February  7,  1704.  6.  Editha, 
born  September  10,  1705;  married,  December 

II,  1729,  David  Bigelow.  7.  Daniel,  bom 
March  9,  1709,  died  1712.  8.  David,  July  18, 
1710.  9.  Abraham,  March  17,  1712.  10. 
Isaac,  May  17,  1713.     n.  Daniel,  died  1746. 

(IV)  A  son  of  John  (2)  Day,  name  not 
known,  married  and  among  his  children  was 
Noah  (of  further  mention). 

(V)  Noah  Day,  grandson  of  John  (2)  Day, 
married  Ann  Loomis,  and  had  a  son  Erastus 
(of  further  mention). 

(VI)  Erastus,  son  of  Noah  and  Ann 
(Loomis)  Day,  was  born  March  4,  1787.  He 
was  an  early  settler  in  the  town  of  New  Al- 
bion, Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  and  a 
farmer  of  that  town.  He  married,  in  1812, 
Marion  Lee.  Children:  Asahel,  born  June  4, 
1813;  Eli,  May  10,  1815;  Hudson,  August 
28,  1816;  Wealthy,  July  11,  1818;  Orrin  (of 
further  mention)  ;  Elias,  bom  July  18,  1827. 

(VH)  Orrin,  son  of  Erastus  and  Marion 
(Lee)  Day,  was  born  January  10,  1821,  died 
1868.  He  was  a  farmer  of  New  Albion,  cul- 
tivating the  homestead  farm,  and  a  man  of 
high  character.  He  married,  1845,  Brook- 
sanna  Jones,  of  Cattaraugus,  who  was  born  in 
Milford,  New  York,  December  16,  1825,  still 
living  in  October,  191 1,  at  eighty-five  years  of 
age,  daughter  of  Moses  J.  Jones,  of  Otsego 
county,  prior  to  settlement  in  New  Albion. 
Children :  Alvin  C,  bom  April  18,  1848,  died 
aged  fourteen.  2.  Frances  E.,  August  3, 
1 851;  married  Cornelius  Spore;  children: 
Ernest,  Luella,  Frank  and  Jessie.  3.  Estella, 
bom  September  17,  1857;  married  John  C. 
Merow.  4.  Rosella,  twin  of  Estella,  died 
January  8,  1878.  5.  George  B.,  born  August 
20,    1862. 


Eminent  authority,  in  contrib- 
WILLIAMS    uting  to  the  name  of  Williams, 

states  that  the  family  is  one 
of  the  most  noted  of  the  early  New  England 
settlers  for  intellectual  ability  and  the  social 
and  public  standing  of   its  members.     They 


antedated  the  Christian  era,  flourished,  and 
came  down  through  the  mediaeval  reigns. 
Burke**s  "Book  of  Peerage  and  Baronetage" 
says  of  the  house  of  Williams,  of  Penrhyn, 
the  most  ancient  family  of  the  northern  prin- 
cipality of  Wales,  that  it  deduces  its  pedigree 
with  singular  perspicuity  from  Brutus,  son 
of  Sylvius,  posthumous  son  of  Acencus,  son 
of  Acucus,  which  Brutus  was  first  King  of 
Britain,  and  began  to  reign  about  eleven  hun- 
dred years  before  the  birth  of  Christ.  Other 
authorities  trace  them  back  to  several  years 
before  the  Norman  Conquest  (1066)  from  a 
Welsh  chief.  From  Marchudel  of  Cyam, 
Lord  of  Abergelin,  in  Denbighshire,  one  of 
the  fifteen  tribes  of  Northern  Wales,  is  de- 
scended Endyfid  Vycham,  Lord  of  Brynffenigl 
in  Denbighland,  a  powerful  noble  of  his  time^ 
and  from  whom  the  royal  house  of  Tudor 
is  claimed  to  have  descended.  The  eminent 
family,  in  common  with  the  royal  house  of 
Tudor,  Lloyds  of  Plymog,  Lord  Moslyn,  and 
other  distinguished  lines,  derive  from  Mar- 
chudd  ap  Cynam,  Lord  of  Carnarvon,  founder 
of  the  eight  noble  tribes  of  North  Wales  and 
Powys,  contemporary  with  Rhodri  Mawr 
(Roderic  the  Great),  King  of  Wales,  who 
succeeded  to  the  throne  in  843  and  died  in 
877  A.  D. 

The  first  to  adopt  the  name  of  Williams  as 
a  surname  was  Roger  Williams,  of  Llans^ibby 
Castle  and  the  Priory  at  Uske,  county  Mon- 
mouth, England.  He  was  said  to  be  a  direct 
descendant  of  Brychan  Bricheininish,  prince 
and  lord  of  Brecknock,  who  lived  about*  the 
year  490.  The  pedigree  also  shows  the  name 
of  Roger  Williams,  of  Flint,  Wales,  from 
whom  descended  John  Williams,  receiver  of 
Flintshire  in  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.,  which 
extended  from  the  year  1461  to  1483,  who 
married  for  his  first  wife  the  daughter  and 
heir  of  Edward  Matthews,  of  Yorkshire.  Their 
son  George  assumed  the  name  of  Matthew, 
which  has  continued  to  be  a  family  name  ever 
since.  The  Welsh  coat-of-arms  "has  the  in- 
scription :  **He  beareth  sable,"  showing  royalty, 
and  is  as  follows :  Arms,  lion  rampant  argent, 
armed  and  langued,  gules.  Crest:  A  moor 
cock  or  partridge.  Motto:  Cognosce  occa- 
sionem  ("Watches  his  opportunity").  The 
Welsh  motto:  "Y  fyno  Dwy  Y.  fidd"  ("What 
God  willeth  will  be."). 

(I)  Matthew  Williams,  progenitor  of  the 
Essexcounty,New  Jersey,  families,  born  about 
1605,  was  according  to  the  best  authority  the 


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eldest  son  of  Richard  Williams,  who  descend- 
ed from  the  Williams  family  of  Glamorgan- 
shire, Wales.  Authority  further  states  that 
Richard  was  a  kinsman  of  Oliver  Cromwell, 
a  traditional  claim  of  Richard  Williams  as 
well,  and,  moreover,  which  is  not  common  to 
other  pioneer  Williams  families  of  New  Eng- 
land. It  is  claimed  that  Oliver  Cromwell  was 
a  Williams  by  birth.  Coyle  states  that  Crom- 
well descended  from  General  Williams,  of 
Berkshire,  or  from  Morgan  Williams,  of 
Glamorganshire,  and  called  him  Cromwell, alias 
Williams,  he  having  assumed  the  name  from 
his  maternal  uncle,  Thomas  Cromwell,  secre- 
tary of  state  to  Henry  VIII.,  on  account  of 
estates  to  him.  Matthew  Williams  for  a  time 
seems  to  have  been  at  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, from  whence,  like  many  other  settlers 
there,  allured  by  the  attractive  reports  of  Old- 
ham and  Hall,  the  pioneer  traders  and  ex- 
plorers of  the  Connecticut  valleys,  came  to 
Pyquaug,  the  old  Indian  name  of  Wethers- 
field,  in  1642.  He  was  doubtless  a  brother  of 
Thomas,  who  later  settled  at  Rocky  Hill  (Old 
Wethersfield)  and  a  cousin  of  Richard  Wil- 
liams, of  Taunton,  born  January  28,  1606,  son 
of  William  Williams,  who  descended  from  a 
family  of  that  name  in  Glamorganshire,  Wales. 
William  Williams  was  of  Synwell,  a  hamlet 
in  Wotten-under-Edge.  According  to  his  will, 
he  speaks  of  his  brother,  Mr.  Richard  Wil- 
liams. 

Matthew  Williams,  of  Wethersfield,  was  a 
briekmaker  by  trade,  and  a  yeoman,  which 
is  proved  by  the  earmarks  of  his  cattle,  which 
were  recorded  in  the  records.  After  1655  he 
was  for  a  time  at  Long  Island,  and  eventually 
at  the  Barbadoes,  though  still  a  householder 
at  the  Wethersfield  colony,  where  his  family 
were  still  living.  January  14,  1678,  according 
to  Hutton's  emigration  records,  he  was  grant- 
ed a  ticket-of-leave  back  to  the  colony  with 
his  servant,  a  slave.  His  death  probably  oc- 
curred the  following  year  (1679),  for  in  1680 
his  widow,  Susanna  Williams,  asked  the  court 
at  Wethersfield  to  appraise  the  estate  and  di- 
vide between  the  sons,  and  this  step  on  her  part 
probably  fixes  a  conclusive  date  for  the  depart- 
ure of  the  widow  and  her  three  sons,  as  fol- 
lows :  Amos,  now  thirty-five  years  of  age,  with 
his  wife  and  three  children ;  Matthew,  twenty- 
nine  years  of  age;  Samuel,  twenty-seven,  all 
coming  to  Essex  county.  New  Jersey,  in  the 
second  Branford  emigration.  Samuel  settled 
at  Elizabethtown,  and  Amos  nearby;  Samuel 


died  in  1706.  Matthew  Williams  Sr.,  mar- 
ried, about  1644,  Susanna  Cole,  of  English 
birth,  probably  a  sister  of  James  Cole,  an 
early  settler,  there,  and  in  1639  an  original 
settler  and  planter  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
Children:  Amos,  born  March  14,  1645;  Mat- 
thew, October  2y,  \(>At7,  died  an  infant;  Mat- 
thew, born  May  14,  1651 ;  Samuel,  January 
4,  1653-4,  died  at  Elizabethtown,  1706. 

(III)  John,  grandson  of  Matthew  Williams, 
and  son  of  Amos  or  Samuel  Williams,  died 
February  22,  17 19.  He  married,  and  had  a 
son  George. 

(IV)  George,  son  of  John  Williams,  was 
born  about  1^5.  He  married  and  had  issue : 
Obadiah,  of  whom  further;  Hezekiah,  born 
1713,  died  1715;  George,,  born  1714,  died 
1750;  Hezekiah,  1716,  died  about  1806;  John, 
1719,  died  1788;  Experience,  1721 ;  Elihu, 
1726;  Hannah,  1743. 

(V)  Obadiah,  son  of  George  Williams,  was 
born  1710,  died  1748.  He  married  Catherine, 
daughter  .of  Humphrey  Wady,  of  Long  Plain, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  John,  of  whom 
furthe'r ;  Sarah,  born  at  Shrewsbury,  New  Jer- 
sey, November  10,  1745 ;  married  Nicholas 
Davis  (2)  ;  Ann,  born  (Dctober  26,  1747,  died 
in  infancy. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Obadiah  and  Catherine 
(Wady)  Williams,  was  born  in  Shrewsbury, 
New  Jersey,  July  26,  1743,  died  at  Troy,  New 
York,  September  18,  1818.  He  lived  for  a 
time  in  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (first)  Mary  Davis;  six  children.  He 
married  (second)  Martha  Peabody,  daughter 
of  John  Russell^  no  issue.  He  married  (third) 
Jane  Allen,  who  died  in  1812;  nine  children. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Obadiah  (2),  of  whom 
further  mention ;  David,  born  1769,  died  1825  ; 
Jonathan,  twin  of  David,  died  1799;  Cather- 
ine, born  1771 ;  Nicholas,  1773,  died  1837; 
John  Wady,  1775,  died  1776.  Children  of 
third  wife:  John,  born  1783,  died  1855;  Elihu, 
1785,  died  in  infancy ;  Hezekiah,  twin  of  Eli- 
hu, died  1849;  Mary,  ^7^7^  living  in  1857; 
Elizabeth,  1788,  living  in  1857;  Elihu,  (2), 
living  in  1857;  Ruth,  1790,  died  in  infancy; 
Ruth  (2),  died  in  infancy;  Thomas,  1793, 
living  in  1857. 

•(VII)  Obadiah  (2),  son  of  John  and  his 
first  wife,  Mary  (Davis)  Williams,  was  born 
February  10,  1767,  in  New  Bedford,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  1848.  He  lived  for  a  time  at 
least  in  the  state  of  Rhode  Island,  where  at 
least  one  of  his  children  was  born,  but  later 


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removed  to  Tompkins  county,  New  York; 
where  he  died.  He  married  Dorcas  Earl,  who 
died  June  24,  1805  *  (second)  Ruth  Hadwin, 
who  died  March  20,  ^855.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Samuel,  born  February  22,  1791,  died 
March  26,  1875;  James,'  of  whom  further; 
John  Earl,  born  August  18,  1794,  no  living 
descendants;  Sarah,  October  8,  1796,  no  living 
descendants;  Eliza,  July  3,  1799,  died  April 
22,  1890,  married  John  Mott,  and  had  chil- 
dren ;  no  descendants ;  Henry,  August  5,  1801 ; 
Ann,  September  21,  1803,  no  living  descend- 
ants. Children  of  second  wife:  Dorcas,  June 
7,  1805,  married  John  Purdy,  and  had  chil- 
dren; Catherine,  January  10,  1810,  married 
Thomas  Carman,  died  July  8,  1890,  no  living 
descendants;  Francis,  September  16,  181 1, 
married  and  had  children;  Margaret,  1817, 
died  February  26,  1875,  married  also  Thomas 
Carman,  and  had  children. 

(VIH)  James,  second  son  of  Obadiah  (2) 
and  his  first  wife,  Dorcas  (Earl)  Williams, 
was  bom  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1792,  died  September  9,  1872.  at  Sin- 
clairville,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
where  he  is  buried  with  his  wife  in  Ever- 
green Cemetery.  He  resided  in  Tompkins 
county,  New  York,  later  in  the  city  of 
Ithaca,  New  York,  removing  to  Chautauqau 
county.  New  York,  1834,  settling  on  a  farm 
in  the  southwestern  corner  of  the  town  of 
Charlotte,  where  he  was  a  well  known  and 
greatly  respected  citizen.  He  married,  at 
Ithaca,  April  17,  1817,  Esther,  daughter 
of  John  and  Esther  (Pride)  Tracy. 
Children:  i.  Frederick  Tracy,  born  at 
Ithaca,  New  York,  February  3,  1818, 
died  at  Ellery,  New  York,  April  3, 
1853;  married,  at  Ellery,  October  24,  1841, 
Ann  H.  Aldrich,  born  at  Ithaca,  November  5, 
1817,  died  at  Ellery,  March  15,  1882,  daughter 
of  Tillson  Aldrich;  children:  Sarah  M.,  mar- 
ried Gustavus  A.  Bentley,  and  Frederick  Till- 
son married  Mary  Rogers.  2.  Susan,  born 
at  Ithaca,  New  York,  June  9,  1819,  died  at 
Bayonne.  New  Jersey,  January  3,  1879;  mar- 
ried Willard  Tracy  Eddy,  her  cousin ;  chil- 
dren: i.  Harriet  Emily,  died  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  October  22,  1901,  unmarried;  ii.  Su- 
san Maria,  married  William  J.  Savoye;  iii. 
Willard  Tracy,  married  Harriet  Louise  Sa- 
voye; iv.  Alice,  married  Robert  A.  Smith.  3. 
Emily,  born  in  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania, 
August  25,  182 1,  died  at  Lind,  Wisconsin, 
July    II,    1886;  married,  at   Charlotte,    New 


York,  August  25,  1840,  Josiah  Fisher,  who 
died  November  30,  1881 ;  children :  i.  Mary, 
died  unmarried,  ii.  Henry  H.,  married  Mary 
L.  Randall,  iii.  Esther  Ella,  married  George 
R.  Lollin.  iv.  Jennie  M.,  married  George  F. 
Pope.  V.  George  W.,  married  Thirza  Mill- 
man.  4.  Henry,  bom  August  12,  1823,  died 
in  infancy.  5.  Maria,  born  April  29,  1826, 
died  in  infancy.  6.  Henry  Hudson,  born  in 
Hudson,  New  York,  September  26,  1828,  died 
in  San  Diego,  California,  in  March,  1906; 
married,  in  Osawatomie,  Kansas,  February 
23,  1859,  Mary  A.  Carr,  bom  in  Perry,  New 
York,  August  9,  1841 ;  children :  i.  John  Carr, 
born  and  died  in  Kansas,  aged  sixteen  years, 
ii.  George  Henry,  died  in  childhood,  iii.  Min- 
nie Esther,  married  George  William  Walrod, 
and  died  May  21,  1902.  iv.  James  Walter, 
married  Josie  D.  Burroughs,  v.  Charles  Lin- 
coln, married  Pearl  Ray.  vi.  Fannie  Sarah, 
married  Charles  L.  Burns,    vii.  Mary  Henry. 

7.  Maria,  born  in  Ithaca,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1830,  died  in  Sinclairville,  New  York, 
February  16,  1879;  married,  in  Charlotte,  New 
York,  ]\Iay  21,  1855,  Lorenzo  Sornberger,  died 
at   Osawatomie,    Kansas,   January   26,    1861. 

8.  George  Tyler,  born  in  Ithaca,  New  York, 
July  28,  1833 ;  married,  Freeport,  Illinois,  Au- 
gust 24,  1865,  Sarah  A.  Clark ;  he  was  a  prom- 
inent telegraph  operator,  becoming  district  su- 
perintendent, with  offices  at  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, and  Cleveland,  Ohio;  children:  i. 
George  Hicks,  married  Eva  Mills.  .  ii.  Clara 
Esther,  married  Charles  Shackleton.  iii.  Ed- 
ward Hall,  married  Mary  Jane  Nichol.  iv. 
Grace  Joy.  v.  Tracy  Clark,  married  Harriet 
M.  Richards,  vi.  Sanborn  Edgell,  died  in  in- 
fancy.    9.  Edwin,  of  further  mention. 

(IX)  Edwin,  ninth  and  youngest  child  of 
James  and  Esther  (Tracy)  Williams,  was  born 
on  the  old  Williams  homestead  in  the  extreme 
southwestern  corner  of  the  town  of  Charlotte, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  September  19, 
1837.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Fredonia  Academy.  His  early  life  was 
spent  on  the  farm,  which  was  his  home  until 
he  reached  manhood.  He  was  for  a  time  em- 
ployed in  the  neighboring  town  of  Sinclair- 
ville (two  miles  east  of  the  Williams  farm). 
Later  he  removed  to  Michigan,  where  others 
of  his  wife's  family  had  settled.  He  pur- 
chased a  farm  at  Armada,  remaining  thereon 
for  five  years,  when  he  sold  out  and  returned 
to  New  York  state.  For  the  next  seven  years 
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in  Sinclairville,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  having  as  partner  R.  E.  Sheldon.  The 
firm  was  successful,  and  transacted  a  large 
volume  of  business  along  the  lines  of  a  general 
couijtry  store.  At  the  end  of  seven  years  they 
dissolved,  and  two  years  later  Mr.  Williams 
resumed  business  in  the  same  village.  For 
twelve  years  he  continued  in  general  merchan- 
dising, conducting  business  under  the  name  of 
Edwin  Williams.  He  then  sold  out,  and  two 
years  later  removed  to  Jamestown,  and  made 
his  home  at  214  Clinton  street,  where  he  has 
since  lived  a  retired  Hfe.  Mr.  Williams  has 
spent  an  active,  busy  life,  and  has  won  a  repu- 
tation for  good  business  ability,  uprightness 
and  square  dealing.  He  has  a  large  circle  of 
warm  friends  with  whom  his  declining  years 
are  spent.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  having  joined  the  Sinclairville  church 
in  early  life.  He  was  elected  trustee  of  that 
church  when  but  eighteen  years  of  age,  and 
when  living  in  Michigan  served  the  Armada 
church  as  deacon.  He  has  been  a  lifelong 
advocate  of  temperance,  belonging  in  former 
years  to  the  Good  Templars,  and  supports  the 
Prohibition  party  with  vote  and  influence. 
While  living  in  Sinclairville  he  served  as  vil- 
lage trustee,  and  took  an  active  part  in  village 
public  life.  At  the  age  of  seventy-three 
(1911)  he  is  active  and  vigorous,  keeping  in 
touch  with  matters  of  public  importance  and 
retaining  his  interest' in  church,  city  and  daily 
neighborhood  happenings.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary I,  1862,  Calista  T.  Dorsett,  born  in  East- 
ford,  Connecticut,  September  8,  1843,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  B.  and  Harriet  F.  Dorsett.  They 
have  no  children. 

(The  Tracy  Line). 

(I)  Ecgberht,  first  King  of  England, 
reigned  800-838,  he  married  Lady  Redburga, 
and  had:  Aethelwulf,  Aethelstan,  and  Eadith 
(St.  Edith). 

(H)  Aethelwulf,  son  of  Ecgberht  and  Lady 
Redburga,  married  (first)  Osburga,  daughter 
of  Oslac,  and  had:  Aethelstan,  Aethelbald, 
Aethelbert,  Aethelbald  (2),  Aelfred  (the 
Great),  and  Aethelswitha.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Judith,  daughter  of  Charles  the  Bald, 
Emperor  and  King  of  France,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Emperor  Charlemagne.  Judith 
married  (second)  Baldwin,  first  count  of 
Flanders,  and  became  the  ancestress  of  Ma- 
tilda, wife  of  William  the  Conqueror, 
c   (HI)  Aelfred   (the  Great),  son  of  Aethel- 


wulf and  Osburga,  married  Ealswitha,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Earl  of  Lincolnshire,  and  had :  Ead- 
mund,  Eadward  (see  forward),  Aethelwald, 
Aethelfleda,  Aethelgida  and  Aelfthryth. 

(IV)  Eadward  (the  Elder),  married  (first) 
Ecguina,  and  had  three  children;  (second) 
Ealfleda,  and  had  eight  children;  (third)  Ead- 
gina,  daughter  of  Earl  Sigeline,  and  had: 
Eadmund  (see  forward),  Eadred,  Eadburga 
and  Eadgina. 

(V)  Eadmund  (i)  married  Aelfgifu,  and 
had:  Eadwig,  Eadgar. 

(VI)  Eadgar,  son  of  Eadmund  (i)  and 
Aelfgifu,  married  (first)  Aethelflaeda  (the 
Fair),  daughter  of  Earl  Ordmar,  and  had: 
Eadward.  He  married  (second)  Aelfthryth, 
daughter  of  Ordgar,  Duke  of  Devonshire,  and 
widow  of  Earl  Aethelwold.  Children:  Ead- 
mund and  Aethelred  (see  forward). 

(VII)  Aethelred  II.  (the  Unready),  mar- 
ried (first)  Ealfleda,  daughter  of  Earldorman 
Thored.  Children:  Edmund  (Ironsides)  and 
eight  others.  He  married  (second)  Emma,  of 
Normandy.  Children:  Aelfred,  Eadward  (the 
Confessor),  Goda  (see  forward). 

(VIII)  Princess  Goda,  daughter  of  Aethel- 
red II.  and  Emma,  of  Normandy,  married 
(first)  Dreux,  Count  of  Vexin,  in  France, 
called  by  English  historians  Count  of  Mantes, 
and  said  to  be  a  descendant  of  Charlemagne. 
Children:  Gauthier,  sometimes  called  Walter; 
Rudolf  (see  forward)  ;  Foulgues,  Poutoise. 

(IX)  Rudolf,  son  of  the  Count  of  Mantes 
and  Princess  Goda,  also  called  Rudolph  or 
Ralph  de  Mantes,  was  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Sudeley  and  Toddington,  and  was  created 
Earl  of  Hereford  by  his  uncle,  Edward 
the  Confessor,  and  deprived  of  his  earldom 
in  the  reign  of  William  the  Conqueror.  He 
married  Gethe,  and  had  one  son,  Harold. 

(X)  Harold,  only  son  of  Rudolf  and  Gethe 
de  Mantes,  married  Matilda,  daughter  of 
Hugh-Lupus,  first  Earl  of  Chester  and  nephew 
of  William  the  Conqueror.  Children:  John 
de  Sudeley  and  Robert  de  Ewyas. 

(XI)  John  de  Sudeley,  son  of  the  preced- 
ing, married  Grace,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Henri  de  Traci,  feudal  Lord  of  Barnstable,  in 
Devonshire.  Cliildren :  Ralph,  who  became  the 
heir  of  his  father,  and  William  de  Traci,  con- 
cerning whom  see  forward. 

(XII)  William  de  Traci  inherited  the  lands 
of  his  mother  and  assumed  her  family  name, 
becoming,  as  a"  knight  of  Gloucestershire,  Sir 
William  de  Traci,  and  held  the  lands  of  his 


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brother  by  one  knight's  fee.  He  married 
Hawise  de  Bom,  and  left  one  son  and  two 
daughters. 

(XIII)  Sir  Henry  de  Tracy,  of  Todding- 
ton,  died  about  1246,  leaving :  Margery,  Henry 
and  Thomas. 

(XIV)  Sir  Henry  de  Tracy,  of  Toddington, 
had  children:  William  and  Eve. 

(XV)  Sir  William  Tracy  (the  "de"  being 
omitted  in  this  generation),  of  Toddington, 
had  command  in  the  Scottish  war  in  the  reign 
of  Edward  I. 

(XVI)  Sir  William  Tracy,  of  Toddington, 
held  high  offices.  Children:  Margery  and 
William. 

(XVII)  William  Tracy,  Esq.,  was  of  Todd- 
ington. 

(XVIII)  Sir  John  Tracy,  of  Toddington, 
was  sheriff  of  the  county  five  years  in  succes- 
sion, and  died  in  1363.  He  left  children: 
John,  Margaret  and  Dorothy. 

(XIX)  Sir  John  Tracy,  of  Toddington,  was 
a  member  of  parliament  and  sheriff.  Chil- 
dren: William  and  Margaret. 

(XX)  William  Tracy,  Esq.,  of  Toddington, 
was  high  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire  in  1395, 
and  died  in  1399. 

(XXI)  William  Tracy,  Esq.,  of  Todding- 
ton, was  called  to  the  privy  council  of  Henry 
IV.,  and  was  high  sheriff  during  the  reign  of 
Henry  V.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Sir 
Guy  de  la  Spine,  and  widow  of  William  Gif- 
ford.    Children:  William,  John  and  Alice. 

(XXII)  William  Tracy,  Esq.,  of  Todding- 
ton,  was  sheriff  ^^f  Gloucestershire  during  the 
reign  of  Henry  VI.     He  married  Margery, 
daughter    of    Sir    John    Pauncefort    Knight.' 
Children :  Henry,  Richard  and  Margery. 

(XXIII)  Henry  Tracy,  Esq.,  of  Todding- 
ton, died  about  1506.  He  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Baldington,  Esq.,  of  Al- 
derley,  county  of  Oxford.  Children :  William, 
Richard,  Ralph,  Anne,  Elizabeth. 

(XXIV)  Sir  William  Tracy,  of  Todding- 
ton, was  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire  during  the 
reign  of  Henry  VIII.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Throckmorton,  of 
Cross  Court,  Gloucestershire.  Children:  Wil- 
liam, Robert,  Richard  and  Alice. 

(XXV)  Richard  Tracy,  Esq.,  of  Todding- 
ton, was  the  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire  during 
the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  He  married 
Barbara,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Lucy,  of 
Charlecote,  Warwickshire.  Children:  Hester, 
Nathaniel,  Susan,  Judith,  Paul  and  Samuel. 


(XXVI)  Nathaniel  Tracy,  of  Tewkesbury, 
received  lands  at  that  place  from  his  father. 

(XXVII)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Tracy,  son 
of  Nathaniel  Tracy,  of  Tewkesbury,  was  born 
at  Tewkesbury,  about  1610,  died  at  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  November  7,  1685.  He  came  to 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  April,  1636,  removed 
to  Wethersfield,  and  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  Norwich  in  1660.  He  married 
(first)  at  Wethersfield,  1641,  Mary,  widow  of 
Edward  Mason;  (second)  at  Norwich,  prior 
to  1679,  Martha,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bourne, 
of  Marshfield,  and  widow  of  John,  son  of 
Governor  Bradford;  (third)  at  Norwich, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Demming)  Foote,  of  Wethersfield,  and 
widow  of  (first)  John  Stoddard,  (second) 
John  Goodrich.  Children,  all  by  first  mar- 
riage: I.  John  (see  forward).  2.  Thomas, 
married  and  had :  Nathaniel,  Jeremiah,  Daniel, 
Thomas,  Jedediah,  Sarah,  Deborah  and  Jeru- 
sha.  3.  Jonathan,  married  (first)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Francis  Griswold,  and 
had:  Jonathan,  Christopher,  David,  Francis, 
Samuel,  Hannah,  Mary,  Mariam  and  Sarah. 
He  married  (second)  Mary  Richards,  who 
married  (second)  Eleazer  Jewett.  4.  Dr. 
Solomon,  married  (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Simon  Huntingdon,  the  first,  and  had : 
Simon,  Solomon  and  Lydia;  married  (second) 
Sarah  Bliss,  widow  of  Thomas  Soluman,  and 
had  one  son.  5.  Daniel,  married,  (first)  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Deacon and  Mary 

(Bushnell)  Adgate,  and  had:  Daniel  and  Abi- 
gail; he  married  (second)  Widow  Hannah 
(Backus)  Bingham,  and  had:  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth.  6.  Samuel,  died  without  issue.  7. 
Miriam,  married  Lieutenant  Thomas,  son  of 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Bourn)  Waterman,  of 
Marshfield. 

(XXVIII)  Captain  John  Tracy,  son  of 
Lieutenant  Thomas  and  Mary  (Mason)  Tracy, 
was  born  at  Wethersfield,  in  1642,  died  at  Nor- 
wich, August  16,  1702.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  Norwich,  justice  of  the 
peace,  represented  his  town  in  the  legislature 
at  six  sessions,  and  was  prominent  in  all  pub- 
lic affairs.  He  married,  August  17,  1670, 
Mary,  born  1646,  died  July  21,  1721,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Margaret  (Bourne)  Winslow, 
and  niece  of  Governor  Winslow  of  the  "May- 
flower." Children:  i.  Josiah,  died  young.  2. 
John  (see  forward).  3.  Joseph,  married  Mar- 
garet Abel;  children:  Joseph,  Dr.  Elisha, 
Phineas,  Mary  Margaret,  Zervia,  Lydia,  Irene, 


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Jerusha  and  Elizabeth.  4.  Winslow,  married 
Rachel,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Hannah 
(Bradford)  Ripley,  and  had:  Joshua,  Perez, 
Josiah,  Eliphalet,  Nehemiah,  Samuel,  •  Solo- 
mon. 5.  Elizabeth,  married  Nathaniel,  son  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Pratt)  Backus. 

(XXIX))  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  John 
(i)  and  Mary  (Winslow)  Tracy,  was  born 
about  1675.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Leffingwell.  Children:  John  (3), 
of  further  mention ;  Hezekiah,  died  without  is- 
sue; Joshua,  no  record,  perhaps  died  young; 

Isaac,    married   Bushnell;    Ann    (or 

Anne)  married  Richard,  second  son  of  Will- 
iam Hyde  (2),  of  Norwich;  Ruth,  married 
Elijah,  third  son  of  Samuel  Hyde  (2)  ;  Eliza- 
beth, no  record. 

(XXX)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Leffingwell)  Tracy,  was  born  June 
27,  1700,  died  at  West  Farms,  now  Franklin, 
August  20,  1786.  He  married,  January  21, 
1724,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Hyde  (i), 
of  Norwich.  Children:  John  (4),  of  whom 
further;  Eleazer,  Josiah,  Hezekiah,  Daniel, 
Theophilus,  Joshua,  Elizabeth,  married  Zebe- 

diah    Edgerton,    Margaret,    married    

Bentley,  and  Rachel,  married  Ezekiel  Hyde. 

(XXXI)  John  (4),  eldest  son  of  John  (3) 
and  Margaret  (Hyde)  Tracy,  was  born  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  February  11,  1725,  died 
at  Franklin,  March  28,  1810.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1747,  his  third  cousin,  Margaret 
Huntington.  Children:  John  (5),  of  whom 
further ;  Oliver,  married  Lydia  Rudd ;  Erastus, 
married  Sally  Prentice;  Lydia,  married  An- 
drew Hyde;  Margaret,  married  Benjamin 
Storrs;  Mary,  died  unmarried. 

(XXXII)  John  (5),  eldest  son  of  John  (4) 
and  Margaret  (Huntington)  Tracy,  was  born 
December  21,  1755.  He  settled  in  Columbus, 
New  York,  where  he  died  January  14,  1821. 
He  married.  May  24,  1780,  Esther  Pride,  died 
June,  1838.  Children:  i.  Rachel,  born  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  August  22,  1781,  died 
in  Wisconsin,  October  29,  1852;  married  An- 
drew Palmer,  of  Mansfield.  Connecticut.  2. 
John  (6),  born  at  Norwich,  October  25,  1783; 
settled  at  Oxford,  New  York,  and  became  a 
very  prominent  and  influential  citizen ;  he  was 
a  member  of  New  York  legislature,  lieutenant- 
governor  of  the  state,  and  president  of  the 
constitutional  convention  of  1846;  married  a 
distant  kinswoman,  Susannah  Hyde ;  both  died 
in  Oxford.  3.  Zedediah,  born  in  Franklin, 
Connecticut,  October  8,  1786;  settled  at  Dur- 


hamville,  New  York,  where  he  died.  Married 
(first)  Dorothy  Robinson;  (second)  Frances 
Hubbard.  4.  Ulysses,  born  August  13,  1790, 
died  in  infancy.  5.  Harriet,  born  at  Franklin, 
May  16,  1792,  died  at  Ithaca,  New  York;  mar- 
ried Otis  Eddy.  6.  Bela,  bom  at  Franklin, 
April  19,  1794,  died  at  Titusville,  Pennsyl- 
vania; married  Calista  Spurr.  7.  Esther,  of 
whom  further.  8.  Emily,  bom  at  Franklin, 
November  10,  1798,  died  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  September  30,  1838;  married  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Hedges,  a  physician,  of  Jamestown.  9. 
Ulysses  (2),  born  at  Franklin,  January  4,  1803, 
died  at  Sinclairville,  New  York,  August  19, 
1840;  married,  October,  1835,  Jane  L.  Bunker. 
(XXXni)  Esther,  seventh  child  and  second 
daughter  of  John  (5)  and  Esther  (Pride) 
Tracy,  was  born  at  Franklin,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 8,  1796,  died  at  Sinclairville,  New 
York;  she  married,  at  Ithaca,  New  York, 
April  17,  1 81 7,  James  Williams,  and  is  buried 
with  him  in  Evergreen  Cemetery,  at  Sinclair- 
ville. (See  Williams). 

(The  Dorsett  Line). 

(I)  Mrs.  Calista  T.  (Dorsett)  WiUiams  is 

a  descendant,  on  the  paternal  side,  of 

Dorsett,  residents  of  Acadia,  Nova  Scotia, 
from  whence  they  were  exiled  with  other  resi- 
dents in  1754-55,  being  placed  in  the  town  of 
Union.  Connecticut.  They  were  the  parents 
of  a  large  family,  among  whom  was  Joseph 
(see  forward). 

(II)  Joseph  Dorsett,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Williams,  was  born  June  1,01775,  died  May 
29,  1855.  He  married  Abigail  Hanks,  born 
February  23,  1780,  died  April  16,  1820,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Hanks.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  eight  children,  the  youngest  of  whom 
was  Daniel  Brewster  (see  forward). 

(III)  Daniel  Brewster  Dorsett,  father  of 
Mrs.  Williams,  was  born  June  12,  1816,  died 
August  15,  1892.  He  married,  at  East  ford, 
Connecticut,  November  16,  1841,  Harriet  Fox 
Preston.  In  1849  they  moved  to  Sinclairville, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  and  there  re- 
sided until  1890,  when  they  removed  to  James- 
town, New  York.  Their  children  were:  I. 
Calista  T.,  born  in  Eastford,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1843:  married,  January  i,  1862,  Ed- 
win Williams  (see  Williams,  IX).  2.  Daniel 
H.,  born  in  Eastford,  Connecticut,  July  6, 
1845,  died  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  November 
12,  1907.  He  married  (first)  Ellen  R.  Shep- 
ard,  of   Alarshalltown,   Iowa,  who  bore  him 


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two  children:  Rae  Shepard,  now  a  physician 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  Leonard 
P.,  who  is  engaged  in  business  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  He  married  (second)  Marie  Anderson, 
who  bore  him  five  children.  3.  Charles  W., 
bom  in  Sinclairville,  New  York,  September  28, 
1850;  married,  June  29,  1876,  Martha  Angle, 
of  Randolph,  New  York;  they  have  two 
daughters  married  and  living  in  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota,  and  three  adopted  children.  4. 
Hattie  Preston,  born  in  Sinclairville,  New 
York,  October  15,  1857,  died  January  24,  1863. 
5.  Minnie  F.,  born  in  Sinclairville,  New  York, 
April  22,  1865 ;  married,  May  14,  1885,  at  Sin- 
clairville, Dr.  George  F.  Smith ;  children : 
Charles,  born  July  15,  1887,  died  August  31, 
1908;  D.  Burt,  born  May  i,  1891. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Fox  (Preston)  Dorsett  was 
a  granddaughter  of  Esek  Preston,  who  was  a 
resident  of  Eastford,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried Sally,  born  October  20,  1769,  daughter  of 
Major  Earl  Clapp,  of  Rochester,  Massachu- 
setts. They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children, 
the  eldest  of  whom  was  Earl  Clapp  (see  for- 
ward). 

Earl  Clapp  Preston,  son  of  Esek  and  Sally 
(Clapp)  Preston,  and  father  of  Mrs.  Dorsett, 
was  born  November  25,  1796,  died  in  Sin- 
clairville, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  May 
5,  1890,  having  almost  attained  the  century 
mark.  He  married,  March  29,  1821,  Harriet 
Fox,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Fox,  of 
Woodstock,  Connecticut.  She  died  in  Sinclair- 
ville, New  York,  February  5,  1875.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  among 
whom  was  Harriet  Fox,  the  second  child,  born 
April  27,  1824,  died  November  11,  1904,  afore- 
mentioned as  the  wife  of  Daniel  Brewster  Dor- 
sett and  mother  of  Mrs.  Williams. 


This  family  is  of  great 
WILLIAMS     antiquity    in    England    and 

Wales,  and  the  name  is  de- 
rived from  the  ancient  personal  name  William. 
Like  many  other  possessive  names,  it  arose 
from  the  Welsh  custom  of  adding  to  a  man's 
name  the  name  of  his  father  in  the  possessive 
form,  as  William  John's,  from  which  quickly 
came  Jones,  David  Richard's,  Thomas  David's 
(Davie's  Davis),  and  kindred  forms.  Sir 
Robert  Williams,  ninth  baronet  of  the  house 
of  Williams  of  Penrhyn,  was  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Marchudes  of  Cyan,  Lord  of  Aberglen, 
in  Denbighshire,  of  one  of  the  fifteen  tribes 
of  North  Wales  that  lived  in  the  time  of  Rod- 


erick the  Great,  King  of  the  Britons,  about 
A.  D.  849.  The  seat  of  the  family  was  in 
Flint,  Wales,  and  in  Lincolnshire,  England. 
Oliver  Cromwell,  the  Protector,  was  a  Wil- 
liams by  right  of  descent,  and  was  related 
to  Richard  Williams,  who  settled  in  Taunton, 
Massachusets.  Alden  de  Cromwell  lived  in  the 
time  of  William  the  Conqueror,  and  from  him 
descended  in  succession  ten  Ralph  de  Crom- 
wells,  the  last  dying  without  issue.  The 
seventh  Ralph  de  Cromwell  married  Amicia, 
daughter  of  Robert  Berer,  member  of  par- 
liament. Robert  Cromwell  was  a  Lancastrian 
killed  in  the  wars  of  1461.  His  son  William 
(2)  left  a  daughter  Margaret,  who  was  an- 
cestor of  both  Cromwell  and  Williams.  John 
Cromwell  (3)  married  Joan  Smith,  and  had 
son  Walter  (4),  who  married  a  Glossop. 
Katherine  (5),  daughter  of  Walter  Cromw^ell, 
married  Morgan  Williams,  fifth  from  Howell 
Williams,  mentioned  below.  Sir  Richard  (6), 
son  of  Morgan  and  Katherine,  born  about 
1495,  married  Frances  Murfyn.  After  reach- 
ing mature  years  he  took  the  name  of  Crom- 
well, under  the  patronage  of  his  mother's 
brother,  Thomas  Cromwell,  and  lived  in 
Glamorganshire,  Wales.  Sir  Henry  (7),  son 
of  Sir  Richard  Cromwell,  alias  Williams,  was 
called  the  "Golden  Knight"  of  Hinchenbrook, 
Huntington,  and  married  Joan  Warren.  Rob- 
ert (8)  Cromwell,  alias  Williams,  was  of 
Huntington,  a  brewer,  and  married  Elizabeth 
Stewart.  Their  first  child  was  Oliver  the 
Great  Protector,  who  used  the  alias  in  his 
youth,  his  name  appearing  on  deeds  as  Oliver 
Williams,  alias  Cromwell.  (I)  Howell  Wil- 
liams, Lord  of  Ribour,  was  progenitor  of  the 
Williams  family  of  Wales.  (2)  Morgan,  son 
of  Howell  Williams,  married  Joan  Batten.  (3) 
Thomas,  son  of  Morgan  and  Joan  Williams, 
was  of  Lancashire,  and  died  in  London.  (4) 
John,  son  of  Thomas  Williams,  married  Mar- 
garet Smith  and  died  at  Mortlake,  1502. 
(5)  John,  son  of  John  and  Margaret  Williams, 
bom  1485,  married  Joan,  daughter  of  Henry 
Wykis,  of  Bolley's  Park,  Certney.  and  sister 
of  Elizabeth  Wykis,  who  married  Thomas 
Cromwell  (brother  of  Katherine,  mentioned 
above),  secretary  to  Henry  VIII.  Lord  Crom- 
well of  Oakham,  Earl  of  Essex.  (6)  Richard, 
son  of  John  and  Joan  Williams,  born  1487,  at 
Rochampton,  settled  at  Monmouth  and  Dexter, 
and  died  1559.  (7)  John,  son  of  Richard  Wil- 
liams, was  of  Huntingdonshire,  near  Wotton- 
under-Edge,  Gloucester,  died  1577.     (8)  Wil- 


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Hams,  son  of  John,  was  also  of  Huntingdon 
and  married  (first)  November  15,  1585,  Jane 
Shepherd;  (second)  December  4,  1603,  Jane 
Woodward.  His  first  child  by  the  second  mar- 
riage was  Richard  Williams,  who  settled  at 
Taunton.  The  Williams  families  of  America 
descend  from  more  than  a  score  of  different 
ancestors.-  That  several  of  them  were  related 
to  Richard  of  Taunton  seems  certain,  but  the 
degree  has  not  been  traced  in  various  instances. 

(I)  Stephen  and  Mary  (Cook)  Williams  re- 
sided in  England,  whence  their  son  came  to 
America,  and  among  the  descendants  was  the 
founder  of  Williams  College. 

(H)  Robert,  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary 
(Cook)  Williams,  was  bom  1598,  and  baptized 
at  Great  Yarmouth,  England.  He  came  from 
Norwich  to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  made  a  freeman  in  1638.  He  sailed 
from  Great  Yarmouth  in  1635,  in  the  ship 
'*Rose,"  and  died  at  Roxbury,  September  i, 
1693.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and 
Honorable  Artillery  Company  of  Boston  in 
1644.  He  married  (first),  December  11,  1628, 
in  England,  Elizabeth  Stahlman,  who  died 
July  28,  1674;  (second)  Martha  Strong,  who 
died  December  22,  1704.  Children :  Elizabeth, 
Deborah,  John,  Samuel,  Isaac,  Stephen  and 
Thomas. 

(HI)  Samuel  (i),  second  son  of  Robert 
and  Elizabeth  (Stahlman)  Williams,  was  born 
in  England,  1632,  died  September  28,  1698; 
married,  March  2,  1654,  Theoda,  daughter  of 
Deacon  William  and  Martha  (Holgrave) 
Parke,  of  Roxbury,  who  married  (second) 
Stephen  Peck.  Children:  Elizabeth;  Samuel 
(2);  Mardia;  Elizabeth  (2);  Theoda;  John; 
Deborah,  married  Joseph  Warren,  grandfather 
of  General  Joseph  Warren,  who  was  killed  at 
Bunker  Hill ;  Martha,  Abigail  and  Park.  One 
of  his  sons.  Rev.  John,  was  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  College,  1683,  and  the  first  minister 
of  Deerfield,  Massachusetts.  The  story  of  his 
captivity  among  the  Indians  is  a  familiar  one. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Theoda  (Parke)  Williams,  was  born  in  Rox- 
bury, Massachusetts,  April  15,  1655,  died  in 
Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  August  8,  1735 ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  May,  February  24,  1679. 
She  died  December  29,  17 12.  He  married 
(second),  April  28,  1720,  Dorothy  (Weld) 
Denison.  Children:  Samuel  (3);  Theoda, 
married  Samuel  Scarborough;  John;  Sarah, 
married  John  Polly;  Ebenezer;  Elizabeth, 
married  Rev.  Samuel  Ruggles ;  Eleazer ;  Wil- 


liam, of  whom  further;  Martha,  married 
Thomas  Colton.  Descendant's  of  first  and  sec- 
ond Samuel  have  been  noted  in  the  Christian 
ministry. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Sarah 
(May)  Williams,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  Con- 
necticut, April  24,  1698,  died  June  21,  1766; 
married,  1720,  Sarah  Stevens,  of  Roxbury, 
and  removed  to  Pomfret  the  same  year.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  Roxbury  church,  and 
was  also  connected  with  the  church  at  Pom- 
fret.  His  wife  died  June  6,  1786,  aged  eighty 
years.  Children:  Samuel,  of  whom  further; 
William,  married  Martha  Williams;  Thomas, 
graduate  of  Yale  College;  Nathan,  died  aged 
twenty-nine  years;  Timothy  and  Eliakim, 
drowned  in  a  mill  pond  in  1796,  aged  fifteen 
and  sixteen  years ;  Joseph. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Stevens)  W^illiams,  was  bom  in  Pomfret, 
Connecticut,  1721,  died  February  4,  1805,  aged 
eighty-four  years.  He  was  a  prosperous  farm- 
er. He  had  three  wives,  and  seven  children, 
who  grew  to  adult  age,  four  by  first  wife, 
three  bv  second. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Williams, 
was  born  March  28,  1768,  died  March  5,  1832. 
He  resided  in  Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  and  at 
the  time  of  the  controversy  between  his  church, 
the  Congregational,  and  the  Unitarians,  he 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  latter.  The  contro- 
versy split  the  Brooklyn  church,  and  since 
that  time  the  family  have  been  Unitarians. 
He  married,  December  25,  1793,  Susan  Far- 
rington,  of  Boston,  born  about  1778;  eight 
children,  one  of  whom,  Daniel,  after  going 
to  Michigan  settled  in  Buffalo. 

(VIII)  John  R.,  third  child  of  John  and 
Susan  (Farring^on)  Williams,  was  bom  at 
Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  July  20,  1800,  died  at 
Buffalo,  New  York,  August  12,  1849.  He 
followed  farming  in  Connecticut  until  1838, 
when  he  emigrated  to  Buffalo,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  and  in  the 
lumber  trade.  He  was  an  ardent  Abolitionist, 
and  followed  closely  that  movement  through 
the  columns  of  The  Liberator,  to  which  he 
was  a  subscriber,  and  an  intimate  friend  of 
the  Whig  and  Abolition  leader,  Samuel  J. 
May.  He  was  a  devoted  Unitarian  and  a 
strict  temperance  man.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  held  an  office  under  the  city  govern- 
ment. He  married  Louisa  Upham,  bom  in 
Leicester,  Massachusetts,  July  12,  1804,  died 
in  Buffalo,  March  13,  1863,  daughter  of  Bar- 


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nard  and  Betsey  (Hubbard)  Upham,  and 
granddaughter  of  Captain  E>aniel  Hubbard, 
who  fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  and,  tradition 
says,  carried  from  the  field  an  American  offi- 
cer of  high  rank. 

G)MMONWEALTH    OF    MASSACHUSETTS, 

Office  of  Secretar>'- 

Boston,    Mass.,    March   7,    1894. 

Revoliitionary  service  of  Daniel  Hubbard:  Daniel 
Hubbard  appears  with  rank  of  private  on  Lexing- 
ton Alarm  Roll  of  Captain  Seth  Washburn's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Jonathan  Ward's  regiment.  Marched 
in  the  Alai'm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  Leicester. 
Served  seven  days.  Appears  with  the  rank  of  cor- 
poral on  Muster  Roll  of  Captain  Seth  Washburn's 
company,  Colonel  Ward's  regiment,  August  i,  1775. 
Enlisted  April  26,  1775,  served  three  months,  twelve 
days.  Also  appears  with  rank  of  corporal  on  com- 
pany return  of  Captain  Washburn,  Colonel  Ward's 
regiment,  dated  October  8,  1775.  He  appears  on 
Leicester  Rolls,  credited  with  eight  months  service. 

William  M.  Olin,  Secretary. 

(See  "Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the 
Revolution.") 

Children  of  John  R.  Williams:  i.  Frank- 
lin, of  whom  further.  2.  Robert  L.,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1829;  married  Levina  Steel,  of 
Buffalo,  September   15,   1854;  four  children. 

3.  Elizabeth  Hubbard,  born  July  18,  1831,  died 
June  25,  1908;  married  E.  Carlton  Sprague. 

4.  Barnard,  bom  May  9,  1833,  died  March  13, 
1869.  5.  Daniel  R.,  born  March  29,  1835, 
married  Mary  W.  Moulton.  6.  Lucy  B.,  born 
May  12,  1836,  died  July  25,  1852.  7.  Amelia 
L.,  born  September  15,  1839;  resides  in  Buf- 
falo. 

(IX)  Franklin,  eldest  son  of  John  R.  and 
Louisa  (Upham)  Williams,  was  born  in 
Brooklyn,  Connecticut,  August  7,  1827,  died 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  August  13,  1884.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Buf- 
falo Academy.  He  was  about  ten  years  of 
age  when  his  father  located  in  Buffalo,  and 
that  city  was  ever  afterward  his  home.  He 
became  a  surveyor  and  civil  engineer,  and 
laid  out  the  old  Attica  &  Buffalo  railroad, 
now  a  part  of  the  Erie  system.  About  1866 
he  became  interested  in  transportation  business 
on  the  great  lakes.  Later  he  engaged  in  coal 
mining  at  Oak  Ridge,  Pennsylvania,  where  the 
firm  of  Frank  Williams  &  Company  were 
known  as  extensive  and  successful  operators. 
This  business  is  yet  continued  by  his  sons,  as 
is  the  wholesale  and  retail  coal  business  he 
established  in  Buffalo.  Mr.  Williams  was  an 
energetic,  admirable  man  of  business,  yet 
keenly  alive  to  his  duties  to  church  and  state. 


He  served  as  engineer  in  the  Seventy-fourth 
Regiment  during  the  civil  war,  and  from  1880- 
82  as  alderman  of  the  Ninth  Ward  of  Buffalo. 
He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Charity 
Organization  Society,  the  first  society  of  its 
kind  organized  in  the  United  States.  He  was 
an  active,  independent  Republican,  and  a  warm 
friend  of  Grover  Cleveland,  whose  early  poli- 
tical career  was  greatly  influenced  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liams and  others  of  the  opposite  party.  He 
was  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  First  Uni- 
tarian Church  of  Buffalo,  to  whose  service  he 
gave  freely  of  his  time  and  means. 

He  married,  December  2,  1852,  Olive 
French,  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  bom  there 
May  16,  1828,  died  in  Buffalo,  December  11, 
1908,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  French,  born  in 
Voluntown,  Connecticut,  a  school  teacher  and 
farmer;  served  in  the  war  of  18 12,  and  re- 
ceived a  land  grant  for  his  services;  married 
Olive,  daughter  of  John  Hall,  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution,  who  marched  from  Connecticut  on 
the  Alarm  at  Lexington,  and  later  served  with 
Connecticut  troops  on  Long  Island.  Hezekiah 
was  a  son  of  Nathaniel  French.  Children  of 
Frank  and  Olive  Williams: 

1.  John  Ruggles,  born  in  Buffalo,  August 
7,  1853  5  ^  coal  merchant  of  Buffalo,  member 
of  Frank  Williams  &  Company.  Is  an  active 
Republican,  member  of  the  First  Unitarian 
Church,  Buffalo,  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Saturn  and  Ellicott  clubs. 

2.  Frank  French,  bom  in  Buffalo,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1855;  graduate,  A.  B.,  University  of 
Michigan,  1877;  studied  law  with  E.  Carlton 
Sprague,  of  Buffalo,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  1880.  He  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Buffalo  immediately  after  his  admission,  and 
there  continues  in  successful  general  practice. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church ; 
Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce;  Erie  County 
Bar  Association;  New  York  State  Bar  Asso- 
ciation; Phi  Beta  Kappa  fraternity:  and  in 
politics  is  a  Republican.  He  married  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Churchyard,  of  Buffalo; 
children :    Olive  and  Roger  Churchyard. 

3.  Robert  Hall,  died  December  13,  1906. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  coal  firm,  Frank  Wil- 
liams &  Company,  and  a  thorough  man  of 
business,  who  stood  high  in  the  commercial 
world.  He  was  equally  prominent  in  Pitts- 
burgh business  circles.  He  was  a  leading 
member  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church,  and  an 
independent  Republican.  His  clubs  were  the 
Saturn  and  Ellicott.     He  married   Elizabeth, 


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died  November  2,  1821.  He  was  killed  by  the 
falling  of  a  tree  and  is  buried  at  New  Berlin, 
New  York.  He  had  a  brother,  George,  who 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  British  navy  under  Ad- 
miral Nelson,  and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of 
the  Nile.  There  were  also  three  sisters :  Ann, 
Elizabeth  and  Charlotte.  Richard  Stoneman 
came  to  the  United  States  soon  after  the  revo- 
lution, with  means  furnished  him  by  an  Aunt 
Grace,  who  had  married  an  Englishman  of 
wealth  and  rank.  Returning  to  England,  he 
visited  his  sister  Elizabeth  in  the  garb  of  a 
common  sailor,  in  which  capacity  he  had  made 
the  return  voyage.  She  requested  him  to  get 
better  clothes  before  she  would  present  him  to 
her  friends.  Being  independent  in  spirit,  he 
shook  the  dust  from  his  feet  and  went  to  his 
sister  Charlotte,  who  received  him  with  open 
arms.  In  memory  of  the  episode  he  named 
his  first  daughter  Charlotte.  His  Aunt  Grace 
again  furnished  him  with  funds,  with  which 
he  bought  a  cargo  of  wool  and  returned  to 
America.  He  there  built  a  woolen  mill  and 
became  a  manufacturer.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1797,  Mary  Perkins,  from  Foster, 
Rhode  Island,  at  New  Berlin,  New  York. 
They  had  ten  children. 

(II)  George,  eldest  child  of  Richard  and 
Mary  (Perkins)  Stoneman,  was  born  at  New 
Berlin.  Chenango  county,  New  York,  January 
9»  i799»  died  August  6,  1877,  ^^  Busti,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York.  With  his  brother 
Richard  he  started  out  to  seek  his  fortune. 
They  parted  at  a  cross  road,  one  going  to  Os- 
wego, George  going  to  Chautauqua  county, 
and  never  met  again.  George  Stoneman  be- 
came a  farmer  of  the  town  of  Busti.  He  mar- 
ried Katherine  Cheney,  July  22,  182 1.  Tliey 
had  eight  children,  the  youngest  of  whom  was 
Charlotte  A.,  who  married  Benjamin  Harris 
Williams. 

Maude  I.  Smith  Williams  is  a  descendant 
of  James  Merritt,  who  was  born  at  Canton, 
Connecticut,  August  24,  1744,  died  1821,  at 
Barkhampsted,  Connecticut.  lie  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war.  (See  "Connecticut  Men 
in  the  Revolution.*')  He  married,  June  16, 
1768,  Hannah  Phelps,  born  at  Simsbury,  Con- 
necticut, May  29,  1749,  died  1825,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Watson)  Phelps. 
Thev  had  ten  children. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Phelps)  Merritt,  was  born  October  31,  1788, 
died  October  14,  1867.  He  married  Sylvia 
Merrill,   born    1792,   died   January    15,    1852, 


daughter  of  John  and   Elizabeth    (Shepard) 
Merrill.     They  had  eight  children. 

(III)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Sylvia  (Merrill)  Merritt,  was  bom  1825,  died 
January  21,  1895.  She  married,  January  25, 
1845,  Asa  W.  Cash,  born  1824,  died  December 
25>   ^9^7-     They  had   two   children. 

(IV)  Nellie,  daughter  of  Asa  W.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Merritt)  Cash,  was  bom  July  12,  1854, 
died  September  11,  1893:  married,  April  24, 
1874,  Lester  B.  Smith. 

(V)  Maude  I.,  daughter  of  Lester  B.  and 
Nellie  (Cash)  Smith,  married  Harris  S. 
Williams. 


This  is  a  well-known  name  in 
FRANCIS     this  country  and  is  borne  by 

men  of  high  rank  in  the  pro- 
fessions, in  business  and  in  public  life.  The 
family  first  appears  in  Western  New  York,  in 
Cayuga  county,  later  in  Orleans  county,  where 
Elihu  Francis  lived  in  the  town  of  Ridgeway, 
about  one  mile  east  of  Ridgeway  Corners.  He 
was  of  an  unsettled  disposition  and  travelled 
extensively.  He  died  at  the  home  of  his  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Jacques,  at  the  foot  of  Hemlock  Lake 
in  Livingston  county.  He  married  and  had 
children:  Amanda,  married  (first)  a  Mr. 
Sweetland,  married  (second)  a  Mr.  Allen; 
Harriet,  married  Russell  Jacques ;  Lydia,  mar- 
ried Alfred  Kendall ;  Sylvester  and  Harvey. 

(II)  Harvey,  son  of  Elihu  Francis,  was 
born  in  the  state  of  Connecticut  in  1806,  died 
in  Middleport,  Niagara  county.  New  York. 
November  24,  1869.  His  father,  who  was  a 
native  of  Connecticut,  began  his  travels  in 
New  York  about  183040  and  took  his  son 
Harvey  with  him.  After  a  short  residence 
in  Cayuga  county.  New  York,  he  removed  to 
Ridgeway,  Orleans  county,  where  they  re- 
mained until  the  spring  of  1847.  Harvey  set- 
tled at  Johnson's  Creek,  Niagara  county,  and 
in  1864  removed  to  Middleport  in  the  same 
county,  where  he  died  five  years  later.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  operated  country  stores  in 
several  different  localities.  He  was  a  good 
business  man  and  during  his  life  possessed  a 
generous  estate.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  lived  a  life 
consistent  with  his  profession.  He  married 
Elizabeth  P.  Hooker,  born  18 10,  died  October 
2.  1872,  at  Middleport,  daughter  of  David 
Hooker,  of  Ridgeway,  Orleans  county.  New 
York.  Their  children:  Three  who  died  in 
infancy;  Harriet,  died  in  Hartland,  Niagara 


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county,  at  the  age  of  thirty-two  years;  mar- 
ried Frank  B.  Seeley ;  left  a  son  and  daughter ; 
Charles  S.  and  Harriet  E.  Seeley ;  Charles  H. 
(of  further  mention). 

(Ill)  Charles  H.,  only  son  of  Harvey  and 
Elizabeth  P.  (Hooker)  Francis,  was  born  at 
Ridgeway,  Orleans  county,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1835.  He  was  educated  in  the  vil- 
lage school,  and  after  leaving  school  became 
clerk  in  his  father's  store  at  Johnson's  Creek. 
He  remained  in  that  employ  for  three  years, 
and  in  1857  he  purchased  of  his  father  the 
store  and  business.  He  remained  there  in 
successful  business  until  1864,  when  he  sold 
his  property  and  business  and  removed  to  Mid- 
dleport,  where  he  has  ever  since  resided.  For 
six  years  after  locating  in  Middleport  he  en- 
gaged in  milling,  then  for  several  years  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  life  until  1878,  when 
he  engaged  in  farming,  continuing  until  1884. 
In  that  year  he  became  interested  in  the  can- 
ning and  preserving  of  fruits  and  v^etables, 
operating  canning  factories  at  Middleport, 
Batavia  and  Brockport  until  1905,  when  he 
retired  from  all  active  participation  in  busi- 
ness. He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  for 
six  terms  (not  consecutive)  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Middleport  village  corporation. 
In  religious  faith  the  family  are  Universalists. 
He  is  highly  esteemed  in  his  community  and 
is  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  town. 

He  married,  February  4,  1873,  at  Middle- 
port,  Sarah  Southwick,  born  in  Orleans 
county.  New  York,  October  28,  1844,  daugh- 
ter of  Alfred  and  Ann  (Watson)  Southwick, 
of  Orleans  county,  New  York.  Children: 
Anna,  born  May  30,  1878,  died  March  8,  1888 ; 
Dora,  born  May  4,  1883;  married,  March  4, 
1909,  Fred  J.  Haist,  formerly  of  Buffalo,  now 
engaged  in  the  drug^business  in  Middleport. 


The   historv   of   the    Warren 

ti 

WARREN     family  is  exceeded  in  interest 

and  antiquity  by  none  in  Eng- 
land. The  surname  is  derived  from  Garenne 
or  Varenne,  a  small  river  in  the  old  country 
of  Calais,  or  Caux,  in  Normandy,  which  gave 
its  name  to  the  neighboring  commune.  There 
is  at  present  a  village  called  Garenne  in  the 
same  district,  and  it  is  here  that  the  origin 
of  the  family  has  been  fixed  by  historians. 
On  the  west  side  of  the  River  Garenne  was 
the  ancient  baronial  seat  of  the  de  Warrenes, 
and  ruins  were  standing  in  1832.  The  sur- 
name has  assumed  different  forms  from  time 


to  time — Gareyn,  Wareyn,  Waryn,  Warin, 
Warynge,  Waryng  and  Warren.  The  Nor- 
man ancestry  of  the  family  is  traced  to  RoUo, 
Rolf,  or  Rov,  860  to  930,  the  great-great- 
great-grandfather  of  William  the  Conqueror. 
About  1060  the  Norman  line  unites  with  the 
Saxon  by  the  marriage  of  William  de  War- 
ren to  Elizabeth  of  the  twelfth  Saxon  genera- 
tion, beginning  with  Ealhmund  of  Kent,  King 
of  England,  great-grandfather  of  King  Al- 
fred the  Great. 

(I)  Rollo  Rolf,  or  Rov,  a  Scandinavian 
rover,  born  A.  D.  860,  died  930,  made  him- 
self independent  of  Harold  of  Norway,  vis- 
ited Scotland,  England  and  Flanders,  in  plun- 
dering expeditions,  and  about  A.  D.  912  es- 
tablished himself  on  the  River  Seine  and  laid 
the  foundation  of  the  Duchy  of  Normandy, 
through  grants  obtained  through  rulers  in 
France.  He  was  the  first  Duke  of  Normandy ; 
and  had  a  son 

(II)  William,  second  Duke  of  Normandy, 
surnamed  "Longsword,"  ruled  from  927  to 
943;  he  had  a  son  (III)  Richard  the  Fear- 
less, third  Duke  of  Normandy,  from  943  to 
997;  he  had  a  son  (IV)  Richard  the  Good, 
fourth  Duke  of  Normandy,  997  to  1027,  who 
had  a  son  (V)  Robert  the  Magnificent,  fifth 
Duke  of  NormaAdy,  died  1035 »  ^^  ^^^  ^  "^t' 
ural  son  (VI)  William  the -Conqueror,  King, 
born  in  Falaise,  Normandy,  1027,  died  Sep- 
tember 9,  1087,  whose  mother,  Helena,  was 
daughter  of  Fulbert,  a  tanner  of  Falaise.  Oc- 
tober 14,  1066,  William  declared  himself  King 
of  England,  and  ruled  from  1066  to  1087. 
In  1052  he  married  Matilda  of  Flanders, 
daughter  of  Baldwin  V.  One  of  William's 
daughters  was 

(VII)  Gundreda,  married  William  de  War- 
ren (i),  a  kinsman  of  her  father,  and  who 
was  in  command  at  the  battle  of  Hastings. 
As  a  reward  of  his  valor,  he  was  made  earl 
by  William,  and  granted  a  large  estate  in 
lands.  He  selected  a  site  for  his  castle  on 
an  eminence  near  the  village  of  Lewes,  in  Sus- 
sex. He  erected  a  cluniac  priory,  or  convent, 
in  the  town  of  Lewes,  and  he  and  his  wife 
were  buried  in  the  priory,  side  by  side,  and 
in  1845,  when  laborers  were  excavating 
through  the  site  for  the  purpose  of  building 
a  railroad,  their  remains  were  discovered,  each 
enclosed  in  a  leaden  box  or  coffin,  and  sur- 
rounded with  rock  pebbles  of  small  size.  On 
one  of  these  boxes  was  the  name  "William,** 
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perfectly  legible,  although  they  had  lain  bur- 
ied more  than  eight  centuries,  for  the  earl 
died  1088,  and  the  princess  1045.  They  had  a 
son 

(VIII)  William  de  Warren,  second  Earl 
of  Surrey  and  Mortimer,  in  Normandy,  bom 
about  1 1 14,  died  1138,  and  after  11 18  was 
Robert,  Earl  of  Leicester.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth (Isabel),  daughter  of  Hugh,  Count  of 
Vermandois,  son  of  Henry  I  of  France,  a 
descendant  of  Henry  the  Great.  (See  XII, 
Saxon  line,  where  this  line  merges). 

(Saxon  Ancestry). 

(I)  Ealhmund  of  Kent,  King  of  England, 
founder  of  the  Saxon  line,  had  a  son  (II) 
Egbert,  succeeded  Brithric  in  the  kingdom  of 
Wessex,  A.  D.,  800.  He  married  Raedburk, 
and  died  836,  leaving  a  son  (III)  Ethelnolf, 
reigned  from  836  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
856;  married  Osburh,  daughter  of  Osalf,  his 
cup-bearer,  and  had  a  son 

(IV)  Alfred  the  Great,  born  849,  died  Oc- 
tober 24,  901 ;  crowned  King  of  England, 
March  23,  872.  During  his  reign  he  formed 
and  promulgated  a  code  of  laws,  established 
a  system  of  trial  by  jury,  organized  an  army 
and  navy,  caused  the  kingdom  to  be  surveyed 
and  subdivided,  adopted  measures  for  the  en- 
couragement of  learning,  and  thus  brought 
about  the  culminating  power  and  glory  of 
Saxon  England.  In  869  he  married  Ales- 
witha,  of  the  royal  house  of  Mercia,  by  whom 
he  had  three  sons  and  three  daughters.  His 
second  son, 

(V)  King  Edward  the  Elder,  became  King 
of  the  West  Saxons  and  died  924.  He  mar- 
ried three  times,  and  by  his  first  wif^  had 
a  daughter  (VI)  Princess  Edguia,  married 
Qiarles  III,  King  of  France,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 2jy  982,  and  had  a  son  (VII)  Louis 
D'Outremer  (Louis  IV),  King  of  France, 
married  Gerberger,  daughter  of  Henry  I,  of 
Germany,  and  died  September  10,  954,  leav- 
ing a  daughter  (VIII)  Princess  Gerberger, 
married  Albert  I,  Count  of  Vermandois,  born 
943,  died  983,  leaving  a  son  (IX)  Herbert, 
bom  968,  died  993,  leaving  a  son  (X)  Her- 
bert, Count  of  Vermandois  and  Valois,  died 
1080,  leaving  a  daughter  (XI)  Adela  de  Ver- 
mandois, married  Hugh  the  Great,  son  of 
Henry  II,  of  France,  and  Count  Vermandois 
and  Valois.    They  had  a  daughter 

(XII)  Elizabeth  (Isabel),  married  William 
de  Warren,  second  Earl  of  Surrey,  and  War- 


renne  and  Mortimer  in  Normandy.  He  was 
born  about  1040  and  died  1130.  They  had 
a  son  (XIII)  Reganal  de  Warrenne,  married 
Adela,  daughter  of  Roger  de  Mowbray. 
They  had  a  son  (XIV)  William  de  Warren, 
married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Sir  William  de 
Hayden,  and  had  a  son  (XV)  Sir  John  de 
Warren,  who  married  Alice,  daughter  of 
Roger  de  Townshend,  and  had  a  son  (XVI) 
John  de  Warrenne,  married  Joan,  daughter 
of  Sir  Hugh  de  Post,  and  had  a  son  (XVII) 
Sir  Edward  de  Warrenne,  married  Maude, 
daughter  of  Richard  de  Skeyton,  and  had  a 
son  (XVIII)  Sir  Edward  de  Warren,  mar- 
ried Cicely,  daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  de  Ea- 
ton, and  had  a  son  (XIX)  Sir  John  de  War- 
ren, married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard 
Wynnington,  and  had  a  son  (XX)  Sir  Laur- 
ence de  Warren,  married  Margery,  daughter 
of  Hugh   Bulkley,  Esquire,  and  had  a  son 

(XXI)  John  de  Warren,  married  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Stanley,  and  had  a  son 

(XXII)  Sir  Lawrence  de  Warren,  married 
Isabel,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Leigh,  in  1458, 
and  had  a  son  (XXIII)  William  de  Warren, 
by  wife  Anne,  had  a  son  (XXIV)  John  de 
Warren,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  a  son  (XXV) 
John  Warren,  of  Headbury,  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, who  had  a  son  (XXVI)  Christopher 
Warren,  who  had  a  son  (XXVII)  William 
Warren,  married  Anne  Mable,  and  had  a  son 
(XXVIII)  Christopher  Warren,  married 
Alice  Webb,  and  had 

(XXIX)  John  Warren,  married,  in  Eng- 
land,  Margaret  ,   and  came   to   New 

England  in  1630,  in  the  same  fleet  with  Sir 
Richard  Saltonstall,  and  settled  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in  December, 
1667.  He  was  made  freeman,  1631,  was  a 
selectman,  1636-40,  andcommissioner  for  lay- 
ing out  roads  in  the  town.  He  owned  a 
houselot  of  twelve  acres,  and  other  lands  to 
the  extent  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-six 
acres.  In  October,  165 1,  John  Warren  was 
fined  twenty  shillings  for  not  complying  with 
the  law  relating  to  baptism,  and  in  1661  the 
houses  of  "Old  Warren''  and  "Goodman 
Hammond"  were  ordered  searched  for  Quak- 
ers. John  and  Margaret  Warren  had  chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1622 ;  Mary,  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1625,  married,  October  31,  1642,  John 
Bigelow;  Daniel,  born  in  England,  1628; 
Elizabeth,  bom  in  England,  1630,  married, 
about  1654,  James  Knapp. 

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Margaret  Warren,  was  born  in  England  in 
1622,  came  to  New  England  with  his  father 
in  1630,  and  married,  July  11,  1667,  Michal, 
daughter  of  Robert  Jennison  and  widow  of 
Richard  Bloise.  Children:  Margaret,  born 
May  6,  1668;  Sarah,  January  25,  1671,  died 
young;  Eliza,  July  18,  1673,  married,  October 
18,  1705,  Daniel  Harrington;  Mary,  May  25, 
1675,  married,  December  30,  1690,  Joseph 
Pierce;  John,  May  21,  1678;  Grace,  March 
12,  1680;  Samuel,  January  23,  1683,  was 
called  captain,  died  1703. 

(XXXI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Michal  (Jennison-Bloise)  Warren,  was  born 
May  21,  1678;  married  (first)  Abigail  Hast- 
ings, died  July  19,  1710;  (second)  May  14, 
171 1,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Fisk. 
John  Warren  had  five  children  by  his  first 
and  four  by  his  second  wife:  i.  John,  born 
April  3,  1 701.  2.  Sarah,  September  20,  1702. 
3.  Samuel,  March  18,  1704.  4.  Thomas,  De- 
cember II,  1706.  5.  David,  June  22,  1708. 
6.  Benjamin,  April  4,  171 5.  7.  David,  Janu- 
ary 8,  1717.  8.  Abigail,  October  28,  1719. 
9.  Lucy,  October  26,  1721 ;  married,  June  21, 
1744,  James  Leland,  of  Grafton,  son  of  James 
and  Hannah  (Larned)  Leland,  and  brother 
of  Phineas  Leland,  who  married  (second) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Warren,  half- 
brother  of  Lucy  Warren.  "^ 

(XXXII)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Abigail  (Hastings)  Warren,  was  born  March 
18,  1704,  died  January  26,  1776.  In  1730  he 
removed  from  Weston  to  Grafton,  and  died 
in  the  latter  town.  He  married,  August  26, 
1728,  Tabitha  Stone,  born  1702,  died  Grafton, 
April  21,  1765.  Children:  Samuel,  born 
April  20,  1730;  Sarah,  December  24,  1731, 
first  child  baptized  in  Grafton ;  Rebecca,  April 
16,  1733;  Abigail,  April  29,  1735;  John,  Au- 
gust 8,  1736;  Tabitha,  August  6,  1739;  Will- 
iam, May  29,  1740,  settled  in  Conway ;  David, 
March  24,  1742;  Joseph,  April  22,  1745; 
Martha,  May  31,  1749. 

(XXXIII)  David,  son  of  Samuel  and  Tabi- 
tha fStone)-  Warren,  was  born  March  24, 
1742,  died  at  Weathersfield,  Vermont,  about 
1826.  He  removed  from  Massachusetts  to 
New  Hampshire,  settling  first  at  Croyden, 
and  later  removed  to  Vermont,  where  he 
died.  He  married,  at  Newport,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Prudence,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Je- 
rusha  (Leland)  Whipple,  and  maternal 
granddaughter  of  James  Leland.  She  was 
born  in  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  died  in  New- 


port, New  Hampshire,  1820.  Children:  i. 
Moses,  born  1762;  died  in  Cape  Breton.  2. 
Aaron,  born  1763;  died  in  New  York  state. 
3,  Tabitha,  bom  1764;  died  in  Pomfret,  Ver- 
mont. 4.  David,  of  further  mention.  5.  Pru- 
dence, born  1768;  died  at  Newport,  New 
Hampshire ;  married  Abel  Wheeler.  6.  Polly, 
born  1770;  died  in  Newport,  New  Hampshire. 
7.  Isaac,  bom  1772;  died  in  Newport,  New 
Hampshire.  8.  Samuel,  born  1775;  died  in 
Ohio.  9.  Louise,  born  1777;  died  in  Morris- 
town,  Vermont.  10.  Asahel,  born  1778;  died 
in  Weathersfield,  Vermont;  married  Huldah 
Leland.  11.  Jemima,  born  1781 ;  died  in  Mor- 
ristown,  Vermont;  married  Lyrell  Goodell. 

(XXXIV)  David  (2),  son  of  David  and 
Prudence  (Whipple)  Warren,  was  bom 
March  13,  1766;  died  at  Rochester,  Vermont, 
October  24,  1832.  He  married  Anna  BuUen, 
bom  February  i,  1771 ;  died  August  7,  1838. 
Children:  i.  David  (3),  born  October  9, 
1791 ;  died  in  Brandon,  Vermont,  December  5, 
1868.  2.  Anna,  born  September  5,  1793 ;  died 
in  Rochester,  Vermont,  January  6,  1826.  3. 
John,  bom  October  17,  1796; -died  July  27, 
1853.  4.  Daniel,  of  further  mention;  5.  Hor- 
ace, born  October  11,  1800;  died  July  11,  1803. 
6.  Polly,  bora  July  8,  1803.  7.  Olive,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1805 ;  died  April  10,  1897.  8.  Lothera, 
January  24,  1809;  died  April  12,  1898.  9. 
Eliza,  September  16,  181 1;  died  March  26, 
1855. 

(XXXV)  Daniel,  son  of  David  (2)  and 
Anna  (Bullen)  Warren,  was  bom  near 
Rochester,  Vermont,  March  3,  1798;  died 
near  Rochester,  January  29,  1864.  He  was 
a  farmer,  cultivating  a  farm  in  the  town  of 
his  birth,  also  a  Congregational  minister.  He 
married  Priscilla  Sparhawk.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  married  (first)  a  Mr.  Bassett;  (sec- 
ond) Kettridge  Goodnow.  2.  Joseph,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  3.  Henry  D.,  born  1834,  died 
1885.  4.  Evarts  E.  S.,  born  1836,  died  1880. 
5.  Ellen  Priscilla,  born  1839,  died  1882 ;  mar- 
ried Luther  B.  Hunt. 

(XXXVI)  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  Daniel  and 
Priscilla  (Sparhawk)  Warren,  was  bom  in 
Waterbury,  Vermont,  July  24,  1829;  died  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  September  30,  1876.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  by  a 
great  display  of  energy  and  ambition  pre- 
pared for  college,  later  literally  working  his 
way  through  the  University  of  Vermont, 
graduating  Bachelor  of  Arts,  1851,  receiving 
from  his  alma  mater  three  years  later  the  de- 


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gree  of  Master  of  Arts.  After  graduation 
he  removed  to  Albany,  New  York,  where  he 
was  employed  for  a  time  on  the  Country  Gen- 
tleman and  Cultivator,  Here  his  natural  quali- 
fications for  journalism  and  editorial  work 
were  made  manifest  and  satisfactorily  demon- 
strated. During  his  sojourn  in  Albany  he  was 
an  instructor  at  the  Albany  Boys'  Academy, 
occupying  the  chair  of  ancient  languages.  In 
October,  1854,  he  came  to  Buffalo  to  accept 
the  position  of  local  editor  of  The  Courier,  and 
at  once  made  his  department  attractive,  re- 
liable and  popular.  In  1857  he  was  elected 
superintendent  of  schools.  In  1858  he  asso- 
ciated himself  with  Gilbert  K.  Harroun  in 
the  purchase  of  The  Courier,  and  began  his 
connection  with  Buffalo  journalism,  which 
continued  for  more  than  eighteen  years,  and 
gave  him  a  conspicuous  position  among  the 
newspaper  workers  of  the  country.  He  was 
first  assistant  to  the  editor,  but  soon  assumed 
chief  editorial  control,  and  maintained  that 
position  until  his  death  in  1876.  In  i860  the 
firm  became  Sanford,  Warren  &  Harroun, 
later  changed  to  Joseph  Warren  &  Company. 
January  i,  1869,  this  firm  and  Haward  & 
Johnson  consolidated,  the  proprietors  forming 
a  joint  stock  company  with  the  title  of  The 
Courier  Company,  with  Joseph  Warren,  presi- 
dent. The  company  then  published  the  Daily, 
Evening  and  Weekly  Courier  and  The  Re- 
public. They  also  did  a  very  large  job  print- 
ing business,  and  had  the  largest  show  printing 
establishment  and  business  in  the  country. 
After  the  death  of  Dean  Richmond,  in  1866, 
the  leadership  of  the  Erie  county  Democracy 
fell  upon  Mr.  Warren  by  general  consent.  He 
was  made  member  at  large  of  the  Democratic 
state  committee  and  for  ten  years  previous  to 
his  death  he  was  the  recognized  leader  of  the 
party  in  Western  New  York.  For  six  suc- 
cessive years  he  was  chosen  president  of  the 
State  Associated  Press,  and  held  other  posi- 
tions of  responsibility.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  that  inaug- 
urated the  present  park  system  of  Buffalo,  by 
the  employment  of  Frederick  Olmstead,  the 
famous  landscape  architect,  upon  whose  report 
the  law  of  April  14,  1869,  was  passed,  which 
gave  the  necessary  powers  to  the  board.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  first  local  board  of  the 
Buffalo  State  Normal  School,  founded  in 
1870;  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
school  commissioners  of  Buffalo,  elected  by 
the  people;  was  a  member  of  the  first  board 


of  managers  of  the  Buffalo  State  Hospital,  the 
corner  stone  of  which  was  laid  with  Masonic 
ceremonies,  September  18,  1872.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Buffalo  Club,  the  first 
meeting  being  held  and  organization  effected 
in  his  office.  He  was  a  man  of  high  ideals, 
and  lived  an  honorable,  useful  life. 

He  married,  at  Albany,  New  York,  in  1854, 
Jane  Vail  Goold,  born  September  30,  1834, 
died  January  27,  1908;  daughter  of  James 
and  Elizabeth  Vail  Goold.  Children:  James 
Goold,  of  whom  further;  Gilbert  Holland, 
born  August  i,  1861,  died  July  11,  1869. 

(XXXVII)  James  Goold,  eldest  child  of 
Joseph  and  Jane  Vail  (Goold)  Warren,  was 
bom  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  September  12, 
1858.  He  was  early  educated  in  the  Heath- 
cote  School,  and  in  1876  entered  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  preparing  for  college  and 
intending  to  enter  Harvard.  The  death  of  his 
father  changed  the  family  plans,  and  instead 
of  entering  the  university  he  obtained  an  ap- 
pointment as  cadet  at  the  United  States  Mili- 
tary Academy,  West  Point,  entering  July  i, 
1877,  and  was  graduated  June  11,  1881,  and 
commissioned  in  the  army  to  additional  sec- 
ond lieutenant,  Corps  of  Engineers;  served 
with  the  Battalion  of  Engineers  at  Willets 
Point,  New  York;  April  5,  1882,  promoted 
second  lieutenant.  Corps  of  Engineers,  and 
served  until  August  4,  1884,  on  detached  serv- 
ice at  Creedmoor,  New  York.  March  26,  1883, 
he  was  advanced  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant. 
In  1884  and  1885  he  was  assistant  to  Major 
King  at  Chattanooga,  Tennessee;  from  Octo- 
ber I,  1885,  to  August  20,  1886,  assistant  in- 
structor of  civil  and  military  engineering  in 
United  States  Military  Academy,  West  Point, 
New  York;  from  January  15,  1886,  to  Decem- 
ber 3,  1887,  assistant  instructor  of  practical 
military  engineering  in  same  institution,  on 
duty  with  Company  E,  Battalion  of  Engineers, 
and  in  charge  of  Post  schools.  December  6, 
1887,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Willets 
Point,  with  the  Battalion  of  Engindfers,  on  va- 
rious staff  duties,  and  as  inspector  of  'small 
arms  practice,  December  17,  1887,  to  August 
17,  1 89 1.  In  July,  1890,  he  was  the  inspector 
of  the  Encampment  of  Pennsylvania  National 
Guard  at  Mount  Gretna,  Pennsylvania;  from 
August  12,  1891,  to  December  27,  1893,  as- 
sistant in  local  charge  of  construction  of  for- 
tifications at  southern  entrance  to  New  York 
Harbor.  From  September  20  to  December  15, 
1892,  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  en- 


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gineer  officers  to  test  gun  lift  mechanism  at 
Sandy  Hook,  New  Jersey.  From  January  i, 
to  May  10,  he  was  secretary  and  disbursing 
officer  of  the  Missouri  River  Commission; 
from  June  13,  1894,  to  August  15,  1898,  was 
stationed  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  in  charge 
of  various  works  of  internal  improvements  at 
the  Falls  of  the  Ohio  and  vicinity.  From 
May  to  June,  1897,  he  was  on  duty  at  the 
lift-lock  at  Colbert  Shoals,  Tennessee  river; 
in  December,  1897,  on  bridge  across  Ohio 
river  at  Marietta.  Ohio ;  June  to  November, 
1898,  on  harbor  lines  at  Wheeling,  West  Vir- 
ginia; August  16,  .1898,  assigned  to  duty  at 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  in  charge  of  various 
works  of  river  and  harbor  improvement;  in 
October,  1898,  was  in  addition  engineer  in 
charge  of  the  Ninth  Lighthouse  District,  in 
charge  of  construction  and  repairs ;  also  mem- 
ber during  same  period  of  the  Board  of  En- 
gineers on  harbor  lines  at  West  Superior, 
Wisconsin.  In  1905  he  was  assigned  to  duty 
at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  in  1910  to  Buffalo, 
where  he  is  now  stationed.  In  June,  191 1, 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Warren  will  complete 
thirty  continuous  years  of  army  service,  chiefly 
spent  in  river,  harbor  and  lake  engineering 
work  and  improvement. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Warren  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Mississippi  River  Commission ; 
the  Association  of  Graduates  of  United  States 
Military  Academy ;  Western  Association  of 
Civil  Engineering;  Army  and  Navy  Clubs 
of  Washington  and  New  York  City,  Buffalo 
and  Saturn  Clubs  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  July  6,  1881,  Sarah  Clifton 
Wheeler,  born  November  27,  i860;  died  May 
4,  1901,  daughter  of  Col.  Junius  B.  Wheeler, 
late  professor  of  civil  and  military  engineer- 
ing. United  States  Military  Academy,  West 
Point,  New  York.  Children:  i.  Jennie,  born 
February,  1882;  died  July,  1882.  2.  Emily, 
bom  April  6,  1883.  3.  Wheeler,  June  19, 
1886.  4.  Josephine,  February,  1889;  died 
July,  1889. 


(XXXII)  John  Warren  (4), 
WARREN  son  of  John  (3)  (q.  v.)  War- 
ren and  his  first  wife,  Abigail 
Hastings,  was  born  April  3,  1701.  He  mar- 
ried Zippora  Brigham,  who  died  December  27, 
1783.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  March  31, 
1734;  John  (5),  1735,  died  young;  Anne,  born 
August  27.  1737;  John  (6),  June  19,  1739; 
Persis,  April  9,  1741 ;  Hastings,  February  20, 


1743;  Catherine,   November  3,   1745;   Thad- 
deus,  of  further  mention. 

(XXXIII)  Thaddeus,  youngest  child  and 
fourth  son  of  John  (4)  and  Zippora  (Brig- 
ham)  Warren,  was  born  March  20,  1747;  died 
June  12,  1 82 1.  He  married  Lucy  Stevens, 
who  died  June  17,  1821.  Children:  Lydia, 
born  January  28,  1773;  John,  December  2, 
1774;  Samuel,  June  i,  1777;  Hastings,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Lucy,  October  18,  1781 ;  Sarah. 
July  5,  1784;  Edward,  August  4,  1786;  Eliza- 
beth, March  19,  1789;  Sophia,  February  16, 
1792:  Millicent,  March  23,  1797. 

(XXXIV)  Hastings,  third  son  of  Thaddeus 
and  Lucy  (Stevens)  Warren,  was  born  July 
20,  1779,  died  May  6,  1845.  He  resided  at 
Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  and  from  1800 
at  Middlebury,  Vermont.  He  was  a  man  of 
commanding  presence,  of  high  honor  and 
great  energy.  In  the  war  of  181 2,  when  there 
was  a  call  for  troops  to  defend  the  Niagara 
frontier,  he  raised  a  company,  was  elected 
captain,  and  marched  to  Plattsburgh.  He  was 
promoted  and  at  the  battle  commanded  a  wing 
of  the  American  army.  Shortly  after  the  war 
he  acquired  cotton  milling  interests  in  Au- 
gusta, Georgia,  which  necessarily  called  him 
there  for  several  winters.  During  these  ab- 
sences the  care  of  his  business  interests  in 
Middlebury  and  of  his  family  of  young  chil- 
dren devolved  upon  his  wife.  He  died  in  Mid- 
dlebury, where  he  is  burie^.  He  married 
Janet  Young,  who  died  August  17,  1839.  Chil- 
dren: William  Young,  born  February  13, 
1806;  Jane  Betsey,  February  2,  1808:  Thad- 
deus Hastings,  February  13,  1810;  Edward 
Stevens,  of  further  mention;  Henry  John, 
born  January  21,  1815. 

(XXXV)  Edward  Stevens,  third  son  of 
Hastings  and  Janet  (Young)  Warren,  was 
born  in  Middlebury,  Vermont,  May  16,  1814, 
died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  May  20,  1863. 
He  prepared  for  college  at  Wilbraham  Acad- 
emy, Wilbraham,  Massachusetts ;  entered  the 
Middlebury  College,  Middlebury,  Vermont, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  class  of  1833.  ^^ 
chose  the  profession  of  law,  and  prepared 
under  the  preceptorship  of  Judge  Samson,  at 
Rochester,  New  York.  He  removed  to  Buf- 
falo in  1834,  where  he  continued  his  legal 
studies  under  Hon.  Israel  T.  Hatch.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1837,  ^^  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
later,  in  association  with  Henry  K.  Smith  and 
George  W.  Clinton,  formed  the  law  firm  of 
Smith,  Clinton  &  Warren,  which  connection 


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existed  for  a  short  time;  then  as  Smith  & 
Warren  until  about  1844.  Mr.  Warren  stood 
high  among  his  legal  brethren  and  ccfliducted 
an  honorable,  successful  practice.  The  dull 
routine  of  professional  life  was  distasteful  to 
his  active  temperament,  and  in  1844  he  aban- 
doned the  law,  and  henceforth  his  splendid 
talents  and  energies  were  wholly  directed  to 
large  business  enterprises.  In  connection  with 
his  father-in-law,  Sheldon  Thompson,  and 
Henry  Roop,  he  organized  the  Buffalo  White 
Lead  Works,  with  factory  at  Sixth  and 
Georgia  streets,  Buffalo,  an  enterprise  then  al- 
most novel  in  Western  New  York.  To  his 
sagacity  and  active  management  is  largely  due 
the  success  of  this*  enterprise.  In  i860  he 
withdrew  from  the  white  lead  business,  but  to 
engage  in  larger  enterprises.  He  lent  his  in- 
fluence and  energy  to  the  organization  of  the 
Niagara  Street  Railroad  Company,  became  its 
first  president,  and  by  his  industry,  activity 
and  tact  accomplished  many  things  essential 
to  its  success.  The  railroad  having  been 
placed  upon  a  solid  basis,  he  was  ready  for 
any  new  enterprise  of  promise  to  Buffalo,  be- 
ing one  of  those  true  benefactors  who  have 
the  courage  to  invest  their  capital  in  new  ven- 
tures. There  was  an  opening  for  a  plant  for 
the  manufacture  of  iron,  and  in  this  business 
he  was  one  of  the  pioneers.  The  Buffalo 
Union  Iron  Works  was  formed,  which  has 
had  a  lasting  and  salutary  influence  upon  the 
prosperity  of  Buffalo.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  mcorporators,  and  to  his  indomitable 
energy  and  liberal  action  much  of  the  final 
success  of  this  important  experiment  is  due. 
The  triumph  of  this  enterprise  demonstrated 
the  superior  natural  advantages  of  Buffalo  as 
not  only  an  iron  manufacturing  city,  but  paved 
the  way  for  other  important  manufacturing 
establishments  that  have  made  this  city  their 
home.  He  retained  his  active  interest  in  the 
Iron  Works  until  his  sudden  death,  in  1863, 
aged  forty-nine. 

Lack  of  political  ambition  alone  kept  him 
from  high  civic  position;  the  only  office  he 
ever  consented  to  accept  was  that  of  alderman 
of  Buffalo,  an  office  he  held  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  but 
too  whole-souled  to  be  a  mere  partisan.  He 
was  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church, 
and  a  most  devoted  and  liberal  supporter.  Dr. 
Shelton,  his  venerable  pastor,  spoke  in  his  fun- 
eral discourse  "of  his  keen  sense  of  honor, 
his  devotion  to  the  public  interest,  his  kind- 


ness of  heart,  his  frequent  and  unostentatious 
charities,  his  liberalitv  to  the  church  and  his 
many  social  virtues."  He  had  a  soul  attuned 
to  nature  and  he  loved  all  things,  particularly 
such  as  needed  protection.  He  delighted  in 
watching  the  birds  and  provided  dwellings  for 
them  about  his  residence,  and  shielded  them 
and  their  nests  from  injury  in  adjacent 
grounds.  But  his  kindliness  was  not  limited 
to  birds  and  animals.  He  loved  his  fellow- 
men,  and  used  his  means  for  their  betterment. 
He  had  a  talent  for  nursing,  and  some  of  the 
poor  whom  he  visited  thought  him  a  regular 
physician.  His  family  were  ignorant  of  many 
of  his  kindly  deeds  and  were  surprised  when 
some  of  those  he  had  tended  in  sickness  and 
helped  in  other  ways  asked  to  look  upon  the 
face  of  their  dead  friend  and  benefactor.  To 
quote  from  his  friend.  Judge  Clinton  (as  we 
have  heretofore),  who  used  this  quotation 
from  Shakespeare : 

He  was  a  man,  take  him  for  all  in  all, 
I  ne'er  shall  look  upon  his   like  again. 

He  married,  August  6,  1839,  Agnes  Latta 
Thompson,  born  January  19,  1819,  died  De- 
cember 17,  1899,  daughter  of  Sheldon  Thomp- 
son, of  previous  mention,  an  early  pioneer, 
prominent  citizen  and  churchman,  of  Buffalo. 
Children : 

1.  Sheldon  Hastings,  bom  May  10,  1840; 
died  young. 

2.  Henry  Porter,  born  November  22,  1841, 
died  young. 

3.  Catherine,  October  25,  1843,  died  young. 

4.  William  Young,  of  further  mention. 

5.  Janet,  bom  December  19,  1847;  married 
George  Brydges  Rodney,  U.  S.  A.,  now  re- 
siding at  Hollywood,  California.  General 
Rodney  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  First 
Pennsylvania  Artillery,  in  April,  1861,  and 
soon  received  a  commission  as  second  lieuten- 
ant in  the  regular  army,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  Fourth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Artillery.  He 
served  with  distinction  during  the  entire  civil 
war,  being  brevetted  captain  at  the  battle  of 
Stone  River,  and  major  at  the  battle  of 
Chickamauga  for  gallantry  in  action.  He 
served  in  many  Indian  campaigns,  notably  the 
Nez  Perces  and  Bannock  uprisings.  He  re- 
ceived successive  promotions  to  brigadier-gen- 
eral in  the  regular  army,  and  was  retired  in 
1905,  his  entire  term  of  service  from  second 
lieutenant  to  colonel  having  been  with  the 
Fourth  Regiment,  U.  S.  Artillery.    Children: 


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Warren  and  Walter  Henry;  the  latter  was  a 
graduate  of  Lehigh  University;  he  was  ap- 
pointed second  lieutenant  First  United  States 
Cavalry  and  was  promoted  first  lieutenant 
Second  United  States  Cavalry.  Lieutenant 
Rodney  was  assassinated  in  the  Philippines, 
April  i6,  191 1,  by  a  fanatical  Mohammedan 
Moro,  whose  crazed  brain  conceived  bliss  in 
paradise  if  he  shed  Christian  blood.  He  mar- 
ried Gladys  E.  Helliwell,  and  left  a  daughter, 
Janet  Warren. 

6.  Edward  Stevens,  of  further  mention. 

7.  Laetitia  Viele,  born  April  15,  1856,  mar- 
ried Henry  Cornelius  Hasbrouck,  U.  S.  A., 
died  at  Newburg,  New  York,  December  17, 
1910.  She  survives  her  husband,  and  resides 
at  Newburg.  Brigadier-General  Henry  Cor- 
nelius Hasbrouck  was  bom  in  Newburg,  New 
York,  October  26,  1839,  second  son  of  Hon. 
William  Cornelius  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Roe 
Hasbrouck.  He  entered  the  United  States 
Military  Academy,  West  Point,  July  i,  1856, 
was  graduated  in  the  May  class  of  1861,  going 
immediately  to  the  front  with  Griffin's  West 
Point  battery.  He  served  with  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  during  the  civil  war;  was  in- 
valided home  in  1863 1  when  convalescent,  de- 
tailed to  West  Point  as  assistant  to  Professor 
Bartlett,  and  rejoined  the  army  before  Peters- 
burg. After  the  war  he  was  in  command 
of  Battery  B,  Fourth  Artillery,  and  partici- 
pated in  several  Indian  campaigns ;  Arapahoe, 
in  1870;  Modoc,  in  1873;  Nez  Perces,  1877, 
and  Bannock,  in  1878.  In  the  'Modoc  cam- 
paign he  particularly  distinguished  himself  and 
received  a  brevet  for  "gallant  service  in  action 
against  the  Indians."  He  was  commandant  of 
cadets  at  West  Point,  1882-88,  and  in  1887, 
with  Inspector-General  Absalom  Baird,  repre- 
sented the  United  States  at  manceuvers  of  the 
French  army.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board 
that  prepared  the  drill  regfulations  adopted 
by  the  War  Department  for  use  in  the  United 
States  army ;  on  duty  at  artillery  school,  For- 
tress Monroe,  Virginia,  as  director  of  the  de- 
partment of  artillery  ballistics,  chemistry  and 
explosives,  and  artillery  practice  exercise  for 
the  First  Battalion,  from  September  28,  1892, 
until  appointed  May  27,  1898,  brigadier-gen- 
eral United  States  Volunteers,  serving  in  vol- 
unteer army  as  commanding  Second  Brigade, 
Second  Division,  Seventh  Army  Corps.  He 
was  military  governor  of  the  province  of  Pinar 
del  Rio  during  the  American  occupation  of 
the  island  of  Cuba  until  its  evacuation.    From 


1899  to  1903  he  was  in  command  of  the  Nar- 
ragansett  artillery  district,  and  directed  the 
army  and  navy  manoeuvers  in  the  vicinity  of 
Newport;  in  1900-02  was  a  member  of  the 
commission  to  decide  what  lands  were  required 
for  the  use  of  the  army  and  navy  in  the  island 
of  Porto  Rico;  in  1902  was  appointed  briga- 
dier-general in  the  regular  army,  and  retired 
in  1903.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order,  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States; 
Lafayette  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic ; 
Lawton  Post,  Army  and  Navy  Union;  St. 
Nicholas  Society  of  New  York ;  Holland  So- 
ciety of  New  York;  Army  and  Navy  Club 
of  New  York ;  University  Club  of  New  York ; 
vice-president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
Washington  Headquarters,  Newburg,  New 
York;  Historical  Society  of  Newburg  Bay, 
and  the  Highlands. 

(XXXVI)  William  Young,  son  of  Edward 
Stevens  and  Agnes  Latta  (Thompson)  War- 
ren, was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  August 
30,  1845.  His  early  education  was  obtained 
in  public  and  private  schools  of  Buffalo.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  Walnut  Hill  School, 
Geneva,  New  Yoric,  after  which  he  entered 
Sheffield  Scientific  School,  Yale  University, 
where  he  took  a  special  course  in  chemistry 
with  a  view  of  entering  the  Iron  Works 
founded  by  his  father  and  others.  After  fin- 
ishing his  college  years,  Mr.  Warren  at  once 
began  an  active  business  life.  He  was  con- 
nected with  the  manufacturing  department  of 
the  Union  Iron  Company  for  a  few  years; 
was  with  Palmer  &  Company,  and  until  1872 
was  treasurer  of  the  Akron  Cement  and  Plas- 
ter Company.  As  junior  of  the  firm  of  Phil- 
lips &  Warren  he  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  opaque  shade  cloths,  a  business  that 
was  terminated  by  the  destruction  of  their 
factory  by  fire.  Subsequently  he  was  again 
connected  with  the  Union  Iron  Works,  re- 
signing to  accept  a  position  in  the  office  of 
the  county  treasurer  of  Erie  county.  On  re- 
tiring from  that  position  he  became  associated 
with  the  Barber  Asphalt  Paving  Company  as 
cashier  of  the  Buffalo  office,  continuing  in 
that  position  until  his  retirement  from  active 
business.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church.  His 
clubs  are  the  Saturn  and  the  EUicott.  He 
married,  November  26,  1872,  Clara  Barton, 
daughter  of  William  and  Eliza  P.  (Whitte- 
more)  Barton,  of  New  York  City. 

(XXXVI)    Edward   Stevens    (2),   son   of 


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Edward  Stevens  (i)  and  Agnes  Latta 
(Thompson)  Warren,  was  born  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  April  6,  1850.  His  early  education 
was  obtained  in  public  and  private  schools, 
after  which  he  attended  The  Rectory  School, 
near  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  was  for  fifteen  years 
engaged  as  an  iron  manufacturer  in  Buffalo. 
He  then  became  district  manager  of  the  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
for  the  territory  in  and  around  Buffalo,  con- 
tinuing in  the  successful  management  of  this 
office  until  1891.  In  1896  he  became  treasurer 
of  the  dry  goods  corporation  of  Flint  &  Kent, 
of  Buffalo.  He  remained  as  treasurer  of  this 
corporation  until  19 10,  when  he  resigned  and 
retired  from  active  business  life.  He  was 
connected  with  the  New  York  National  Guard 
for  several  years  as  captain,  serving  in  various 
departments,  later  assistant  adjutant-general 
of  the  Fourth  Brigade,  resigning  the  latter 
position  in  1898.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  and  an  Independent 
in  politics.  His  club  is  The  Saturn.  He  mar- 
ried, June  I,  1886,  Alida,  daughter  of  Derick 
Lane  and  Mary  Noble  Boardman ;  her  father, 
born  in  Watertown,  New  York,  son  of  a  Pres- 
byterian minister.  Children:  Derick  Board- 
man  Warren,  born  March  27,  1887;  Edward 
Hastings,  born  May  15,  1892,  died  August  27, 
1893. 

This     family     is    of     Scotch 
McLOUTH     origin,  but  a  search  of  Scotch 

records  indicates  that  it  was 
not  numerous.  From  Scotland  one  branch  re- 
moved to  Ulster  Province,  north  of  Ireland, 
and  according  to  tradition  and  direct  evidence 
came  to  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  perhaps  land- 
ing at  Boston  and  remaining  there  a  short 
time.  In  the  early  records  we  find  the  name 
spelled  McCloth,  McCloath,  McClouth,  and  in 
other  forms. 

(I)  Lawrence  McLouth,  the  first  settler, 
was  born  probably  as  early  as  1725,  and  was 
living  in  Taunton  in  1775,  when  his  son  was 
called  *'Tr."  On  account  of  the  loss  of  the 
Taunton  vital  records,  wc  know  little  about 
the  immigrant  and  the  birth  of  his  children. 
His  sons  made  a  magnificent  record  as  sol- 
diers in  the  revolution.  All  the  family  left 
Taunton  and  settled  in  Lewisborough,  Berk- 
shire county,  soon  after  the  close  of  the  revo- 
lution.    We  give  a  paragraph  to  each  son. 

(II)  Lawrence  (2),  son  of  Lawrence  (i) 


McLouth,  and  doubtless  the  eldest,  was  born 
probably  as  early  as  1750.  As  Lawrence  Jr. 
he  was  a  soldier  in  the  first  year  of  the  revo- 
lutionary war,  in  Captain  Hodge's  company, 
December,  1775,  two  months,  and  in  1776  is 
reported  in  Captain  Noah  Hall's  company.  He 
was  also  in  Captain  Edward  Blake's  company, 
Colonel  George  Williams'  regiment,  in  the 
Rhode  Island  campaign  of  1776.  He  was  cor- 
poral in  Captain  Joshua  Wilbur's  company, 
Colonel  John  Hathaway's  regiment,  in  Rhode 
Island,  in  April  and  May,  1777,  and  corporal 
in  the  same  company  under  Colonel  Josiah 
Whitney  in  September,  1777;  also  in  Captain 
Caleb  Richardson's  company.  Colonel  Danforth 
Keyes'  regiment,  in  1777-78,  and  sergeant  in 
December,  1777,  at  Providence.  His  name 
is  on  the  list  of  men  who  went  with  Captain 
Fales  in  January,  1778,  for  three  months  at 
Slade's  Ferry.  He  was  sergeant  in  Captain 
Samuel  Fales'  company.  Colonel  J.  Daggett's 
regiment,  from  January  to  April,  1778,  in  the 
Rhode  Island  campaign.  (See  vol.  x,  p.  437, 
etc.,  Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the 
Revolution).  Under  the  spelling  McClouth, 
he  is  recorded  also  as  in  Captain  Mathew  Ran- 
dall's company.  Colonel  Thomas  Marshall's 
regiment,  June  to  August,  1776.  He  was 
also  a  private  in  Captain  Randall's  company, 
same  regiment,  August  to  November.  1776; 
also  in  Captain  Thompson  J.  Skinner's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Barnes'  Berkshire  county  regi- 
ment, November  i  to  10,  1781.  This  company 
marched  to  western  frontiers  by  order  of  Gen- 
eral John  Stark  on  an  alarm.  The  record 
was  short,  but  shows  that  Lawrence  had 
moved  to  Berkshire  county  before  the  close 
of  the  war  and  that  his  father  was  living 
during  the  revolution.  Lawrence  was  in  the 
war  continuously,  we  conclude  from  the  rec- 
ords, from  1775  ^^  ^77^'  I"  the  first  federal 
census  we  find  three  of  the  family  in  Massa- 
chusetts, all  then  living  in  Lanesborough. 
Lawrence  had  two  males  over  sixteen  and 
five  females  in  his  family ;  Solomon  and  John, 
the  others,  are  mentioned  below,  but  Lewis 
was  also  living,  as  proved  by  other  records. 
The  census  was  not  complete  and  the  name 
may  have  been  misspelled.  The  census  spells 
it  McCloth  in  these  three  cases.  The  town 
of  Cheshire  was  set  oflF  from  Lanesborough. 
(II)  John,  one  of  the  elder  sons  of  Law- 
rence (i)  McLouth,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution as  early  as  1776.  He  was  from  Taun- 
ton, served  with  Lawrence  in  Captain  Noah 


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Hall's  company  at  Winter  Hill,  in  February, 
1776;  went  to  the  Castle  with  Captain  Ran- 
dall in  May  that  year,  serving  six  months; 
was  fifer  in  Captain  Edward  Blake's  company, 
Colonel  George  Williams'  regiment,  of  Bristol 
county,  in  alarm  of  1776;  also  fifer  in  Cap- 
tain Joshua  Wilbur's  company,  Colonel  John 
Hathaway's  regiment,  in  Rhode  Island,  April- 
May,  1777 ;  also  in  Captain  Caleb  Richardson's 
company,  Colonel  Danforth  Keyes*  regiment, 
and  sergeant  in  Captain  Jacob  Haskin's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Hathaway's  regiment.  He  moved 
to  Lanesborough  during  the  last  of  the  revo- 
lution or  directly  afterward.  In  1790  the  cen- 
sus showed  that  he  was  living  in  Lanesbor- 
ough, and  had  one  son  under  sixteen  and  two 
females  in  his  family. 

(H)  Solomon,  son  of  Lawrence  (i)  Mc- 
Louth,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  from 
Taunton,  in  Captain  Josiah  Crocker's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Carpenter's  regiment,  in  the 
summer  of  1776;  also  in  Captain  Jacob  Has- 
kins'  company.  Colonel  John  Hathaway's  regi- 
ment, March  13,  1779,  to  April  15,  1779;  also 
in  Captain  Edward  Blake's  company,  Colonel 
Mitchell's  regiment,  in  August,  1780,  on  the 
Rhode  Island  alarm,  and  other  service.  In 
the  vital  records  of  Lanesborough  we  find  but 
one  record  of  the  family,  and  that  is  the  mar- 
riage, November  2,  1788,  of  Solomon  Mc- 
Louth  and  Charity  Mason.  Solomon  had  in 
1790  one  son  under  sixteen  and  two  females 
in  his  family,  in  Lanesborough. 

(II)  Lewis,  son  of  Lawrence  (i)  McLouth, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  went  with 
Captain  Wilbur  and  Captain  Leonard's  party 
to  Howland's  Ferry  in  April,  1777,  for  three 
weeks.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Caleb  Rich- 
ardson's company,  Colonel  Danforth  Keyes* 
regiment,  August  26,  1777,  to  January  i,  1778, 
in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign :  also  went  with 
Captain  Fales  to  Slade's  Ferry;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Fales'  company,  Colonel  J.  Dag- 
gett's regiment,  January  6  to  April  i,  1778,  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  he  was  with  Captain 
Crocker  and  others  in  the  six  weeks  campaign. 
Lewis  McLouth  and  his  son  Lewis  Jr.  signed 
the  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Cheshire, 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  July  8,  1814, 
requesting  the  punishment  of  British  prisoners 
for  misdemeanors  (p.  205,  Cheshire  history). 
Lewis  removed  to  Lanesborough  with  his 
brothers,  as  shown  by  this  record,  but  was  in 
Taunton  as  late  as  1778,  as  other  revolution- 
ary records  show.     He  was  in  Captain  Eben- 


ezer  Dean's  company,  Colonel  Thomas  Car- 
penter's regiment,  in  1777,  and  in  Captain 
Nathaniel  Snow's  company.  Colonel  George 
Williams'  regiment,  from  Taunton,  under 
General  Sullivan ;  in  Colonel  Wade's  regiment 
at  Providence  in  1778;  also  in  Captain  Josiah 
King's  company.  Colonel  John  Daggett's  regi- 
ment, August  25,  1778,  and  later.  Roll  dated 
at  Taunton. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  Lawrence  (i)  McLouth, 
was  in  Captain  Haskins'  company  in  March, 
1781,  in  Rhode  Island;  no  further  trace  of 
him. 

(III)  Lawrence  (3),  son  of  Lawrence  (2) 
McLouth,  was  born  at  Taunton,  before  1770, 
and  removed  with  the  family  to  Lanesborough, 
afterward  to  Cheshire,  Massachusetts.  Thence 
he  moved  to  Ira,  Rutland  county,  Vermont, 
where  in  1790  he  had  two  sons  under  sixteen 
and  three  females  in  his  family.  Most  of  the 
McLouths  soon  went  to  the  westward  and 
branches  are  now  living  at  Palmyra,  New 
York ;  Sandusky,  Ohio,  and  Ray,  Indiana.  A 
picture  of  Lawrence  has  been  preserved  by 
descendants. 

(IV)  Dr.  Charles  McLouth,  son  of  Law- 
rence (3)  McLouth,  was  born  in  Cheshire, 
Massachusetts.  He  attended  the  winter  terms 
of  the  district  school  in  his  native  town,  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  in  summer.  After 
he  removed  with  the  family  to  western  New 
York  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine 
in  the  office  of  Dr.  Smith,  of  Clyde,  Wayne 
county.  In  1819  he  was  licensed  to  practice 
by  the  Seneca  County  Medical  Society,  and 
opened  his  office  in  Aurora,  Erie  county.  New 
York.  His  original  certificate  has  been  pre- 
served, as  well  as  a  later  one  issued  by  the 
Cattaraugus  County  Medical  Society,  and  both 
are  in  possession  of  descendants.  In  182 1  he 
located  in  Franklinville,  Cattaraugus  county, 
where  he  continued  in  active  practice  until  his 
death,  July  26,  1870.  In  1825  he  was  sur- 
geon of  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-third 
Regiment,  New  York  militia.  In  1837  he  was 
vice-president  of  the  Cattaraugus  County 
Medical  Society.  He  became  one  of  the  best 
known  physicians  and  surgeons  of  this  section 
of  the  state,  and  in  many  cases  was  family 
physician  in  the  same  homes  for  more  than 
half  a  century. 

Possessing  a  robust  constitution,  a  fine  in- 
tellect and  natural  skill  as  well  as  thorough 
knowledge  of  his  art,  he  gave  freely  of  his 
ability   and   was   held   in   the  highest   regard 


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both  as  a  physician  and  as  a  citizen.  Some- 
what careless  in  dress  and  brusque  in  manner, 
he  was  withal  a  man  of  wit  and  humor,  a 
cheerful  influence  in  the  sick-room,  and  a 
jovial  companion  among  his  fellows.  In  short, 
he  was  of  the  highest  type  of  the  old-time 
country  doctor,  with  his  multifarious  and 
arduous  duties  and  responsibilities.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  mar- 
ried Anna  McNett,  of  a  Scotch-Irish  family 
that  came  soon  after  1700  to  Massachusetts. 
The  name  is  also  spelled  McNight,  McNutt 
and  McNitt  by  other  branches.  By  his  first 
wife  he  had  three  children,  and  one  by  a  sec- 
ond wife. 

(V)  Dr.  Charles  Darwin  McLouth,  son  of 
Dr.  Charles  McLouth,  was  born  in  Franklin- 
viHe,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  April 
14,  1829,  and  died  there  July  7,  1902.  He 
attended  the  public  school,  and  studied  medi- 
cine under  the  instruction  of  his  father,  being 
licensed  to  practice  August  12,  1874,  by  the 
Eclectic  Medical  Society  of  the  Thirty-Second 
Senatorial  District  of  New  York.  He  opened 
an  office  in  Franklinville  and  practiced  there 
all  his  life.  Like  his  father,  he  was  naturally 
skillful  and  well  suited  to  his  profession,  and 
likewise  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
entire  community.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat  He  married,  March  22, 
1848,  Pauline  Shepard,  bom  October  31,  1830, 
died  February  26,  1883. 

(VI)  Lawrence  E.,  only  child  of  Dr. 
Charles  Darwin  and  Pauline  (Shepard)  Mc- 
Louth, was  bom  in  Franklinville,  May  25, 
1850,  and  died  there  July  i,  1909.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  was  a 
farmer,  cattle  dealer  and  salesman.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Presb3rterian,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  local  lodge  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. He  married,  January  10,  1876,  Isabel 
Burlingame,  born  August  18,  1848,  daughter 
of  Selah  and  Hannah  (McClure)  Burlingame, 
granddaughter  of  Ira  and  Elizabeth  (Lyon) 
Burlingame.  Hannah  McClure,  born  18X4, 
was  a  daughter  of  David  McClure,  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  who  was  once  sent  out  as  a 
scout  on  Washington's  own  white  horse.  He 
was  captain  of  a  company  at  the  defense  of 
Niagara  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  a  cousin 
of  General  Joseph  McClure,  agent  of  the  Hol- 
land Company.  The  McClures  were  also 
Scotch-Irish,  coming  early  in  1806  to  this  sec- 


tion from  Vermont.  In  1770  James,  John 
and  Thomas  McClure  were  heads  of  families 
at  Middleton,  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  for- 
merly in  part  Ira,  where  the  McLouths  lived 
also. 

Selah  Burlingame,  born  in  1807,  was  a 
farmer  in  Franklinville,  a  man  of  great 
strength  and  agility,  one  of  the  famous  wrest- 
lers of  this  section  at  a  time  when  that  sport 
was  at  the  height  of  its  popularity,  and  it  is 
said  that  he  never  met  his  match.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  held  various 
offices  of  tmst  and  honor.  Children  of  Selah 
and  Hannah  Burlingame:  Amelia,  married 
David  Sill,  and  had  Lena,  who  married  Tony 
Werries;  Addison,  married  Harriet  Priest, 
lives  at  Findlay,  Ohio,  and  has  children :  Piatt, 
Howard,  Marshall,  Harry  and  Helen;  Ellen, 
married  Hawley  Starr,  resides  in  Bradford, 
Pennsylvania,  and  has  children :  Blanche,  Isa- 
bel, Harriet  and  Harold ;  Marshall,  died  aged 
sixteen  years;  Adele,  married  Fillmore  But- 
ton, and  had  a  daughter,  Grace ;  Ira,  married 
Ann  Vandewater.  Children  of  Lawrence  E. 
and  Isabel  McLouth:  Charles  L.,  mentioned 
below;  Claude,  born  January  17,  1880,  died 
January  25,  1883;  Earl  A.,  born  January  31, 
1882,  married,  November  30,  1905,  Georgia 
Hout. 

(VII)  Charles  Lawrence,  son  of  Lawrence 
E.  McLouth,  was  born  in  Farmersville,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York,  February  9, 1878. 
He  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Ten  Broeck  Academy.  He  began  busi- 
ness life  as  clerk  in  a  drug  store,  and  studied 
pharmacy  at  the  University  of  Buffalo,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1900.  He  was  a  phar- 
macist for  a  time  at  Watertown,  New  York, 
and  at  Cuba,  in  that  state.  He  afterward 
bought  the  drug  store  of  D.  F.  Rundell,  in 
Little  Valley,  New  York,  and  since  1901  has 
been  in  business  in  that  town.  He  has  achieved 
a  marked  success  in  mercantile  life,  and  ranks 
high  among  the  business  men  of  the  com- 
munity. He  is  a  member  of  Arion  Lodge,  No. 
812,  Free  Masons;  Salamanca  Chapter,  No. 
266,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Salamanca  Com- 
mandery.  No.  62,  and  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  active 
in  public  affairs  and  imbued  with  public  spirit 
and   enterprise. 

He  married,  September  5,  1900,  Fanny  Eliza 
Green,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Eva  (Grover) 
Green,  of  Little  Valley,  New  York,  and  grand- 
daughter   of    Judge    Charles    B.    and    Lydia 


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(Kent)  Green.  (See  Green,  elsewhere.)  They 
have  one  child,  Royal  L.,  born  June  23,  1902. 

(The  Lyon  Line). 

(I)  Henry  Lyon,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  one  of  the  family  of  Lyons  of  Glen  Lyon, 
in  Perthshire,  Scotland,  and  he  came  to  the 
colonies  with  his  two  brothers,  Thomas  and 
Richard,  in  1648.  The  three  brothers  had  been 
soldiers  in  Cromwell's  army,  and  were  on 
guard  before  the  Banqueting  House  at  White- 
hall, January  31,  1648,  when  Charles  the  First 
was  executed.  Immediately  after  they  fled  to 
America.  Henry  went  to  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  is  first  on  record  February  24, 
1642,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  church. 
In  1652  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
William  Bateman,  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
and  was  granted  a  house  lot  there.  On  May 
28,  1654,  he  was  dismissed  from  the  Fairfield 
to  the  Milford  church.  In  1666  he  came  to 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  as  one  of  the  founders 
with  the  Milford  colonists.  He  was  the  first 
treasurer  of  Newark,  1668-73,  ^^^  ^^st  keeper 
of  the  ordinary.  In  1673-4  he  removed  to 
Elizabethtown,  where  he  was  a  large  land 
owner  and  a  merchant  of  extensive  interests. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  general  assembly 
November  5,  1675;  August  11,  1681,  he  was 
appointed  justice  of  the  peace;  February  4, 
1 681,  he  was  made  judge  of  small  causes,  and 
February  28,  1681,  a  member  of  the  gover- 
nor's council ;  December,  1683,  commissioner ; 
November  26,  1684,  representative  in  council 
of  the  governor.  Among  his  lands  were  one 
hundred  acres  of  upland,  since  known  as  Lyon 
Farm.  He  married  (second),  1669-1700,  Mary 

.    He  returned  to  Newark  in  1696,  and 

died  there  in  1703.  Children  of  first  wife, 
born  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut:  Thomas,  born 
1652-3 ;  Mary,  1654-5 ;  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Joseph,  1658-59;  Nathaniel,  1663-4; 
John,  1665-6;  born  in  Newark,  New  Jersey: 
Benjamin,  1668 ;  Ebenezer,  1670.  Children  of 
second  wife,  bom  in  Elizabethtown,  New  Jer- 
sey:    Mary,  1690-1 ;  Dorcas,  1692-3. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Henry  Lyon,  was  born 
about  1655-6,  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah  Beach,  born  1654, 
daughter  of  Zopher  and  Sarah  (Piatt)  Beach, 
of  New  Haven,  Connecticut;  (second)  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Harri- 
son) Pierson.  In  1666  Samuel  Lyon  received 
a  lot  in  the  distribution  of  lands.  On  June  24, 
1667,  when  he  could  have  been  only  about 


twelve  or  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  signed  the 
"fundamental  agreement"  with  the  Milford 
colonists,  and  February  25,  1683-4  he  sold  two 
acres  of  land  to  Zopher  Beach.  His  will, 
dated  August  20,  1703,  proved  at  New  York, 
February  26,  1707,  mentioned  wife  Hannah 
and  children,  making  his  brother  Benjamin 
executor.  Children  of  first  wife:  Samuel; 
Henry,  born  1682 ;  Joseph ;  Mary ;  Sarah.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  John,  mentioned  below ; 
James,  born  October  5,  1700;  Hannah. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Lyon,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary 
Riggs.  Edward  Riggs  was  descended  from 
Edward  Riggs,  who  came  in  1633  with  his 
family  to  Boston.  John  Lyon's  descendants 
have  not  been  traced  definitely,  but  it  is  pos- 
sible that  he  had  sons  Joseph,  John  and 
Thomas. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Lyon,  married, 
in  1760,  Huldah,  sister  of  Martha  Burlingame, 
who  married  John  Lyon ;  she  was  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Rose  (Briggs)  Burlingame.  Sam- 
uel, Alexander,  and  Major  Thomas  Lyon  were 
probably  his  sons.  One  reason  for  this  state- 
ment is  that  Cyrus,  a  son  of  John,  brother  of 
Thomas,  named  his  oldest  son  Alexander  in 
1797,  and  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  Cyrus 
and  Alexander  were  cousins.  Also,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Lyon  married  a  Burlingame. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Lyon,  came 
to  Chenango  county,  New  York,  in  1791,  with 
his  brothers  Alexander  and  Major  Thomas. 
Samuel  and  Alexander  are  said  to  have  served 
in  a  Connecticut  regiment  in  the  revolution; 
Alexander  never  married.  Major  Thomas 
Lyon  was  killed  at  Little  York  in  181 2,  in  a 
fight  with  the  Briti«h.  He  led  a  regiment 
of  state  troops  from  Chenango  county  in  1812. 
"Towards  the  close  of  181 3,  General  Dear- 
born, under  whom  Major  Lyon  served,  crossed 
Lake  Erie  with  seventeen  hundred  men  with 
the  intention  of  attacking  York,  now  Toronto, 
and  then  the  chief  depot  of  the  British  depots 
in  the  west.  A  landing  was  made  before  York 
on  the  27th  of  the  month  (April)  under  hot 
fire,  but  the  Americans  pushed  on  and  the 
enemy  were  driven  from  the  works.  The 
Americans  were  still  pressing  toward  the  main 
works  when  a  magazine  exploded,  a  plot  of 
the  British.  Two  hundred  Americans  were 
killed  and  wounded,  among  the  mortally 
wounded  being  Major  Lyon,  who  was  carried 
on  board  the  Commodore's  vessel  and  there 
died  the  death  of  a  hero." 


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Samuel  Lyon  and  his  brothers  bought  land 
of  Benjamin  Hovey,  Governor  Clinton's  land 
agent,  for  one  shilling  an  acre,  and  built  a 
grist  mill,  lumber  and  woolen  mill.  He  set- 
tled in  Oxford  in  1792,  and  made  his  home  at 
Lyon  Brook,  near  Lyon  Brook  Bridge,  on  the 
New  York,  Ogdensburg  &  Western  railroad. 
He  came  from  Great  Bend,  Pennsylvania.  He 
is  said  to  have  had  a  brother,  Dr.  Daniel 
Lyon.  Children :  Daniel ;  Huldah,  married 
Charles  Smith;  Sally,  married  a  Rathbone; 
Betsey,     mentioned    below;     Polly,    married 

Samuel    Pollard;    Samuel,    married 

Eddy ;  Lovina  and  Lucina,  twins,  Lovina  mar- 
ried   John    Pollard,    Lucina    married   

Baker;  Ira;  Lovica,  married  William  Smith; 
George  Rowley,  born  August  16,  1800. 

(VI)  Betsey,  daughter  of  Samuel  Lyon, 
married  Ira  Burlingame.  Their  son,  Selah 
Burlingame,  married  Hannah  McClure.  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Selah  Burlingame,  married  Law- 
rence E.  McLouth  (see  McLouth). 


George  A.  Moore,  a  resident  of 
MOORE     Buffalo,  New  York,  from  1835 

to  1891,  was  born  in  Fabius, 
New  York,  March  27,  1814.  He  was  of  revo- 
lutionary descent,  also  descended  from  Thomas 
Moore,  born  in  England,  died  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  1645,  ^^^  ^'s  son,  John  Moore, 
born  in  England,  died  in  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, September  17,  1677.  His  wife,  Abigail 
Moore,  was  still  living  according  to  cHurch 
records,  December  22,  1677.  These  men  came 
to  America  in  the  "Mary  and  John,"  with 
others,  from  Devonshire,  Somersetshire  and 
Dorsetshire.  Two  famous  ministers  came  with 
them,  Mr.  John  Maverick  and  Mr.  John  War- 
ham.  They  set  sail  from  Plymouth,  England, 
March  30,  1630,  and  arrived  at  Nantasket, 
May  30,  1630.  They  began  a  settlement  at 
Mattapan,  now  called  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts. In  the  summer  of  1635  Mr.  Warham's 
people,  sixty  men,  women  and  children,  re- 
moved to  Connecticut  and  settled  at  Windsor, 
Thomas  Moore  and  John  Moore  remained  at 
Dorchester  until   1639. 

(II)  January  2,  1637,  John  Moore  was  one 
of  twenty  men  at  Dorchester,  chosen  to  gov- 
ern all  of  the  affairs  of  the  plantation.  They 
were  made  freemen  at  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
April  9,  1 641.  John  Moore  was  ordained 
deacon,  January  11,  1651.  His  accounts  as 
deacon  were  granted  February  10,  1673.  At 
the  court  of  election  at  Hartford,   May   16, 


1661,  John  Winthrop  was  elected  governor, 
and  John  Moore  deputy.  The  house  which 
Deacon  John  Moore  built  in  those  early  days 
is  still  standing  in  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
Deacon  John  Moore  had  one  son,  John  Moore, 
Junior,  and  four  daughters,  mentioned  in  his 
will  published  in  the  Hartford  probate  records, 
vol.  I,  page  195.  P.  222:  Nathaniel  Loomis 
married,  November  24,  1653,  Elizabeth  Moore ; 
Thomas  Bissell  married,  October  11,  1655, 
Abigail  Moore;  Nathaniel  Bissell  married, 
September  25,  1662,  Mindwell  Moore;  John 
Drake  Jr.  married,  November  30,  1648,  Han- 
nah Moore. 

(III)  John  Moore  Jr.,  born  December  5, 
1645,  son  of  Deacon  John  Moore,  died  June  i, 
1718.  He  married,  September  21,  1664,  at 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  Hannah  Goffe,  born  in 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  March  23,  1644, 
died  in  Windsor,  April  4,  1697.  Seven  sons: 
John,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Edward; 
Josiah  and  Joseph,  twins.  By  second  wife, 
Mary  Farnsworth,  one  daughter,  Martha 
Moore,  married  Job  Drake  (2). 

(IV)  Joseph  Moore,  born  July  5,  1679,  son 
of  John  Moore  Jr.,  died  August  15,  1713.  He 
married,  1702,  Sarah  Browne,  of  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  granddaughter  of  Peter  Browne, 
of  the  "Mayflower,"  1620.  Children:  Four 
daughters  and  one  son:  Sarah,  Deborah, 
Phoebe,  Lydia,  and  Joseph  Moore  Jr. 

(V)  Joseph  Moore,  only  son  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  (Browne)  Moore,  was  born  August  11, 
1 71 2,  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  died  May 
5,  1790.  He  married.  May  29,  1735,  Elizabeth 
Allyn,  born  November  22,  1712,  died  May  11, 
1790.  Six  sons  and  four  daughters :  Joseph, 
Josiah,  Elisha,  Theophilus,  Asa,  Abijah,  Han- 
nah, Elizabeth  Wakeman,  Anna  and  Sarah. 
The  father  of  this  family  and  his  eldest  son, 
Joseph,  were  in  the  French  war;  also  the 
father  and  five  of  the  sons  and  the  husbands 
of  the  four  daughters  were  revolutionary 
soldiers. 

(VI)  Lieutenant  Josiah  Moore,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1737,  second  son  of  Lieutenant  Jo- 
seph Moore,  died  in  New  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, February  28,  181 1.  He  married,  at  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  November  18,  1762,  Anna 
Gillette.  Children,  mentioned  in  his  will: 
Susanna.  Clarina,  Anna,  Prudence,  Laura, 
Josiah  Moore (  deceased),  Elihu,  and  Theron. 

(VII)  Josiah  Moore  Jr.,  bom  September 
28,  1765,  son  of  Lieutenant  Josiah  Moore,  died 
April  29,   1802,  at  Fabius,  New  York.     He 


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married,  1788,  at  Harwinton,  Connecticut, 
Abigail  Dewey,  born  1769,  died  September 
3,  1853,  at  Fabius,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Captain  Daniel  Dewey,  revolutionary  soldier. 
"Centennial  History  of  Onondaga  County, 
NeAy  York,  Town  of  Fabius" :  "In  the  spring 
of  1794  Timothy  Jerome  and  Josiah  Moore, 
of  Stockbridge,  Massachusetts,  moved  in  and 
erected  log  cabins.  Josiah  Moore  settled  on 
lot  fifteen  on  the  old  Chenango  road.  He 
sowed  the  first  wheat,  brought  the  first  farm 
implements  into  this  section,  became  the  first 
town  clerk,  built  the  first  frame  house  in  1800, 
and  died  there  April  29,  1802,  being  the  first 
one  of  the  pioneers  to  cross  to  the  other 
shore."  Five  sons  and  one  daughter:  John, 
Josiah,  Henry,  Charles,  Augustus  C.  and 
Maria  Abigail.  The  youngest  son,  Augustus 
C.  Moore,  born  1799,  came  to  Buffalo  in  1831, 
died  1883. 

(VIII)  John  Moore,  born  June  7,  1789,  at 
Torrington,  Connecticut,  eldest  son  of  Josiah 
Moore  Jr.,  died  September  24,  1872,  at  Tully, 
New  York.  He  married,  April  2,  1808,  Mary 
Lerana  Middlebrook,  born  in  Trumbull,  Con- 
necticut, October  2,  1790,  died  February  i, 
1854,  at  Fabius,  New  York,  granddaughter 
of  Lieutenant  Ephraim  Middlebrook,  killed 
April,  1777,  in  the  "Danbury  Raid."  John 
Moore  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Chil- 
dren: Josiah  Beach  Moore,  George  Augustus 
Moore,  John  Osborne  Moore,  Mariette  L. 
Moore,  Norman  Titus  Moore,  Maria  Abigail 
Moore,  Ann  Elizabeth  Moore,  Theodore  Mid- 
dlebrook Moore. 

(IX)  George  Augustus  Moore,  son  of  John 
Moore,  was  born  March  27,  1814,  in  Fabius, 
New  York,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  De- 
cember 28,  1890.  He  married,  January  i, 
1839,  at  Buffalo,  Catherine  A.  Brown,  born 
in  Attica,  New  York,  March  12,  1819,  died 
in  Hamburg,  New  York,  March  16,  1884, 
granddaughter  of  John  Nichols,  revolutionary 
soldier,  Brimfield,  Massachusetts.  Five  sons 
and  six  daughters:  Theodore  Middlebrook 
Moore,  born  1839,  died  1900;  Mary  Louise 
Moore,  born  1841 :  Norman  Titus  Moore,  born 
1842;  Frederick  Brown  Moore,  born  1844; 
George  Barnard  Moore,  born  1847,  died  1888 ; 
John  Henry  Moore,  born  1849;  Kate  Eliza 
Moore,  born  1851,  died  1853;  Emma  Caroline 
Moore,  born  1853:  Anna  Maria  Moore,  born 
1855;  Marion  Isabel  Moore,  born  1857;  Alice 
Olivia  Moore,  born  i860. 

(X)  John  Henry  Moore,  son  of  George  A. 


Moore,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1849;  married,  March  5,  1878,  Kate 
V^ictoria  Bullymore,  born  April  7,  1853,  in 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  graduated  from  the 
United  States  Naval  Academy,  June,  1869; 
retired  as  commander  United  States  Navy, 
June,  1899.  Two  sons:  i.  Langdon  Moore, 
born  January  8,  1879,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
married,  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  March  4, 
191 1,  Minda  Ellenworth  Gottlieb,  born  April 
12,  1886.  2.  Theodore  John  Moore,  born  Oc- 
tober 23,  1891,  Washington,  D.  C. 


The  surname  Hodge  had  its 
HODGE  origin  in  the  name  Roger.  It  is 
supposed  to  be  of  Norman- 
French  origin,  brought  into  England  by  a 
"Roman  knight  and  valiant  follower  of  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror."  From  Roger  came 
Oger,  then  Odger,  Hodger,  and  finally  Hodge. 
He  settled  in  Scotland  and  the  name  is  now 
common  in  every  civilized  country.  The  Eng- 
lish-Teutonic meaning  is  "Spear  of  fame." 
The  family  bore  arms  in  both  Scotland  and 
England.  The  English  coat  is:  Crest:  An 
eagle  rising,  looking  at  the  sun.  Arms:  A 
chevron  surmounted  by  a  pale.  The  Scotch 
crest:  A  garb  entwined  with  two  serpents. 
Arms:     A  chevron  between  two  amulets. 

The  Buffalo  family  of  Hodge  herein  re- 
corded descends  from  John  Hodge,  born  about 
1643,  died  in  Lyme,  Connecticut,  1692  or  1694. 
He  was  an  early  settler  of  Killingworth  (now 
Qinton),  of  Windsor  and  of  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  August  12,  1666,  Sus- 
anna Denslow,  born  September  3,  1646,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Denslow,  who  was  killed  by  the 
Indians  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  April  4, 
1676,  son  of  Nicholas  Denslow,  the  emigrant. 
Of  his  eleven  children  the  first  was  born  at 
Killingworth,  five  at  Windsor  and  five  at  Suf- 
field:  John,  Thomas,  Mary,  Joseph,  Ben- 
jamin, Henry,  William,  Elizabeth,  Susanna, 
Abigail  and  Samuel. 

(II)  Samuel,  youngest  child  of  John  Hodge, 
was  born  October  4,  1686,  died  in  Glastonbury, 
Connecticut,  May  8,  1764.  He  was  a  land 
owner  of  that  town  as  early  as  1712.  There 
is  no  record  of  his  marriage  yet  found,  but 
there  was  a  widow  Sarah  Hodge,  who  died  in 
Glastonbury,  May  31,  1781,  supposed  widow 
of  Samuel  Hodge.  Some  of  his  descendants 
claim  that  she  was  Sarah  Dustin  before  her 
marriage,  born  July  4,  1688,  daughter  of 
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Massachusetts,  whose  Indian  fame  is  histori- 
cal ;  but  this  claim  is  not  allowed  by  Orlando 
John  Hodge  in  his  "Hodge  Genealogy,"  1900. 
Children:     Samuel  (2),  John  and  Benjamin. 

(IH)  Benjamin,  youngest  son  of  Samuel 
Hodge,  was  born  173 1,  died  at  Glastonbury, 
Connecticut,  July,  1799.  He  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  from  May  29  to  Octp- 
ber  25,  1758,  in  Captain  Samuel  Gaylord's 
company,  Fourth  regiment,  and  received  as 
pay  nine  pounds  twelve  shillings  ten  pence.  He 
was  on  town  patriotic  committees  during  the 
revolution,  and  was  of  help  to  the  revolution- 
ary cause  in  many  ways.  He  married,  No- 
vember 21,  1 75 1,  at  Glastonbury,  Lydia 
Welles,  born  May  24,  1728,  died  1810,  daugh- 
ter of  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i),  son 
of  Thomas,  son  of  Hugh  Welles,  who  came 
from  England  to  America  in  the  ship  "Globe," 
in  1635,  landing  at  Boston.  Children:  Ben- 
jamin (2),  of  further  mention;  William, 
Lydia,  Ann,  Jerusha,  Asahel,  Lois  and  Eunice. 
His  daughters  all  married  revolutionary 
soldiers. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Hodge,  was  born  in  Glastonbury,  Connecti- 
cut, February  i,  1753,  died  February  23,  1837, 
in  Buffalo,  New  York.  In  1775  he  made  a 
whaling  voyage,  and  on  his  return  enlisted  in 
Captain  Jonathan  Hale's  company.  Colonel 
Erastus  Wolcott's  regiment,  and  was  sent  to 
a  point  on  Lake  George,  New  York,  to  defend 
the  frontiers.  The  extreme  cold  and  hardship 
caused  him  to  fall  ill,  and  the  next  year  he 
was  sent  home.  In  1777  he  went  to  sea  on  a 
merchant  vessel,  which  was  captured  by  a 
British  vessel,  the  crew  escaping  to  the  shore. 
In  1783  he  taught  school  in  Glastonbury,  for 
which  he  was  paid  a  pound.  In  1786  he  bought 
land,  and  in  the  years  following  he  appears 
in  several  real  estate  transactions.  In  1793 
he  moved  to  Richfield,  Otsego  county,  New 
York,  where  he  resided  until  1798,  when  he 
sold  and  moved  to  Exeter  in  the  same  county. 
In  1806  he  sold  his  lands  in  Exeter  and  started 
for  a  home  farther  west,  with  several  of  his 
neighbors.  In  July,  1806,  the  party  made  its 
way  on  the  Mohawk  river  to  Oneida  lake,  by 
Oswego  river  to  Lake  Ontario,  on  the  lake 
to  the  mouth  of  the  Niagara  river,  which  they 
ascended  to  the  falls.  Here  their  flatboat  was 
loaded  on  a  wagon,  drawn  around  the  falls, 
and  again  placed  in  the  river.  They  reached 
Buffalo  creek,  where  William  Hodge,  elder 
son  of   Benjamin    (2)    was   located   at   Cold 


Springs,  three  miles  from  the  mouth  of  the 
creek.  Buffalo  was  then  known  as  New  Am- 
sterdam, afterward  Buffalo,  and  contained 
about  a  dozen  white  families.  Before  leaving 
Exeter  Benjamin  had  purchased,  for  $23,  the 
title  to  lot  35,  containing  forty-seven  ^nd 
three-tenths  acres,  just  outside  the  village  of 
Buffalo,  which  has  long  since  become  a  part 
of  the  city.  This  he  exchanged  with  his  son 
William  for  a  farm  the  latter  owned  at  Eden, 
a  few  miles  from  Buffalo.  He  lived  on  the 
Eden  farm  until  December,  1812,  when  he 
moved  to  Cold  Springs,  near  his  son.  Here 
he  engaged  in  farming,  trading  in  cattle,  and 
other  pursuits.  December  30,  1813,  he  was 
an  eyewitness  to  the  burning  of  Buffalo  by 
the  British.  Hearing  the  British  were  com- 
ing, he  hastily  sent  his  family  in  a  wagon 
drawn  by  a  yoke  of  oxen  to  Harris  Hill,  now 
Clarence,  while  he  remained  to  watch  his 
property.  The  following  day  a  patrol  of  Brit- 
ish sent  to  destrov  the  residence  of  his  son 

w 

William  (in  the  cellar  of  which  was  stored 
merchandise  valued  at  $50,000,  belonging  to 
the  merchants  of  Buffalo)  saw  Benjamin  and 
another  man  in  the  street  near  William's  house 
and  ordered  them  to  surrender.  Instead,  they 
both  ran.  Benjamin  halted,  while  Tiis  com- 
panion kept  on  and  was  shot.  Benjamin  was 
directed  to  get  an  axe  and  break  in  the  heads 
of  some  of  the  liquor  casks  stored  in  William's 
cellar.  While  an  officer  was  filling  his  can- 
teen with  spirits,  a  sentry  cried  "the  Yankees 
are  coming."  The  officer  fled  in  such  haste 
that  when  Mr.  Hodge  reached  the  floor  above, 
the  officer  had  disappeared.  The  building  had 
been  fired  in  several  places,  however,  and  was 
soon  in  ruins.  Mr.  Hodge  was  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order,  which  fact,  it  is  said,  saved 
him  from  being  carried  away  prisoner  with 
his  son  Benjamin  (3),  who  was  taken  to  Can- 
ada and  held  prisoner.  Benjamin  lived 
through  two  wars  with  Great  Britain  and 
much  early  frontier  life.  He  wore  knee 
buckles  after  the  Continental  style,  long  after 
they  had  gone  out  of  general  use,  and  was 
probably  the  last  man  in  Buffalo  to  discard 
them.  He  died  greatly  respected  by  his  busi- 
ness and  social  acquaintances.  He  is  buried 
with  his  wife  in  Forest  Lawn  Cemetery,  Buf- 
falo. 

He  married,  April  9,  1780,  Sarah  Churchill, 
born  November  25,  1757,  in  Chatham,  Con- 
necticut, died  in  Buffalo,  May  20,  1837,  daugh- 
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son  of  Josiah  Churchill,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land about  1636,  settled  in  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut. They  lived  a  happy  married  life, 
continuing  fifty-five  years.  Children :  William, 
of  further  mention ;  Clarissa,  Philander,  Al- 
fred, Lorin,  Sarah,  Clarissa,  Alfred,  Ben- 
jamin (3)  and  Velorius. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Hodge, 
was  born  in  Glastonbury,  Connecticut,  July  2, 
1781,  died  in  Buffalo,  September  18,  1848. 
When  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  his  parents 
moved  to  Otsego  eounty.  New  York,  where 
for  several  years  William  taught  school.  On 
June  16,  1805,  he  entered  Buffalo  Creek  and 
began  life  at  Cold  Springs,  now  a  part  of 
Buffalo.  He  bought  land,  built  a  house,  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  trade,  kept  a  tavern, 
manufactured  bricks,  and  followed  other  pur- 
suits. It  was  his  house  and  goods  that  the 
British  were  after,  as  described  in  preceding 
generation.  After  the*  war  Mr.  Hodge  rebuilt 
his  house,  using  the  old  brick  walls,  which 
had  not  been  materially  damaged  by  the  fire. 
After  many  years  this  building  was  torn  down 
and  replaced  by  the  widow  with  the  fine  struc- 
ture now  standing  at  the  southwest  corner  of 
Main  and  Utica  streets,  Buffalo.  December 
26,  1838,  the  Buffalo  Bank  was  organized,  with 
William  Hodge  (i)  and  William  Hodge  (2) 
as  two  of  the  incorporators.  Philander,  an- 
other son  of  William  Hodge  (i),  had  an  in- 
terest in  the  bank  and  was  one  of  its  officers. 
Pierre  A.  Barker,  vice-president,  was  not 
equal  to  the  task  of  carrying  the  bank  through 
the  great  financial  panic  which  soon  after 
swept  over  the  country,  and  the  bank  failed. 
William  Hodge  (i)  was  much  the  largest 
stockholder  in  the  bank,  in  fact  had  furnished 
most  of  the  capital,  and  in  the  failure  neces- 
sarily lost  largely.  In  time  he  recovered  from 
his  reverses  and  at  his  death  left  a  large  es- 
tate, much  of  it  in  land  now  within  the  city 
limits.  A  tract  of  thirty  acres  lay  between 
Elmwood  avenue  and  a  line  halfway  between 
Hodge  and  Bryant  streets  (on  the  south),  on 
the  north  Utica,  on  the  east  Main.  His  brother 
Velorius  owned  a  large  tract  adjoining. 
Hodge  avenue  is  named  after  his  son,  William 
Hodge. 

William  Hodge  married,  March  25,  1802, 
Sally  Abbott,  born  April  3,  1787,  died  March 
9,  1868,  daughter  of  Daniel  Abbott,  of  Exeter, 
Otsego  county,  New  York,  who  moved  to 
Hamburg,  Erie  county,  New  York,  in  1810. 
Children:     Sarah,  William,  of  further  men- 


tion; Sophia,  Philander,  Sabrina,  Julia,  Ade- 
line, Sally  Abbott,  Mary  Beaufort,  Joseph, 
Jasper,  Susan  Maria,  Helen  Louise  and  Ben- 
jamin Franklin. 

(VI)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Hodge,  was  born  in  Erie  county.  New  York, 
December  20,  1804,  died  in  Buffalo,  April  24, 
1887.  In  1805  he  accompanied  his  parents 
on  their  removal  from  Otsego  to  Erie  county. 
He  was  nine  years  old  when  Buffalo  was 
burned  by  the  British  and  his  father's  house 
destroyed.  He  was  a  man  of  good  education, 
and  more  the  scholar  than  the  business  man. 
He  laid  out  Hodge  avenue  on  land  he  owned, 
and  erected  thereon  many  fine  buildings.  The 
property  he  inherited  from  his  father,  to  which 
he  added  by  wise  management,  made  him  a 
man  of  large  means  with  which  to  gratify  his 
intellectual  tastes.  He  was  at  one  time  presi- 
dent of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  and 
wrote  for  the  newspapers  of  Buffalo  many  ar- 
ticles in  regard  to  the  early  settlement  of  that 
city.  In  1885  he  published  a  very  interesting 
volume  entitled  ''Memoirs  of  the  late  William 
Hodge,  Senior,"  which  contains  many  facts 
about  the  older  inhabitants  of  Buffalo.  In 
speaking  of  the  battle  of  Black  Rock,  when 
the  British  burned  Buffalo,  he  says :  "Two  of 
my  uncles,  Lorin  and  Alfred  Hodge,  were 
in  that  battle."  He  was  a  member  of  West- 
minster Presbyterian  Church,  and  of  other 
leading  organizations  of  the  city. 

He  married,  November  24,  1848,  Arrietta 
A.  Hodge,  born  October  18,  1815,  died  De- 
cember 14,  1883,  daughter  of  Lorin  Hodge, 
son  of  Benjamin  (2).  Children:  i.  Mary 
Davis,  born  January  8,  1850,  died  185 1.  2. 
William  Churchill,  of  further  mention.  3.  Wil- 
liard  Way,  born  April  15,  1853  ;  married,  June 
12,  1879,  Elizabeth  Anstey  Christey;  children: 
Elizabeth  and  Shurly  Christey.  4.  Charles 
Jones,  of  further  mention. 

(VII)  William  Churchill,  eldest  son  of  Wil- 
Ham  (2)  Hodge,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  July  4, 
1 85 1.  For  many  years  he  was  partner  in  a 
large  gentlemen's  furnishing  store,  retired  and 
devoted  himself  to  real  estate  and  fire  insur- 
ance with  Armstrong,  Roth  &  Cady  Co.  He 
is  much  interested  in  the  preservation  of  our 
forests  and  game ;  he  was  appointed  game  pro- 
tector in  1907  for  Western  New  York,  and  is 
a  director  of  the  Forest,  Fish  and  Game  Club. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Westminster  Presby- 
terian Church  and  of  the  Park  Club.  Politi- 
cally he  is  a  Republican.     He  married,  Octo- 


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ber  i8,  1876,  Helen  Maria  Hopkins,  born  Oc- 
tober 20,  1857,  daughter  of  Nelson  Kerr  and 
Louise  Ann  (Pratt)  Hopkins.  Nelson  K.  was 
son  of  Timothy  S.  and  Nancy  Ann  Kerr  Hop- 
kins. Timothy  S.  was  son  of  Ichabod  and 
Sarah  Hopkins.  Nancy  Kerr  comes  from  the 
Kerr  family  of  England  and  Scotland,  whose 
history  is  traced  to  the  year  495.  Louise  Ann 
Pratt  was  the  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Maria 
Fowle  Pratt,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts, 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
Pratt,  a  captain  of  the  revolution,  buried  in 
Forest  Lawn  cemetery,  Buffalo.  These  mar- 
riages join  the  five  ancient  families,  Pratt, 
Hodge,  Hopkins,  Bigelow  and  Warren.  Chil- 
dren of  William  Churchill  and  Helen  Maria 
Hodge:  i.  William  Churchill  (2),  born  Oc- 
tober 24,  1877;  prepared  for  college  at  An- 
dover,  graduating  in  1895,  and  graduate  of 
Yale  University,  1899,  A.  B.,  in  1903  as  mas- 
ter of  forestry ;  is  a  linguist,  speaking  fluently 
Latin,  Greek,  German,  French  and  Italian.  In 
1899  he  entered  the  service  of  the  United 
States  Forestry  Department,  and  in  1907 
moved  his  residence  to  California.  He  is  an 
authority  on  red  woods  and  forestry.  He  is 
a  valuable  man  to  the  service  and  stands  high 
with  his  superiors  in  office.  His  interest  in 
forestry  was  among  the  first,  he  having  made 
a  study  of  the  subject  in  French  before  there 
were  any  books  printed  in  English,  Mr.  Hodge 
translating  several  of  the  French  books  into 
English  for  the  use  of  American  students. 
2.  Helen  Marguerite,  born  May  30,  1879,  died 
May  5,  1891.  3.  Harold  Hodge,  born  March 
29,  1882;  graduate  of  Andover  (preparatory), 
and  a  student  two  years  in  Yale  University. 
He  is  now  sales  manager  of  the  King  Sewing 
Machine  Company,  having  formerly  been  with 
the  Needham  Company,  the  Larkin  company, 
and  with  Jones  Brothers,  of  Kansas  City.  He 
has  made  a  specialty  of  advertising  methods 
and  stands  high  in  that  profession.  He  is  very 
fond  of  athletics,  and  has  held  the  tennis  cham- 
pionship of  Buffalo,  New  York  state,  and  of 
the  Missouri  valley.  4.  Sheldon,  born  April 
23,  1883 ;  graduate  of  Andover ;  now  manager 
of  the  architectural  department,  Pratt  &  Lam- 
bert; married,  February  8,  1910,  Helene, 
daughter  of  Cassius  A.  Lockhart,  of  Buffalo. 
(VII)  Charles  Jones,  youngest  son  of  Wil- 
liam (2)  Hodge,  was  bom  February  18,  1856, 
in  Buffalo,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  and  high  schools  of  Buffalo,  and 
began  business  life  in  care  of  his  father's  es- 


tate for  several  years,  then  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business  in  California,  having  offices 
in  Los  Angeles.  His  family  remained  in  Buf- 
falo, which  city  is  his  home.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican and  a  member  of  Westminster  Presby- 
terian Church.  He  married,  October  22,  1879, 
Annie  Emily  Belton,  born  July  21,  1859, 
daughter  of  Webster  Belton,  of  London,  Can- 
ada, who  married  Jane  Scatcherd,  bom  in 
Canada,  now  a  resident  of  Buffalo.  Webster 
was  a  son  of  George  Belton,  a  farmer  of  Can- 
ada, who  married  Alita  Philpot.  Children  of 
Charles  J.  and  Annie  E.  Hodge,  all  born  in 
Buffalo:  i.  Charles  Lansing,  born  April  7, 
1881 ;  now  engaged  in  construction  work; 
married,  June  7,  1907,  Florence  Tupper,  and 
has  a  daughter,  Jane  Belton.  2.  Gilbert 
Scatcherd,  bom  March  28,  1884;  now  on  a 
ranch  in  California.  3.  Nelson  Webster,  born 
May  19,  1887 ;  now  with  the  Aluminum  Cast- 
ing Company  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  4.  Robert 
Belton,  born  January  11,  1889;  now  a  ranch- 
man of  California.  5.  Eric  Lawrence,  bom 
January  17,  1894;  graduate  Lafayette  high 
school  (1911). 


The  progenitor  and  American 
HOPKINS     ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the 

family  is  Stephen  Hopkins, 
who  settled  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in 
1634;  was  made  a  freeman  in  1635;  removed 
to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1636,  where  he 
became  a  juror  in  1643.  ^^  is  not  known  what 
relation,  if  any,  he  bore  to  Stephen  Hopkins, 
who  came  to  Plymouth  in  1620,  or  to  Edward 
Hopkins,  who  arrived  in  Boston  in  1637,  ^^^ 
afterwards  became  governor  of  Connecticut, 
although  he  could  not  have  been  a  near  rela- 
tive of  the  last.  Stephen  Hopkins  died  in  1654. 
His  will  was  dated  1648  and  an  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  taken  April  15,  1654.  He  left 
a  widow  Jane,  who  married  (second)  Nathan- 
iel Ward.  Children:  Stephen;  Bethiah,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Stocking,  of  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut. 

(II)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i)  and 
Jane  Hopkins,  was  born  either  in  England  or 
shortly  after  the  arrival  at  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  came  to  Hartford  with  his 
father  and  was  made  a  freeman  in  1656.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  miller.  His  will  bore 
the  date  of  September  28,  1680,  and  the  in- 
ventory (amounting  to  591  pounds)  Novem- 
ber 6,  1689.  He  married  Dorcas,  daughter 
of  John  Bronson,  of  Farmington,  Connecticut. 


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Children:  i.  John,  became  one  of  the  most 
respected  and  influential  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  He  was  one  of 
the  youngest  of  the  original  proprietors,  and 
ran  the  mill  at  Alattatuck.  He  was  constable, 
grand  juror,  deputy  many  times,  justice  of 
the  peace,  town  clerk,  kept  an  "ordinary,"  ser- 
geant,  ensign,   lieutenant,   and   a   large   land 

owner.    He  married  Hannah and  had 

five  children.  2.  Stephen,  born  1665,  died 
1704;  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  and  Hannah  Judd.  3.  Ebenezer,  of 
whom  further.  4.  Joseph,  married,  April  27, 
1693,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Paul  Peck,  of 
Hartford.  5.  Dorcas,  married.  May  11,  1681, 
Jonathan  Webster.  6.  Mary,  married  Samuel 
Sedgwick. 

(IH)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Dorcas  (Bronson)  Hopkins,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  1669.  He  became  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Harwinton,  Litchfield  county,  Con- 
necticut, in  1730,  and  had  land  granted  him 
in  1732.  There  were  then  living  in  the  same 
town,  Ebenezer  (i),  Ebenezer  (2),  Jonathan 
(i),  Jonathan  (2),  Stephen  and  Hezekiah 
Hopkins.  The  records  of  the  first  town  meet- 
ing show  Ebenezer  Hopkins  appointed  to  be 
one  of  the  surveyors  of  the  highway,  "Hez 
Hopkins  to  be  constabool.'*  Both  Ebenezer 
and  son  Ebenezer  were  signers  of  the  petition 
to  have  a  new  county  erected  (Litchfield).  He 
was  a  grantor  of  the  part  of  the  town  called 
"East  Harwinton.**  The  records  show  that  at 
the  town  meeting  held  September  17,  1745,  it 

was  voted  "Ebenezer  Hopkins  and 

shall  sit  in  ye  pew  under  ye  stares  at  the  West 
end  of  the  meeting  house,"  and  voted  De- 
cember   31,    1750,    "Ebenezer    Hopkins    and 

shall  be  a  committee  to  appoint 

the  places  for  the  schools  and  dispose  of  the 
school  money  for  the  purpose  for  which  it 
was  voted."  These  two  items  doubtless  refer 
to  Ebenezer  (2),  as  Ebenezer  (i),  the  father, 
would  have  then  been  an  old  man.  Ebenezer 
(i)  Hopkins  married,  January  21,  1691,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Butler,  of  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer,  died 
young.  2.  Jonathan,  baptized  June  28,  1696. 
3.  Ebenezer,  of  whom  further.  4.  Mary,  born 
January  30,  1705.  5.  Stephen,  born  August 
6,  1707;  settled  in  Waterbury;  married 
Jemima  Bronson.  6.  Isaac,  born  November 
28,  1708;  settled  in  Waterbury ;  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hickox.  7.  Sarah,  born 
June  20,  1710. 


(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
and  MsLvy  (Butler)  Hopkins,  was  born  June 
25,  1700.  He  removed  to  Pittsford,  Vermont; 
died  at  Shaftsbury,  1784,  while  returning  from 
a  visit  to  Massachusetts.  He  married  and  had 
sons:  James,  of  whom  further;  Nehemiah, 
deacon  in  the  church,  died  at  Crown  Point, 
New  York,  1814;  Elias;  Tabitha,  married  Dr. 
Abithar  Willard.  Deacon  Nehemiah  had  a 
daughter,  Susannah,  who  married  Elijah  Kirk- 
ham,  and  some  time  after  both  she,  her  hus- 
band, and  child  were  drowned  in  Lake  Cham- 
plain. 

(V)  James,  eldest  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Hopkins,  removed  to  the  state  of  New  York 
and  settled  in  the  Genesee  Valley.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  sons,  James  and  Caleb,  and  two 
daughters,  one,  Rhoda,  married  Elias  Hopkins. 

(VI)  Caleb,  son  of  James  Hopkins,  was 
born  in  1770,  reared  near  Pittsford,  Vermont, 
on  the  farm,  died  1818.  In  1791,  with  Gen- 
eral Jonathan  Fassett  and  others,  he  removed 
to  Western  New  York.  He  was  then  twenty- 
one  years  of  age.  In  1791  he  built  his  log 
house  on  land  he  had  secured,  and  in  1800 
was  the  first  settler  in  Penfield,  Monroe 
county.  New  York.  Soon  afterward  he  re- 
moved to  Stonetown,  nearby,  where  he  erected 
a  mill.  He  became  a  large  land  owner  and 
spent  his  time  between  his  mill  and  overseeing 
his  farms.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Madison  collector  of  the  port  of  Genesee  and 
commissioned  in  1804  lieutenant  of  militia  by 
Governor  George  Clinton.  In  1807  Governor 
Morgan  commissioned  him  major,  and  in  1812 
he  received  a  colonel's  commission  from  Gov- 
ner  Tompkins.  He  was  in  the  service  during 
the  war  of  1812-14  as  colonel  of  the  Fifty- 
second  Regiment,  New  York  state  militia.  In 
1816  and  1817  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  New  York  state  assembly.  The  following 
is  an  extract  from  a  letter  written  by  Gover- 
nor Tompkins,  dated  Albany,  February  21, 
1817: 

I  recall  the  distinguished  part  you  took  in  the 
militia  and  volunteers  of  the  war  and  the  intrepid 
conduct  exhibited  by  you  in  the  various  battles 
of  that  memorable  struggle.  I  cannot  communicate 
an  acceptance  of  your  resignation,  without  adding 
personal  acknowledgment  of  my  gratitude  and  ap- 
provation.  Your  friend  and  servant, 

Daniel  D.  Hopkins. 

In  the  early  settlement  of  Pittsford  he  was 
a  member  of  the  first  board  of  assessors  in 


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1796  and  supervisor  in  1804.  In  1806  he  be- 
came interested  in  manufacturing,  but  his 
death,  January  14,  1818,  prevented  his  engag- 
ing to  any  great  extent. 

He  married,  about  179S,  Dorothy,  daughter 
of  Jacobus  Mabee,  who  came  from  Vermont 
with  Colonel  Hopkins.  She  died  August  20, 
1847,  and  is  buried  at  Pittsford,  Monroe 
county.  New  York.  Among  their  children  was 
Marvin,  of  whom  further. 

(VII)  Marvin,  son  of  Colonel  Caleb  and 
Dorothy  (Mabee)  Hopkins,  was  bom  at  Pitts- 
ford,  New  York,  1805,  died  there  in  1867.  He 
was  educated  at  Canandaigua,  New  York,  and 
after  completing  his  studies  returned  to  the 
farm  and  ever  after  followed  that  occupation. 
He  was  a  successful  man  of  business,  of  high 
character,  and  of  considerable  influence  in  his 
town. 

He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
served  the  town  of  Pittsford  as  supervisor  in 
1840-42-46-50-62.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  and  active  in  good  works. 
He  married,  in  1830,  Jane  Phelps,  bom  No- 
vember I,  18 1 2,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Rox- 
cena  (Newcomb)  Phelps  (see  Phelps  III). 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopkins:  James, 
removed  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri;  Clarissa  M., 
married  (first)  Lyman  M.  Barkers;  (second) 
Orlando  Austm ;  Dorothy,  married  Charles  W. 
Rogers ;  Robert  M.,  of  whom  further ;  George, 
of  Akron,  Ohio ;  Chauncey,  of  Granger,  Ohio ; 
Jared  W.,  a  farmer,  of  Pittsford,  New  York, 
and  member  of  the  assembly  of  New  York 
from  there. 

(VIII)  Robert  M.,  son  of  Marvin  and  Jane 
(Phelps)  Hopkins,  was  born  at  Pittsford, 
Monroe  county.  New  York,  August  22,  1847. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Ohio  Academy.  After  completing  his  studies, 
he  settled  on  a  farm  at  Pittsford  and  until 
1903  was  engaged  in  agriculture.  In  the  lat- 
ter year  he  retired  from  business  and  took  up 
his  residence  at  Lockport,  New  York,  where 
he  now  resides.  He  is  past  master  of  North- 
field  Lodge,  No.  420,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Laura  Kent;  she  died  January  14, 
1874;  married  (second)  Emma  E.  Hayner 
Day;  married  (third)  October  15,  1903,  Jo- 
sephine Lapp  Day,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Sarah  Lapp,  of  Niagara  county,  New  York. 
Child  by  second  marriage,  Jared  R.,  born  July 
6,  1886. 


(The  Phelps  Line). 

(I)  John  Phelps,  the  first  of  the  line  here 
under  consideration  of  whom  we  have  definite 
information,  married  Polly  Converse  and 
among  their  children  was  Josiah,  of  whom 
further. 

,  (II)  Josiah,  son  of  John  and  Polly  (Con- 
verse) Phelps,  married  Roxcena,  daughter  of 
Silas  and  Susan  (White)  Newcomb;  Susan 
White  was  a  daughter  of  John  White.  Rox- 
cena (Newcomb)  Phelps  died  November  13, 
1812,  aged  forty-three  years.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Phelps :  John,  Silas,  Orenda,  Sarah, 
Janet,  Jane. 

(Ill)  Jane,  youngest  child  of  Josiah  and 
Roxcena  (Newcomb)  Phelps,  was  born  in 
Pittsford,  Monroe  county,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber I,  1812.  She  married,  in  1830,  Marvin 
Hopkins  (see  Hopkins  VII). 


This  name,  also  written  Clarke, 
CLARK  Clerk,  Clerke  and  Qearke,  is  a 
name  of  great  antiquity  in  Eng- 
land. Originally  any  person  who  could  read 
or  write  was  given  the  name,  and  it  came  to 
be  the  surname  of  learned  persons  generally, 
but  particularly  of  officers  of  ecclesiastical 
courts  and  parish  churches  who  were  entmsted 
with  recording  and  preserving  the  records.  In 
medieval  days  the  name  was  one  to  be  re- 
spected, hence  it  is  of  frequent  use  in  "Domes- 
day Book,"  either  written  in  one  of  the  va- 
rious spellings  given  above,  or  Clericus,  "clerk 
or  clergyman,"  "one  of  the  clerical  order."  In 
the  early  settlement  of  New  England  by  the 
English  Puritans,  1625  to  1640,  we  find  men 
of  the  name  who  became  founders  of  large 
and  distinguished  families,  not  only  in  the 
New  England  colonies,  but  in  Virginia,  Mary- 
land and  New  York.  In  the  southern  section 
of  the  United  States  they  generally  spelled 
the  name  with  a  final  "e."  The  most  numer- 
ous of  the  christian  names  appear  to  have  been 
William,  with  John,  Thomas  and  Samuel  in 
abundant  evidence.  Irish  emigrants  to  Amer- 
ica have  added  to  the  name  either  from  Scotch- 
Irish  or  from  the  families  of  O*0ery  or 
O'Clersach,  not  only  common  but  distinguished 
names  in  the  Emerald  Isle,  and  literally  indi- 
cating "the  son  of  the  cler." 

Four  brothers  from  Bedfordshire,  England, 
came  to  New  England  in  the  first  quarter  of 
the  seventeenth  century — John,  Joseph, 
Thomas  and  Carew  Clark.  John  was  a 
Tounder  of  Rhode   Island  with   Roger  Wil- 


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liams,  and  the  founder  of  the  Baptist  church 
in  Newport,  1638,  and  has  numerous  descend- 
ants. Thomas  Clark  (1593-1697),  a  carpen- 
ter, in  Plymouth  colony,  1623,  and  Susannah 
Ring,  his  wife,  have  among  their  illustrious 
descendants  Alvan  Clark  (1804-87)  of  tele- 
scope fame,  and  his  son,  Alvan  Graham  Clark 
(1832-97),  the  lens  maker  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts;  Alonzo  Howard  Qark,  bom 
1850,  the  scientist;  George  Bassett  Clark 
(1827-91),  the  mechanician;  James  Freeman 
Clark  (1810-88),  the  clergyman,  author  and 
anti-slavery  advocate;  Samuel  F.  Clark 
(1851),  the  naturalist.  Nathaniel  Clark,  of 
Newbury,  1642,  and  Elizabeth  (Somerby) 
Clark,  his  wife,  have  among  their  descendants 
Thomas  March  Clark  (1812-1903),  second 
bishop  of  Rhode  Island;  Rufus  Wheelwright 
Clark  (1813-86),  Yale,  1838,  clergyman  and 
author;  Samuel  Adams  Clark  (1822-79), 
clergyman,  and  others  equally  notable.  Wil- 
liam Clark  (1609-90),  Nantucket,  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  1630,  Dorchester,  1636, 
Northampton,  1659,  is  the  progenitor  of  the 
Clarks  of  Western  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut and  has  numerous  descendants  in  the 
far  west.  Among  his  more  distinguished  de- 
scendants we  may  name  General  Emmons 
Clark  (1827-1905),  commander  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard,  N.  Y.  S. 
M.,  1864-89;  Edson  Luman  Qark,  born  1827, 
clergyman  and  author,  Yale,  1853 ;  Ezra  Clark 
(1883-96),  representative  in  the  thirty-fourth 
and  thirty-fifth  congresses,  and  *  president  of 
the  Hartford  Water  Board;  Myron  H.  Clark 
(1806-92),  governor  of  New  York,  1854-55, 
and  others. 

There  were  a  number  of  Clark  families  in 
Dorchester,  Roxbury,  Boston,  Dedham,  Water- 
town,  Blanford  and  other  Massachusetts 
towns  before  and  after  the  year  1700.  From 
one  of  these  the  Clarks  of  Ellicottville,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York,  descend.  The 
name  of  the  emigrant  is  not  known,  but  he 
was  of  the  English  family.  The  first  of  whom 
there  is  positive  knowlelge  is  Wells  Clark,  of 
English  parents,  who  lived  probably  in  Blan- 
ford, Massachusetts,  where  he  married  and 
had  a  family. 

(H)  Wells  (2)  Clark,  of  Blanford,  Massa- 
chusetts, was  a  son  of  Wells  (i)  Clark,  a 
revolutionary  soldier  from  Berkshire  county, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  in  Captain  John  Col- 
lar's company,  July  19  to  August  27,  1779, 
Lieutenant-Colonel    Powell's    regiment.      He 


was  also  a  private  in  Captain  Samuel,  War- 
ner's company,  Colonel  John  Brown's  regi- 
ment, Berkshire  county,  July  18  to  October 
22,  1780;  also  in  Captain  Ezekiel  Herrick's 
company.  Colonel  John  Ashley's  regiment 
(Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts),  in  Octo- 
ber, 178 1.  (See  Clerk  and  Clark,  vol.  iii., 
"Mass.  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolu- 
tion"). 

(HI)  William,  son  of  Wells  (2)  Clark,  was 
born  in  Massachusetts,  in  1814,  died  1894.  He 
came  to  Cattaraugus  county  in  1841,  settling 
in  Ellicottville,  where  he  purchased  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres  of  wild,  uncultivated 
land.  Here  he  erected  his  house,  and  as  the 
years  passed  added  to  the  cultivated  area  of 
his  fields  and  became  a  well-to-do  farmer  of 
the  town.  The  farm  he  wrested  from  the 
wilderness  is  now  owned  by  his  unmarried 
children.  He  served  the  town  as  highway 
commissioner,  was  a  Whig  and  Republican, 
and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  mar- 
ried Caroline  M.  Stewart,  bom  1816,  died 
1894.  Children:  i.  George  F.,  resides  on  the 
original  Clark  farm,  in  Ellicottville;  unmar- 
ried. 2.  Charles,  married  Adelia  Smith,  and 
resides  in  the  town  of  Mansfield.  3.  Harlan 
M.,  resides  on  the  home  farm,  unmarried. 
4.  Caroline  L.,  resides  on  the  home  farm,  un- 
married. 5.  James  O.  (of  further  mention). 
6.  Mary,  died  aged  twenty-nine  years.  7.  Wells 
W.,  married  Bertha  B.  Beach. 

(IV)  James  O.,  son  of  William  Clark,  was 
born  in  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  October  i,  1856.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools,  then  entered 
Ten  Broeck  Academy,  whence  he  was  grad- 
uated, class  of  1877.  He  commenced  the 
study  of  law,  and  at  the  same  time  taught 
school  in  the  villages  of  East  Otto,  West  Sala- 
manca, Ellicottville  and  numerous  outlying 
districts.  During  the  years  so  employed  he 
practiced  strict  economy,  and  when  a  sufficient 
amount  had  been  accumulated  abandoned 
teaching  and  gave  all  his  time  to  his  legal 
study  in  the  law  offices  of  C.  P.  Vedder  and 
George  M.  Rider.  In  1883  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  and  at  Once  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  former  preceptor  under  the  firm  name 
Vedder  &  Clark.  In  1887  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Ellicottville  Bank,  becoming  later 
assistant  cashier  and  vice-president.  He  re- 
turned soon  to  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
continuing  until  failing  health  compelled  him 
to  desist.    He  went  south,  spending  two  years 


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in  the  state  of  Texas,  returning  to  Ellicottville 
in  1908,  greatly  improved  in  health.  He  again 
resumed  practice  and  is  now  so  engaged.  For 
twenty. years  he  held  the  office  of  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  men 
of  his  town.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
of  the  Masonic  Order. 

He  married,  July  18,  1883,  Kathryn  M., 
born  January  21,  1859,  daughter  of  Philo  and 
Sarah  (Barnard)  Harrington. 

The  house  of  Argyle,  head 
CAMPBELL  of  the  Scottish  Clan  Camp- 
bell, has  an  authenticated 
history  extending  back  to  the  great  Diarmid 
MacDwibhne,  who  was  contemporary  with  the 
seventy-ninth  King  of  Scots,  Anno  Domini 
977.  From  him,  through  lyric  odes  of  the 
bards  and  tradition,  it  traces  thirteen  genera- 
tions further  back  into  antiquity  to  Constan- 
tine,  who  came  over  from  France  A.  D.  404, 
and  died  A.  D.  420.  In  the  seventeenth  gen- 
eration from  Constantine,  the  whole  Clan 
O'Dwibhne  in  Argyleshire  assumed  the  name 
of  Campbell,  in  courtesy  to  their  chief,  Archi- 
bald, whose  name  or  title  was  in  the  Latin 
Campus  Bellus,  and  Campbell  has  been  the 
name  ever  since.  The  family  were  noble  for 
ten  generations  to  Archibald,  tenth  earl,  who 
in  1701  was  created  Duke  of  Argyle  by  Wil- 
liam HL  He  was  of  the  fortieth  generation. 
The  present  Duke  of  Argyle  is  the  thirty-first 
Campbell  in  direct  descent  to  hold  the  title  of 
this  important  house. 

The  first  of  the  Clan  Campbell  to  come  to 
America  and  settle  in  Northern  New  York 
was  Captain  Laughlin  Campbell,  a  soldier  of 
ereat  courage,  who  visited  Washington  county 
m  1737,  in  response  to  the  invitation  of  the 
New  York  authorities  to  Scotch  Highlanders 
to  settle  here.  He  was  a  younger  brother 
of  the  then  Duke  of  Argyle.  Being  pleased 
with  the  country,  and  being  promised  a  grant 
of  30,000  acres  for  colony  use,  fqr  survey  fees 
and  quitrent,  by  Lieutenant  Governor  Clark, 
he  returned  to  Scotland,  sold  his  property 
there,  raised  a  colony  of  four  hundred  and 
twenty-three  adults,  and  with  a  party  of  them 
came  the  next  year  (1738)  to  New  York, 
where  Governor  Clark  insisted  on  full  fees 
and  a  share  in  the  land.  Campbell  refused  his 
demands,  and  Clark  recommended  the  legisla- 
ture to  grant  the  colony  assistance,  but  that 
body,  being  at  war  with  the  governor,  de- 


clined, suspecting  that  the  money  would  go  to 
the  colonial  officials  as  fees.  The  colonists 
were  obliged  to  separate,  and  Campbell,  with 
the  remains  of  his  broken  fortune,  purchased 
and  settled  down  upon  a  small  farm.  In  1745, 
when  the  rebellion  broke  out  in  Scotland,  he 
went  back  and  served  under  the  Duke  of  Cum- 
berland until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then 
came  back  to  New  York,  and  soon  afterward 
died  from  the  effects  of  wounds  received  in 
the  war.  In  1763,  after  his  death,  his  children 
were  granted  a  tract  of  10,000  acres  in  Wash- 
ington county,  in  the  town  of  Argyle,  now 
Greenwich. 

(I)  Undoubtedly  belonging  to  the  above 
line,  but  not  distinctly  identified,  was  the  im- 
migrant ancestor  of  the  family  here  considered 
— ^John  Campbell,  son  of  Robert.  He  was  of 
that  branch  of  the  Scotch  family  which  settled 
in  the  North  of  Ireland,  and  known  in  history 
as  Scotch-Irish.  He  came  from  county  Ul- 
ster, Ireland,  and  settled  in  New  London, 
Connecticut.  It  is  presumed  that  he  served 
in  the  revolution. 

(II)  Lieutenant  James  Campbell,  son  of 
John  Campbell,  is  borne  on  the  revolutionary 
rolls  as  serving  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  in 
1778,  under  General  Sullivan.  He  had  three 
sons — ^James,  John,  and  Allen. 

(III)  Dr.  Allen  Campbell,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant James  Campbell,  was  born  February  24, 
1749,  and  died  March  6,  1829.  He  was  a 
physician,  and  served  as  a  surgeon  under  Gen- 
eral Sullivan  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  He 
was  also  a  lay  preacher,  and  a  meeting  house 
was  built  for  him  near  Voluntown,  or  New 
London,  Connecticut.  He  married,  January 
18,  1778,  Sarah  Kime,  born  August  i,  1759, 
died  1834. 

(IV)  John  Allen,  son  of  Dr.  Allen  Camp- 
bell, was  born  in  Voluntown,  Connecticut, 
March  31,  1781,  and  died  August  27,  1844. 
He  married,  November  25,  1802,  Mollie 
Wylie. 

(V)  John,  son  of  John  Allen  Campbell, 
was  born  in  1805,  and  died  in  1883.  He  mar- 
ried 1825,  Susan  Maria  Blood.  Children: 
Harvey,  Matilda,  Mary,  James  Warren,  Lucy, 
Harrison,  George,  Josephine,  and  Alphia. 

(VI)  James  Warren,  son  of  John  and  Susan 
Maria  (Blood)  Campbell,  was  born  in  1833, 
and  died  January  i,  1892.  He  was  a  lumber 
dealer.  He  married  Adaline  Holmes,  born 
1844,  died  1905.  Children:  i.  Emmett  L., 
of  whom  further.    2.  Bertha,  married  Thomas 


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Waters;  children:     Irene,   Anna   and   Edna. 
3.  Edna. 

(VII)  Emmett  L.,  only  son  of  James  War- 
ren and  Adaline  (Holmes)  Campbell,  was 
born  in  South  Valley  (now  Elko),  Cattarau- 
gus county,  New  York,  March  18,  1872.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Chamberlain  Institution.  He  began  business 
life  as  a  clerk  in  a  lumber  yard  at  Quaker 
Bridge.  After  a  term  of  service  there  he 
went  to  Jamestown,  and  pursued  a  course  of 
study  in  the  Jamestown  Business  College. 
During  the  years  1893-94  he  was  bookkeeper 
in  a  knitting  mill  in  Jamestown,  and  for  a 
year  was  in  a  lumber  business.  In  1895  he 
located  in  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
and  opened  a  grocery  store.  The  telephone 
company  installed  a  pay  station  in  his  store, 
and  he  thus  became  familiar  with  that  busi- 
ness, with  the  result  that  he  disposed  of  his 
store  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  telephone 
company  in  order  to  build  up  its  rural  busi- 
ness. How  well  he  succeeded  is  made  ap- 
parent by  the  fact  that  in  a  remarkably  short 
time  he  established  in  the  territory  committed 
to  his  charge  five  offices  numbering  one  thou- 
sand subscribers — a  result  far  surpassing  the 
expectations  of  his  superiors,  and  winning  for 
him  high  commendation  for  his  ability  and 
energy.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  a  communicant  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  is  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

He  married,  February  25,  1897,  Adelene  L. 
Burrell,  born  July  13,  1875,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam H.  Burrell,  of  Cattaraugus  county,  and 
granddaughter  of  Adonijah  Burrell,  of  New 
Albion,  born  1799,  died  1878,  a  farmer,  held 
in  good  repute,  married  Betsey  Gilleland,  born 
1801,  died  1876.  William  H.  Burrell  was  born 
in  Otsego  county,  1835,  died  in  Cattaraugus 
county,  1902.  He  came  early  in  life  to  New 
Albion,  where  his  father  had  taken  up  land. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
was  a  farmer,  and  later  kept  a  hotel  in  Little 
Valley.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  in  politics  was  a  Demo- 
crat. He  married,  July  29,  1874,  Almeda 
Ridout,  born  September  18,  1852,  a  daughter 
of  Hiram  Ridout,  born  July  29,  1824,  died 
May  12,  1878,  married,  November,  1848,  Julia 
Filley,  born  April  i,  1832,  died  January  29, 
1886,  daughter  of  Austin  and  Martha  (Flan- 
ders)  Filley,  who  came  from  Vermont,  and 


settled  in  the  town  of  Leon.  Hiram  was  a 
son  of  Ezra  and  Mahala  (Dye)  Ridout,  old 
settlers  in  Cattaraugus  county.  Children  of 
William  H.  Burrell:  Maude,  died  aged  two 
years ;  Adelene  L.,  wife  of  Emmett  L.  Camp- 
bell ;  Harold  W. 

Children  of  Emmett  L.  and  Adelene  L. 
(Burrell)  Campbell:  Burrell,  born  December 
28,  1897;  Malcolm,  April  29,  1903;  Corydon, 
January  31,  1906. 


This  name  was  well  known  in 
GIBBS  England  prior  to  the  emigration 
of  the  Puritans  to  America.  Wil- 
liam Gibbs,  of  Lenharn,  Yorkshire,  England, 
for  signal  service,  received  a  grant  from  the 
King  of  England  embracing  a  tract  of  land 
four  miles  square  in  the  centre  of  the  town. 
Tradition  says  he  had  three  sons,  the  eldest 
of  whom  inherited  the  paternal  estate  and  re- 
mained thereon ;  the  younger  learned  the  trade 
of  ship  carpenter,  and  on  arriving  at  maturity 
received  funds  from  his  elder  brother,  with 
which  he  and  the  other  brother  came  to  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  where  they  separated. 
Matthew  Gibbs,  the  third  son,  is  the  American 
ancestor  of  a  large  family. 

The  family  of  Gibbs,  whose  descendants  are 
herein  traced,  was  founded  in  Chautauqua 
county  by  Preserved  Gibbs.  He  had  brothers, 
William,  Harris  and  Guy,  who  came  from 
England  together.  The  three  brothers  settled 
in  the  west  while  Preserved  located  first  in 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  He  purchased 
^yild  land,  on  which  he  lived  for  a  time,  later 
settling  near  Batavia,  New  York,  where  he 
engaged  in  agriculture  until  his  death.  His 
wife  was  Hannah  Wood ;  his  children :  Daniel, 
Delos,  Betsey,  Erastus  and  Hannah. 

Erastus,  youngest  son  of  Preserved  and 
Hannah  (Wood)  Gibbs,  was  born  near  Ba- 
tavia, New  York,  February  26,  1810,  died  in 
1876  in  Chautauqua  county.  He  was  a  man 
of  education  and  well  read  in  the  literature  of 
his  day.  He  settled  in  Chautauqua  county, 
where  he  was  a  prosperous  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried Nancy  E.  Eades,  born  in  Batavia,  New 
York,  died  in  Chautauqua  county,  April  3, 
1893,  aged  seventy-six  years,  eight  months  and 
twenty-two  days,  daughter  of  Elisha  A.  and 
Sophia  (Dorman)  Eades,  who  came  to  Ba- 
tavia from  Vermont,  settling  in  Chautauqua 
county,  in  1822.  Her  father  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  1812.  Her  mother,  Sophia  (Dor- 
man)  Eades,  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Con-^ 


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necticut,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Dorman, 
a  mariner.    Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibbs: 

1.  Helen,  born  May  i,  1837;  married,  May 
14,  1871,  in  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
Lyman  White  Skinner,  of  Chautauqua  county, 
born  in  Pomfret,  April  21,  1829,  died  in  Sher- 
man, May  4,  1910.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  in  early  life  learned  the 
trade  of  carpenter;  he  also  engaged  in  farm- 
ing, devoting  his  life  to  these  occupations.  He 
was  a  man  of  upright  character  and  highly 
esteemed  in  the  county.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  church,  and  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  Helen, 
who  continues  her  residence  in  Sherman. 
Child:  Alice  Martha,  born  in  Chautauqua 
county,  December  8,  1878;  married  Clifford 
H.  Newall,  of  Sherman ;  children :  Lyman 
Thomas,  born  May  30,  1905 ;  Helen  Julietta 
and  Elizabeth  Jean,  twins,  born  August  26, 
1907. 

2.  Alice,  born  August  26,  1841,  died  in 
Sherman,  August  26,  1903.  She  married  De- 
Witt  Clinton  Pratt,  of  New  York.  Children : 
i.  Lee  Sheldon,  born  1878;  married  Olive 
Page;  child,  Leland  DeWitt,  born  1910.  ii. 
William  Fred,  born  July  30,  1880.  iii.  James 
Gibbs,  born  July,  1882 ;  married  Susan  Thay- 
er ;  children :  Philip,  born  1908,  and  Julia 
Alice,  born  August,  1909. 

3.  Sophia,  born  July  29,  1845 ;  married, 
March  19,  1863,  in  Chautauqua,  New  York, 
Charles  Murray  Harrington,  born  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  November  9,  1839;  he  is  a 
well-known  auctioneer  and  a  farmer.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  man  highly  re- 
garded in  his  county.  The  family  residence  is 
in  Westfield.     They  have  no  children. 

4.  George  Washington,  born  February  21, 
1849.  H^  's  a  leading  dairy  farmer  of  Chau- 
tauqua county  and  an  extensive  cattle  dealer. 
He  married,  September  24,  1878,  in  W^estfield, 
Anna  Jane  Reid,  born  there  September  22, 
1856.  Children:  i.  Charles  Erastus,  born 
June  3,  1879 ;  married,  September,  1904,  Clau- 
dine  Kidder ;  children :  Geraldine,  born  Octo- 
ber 16,  1906,  and  Anna  Kathlyn,  born  Febru- 
ary 22,  19 10,  both  born  in  Fredonia,  New 
York.  ii.  Alice  Helen,  born  November  17, 
1882.  iii.  Emma  Martha,  born  July  30,  1887 ; 
married,  August  26,  1908,  Hugh  C.  Howe. 

5.  Charles  Franklin,  born  March  26,  1853, 
died  May  24,  1904:  he  was  a  farmer  and  an 
extensive  dealer  in  agricultural  implements. 
He  married,  December   i.   1875,  Mary  Stan- 


ton, born  in  Ripley,  New  York,  1855,  died 
September,  1909,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Martha  Maria  (Aspinwall)  Stanton.  Five 
children:  i.  Gerald  Gilman,  born  August  25, 
1876;  educated  in  the  public  schools;  graduate 
of  Sherman  high  school  and  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1902  (law  school).  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year,  and  at 
once  began  practice  in  Westfield,  New  York. 
His  first  partner  was  James  H.  Pendergast; 
later  he  associated  with  Henry  C.  Kingsbury. 
Upon  the  death  of  the  latter  he  formed  a  law 
partnership  with  Henry  C.  Williamson,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Gibbs  &  Williamson,  which 
still  continues,  they  being  engaged  in  success- 
ful practice.  He  married,  June  26,  1907,  Nel- 
lie L.  Herron,  born  in  Westfield,  June,  1883, 
daughter  of  John  and  Rose  (Wood)  Herron. 
ii.  Sophia,  born  March  8,  1880;  married,  De- 
cember 30,  1907,  Charles  Harvey;  children: 
Franklin  DeWitt,  born  1908,  and  Mary  Ann, 
born  19 ID.  iii.  Glenn  Stanton,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1889;  married,  July  18,  191 1,  Nellie 
Irene  Bates,  of  Westfield.  iv.  George  David, 
born  August  31,  1894.  v.  Murray,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

This  name  appears  in  early 
STEVENSON     colonial    records    as    both 

Stevenson  and  Stephenson, 
with  other  occasional  variations  of  spelling. 
Stevenson  families  in  New  York  state  spring 
from  both  Scotch  and  English  ancestors,  but 
the  family  herein  recorded  are  of  English  de- 
scent. It  is  not  possible  from  available  rec- 
ords to  give  the  line  in  detail,  but  all  evidence 
points  to  Edward  Stevenson,  a  freeholder  of 
Southold,  Long  Island,  in  1686,  as  the  Ameri- 
can ancestor.  From  Long  Island  members 
of  the  family  crossed  the  Sound,  settling  in 
Connecticut,  where  Edward  Stevenson,  found- 
er of  the  Buffalo  family,  was  born  in  1770. 
The  Stevenson  family  of  Salem,  New  York, 
descend  from  James  Stevenson,  of  Ayrshire, 
Scotland,  1746. 

(I)  Edward  Stevenson  was  born  June  i, 
1770,  at  Greenwich,  Connecticut,  died  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  October  5,  1834.  After  his 
marriage  he  came  with  his  wife  to  New  York, 
settling  at  Auburn,  Cayuga  county.  He  was 
a  prosperous  merchant  in  Auburn  for  many 
years,  retiring  from  business  and  coming  to 
Buffalo  about  1822.  He  did  not  engage  in 
any  business  in  Buffalo,  but  served  the  city 
in  several  public  capacities.    He  married,  Jan- 


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uary  16,  1805,  Ann  Lockwood,  born  August 
13,  1786,  in  Massachusetts,  died  in  Buffalo, 
November  7,  1862.  Children,  all  born  in  Au- 
burn, New  York:  i.  Edward  L.,  March  31, 
1806,  died  May,  1890.  He  was  for  many  years 
associated  with  Chauncey  H.  Coe,  of  Auburn 
and  Buffalo,  and  in  charge  of  a  division  of 
the  great  stage  route  between  Buffalo  and 
Albany,  an  enterprise  in  that  day  of  consider- 
able magnitude.  At  one  time  four  regular 
lines  of  coaches  left  Buffalo,  making  the  dis- 
tance to  Albany  in  forty-eight  hours  and 
charging  fifteen  dollars  fare.  He  invested 
largely  in  real  estate,  and  for  twenty-five  years 
was  engaged  with  his  brother,  -George  Piatt 
Stevenson,  in  the  livery  business  in  Buffalo. 
He  was  alderman  of  the  Third  ward ;  trustee 
of  the  Buffalo  Savings  Bank;  vestryman  of 
St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  and  a  man  of 
high  character  and  standing.  He  married,  in 
1832,  Amelia  S.,  daughter  of  William  and 
Sally  Geer,  of  Shelburne,  Vermont ;  children : 
Edward  Henry,  died  in  childhood,  and  George 
Piatt  (2),  born  May  9,  1849,  died  May  23, 
1878.  2.  Henry  E.,  born  July  11,  1807;  died 
unmarried,  in  Buffalo.  3.  George  Piatt  (q. 
v.),  August  II,  1812,  died  May  17,  1864.  4. 
John  Savage,  March  31,  1819;  married  Han- 
nah Richardson.  5.  James  Isaac,  of  whom 
further. 

(H)  James  Isaac,  fifth  son  of  Edward  and 
Ann  (Lockwood)  Stevenson,  was  born  in 
Auburn,  New  York,  March  5,  1821,  died  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  November  27,  1897.  He 
came  to  Buffalo  when  a  boy,  and  nearly 
seventy  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  that 
city,  and  for  nearly  fifty  years  he  lived  at  203 
East  Eagle  street.  He  was  connected  early 
in  life  with  the  stage  lines  that  crossed  the 
state,  but  his  entire  life  was  spent  in  the  livery 
business,  the  Stevensons  at  one  time  having 
a  practical  monopoly  of  that  trade  in  the  city, 
occupying  the  present  site  of  the  J.  N.  Adam 
stores,  the  partners  being  George,  John  and 
James  Stevenson.  This  was  his  life  work  and 
continued  till  about  ten  years  prior  to  his 
death,  when  he  retired.  He  was  a  staunch 
Republican,  but  would  never  accept  office.  He 
was  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church, 
and  in  his  quiet  way  did  a  great  deal  of  good. 
He  was  a  greathearted,  generous  man,  and 
quick  to  relieve  distress,  doing  a  great  deal 
of  charitable  work  in  his  business  at  funerals, 
jetc.  No  one  ever  knew  of  his  giving,  as  it 
was  done  quietly  and  where  it  was  both  needed 


and  appreciated.  In  his  younger  days  he  was 
a  member  of  a  military  company,  but  aside 
from  that  belonged  to  no  clubs  or  societies. 
His  genial,  kindly  manner  won  him  a  host  of 
friends. 

He  married,  September  7,  1845,  Eliza  Avery 
Sage,  born  October  22,  1822,  at  Ypsilante, 
Michigan,  died  at  Buffalo,  January  19,  1878, 
daughter  of  Abraham  (2)  Sage.  Children: 
I.  Kate,  married,  December  30,  1870,  Augus- 
tus Van  Cleve;  children:  Kate  and  Antoin- 
ette, both  students  of  music  in  Boston;  this 
family  resides  in  Michigan.  2.  Ann  Lock- 
wood,  a  resident  of  Buffalo. 

(The  Sage  Line). 

The  Sage  family  without  doubt  is  of 
Scandinavian  origin,  and  the  name  at  first  was 
Saga.  When  the  Norsemen  conquered  Nor- 
mandy, in  France,  they  generally  softened  the 
final  "a"  tone,  thus  making  Saga,  Sage,  and 
added  a  French  suffix  to  denote  landed  occu- 
pation. To  the  first  Norman  Saga  or  Sage 
was  added  "ville,"  thus  making  it  Sageville, 
or  Sagetown,  or  Sageland.  As  the  name 
spread  to  other  countries  it  was  subjected  to 
other  changes — in  Germany,  Saige  ot  Sauge; 
in  Switzerland  the  same,  while  in  France  it 
became  Le  Sage.  The  name  first  appears  in 
England  on  the  roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  pre- 
pared by  the  monks  of  Battle  Abbey  at  the 
command  of  William  the  Conqueror,  to  per- 
petuate the  names  of  those  who  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Hastings,  which  gave  him  the 
English  throne.    It  is  there  recorded  Sageville. 

(I)  David  Sage,  American  ancestor  of  Ann 
Lockwood  Stevenson,  was  born  in  1639,  a  na- 
tive of  Wales.  He  was  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Middletown,  Connecticut,  where  he  is 
of  record  in  1652.  He  settled  upon  a  tract 
of  land  now  part  of  the  town  of  Cornwell, 
upon  the  banks  of  the  Connecticut  river,  where 
some  of  his  descendants  yet  reside.  His  will, 
dated  March  27,  1703,  is  in  the  probate  office 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  The  stone  marking 
his  grave  is  still  standing  in  Riverside  ceme- 
tery, on  the  bank  of  the  Connecticut,  at  the 
north  end  of  Main  street,  Middletown.  It 
gives  the  date  of  his  death  as  March,  1703, 
O.  S.,  and  his  age  as  sixty-four  years.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Kirby, 
in  February,  1664.  He  married  (second)  in 
1673,  Mary  Wilcox.  Children  by  first  wife* 
David,  born  1665;  John,  1668;  Elizabeth, 
1670;  Mary,  1672.    Children  of  second  wife: 


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Jonathan,  born  1674;  Timothy,  1678,  ancestor 
of  Russell  Sage,  the  great  financier  who  left 
a  fortune  of  $70,000,000 ;  Nathaniel,  1680,  and 
Mercy,  twin  of  Nathaniel. 

(II)  John,  son  of  David  Sage,  the  emigrant, 
was  born  in  1668;  married  Hannah  Starr. 
Children:  Hannah,  born  1694;  John,  1696; 
Elizabeth  and  Mary  (twins),  1699;  Elizabeth 
(2),  1701;  Ann,  1702;  David  and  Benjamin 
(twins),  1703;  Jemima,  1704;  Nathaniel, 
1707;  Ebenezer,  1709;  Comfort,  1710;  Prud- 
ence, 1713;  Thankful,  1717;  Gideon,  1718. 

(III)  Captain  David  Sage,  son  of  John 
Sage,  was  born  in  1703;  married  Bathsheba 
Judd.  Children:  David  (2),  born  1732; 
Rhoda,  1734;  Solomon,  1737;  Jedediah,  1739; 
Bathsheba,  1743;  Mindwell,  1746;  Zaddock, 
1748;  Candace,  1762. 

(IV)  David  (2),  son  of  Captain  David  (i) 
Sage,  was  born  1732;  married  Lois  Harris. 
Children:  Lois,  born  1752;  Abraham,  1754; 
David,  1756;  Ann,  1757;  Haines,  1759;  David 
and  Jonathan  (twins),  1761 ;  Ann  (2),  1763; 
Mehitable,  1765;  Bathsheba,  1768;  Seth,  1770; 
Ruth,  1772;  Lois  (2),  1775;  David  (2),  1778. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  David  (2)  Sage,  was 
born  1754;  married  Candace  .  Chil- 
dren: Harris,  born  1779;  James,  1780;  Ruth 
(married  a  Thompson),  1787;  Betsey  (mar- 
ried an  Avery),  1789;  Abraham  (2),  1793; 
Emily    (married   a    Martin),    1794;    George, 

1799. 

(VI)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 

Sage,  was  born  1793;  married  Patty  Luce. 
Children:  Morris,  born  1818;  Seth,  1823; 
Robert,  and  Eliza  Avery. 

(VII)  Eliza  Avery,  only  daughter  of 
Abraham  (2)  and  Patty  (Luce)  Sage,  mar- 
ried James  Isaac  Stevenson. 

(VIII)  Ann  Lockwood,  daughter  of  James 
Isaac  and  Eliza  Avery  (Sage)  Stevenson. 

Line  of  descent  of  Russell  Sage:  (I)  David 
Sage,  married  Elizabeth  Kirby.  (II)  Timothy 
Sage,  married  Margaret  Holebert.  (HI) 
Amos  Sage,  married  Rebecca  Wilcox.  (IV) 
Elisha  Sage,  married  Martha  Montague.  (V) 
Elisha  (2)  Sage,  who  married  Prudence  Ris- 
ley,  of  an  old  family. 

(VI)  Russell,  youngest  son  of  Elisha  (2) 
Sage,  was  born  in  18 16.  He  became  one  of  the 
leading  and  wealthiest  financiers  of  New  York 
City,  and  at  his  death  left  his  immense  for- 
tune to  his  widow,  who  is  dispensing  it  in 
charitable  and  philanthropic  benevolences.  He 
was  a  Member  of  Congress  from  New  York 


City.    In  private  life  he  was  most  unassuming 
and  democratic.     He  left- no  children. 


(II)  George  Piatt  Steven- 
STEVENSON     son,  third  son  of  Edward 

(q.  V.)  and  Ann  (Lock- 
wood)  Stevenson,  was  born  in  Auburn,  New 
York,  August  11,  1812,  died  in  Buffalo,  May 
17,  1864.  He  came  to  the  latter  city  with  his 
father  and  brother  in  1822,  and  soon  after  es- 
tablished in  the  livery  business,  continuing  un- 
til his  death.  He  had  as  partner  for  twenty- 
five  years  his  brother,  Edward  L.,  and  at  one 
time  they  practically  controlled  the  livery  busi- 
ness of  BuflFalo.  His  place  of  business  was 
on  Main  street,  where  the  stores  of  J.  N. 
Adam  now  stand.  He  was  a  man  of  good 
business  and  executive  ability,  active  and  ener- 
getic, with  an  agreeable,  kind  manner  that  en- 
deared him  to  all.  He  was  social  in  disposi- 
tion, and  a  man  held  in  high  esteem.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  held  several  city 
offices.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity.  He  married  Ruth  Ann  Thayer, 
born  in  Palmyra,  New  York,  April  22,  18 17, 
died  in  BuflFalo,  June  29,  1864,  daughter  of 
Amasa  Thayer,  a  descendant  of  Richard 
Thayer,  who  came  from  England  and  settled 
in  Braintree,  1640.  Children:  i.  George  L., 
born  September  i,  1839,  died  March  14,  1844. 
2.  Edward  L.,  born  April  21,  1841,  died  June 
14,  1849.  3-  Joel  Thayer,  born  April  11, 1843, 
died  July  26,  1877,  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  4.  Amelia, 
born  January  18,  1845 »  ^i  resident  of  Buffalo. 
5.  Georgianna,  born  October  24,  1846,  died 
at  Ashville,  New  York,  in  August,  1899 ;  mar- 
ried Francis  Shaw  Thorn,  of  Utica,  New  York 
(see  Thorn).  6.  Amasa,  born  April  24,  1849, 
died  August  30,  1849. 


William  White  was  born  in  Mas- 
WHITE    sachusetts  in  1742,  and  died  in 

Bainbridge,  New  York,  in  April, 
1827.  According  to  family  tradition  he  was 
a  descendant  of  Peregrine  White,  the  first  child 
born  in  Plymouth,  of  the  "Mayflower"  colony, 
but  his  ancestry  has  not  been  traced  definitely 
as  yet.  He  married,  May  12,  1767,  at  Guil- 
ford, Vermont,  Eunice  Rogers,  who  was  born 
February  6,  1745,  and  died  in  1818,  daughter 
of  Abijah  Rogers,  a  descendant  in  the  seventh 
generation  from  John  Rogers,  the  English 
Puritan.  William  White  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  from  Guilford,  Vermont,  a  private 
in  Captain  David  Stowell's  company.  Colonel 


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William  Williams'  regiment,  in  the  fall  of 
1777;  also  in  Captain  William  Dyer's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Ebenezer  Walbridge's  regiment, 
in  1781.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the  First  Guil- 
ford Company  in  the  same  regiment  in  1782. 
He  was  granted,  on  account  of  his  revolution- 
ary service,  a  section  of  land,  640  acres,  in 
Chenango  county,  New  York,  where  he  lo- 
cated and  cleared  a  farm.  He  became  well- 
to-do  for  his  day,  and  was  highly  respected 
in  the  community.  He  was  well  educated,  a 
lifelong  student  and  reader  of  books,  and  one 
of  the  best-informed  and  most  influential  men 
of  the  county.  The  Guilford  history  states 
that  in  1772  he  had  a  family  of  five  children 
(p.  19,  vol.  v).  Children:  i.  Eunice,  born 
February  6,  1768;  died  October  14,  1776. 
2.  Isabelle,  bom  August  14,  1770;  died  Octo- 
ber 10,  1776.  3.  Asa,  born  April  30,  1772; 
died  in  1818-9.  4.  Ezra,  born  March  30,  1774. 
5.  William,  born  May  20,  1776;  died  July  4, 
1803.  6.  Eunice,  born  June  18,  1778;  died 
December  14,  1827.  7.  Royal,  born  July  29, 
1780;  died  1848.  8.  Garner,  born  December 
21,  1781,  died  in  1825.  (Royal  and  Garner, 
the  two  last  mentioned,  were  early  settlers  of 
Binghamton,  New  York,  and  owners  of  land 
now  in  the  heart  of  that  thriving  city.)  9.  Dr. 
Squire,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Dr.  Squire  White,  son  of  William 
White,  was  born  in  Guilford,  Vermont,  No- 
vember 20,  1785.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  Pet- 
til,  of  Cazenovia,  New  York,  began  the  study 
of  medicine.  Afterward  he  was  a  student  un- 
der Dr.  Joseph  White,  of  Cherry  Valley,  New 
York,  and  at  the  medical  school  of  Columbia 
College,  now  Columbia  College  of  New  York, 
where  he  received  his  degree  of  doctor  of 
medicine.  In  1808  he  came  to  Fredonia,  New 
York,  to  practice  his  profession.  For  a  time 
he  taught  school  at  Sheridan  township,  but 
his  practice  grew  so  large  that  he  had  to  de- 
vote all  his  time  to  it.  For  fifty  years  he  was 
in  active  and  successful  practice,  and  he  was 
highly  esteemed  not  only  for  his  professional 
ability  but  for  his  kindness,  charity  and  up- 
rightness. Hezekiah  Barker,  whose  daughter 
Dr.  White  married  for  his  first  wife,  in  1804 
purchased  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Fre- 
donia. situated  in  what  is  now  the  village,  and 
in  181 1  Dr.  White  purchased  of  Mr.  Barker 
twenty-five  acres  of  that  tract,  part  of  which 
now  comprises  Forest  Hill  Cemetery.  In  the 
same  year  Dr.  White  erected  a  frame  building 


on  the  corner  of  Main  and  White  streets,  and 
there  all  his  children  were  born.  In  1868  this 
building  was  moved  back  on  White  street,  and 
Devillo  Asa  White,  the  doctor's  son,  built  the 
present  home  of  the  family.  The  old  house 
was  afterward  demolished.  Dr.  White  was 
the  first  surrogate  of  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  being  appointed  February  9,  181 1,  by 
Governor  David  D.  Tompkins,  and  he  filled 
the  office  with  fidelity  for  several  years.  He 
was  elected  to  the  New  York  state  assembly 
in  November,  1830,  and  served  with  credit. 
At  the  time  of  the  burning  of  Buffalo  in  1812 
by  the  British  forces,  he  was  there  on  business 
and  was  impressed  into  service  by  the  United 
States  army,  and  made  surgeon  of  the  169th 
Regiment  of  New  York  Infantry. 

Dr.  White  died  at  Fredonia,  April  2,  1857. 
He  married  (first)  Sarah  Barker,  who  was 
born  February  i,  1795,  and  died  July  13,  1823, 
a  daughter  of  Hezekiah  and  Sarah  (Wood) 
Barker.  The  Wood  family  came  originally 
of  Rhode  Island  stock.  The  Barker  family 
was  among  the  pioneers  and  founders  of  Fre- 
donia, New  York,  Hezekiah  Barker  was  a 
leading  man  in  Fredonia,  and  was  the  donor 
of  the*  ground  for  the  public  park,  the  old 
cemetery,  and  the  academy.  The  family  came 
of  old  New  England  ancestry.  Dr.  White 
married  (second)  Lydia  Cook  Gushing,  born 
March  14,  1798,  died  January  2,  1886,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Zatter  Gushing.  Children  by  first 
wife,  born  at  Fredonia:  i.  William  D.,  born 
September  10,  1814;  died  October  18,  1892; 
married  Susan  Blondel,  of  Kentucky.  2. 
Devillo  Asa,  mentioned  below.  3.  Julia  Scully, 
born  March  3,  1819;  died  September  14,  1856; 
married  Francis  Edwards.  4.  Edward,  born 
June  25,  1823;  died  July  13,  1825.  Children 
by  second  wife,  born  at  Fredonia:  5.  Ellen 
Douglas,  born  June  20,  1827;  died  December 
19,  1887.  6.  George  Hinckley,  born  Septem- 
ber II,  1829;  died  1906.  7.  Mary  Sturgis, 
died  young. 

(Ill)  Devillo  Asa  White,  son  of  Dr.  Squire 
White,  was  born  at  Fredonia,  New  York,  July 
2,  18 16.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Fredonia  Academy.  He  studied  medi- 
cine, and  engaged  in  business  as  a  druggist 
at  Fredonia  for  many  years,  retiring  on  ac- 
count of  age  a  few  years  ago.  He  is  now 
(1911)  in  his  ninety-fifth  year,  well  preserved 
mentally  and  physically.  His  mind  is  a  store- 
house of  early  history  of  the  town  of  Fre- 
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he  is  personally  familiar,  and  in  most  of  the 
events  of  the  community  he  has  been  an  actor 
or  witness.  In  1849,  when  gold  was  dis- 
covered in  California,  he  joined  the  "Argo- 
nauts," but  remained  in  the  gold  fields  but 
a  short  time.  He  has  invested  his  money 
largely  in  real  estate,  and  has  built  many  resi- 
dences in  Fredonia.  He  married  Lamaria 
Jones,  who  died  December  20,  1892,  aged 
seventy-one  years,  daughter  of  Harry  and 
Laura  (Tucker)  Jones.  Laura  Tucker  was 
a  daughter  of  Samuel  Tucker,  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution.  Children :  Child,  died  in  infancy ; 
Mary,  married  George  S.  Josselyn,  of  Fre- 
donia, now  engaged  very  extensively  in  the 
nursery  business;  Isabelle,  unmarried,  regis- 
trar of  the  Benjamin  Frescott  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  Fre- 
donia. 


The  Storm  family  of  Westfield, 
STORM     New   York,   represented   in   the 

present  generation  by  Captain 
Stephen  \^  Storm,  descends  from  Dirck  Storm, 
who  came  from  Utrecht,  Holland,  to  Harlem, 
New  York,  in  16621  The  family  in  Holland 
bore  arms :  Field,  A  ship  at  sea  under  storm 
sail.  Crest:  The  helm  of  a  knight  visor 
closed,  aflFronte  surrounded  by  eagle's  wings. 
Motto:  Vetrouwt.  (In  God  we  trust).  Dirck 
Storm  came  from  the  district  in  or  near  the 
province  or  diocese  of  Utrecht,  in  Holland, 
sailing  from  Amsterdam,  September  2,  1662, 
with  his  wife,  Marie  (Pisters)  Storm,  and 
three  young  children.  In  1670  he  succeeded 
Carel  de  Bearevoks,  deceased,  as  secretary  at 
Brooklyn ;  afterward  served  nine  years  as  town 
clerk  at  Flatbush ;  was  made  clerk  of  the  ses- 
sions for  Orange  county,  in  169 1,  holding  that 
office  until  1703.  In  1697  he  and  his  family 
were  living  at  Phillips  Manor,  Westchester 
county,  where  his  descendants  became  numer- 
ous and  noted.  Children :  Gregoris  (of  whom 
further)  ;  Peter,  David,  Maria,  married  Cas- 
par Springsteen. 

(II)  Gregoris,  son  of  Dirck  and  Marie 
(Pisters)  Storm,  came  to  America  with  his 
parents  in  1662.  He  was  commonly  known 
as  "Goris."  He  married  Engeltic,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Van  Dyck,  who  survived  him  and 
married  (second)  Jacques  Tourneur,  of  Har- 
lem. Children:  Derick,  born  1695,  and 
Thomas   (of  whom  further). 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Gregoris  and  Engel- 
tic (Van  Dyck)  Storm,  was  born  1697.     His 


will  was  proved  January  15,  1770.  He  re- 
mained at  Phillips  Manor,  holding  a  farm  un- 
der Colonel  Frederick  Phillips,  but  he  made 
several  purchases  of  land  in  Rombout  precinct, 
Dutchess  county,  on  which  he  settled  his  sons, 
Gerritt,  Goris,  Abraham  and  John.  His  son 
Isaac  inherited  his  place  at  Phillips  Manor; 
other  sons,  Thomas,  his  eldest,  and  Jacob,  were 
dead  when  he  made  his  will,  June  28,  1763. 
He  was  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being 
a  daughter  of  Adolph  Meyer,  of  Harlem,  and 
widow  of  Johannes  Sickles.  Children:  Ger- 
ritt, Gregoris,  Abraham,  John  (of  whom  fur- 
ther) ;  Isaac. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Storm,  was 
given  land  in  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
where  he  probably  lived  and  died.  He  mar- 
ried Catherine  Van  Anden,  of  Fishkill,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Susan,  married  (first) 
John  Conkling;  (second)  a  Mr.  Van  Wagner; 
(third)  Montross  Thurston.  2.  Peggy  Polly, 
married  Abraham  Halenback,  of  Greene, 
Chenango  county.  New  York.  3.  Abraham 
(of  whom  further).  4.  Betsey,  married  Caleb 
Hill,  and  removed  to  Waterloo,  New  York. 
5.  Agnes,  married  Isaac  Roosa,  and  settled  in 
Waterloo.  6.  John,  settled  in  Chenango 
county.  New  York ;  later  removed  to  Wil- 
loughby,  Ohio.  7.  James,  settled  in  Greene 
county,  later  in  Monroe  county.  New  York. 
8.  Engeltic,  married  Joshua  Badgley,  of 
Dutchess  county.  9.  Catherine,  married 
Stephen  Truesdale,  of  Coxsackie,  New  York. 
10.  Annetje,  married  Abraham  Delamater,  and 
settled  in  Duanesburg,  Schenectady  county, 
New  York. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  John  and  Catherine 
(Van  Anden)  Storm,  married  Eva  Roosa  and 
settled  in  the  town  of  Greene,  Chenago 
county,  New  York.  Children :  Barnick,  Isaac, 
Jane,  Polly,  John,  DeWitt  and  James  Tour- 
gest  (of  whom  further). 

(VI)  James  Tourgest,  son  of  Abraham  and 
Eva  (Roosa)  Storm,  was  born  in  Chenango 
county.  New  York,  died  near  Colesville,  town 
of  Bennington,  Wyoming  county.  New  York, 
aged  about  eighty.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
fought  in  the  defense  of  the  Niagara  Frontier 
in  1812,  participating  in  the  battle  of  Lundy's 
Lane.  There  is  no  obtainable  record  of  his 
wife's  name.  Children:  Anson  (of  whom 
further)  ;  Sophronia,  Lucinda,  Otis,  Ambrose 
and  Amny. 

(VII)  Anson,  son  of  James  Tourgest  Storm, 
was  born  in  Greene,  Chenango  county,  New 


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York,  1799,  died  at  Alden,  New  York,  1878. 
He  was  a  merchant  in  Colesville,  New  York, 
for  several  years,  later  removing  to  Alden, 
where  he  owned  and  cultivated  a  farm  until 
his  death.  Although  only  a  boy  at  the  time 
of  the  second  war  with  Great  Britain,  he  drove 
a  transport  team  on  the  Niagara  frontier  and 
was  at  the  battle  of  Lundy's  Lane.  He  mar- 
ried Harriet  Caldwell,  of  English  descent, 
born  near  Hartford,  Connecticut,  died  in 
Alden,  New  York,  aged  about  fifty-five  years. 
Children:  i.  Stephen  V.  (of  whom  further). 
2.  Gains,  born  in  Bennington,  Wyoming 
county.  New  York,  1829,  died  in  Wisconsin, 
about  i860.  He  married  Calista  Ann  Mercer, 
born  in  Alden,  New  York,  died  there  August 
22,  1858,  aged  twenty-six  years,  ten  months 
and  twenty  days,  daughter  of  Sinaster  and 
Mary  Mercer.  Her  father  died  December  10, 
1859,  her  mother  April  18,  1856.  Their  only 
child,  Jennie  Blanche,  born  in  Alden,  July  4, 
1856,  died  there  February  28,  1900;  married, 
November  19,  1874,  in  Alden,  George  Hutch- 
inson. Five  children :  i.  Helena  Mabel,  born 
September  2,  1875.  ii.  Grace  Estelle,  born' 
July '25,  1880;  married  Raymond  S.  Elwell; 
child,  Mildred  Grace,  born  June  17,  1905.  iii. 
Grover  P.,  died  aged  four  years,  iv.  Nellie 
June,  born  June  10,  1890,  died  November  27, 
1910.  V.  Ruth  Fern,  born  August  19,  1895. 
(Vni)  Captain  Stephen  V.  Storm,  eldest 
son  of  Anson  and  Harriet  (Caldwell)  Storm, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Bennington,  Wyo- 
ming county.  New  York,  December  20,  1826. 
He  was  educated  in  the  pubMc  schools,  and 
began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk  in  a  whole- 
sale grocery  house  in  Buffalo,  New  York.  In 
1849  ^^  Ic^^  Buffalo  to  join  the  army  of  the 
United  States  in  Mexico,  but  before  arriving 
at  the  scene  of  action  the  war  was  over.  He 
continued  his  journeying  until  he  reached  Cali- 
fornia, where  for  six  months  he  prospected 
and  mined  for  gold.  He  then  became  a  sailor 
on  a  vessel  running  from  San  Francisco,  Cali- 
fornia, to  Portland,  Oregon.  He  continued 
his  career  on  the  sea  for  several  years,  finally 
becoming  master  of  a  vessel  and  owner  of 
several  vessels  engaged  in  the  Pacific  coast- 
ing trade.  For  eighteen  years  he  followed  a 
seafaring  life,  the  period  during  which  trad- 
ing posts  were  being  established  on  the  Pacific 
and  coasting  vessels  much  in  demand.  He 
closed  out  his  California  interests,  and  going 
to  Guatemala,  Central  America,  established  a 
mercantile  business  that  he  operated  very  suc- 


cessfully until  1888,  when  he  retired,  and 
coming  north  settled  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
Captain  Storm  has  passed  an  eventful  life  and 
has  a  rich  fund  of  experience  gained  amid 
scenes  now  past  and  gone  forever.  The  early 
rush  of  the  gold  seekers  in  1849,  the  wild 
scenes  incident  to  the  seaman's  life,  and  his 
business  experience  in  the  tropics,  called  for 
the  best  attribute  of  manhood.  He  met  each 
emergency  manfully  and  came  through  his 
varied  experiences  most  successfully.  That 
hardship  and  active  life  do  not  shorten  one's 
days  is  fully  proven  in  the  life  of  Captain 
Storm,  as  he  has  long  passed  man's  allotted 
years  and  is  still  active  and  maintains  a  keen 
interest  in  current  events.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics. 

He  married,  December  20,  1855,  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  Elizabeth  Brown,  born  near  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  January  i*  1828,  died  at 
Westfield,  New  York,  February  4,  1906.  She 
shared  much  of  her  husband's  eventful  life 
and  was  a  tried  and  trusted  helpmeet.  Cap- 
tain Storm  has  no  children. 


Burke    states    in   his    "Landed 
KELLEY     Gentry"  that  the  Kelley  family 

may  look  back  beyond  the  Con- 
queror and  derive  themselves  from  the  ancient 
Britons.  The  Kelley  family  from  Devonshire, 
England,  were  vmdoubtedly  of  Celtic  origin, 
as  Irish  families  were  settled  in  South  Wales, 
Devonshire  and  Cornwall,  descendants,  it  is 
believed,  of  "fighting  King  Kelley,"  whose 
manor  was  in  the  possession  of  the  family 
from  the  time  of  Henry  H.  The  earliest 
mention  of  the  name  in  Irish  history  was 
A.  D.,254,  when  Ceallach  MacCormac  is  re- 
corded as  son  of  the  monarch,  Cormac  Ne- 
fadha.  The  king  of  Connaught  had  a  son 
Ceallach,  in  528.  The  Irish  Archaeological  So- 
ciety, in  1843,  published  Customs  of  Hymany, 
who  lived  A.  D.  874,  and  bore  the  name  Cel- 
laigh.  His  grandson.  Muechaddo  O'Callaigh, 
was  the  first  to  use  the  surname,  the  law  being 
made  by  the  celebrated  Irish  king,  Brian 
Baroimbe,  that  "everyone  must  adopt  the 
name  of  his  father  as  a  surname".  Thus  .the 
grandson  of  Callaigh  became  O'Callaigh,  and 
the  name  simplified  to  Kelley  about  1014. 
Queen  Elizabeth  requested  Cola  O'Kelley  to 
discard  the  "o,"  as  it  tended,  by  keeping  up 
the  clanship  in  Ireland,  to  foster  disaffection 
in  England.     In  Scotland,  in  Fifeshire,  is  a 


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district  called  Kellieshire,  and  various  branches 
of  Kelleys  were  dispersed  through  England. 
The  most  probable  signification  of  the  name 
is:  War,  debate,  strife.  The  spelling  has 
been  much  varied,  but  its  origin  is  undoubtedly 
as  given  above.  Many  of  the  name  who  came 
to  this  country,  and  their  descendants,  take 
greater  pride  in  their  ancient  Irish  descent 
than  in  their  English.  The  arms  granted  the 
family  in  Ireland  are:  A  tower  triple  tow- 
ered supported  by  two  lions  rampant  or.  Crest : 
a  greyhound  statent  proper.  Also:  Gules 
on  a  mount  vest,  two  lions  rampant:  and 
azure  in  chief,  three  estoiles  argent.  Crest:  A 
hand  holding  by  the  horn  a  bull's  head  erased 
or.  A  coat-of-arms  granted  to  Hon.  Robert 
Kelley,  of  Doncaster,  1473,  ^^^  *he  motto: 
"We  sacrifice  our  goods  for  the  cause  of 
right".  The  family  herein  recorded  are  be- 
lieved to  descend  from  William  Kelley,  a  de- 
scendant of  the  above  family  who  came  from 
Cape  Cod  to  Phippsburg,  Maine,  in  the  seven- 
teenth century.  The  meagre  records,  how- 
ever, do  not  establish  the  line  of  descent. 

(I)  Jacob  Kelley  was  bom  in  New  Sharon, 
Maine,  about  1827,  died  at  Gainesville,  Flor- 
ida, in  1893,  having  gone  there  for  the  bene- 
fit of  his  health.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  so  well  improved  his  op- 
portunities that  he  became  a  teacher,  continu- 
ing for  seven  years  in  the  Maine  schools.  He 
had  brothers:  Isaac,  William,  John,  George, 
and  a  sister,  Deborah,  all  born  in  Maine,  who 
did  not  remain  there  but  dispersed  to  other 
parts  of  New  England.  Jacob,  however,  re- 
mained with  his  parents  on  the  farm  until 
the  death  of  his  father.  He  then  sold  the 
homestead,  and  in  1856  settled  in  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  engaged  in  the  plan- 
ing mill  business,  manufacturing  sash,  doors 
and  blinds,  having  as  partners  his  brothers, 
William  and  George.  After  two  years  the 
firm  was  dissolved.  About  the  year  1858, 
with  his  brother  George  and  another,  he 
formed  the  firm  of  Kelley,  Wentworth  &  Com- 
pany, and  began  the  manufacture  of  staves 
and  headings  in  Lockport,  New  York.  The 
business  was  a  successful  one  and  resulted  in 
Jacob  Kelley  coming  to  Newfane,  where  a 
branch  was  established.  In  i860  he  disposed 
of  his  entire  interest  in  Kelley,  Wentworth  & 
Company,  and  purchased  a  small  farm  in 
Newfane,  Niagara  county,  on  which  he  de- 
voted himself  to  fruit  culture  until  his  death. 
He  married,  in    1847,  at  Lowell,  Massachu- 


setts, Mary  White,  who  died  in  1895.  Chil- 
dren: I.  James  A.,  of  further  mention.  2. 
Abbie,  born  December  8,  185 1,  at  New  Sharon, 
Maine;  married  Frank  Goodrich,  of  Pendle- 
ton, Niagara  county.  3.  George,  born  1855, 
died  1864.  4-  Ella,  born  at  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1857;  ^ic^  ^t  Lockport,  New  York. 
5.  Willis,  born  1861,  at  Newfane,  New  York; 
now  a  resident  of  Lockport. 

(II)  James  A.,  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(White)  Kelley,  was  born  at  New  Sharon, 
Maine,  February  16,  1849.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  New  Sharon,  Lowell, 
Massachusetts,  and  Newfane,  New  York.  He 
was  his  father's  assistant  until  he  reached  the 
age  of  eighteen  years,  then  was  apprenticed 
to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  After  four 
years'  service  as  apprentice  and  journeyman 
he  started  in  business  for  himself  as  contrac- 
tor and  builder,  in  the  town  of  Newfane,  New 
York.  He  was  a  very  capable  and  successful 
builder,  continuing  fully  employed  until  1887. 
During  these  years  he  erected  many  buildings 
of  various  kinds  and  purposes  in  Newfane, 
•  Olcott  and  adjacent  towns.  In  1887  ^^  formed 
a  connection  wdth  the  Newfane  Basket  Manu- 
facturing Company,  becoming  manager  of 
their  plant.  This  company  was  incorporated 
in  1887  and  for  twenty  years  he  was  manager 
of  the  mill  department.  He  has  served  as 
secretary  and  treasurer,  now  occupying  the 
office  of  vice-president  of  the  company.  This 
has  been  a  very  successful  corporation,  well 
officered  and  managed.  Mr.  Kelley  is  second 
vice-president  of  the  Newfane  Hardware  Com- 
pany, and  interested  in  other  town  enterprises, 
including  the  ownership  of  two  small  fruit 
farms.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
has  held  the  office  of  supervisor  continuously 
since  1908.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
Cataract  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Lockport.  He  is  a  man  of  public 
spirit,  progressive,  and  can  always  be  relied 
upon  to  champion  the  cause  of  improvement 
in  whatever  form  it  may  be  presented.  The 
motto  of  the  ancient  family,  '"We  sacrifice  for 
the  cause  of  right,"  justly  applies  to  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  present  family. 

Mr.  Kelley  married  (first),  December  26, 
1872,  at  Newfane,  Mary  E.  Ketchum,  born  in 
Newfane,  1851,  died  1899,  daughter  of  George 
Ketchum,  who  was  a  pioneer  and  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Newfane,  coming  when  the 
country  was  a  forest.  He  married  (second), 
April  28,  1904,  Mrs.  Millie  (McKee)  Lough- 


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lin,  born  January  26,  1866,  daughter  of  James 
McKee,  who  cleared  a  farm  and  with  his  yoke 
of  oxen  drew  in  the  first  pair  of  millstones 
in  the  town  of  Newfane;  this  was  in  1836 
and  they  were  placed  in  the  old  Charlotte  grist 
mill.  Mrs.  Kelley  had  one  son  by  her  first 
marriage,  Van  S.  Loughlin,  born  February  i, 
1890,  a  graduate  of  Lockport  Union  School 
and  past  his  second  year  in  the  Buffalo  Medi- 
cal University. 


This  is  a  family  name  more 
MELDRUM     frequently  found  in  Scotland 

than  in  the  United  States. 
The  Buffalo  branch  descend  from  a  grandsire, 
Thomas  Meldrum,  born  in  Scotland,  in  1801, 
died  there  in  1881.  He  was  a  land  owner,  and 
interested  in  the  manufacture  of  gas  for  il- 
luminating purposes.  He  held  the  position  of 
manager  of  the  works  supplying  the  town  of 
Kennoway,  Fifeshire,  where  he  died.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
ordered  his  life  according  to  the  strict  tenets 
of  the  Scotch  church.     His  wife  was  Janet 

,  whom  he  survived.     Children:     Ann, 

married  John  Husband,  in  Scotland,  came  to 
the  United  States,  and  is  now  a  widow  resid- 
ing in  Sumner,  Bremer  county,  Iowa;  Alex- 
ander, of  whom  further;  James,  died  in  Lin- 
coln, England;  George,  a  successful  manufac- 
turer of  linseed  oil,  later  settled  at  Brighton, 
England ;  married  late  in  life  and  has  no  issue ; 
Kate,  married  and  resides  in  Fifeshire,  Scot- 
land, has  child,  Arthur,  a  resident  of  London, 
England,  where  he  is  general  manager  of  a 
gas  company. 

(H)  Alexander,  son  of  Thomas  and  Janet 
Meldrum,  was  born  in  Scotland,  November 
21.  1833,  ^^^^  '"  Buffalo,  New  York,  October 
21,  1891.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1853  and  settled  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  remained  until  1867.  When  a  lad  of 
eleven  years  he  had  been  apprenticed  to  the 
mercantile  business,  and  in  Boston  continued 
in  the  same  line.  He  entered  the  employ  of 
Hogg,  Brown  &  Taylor,  general  merchants, 
and  was  advanced  vmtil  he  became  head  of  a 
department.  In  1867  he  removed  to  Buffalo, 
where  he  laid  the  foundations  for  the  present 
modern  department  stores,  in  the  family  name. 
He  first  opened  a  drygoods  store  at  No.  400 
Main  street,  which  soon  outgrew  its  original 
quarters.  As  he  prospered,  more  space  was 
added  and  new  departments  established.  He 
was  an  energetic,  capable  man   of  business. 


and  from  his  beginnings  grew  the  present  im- 
mense stores  of  Adam,  Meldrum  &  Anderson. 
He  stood  high  in  business  circles,  and  was 
one  of  the  men  who  contributed  so  largely 
to  Buffalo's  mercantile  supremacy,  building 
both  wisely  and  well.  He  mingled  little  in 
concerns  outside  of  business  life,  but  supported 
with  his  influence  and  means  all  good  causes. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Lafayette  Presbyter- 
ian Church,  and  of  the  Republican  party.  He 
married  Ann  Elizabeth  Webster,  born  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  who  survives 
him.  She  is  a  member  of  the  same  New  Eng- 
land family  of  Webster  from  which  Daniel 
Webster,  the  statesman,  descends.  Children: 
I.  Thomas,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Arthur  Ross, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Alice  Elizabeth,  married 
Thomas  P.  Daniels,  son  of  Judge  Charles 
Daniels  of  Buffalo,  an  eminent  jurist  (see 
Daniels);  child:  Charles  Meldrum  Daniels, 
born  May  10,  1883,  married  Florence,  daugh- 
ter of  Frank  H.  Goodyear  of  Buffalo  (see 
Goodyear).  4.  Thomas  Alfred,  born  June  14, 
1866,  died  June  19,  1886;  graduate  of  Buf- 
falo high  school,  class  of  1884;  he  met  his 
death  by  drowning  while  canoeing  on  the 
James  river,  Virginia.  5.  Herbert  Alexander, 
of  whom  further.  6.  Jessie  Pollock,  graduate 
of  Buffalo  high  school,  1891 ;  married,  June 
13,  1896,  Frank  Perew  Van  Denburgh. 
7.  Florence  Janet,  attended  Buffalo  Female 
Seminary ;  married,  December  23,  1909,  Harry 
Lawrence  Brown,  a  mining  engineer  of 
Arizona. 

(Ill)  Arthur  Ross,  son  of  Alexander  and 
Ann  Elizabeth  (Webster)  Meldrum,  was  born 
in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  July  26,  1861.  He 
was  six  years  of  age  when  his  father  located 
in  Buffalo,  where  he  was  educated  in  the 
grammar  and  high  schools.  He  began  busi- 
ness life  with  the  firm  of  Barnes,  Bancroft  & 
Company,  of  Buffalo,  and  later  was  associated 
with  Adam,  Meldrum  &  Anderson  until  .1892. 
One  of  the  lines  established  by  Alexander 
Meldrum  was  a  mill  for  the  manufacture  of 
underwear,  and  after  leaving  Adam,  Meldrum 
&  Anderson,  Arthur  R.  continued  the  opera- 
tion of  this  plant  until  1896.  He  was  also 
during  this  period  a  partner  of  Francis  H. 
Crafts  in  the  manufacture  of  wood  working 
machinery  in  Buffalo,  and  interested  in  the 
manufacture  of  windmills  at  Blaisdell,  New 
York.  From  1896  to  1898  he  was  engaged 
in  the  development  of  Florida  real  estate.  In 
1898  he  associated  with  his  brother,  Herbert 


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A.,  in  the  department  store.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  attends  St.  John's  Episco- 
pal church. 

He  married,  July  i8,  1888,  Eva  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  H.  and  Jane  Smith  of  Buf- 
falo; her  father  is  Buffalo  manager  of  the 
R.  G.  Dun  Company.  Children:  i.  Alfred 
Smith,  born  May  10,  1889  >  educated  in  gram- 
mar and  high  schools  of  Buffalo ;  entered  Cor- 
nell University,  and  graduated  in  class  of  191 1 
with  degree  of  Mechanical  Engineer.  2.  Eliz- 
abeth Jane,  born  July  28,  189 1 ;  graduate  Buf- 
falo Seminary,  191 1.  3.  John  Alexander,  born 
March  i,  1893. 

( HI  )u  Herbert  Alexander,  son  of  Alexander 
and  Ann  Elizabeth  (Webster)  Meldrum,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  February  15, 
1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  was  graduated  from  the  bcgh  school,  class 
of  1890.  He  was  at  once  admitted  to  business 
with  his  father,  continuing  until  the  death  of 
the  latter  in  1891.  For  the  next  seven  years 
he  continued  with  Adam,  Meldrum  &  Ander- 
son, and  was  connected  with  different  depart- 
ments during  these  years.  In  1897  the  H.  A. 
Meldrum  Company  was  incorporated.  On  Sep- 
tember 23,  1897,  their  new  store  on  Main 
street  was  opened,  with  all  the  departments 
of  a  modern  establishment,  and  has  since  been 
in  successful  operation.  Mr.  Meldrum  is  a 
most  capable  and  energetic  man  of  business 
and  measures  up  to  the  full  standard  his  posi- 
tion requires.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  American  Savings  Bank  of  Buffalo, 
and  chosen  its  first  president,  July  i,  1907, 
the  date  of  organization.  Under  his  guidance 
this  bank  has  had  a  most  rapid  advance  not 
exceeded  by  any  similar  institution  in  the  state. 
He  also  serves  the  bank  as  trustee.  He  is 
one  of  the  managers  of  the  State  Hospital  at 
Buffalo,  appointed  by  Governor  Hughes,  June 
13,  1907.  He  is  prominent  in  the  club  organi- 
zations of  Buffalo;  he  was  president  (1896) 
of  the  Automobile  Club,  also  president  of  the 
State  Automobile  Association,  1909;  charter 
member  and  first  treasurer  of  the  Park  Club, 
and  member  of  the  first  board  of  trustees ;  di- 
rector of  the  Buffalo  Club,  member  of  the 
County  and  Saturn  clubs;  vice-president  of 
the  Buffalo  Aero  Club,  and  member  of  the 
Aero  Qub  of  America  (New  York  City).  Po- 
litically Mr.  Meldrum  is  a  Republican,  and  a 
member  of  the  Lafayette  Presbyterian  Church. 

He   married,    September   23,    1895,   Lx)uise 
Reese,  daughter  of  Edward  Jenkins  Hingston. 


Children:  Herbert  Alexander  Jr.,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1897;  Alan  Hingston,  December  31, 
1899:  Esther  Louise. 


This  family  was  for  many  gen- 
MARSH  erations  native  to  Germany, 
where  Henry  Marsh  was  born  in 
1824,  died  in  1905.  He  was  well  educated  in 
the  German  schools,  and  was  apprenticed  to 
a  shoemaker,  with  whom  he  served  seven 
years.  He  was  then  qualified  to  become  a 
journeyman  shoemaker.  He  worked  at  his 
trade  in  Germany  until  1853,  when  he  came 
to  the  United  States  with  his  wife.  He  set- 
tled in  East  Otto,  Cattaraugus  county,  where 
he  made  his  first  purchase  of  fifty  acres.  Then 
he  moved  to  Mansfield,  where  he  purchased 
land  and  later  added  thereto  until  his  holdings 
totaled  four  hundred  acres.  His  homestead 
was  on  the  Mansfield  and  Ellicottville  line,  and 
he  owned  land  in  both  towns.  While  he  pros- 
pered in  his  adopted  land  he  was  always  quiet, 
unassuming  and  industrious.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican, serving  as  commissioner  of  high- 
ways, and  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church. 
He  married,  in  Ciermany,  Minnie  Merow  (not 
related  to  the  Little  Valley  family).  Children: 
Charles ;  Henry  A. ;  Mary,  deceased ;  Augus- 
tus, deceased ;  Frank,  deceased ;  two  other  chil- 
dren died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Henry  A.,  son  of  Henry  and  Minnie 
(Merow)  Marsh,  was  born  in  East  Otto.  De- 
cember 2,  1855.  He  received  a  good  common 
school  education,  and  has  so  conducted  his 
affairs  that  he  possesses  a  handsome  compet- 
ence. He  owns  one  of  the  finest  farms  in 
the  county,  but  has  retired  from  active  life 
to  a  comfortable  home  in  the  village  of  Little 
Valley.  His  farm  is  worked  for  him  on  the 
share  plan.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
has  served  as  assessor  of  the  town  of  Little 
Valley  for  some  fourteen  years.  He  is  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Lutheran  church,  and  is  held 
in  high  esteem  by  his  friends  and  neighbors. 
He  married,  March  28,  1883,  Mary  E.,  born 
April  21,  1861.  daughter  of  John  H.  Merow, 
of  Little  Valley,  born  in  Germany,  1823,  came 
to  the  United  States,  1858;  killed  accidentally 
on  his  farm  in  Little  Valley,  May  6,  1890.  Of 
the  children  of  John  H.  Merow,  John  C.,  mar- 
ried Estella  Day:  Sophia,  married  Spencer 
Holdridge;  William,  married  Mosella  Whip- 
ple, and  Mary  E.,  married  Henry  A.  Marsh. 
Children  of  Henry  A.  and  Mary  E.  (Merow) 
Marsh;     i.  Minnie,  born  September  4,  1884; 


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married  Albert  C.  Woolf,  deceased ;  has  a  son, 
Marshall  L.  Woolf,  born  April  25,  1909.  2. 
Mabel,  bom  March  25,  1889.  3.  Maurice, 
born  November  6,  1893. 


This  branch  of  the  Adams  fam- 
ADAMS  ily  descends  from  Abraham 
Adams,  born  at  Wilton,  Con- 
necticut, April  5,  1774,  died  February  3,  1858. 
He  was  a  son  of  Nathan  and  Rhoda  (Scrib- 
ner)  Adams,  of  Wilton,  Connecticut.  Abraham 
Adams  was  a  resident  of  South  Salem,  New 
York.  He  married  Betsey  Bouton,  born  at 
Poundridge,  New  York,  March  17,  1774,  died 
March  5,  1869.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel 
Bouton,  who  served  in  the  revolutionary  war 
in  Captain  Crane's  regiment  of  New  York 
militia.  The  regiment  was  composed  of  men 
from  Westchester  county,  Daniel  Bouton  giv- 
ing his  residence  as  Poundridge.  While  the 
British  were  in  that  section  of  the  state  all 
the  valuables  in  the  home  were  hidden  in  the 
rocks,  and  Betsey,  then  a  child,  was  hidden 
under  a  large  iron  cauldron  kettle  for  safety. 
Children  of  Abraham  and  Betsey  Adams:  i. 
Edwin  (of  further  mention).  2.  Philo,  born 
in  South  Salem,  New  York,  March  22,  1799, 
died  March  26,  1832.  3.  Rhoda,  born  at  Cairo, 
New  York,  July  15,  1801,  died  September  30, 
1900.  4.  Clarissa,  born  at  Greene,  New  York, 
September  4,  1803,  died  January  27,  1900,  at 
Oshkosh,  Wisconsin.  5.  Moses,  born  in 
Greene,  New  York,  November  3,*  1805,  died 
in  1873.  6.  Charles,  born  in  Greene,  New 
York,  December  8,  1807.  7.  A.  Marlin,  born 
in  Greene,  New  York,  May  27,  181 1,  died 
June  25,  1885.  8.  Lucinda,  born  in  Greene, 
New  York,  June  26,  1812,  died  May  9,  1833. 
9.  James,  born  in  Greene,  New  York,  May  23, 
1814,  died  in  1891.  10  and  11.  Henry  and 
William,  twins,  born  November  26,  1816; 
Henry,  died  October  23,  1857;  William,  died 
July  8,  1817. 

(H)  Edwin,  son  of  Abraham  and  Betsey 
(Bouton)  Adams,  was  born  in  South  Salem, 
New  York,  August  11,  1797,  died  January  27, 
1881.  He  settled  first  in  Greene,  Chenango 
county,  New  York,  remaining  until  about 
/830.  He  then  moved  to  Corydon,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  later  to  Kent's  Corners,  in  town 
of  Cold  Spring,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business;  from  the  latter  named  place  he 
moved  to  Conewango,  and  in  1865  came  to 
Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  lumbering  and  farming.     He  mar- 


ried, February  10,  1823,  China  Phelps,  born 
in  Cambridge,  Saratoga  county,  New  York, 
October  3,  1799,  ^i^d  April  10,  1881.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Palmer,  born  in  Greene, 
Chenango  county.  New  York,  December  3, 
1825;  now  (1911)  living  retired  in  James- 
town, New  York;  he  married,  August  31, 
1852,  Cornelia  Crane,  who  died  January,  1909, 
daughter  of  Judge  Crane,  of  Fredonia;  chil- 
dren: i.  Frances  M.,  married  Harry  Lewis, 
of  Jamestown,  New  York ;  ii.  Douglass  Crane. 
2.  Julia  A.,  born  November  27,  1831.  3.  Susan, 
born  June  14,  1836.  4.  Theodore  Edwin  (of 
further  mention). 

(HI)  Theodore  Edwin,  youngest  child  of 
Edwin  and  China  (Phelps)  Adams,  was  born 
at  Corydon,  Pennsylvania,  October  26,  1839, 
died  in  Randolph,  New  York,  June  17,  1910. 
He  attended  the  public  school  until  attaining 
the  age  of  fourteen  years,  then  began  clerk- 
ing in  a  general  store  in  Fredonia.  He  soon 
realized  the  need  of  further  education,  left 
the  store  and  pursued  courses  of  study  at  El- 
lington and  Randolph  academies.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  entered  the  employ  of 
William  H.  Camp  as  clerk  in  his  Randolph 
store.  Later  his  brother,  Charles  Palmer 
Adams,  bought  an  interest  in  the  business, 
which  was  continued  under  the  firm  name  of 
Camp  &  Adams.  Later  Charles  Palmer 
Adams  became  sole  proprietor.  Theodore  E. 
Adams  continued  as  clerk  during  these 
changes,  and  until  1865,  when  he  became  a 
partner  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  P.  Adams 
&  Brother.  The  brothers  continued  in  suc- 
cessful business  until  1874,  when  Charles 
Palmer*  withdrew  and  assisted  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  State  Bank  of  Randolph,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  cashier.  Theodore  E., 
after  the  retirement  of  his  brother,  became 
sole  proprietor,  and  although  at  subsequent 
times  he  had  partners  in  the  business  he  re- 
mained the  active  head  of  the  establishment 
until  his  death.  At  the  time  he  became  sole 
owner  the  store  building  was  located  on  the 
site  of  the  present  post  office,  but  about  1890 
he  purchased  a  new  brick  block  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  street.  Later  this  was  enlarged 
to  accommodate  his  growing  trade,  which  be- 
came the  largest  in  any  village  of  similar  size 
in  Western  New  York.  February  i,  1906,  the 
business  was  incorporated  as  The  T.  E,  Adams 
Company,  Mrs.  Adams,  Theodora  C,  Percy 
C.  and  Florence  C,  their  children,  R.  T. 
Searle,    Charles    Woodruff    and    George    L. 


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Bowen,  employees,  being  taken  into  the  com- 
pany. 

Although  Mr.  Adams  never  sought  or  would 
accept  public  office,  he  was  public-spirited  to 
a  high  degree,  and  every  enterprise  promising 
to  advance  the  interests  of  Randolph  received 
his  hearty  personal  and  financial  support.  He 
was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Merchants'  and 
Manufacturers'  Association,  director  of  the 
State  Bank  of  Randolph,  and  interested  in 
other  enterprises  in  Randolph  and  elsewhere. 
While  perfectly  open  and  frank  by  nature,  in 
his  business  dealings  he  was  most  secretive, 
and  in  his  benevolences  few  knew  the  extent 
of  his  private  charities.  It  is  said  of  him  that 
no  needy  person  ever  went  from  his  store 
without  a  garment  required  for  comfort, 
whether  the  money  was  forthcoming  or  not. 
He  was  a  great  sufferer  in  his  last  years,  but 
gave  daily  attention  to  his  business  as  long 
as  strength  remained  and  ever  turned  a  smil- 
ing face  to  the  world.  He  died  in  New  York 
City,  at  a  private  sanitarium,  where  he  was 
being  treated  by  the  best  medical  experts.  He 
is  buried  in  Randolph  cemetery,  his  funeral 
being  attended  by  a  large  gathering  of  his 
friends,  including  his  brethren  of  Randolph 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  who 
marched  in  a  body. 

Mr.  Adams  married,  December  15,  1865, 
Mary  Lenett  Crowley,  born  February  16, 
1844,  daughter  of  Asahel  Crowley  (see  Crow- 
ley line).  Children:  i.  Theodora  Crowley, 
born  June  23,  1867;  married  William  L. 
Rathbone.  2.  Percy  Crowley,  born  April  4, 
1869;  married,  June  22,  1899,  Amy  Farmer, 
of  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania ;  children :  i.  Theo- 
dora, born  December  12,  1901 ;  ii.  Thomas  Ed- 
win, born  E^cember  26,  1910.  Percy  C. 
Adams  is  now  residing  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  well-known  firm  of 
architects,  Averill  &  Adams.  3.  Florence 
Crowley,  born  May  19,  t88i  ;  married  Robert 
T.  Searle,  her  father's  business  associate ;  chil- 
dren: i.  Robert,  born  May  13,  1905;  ii.  Wil- 
liam Adams,  born  June  10,  1906;  iii.  Mary 
Lenett,  born  March  7,  19 10. 

(The  Crowley  Line). 

Mary  Lenett  (Crowley)  Adams,  wife  of 
Theodore  Edwin  Adams,  survives  her  hus- 
band, and  is  a  resident  of  Randolph.  Her 
grandfather,  Walter  Crowley,  was  a  native 
of  Connecticut  and  emigrated  to  Vermont 
loner  before  it  became  a  state.     He  married 


Mary  Todd,  also  of  Connecticut,  whose  par- 
ents also  emigrated  to  Vermont  at  an  early 
date.  Walter  Crowley  cleared  a  farm  from 
the  then  almost  unbroken  wilderness  on  the 
summit  of  the  Green  Mountains,  where  his 
family  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters  were 
born.  They  remained  in  Vermont  until  1839, 
when  they  came  to  Randolph,  New  York,  and 
passed  their  remaining  years  there  with  their 
sons,  all  wealthy  and  influential  citizens  of 
that  town.    He  died  in  1851,  his  wife  in  1855. 

Asahel  Crowley,  father  of  Mrs.  Adams, 
was  born  in  Mt.  Holly,  Vermont,  February 
14,  1809.  He  came  to  Randolph  in  1831, 
where  for  half  a  century  he  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  business  life,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  January  30,  1901,  was  the  oldest  resi- 
dent. On  first  coming  to  the  town  he  taught 
school  for  two  winters,  then  engaged  in  lum- 
bering. In  1833  he  first  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile life,  admitting  to  a  partnership  three  years 
later  his  brother,  Addison  Crowley,  and  Jo- 
seph Stanley.  They  erected  a  large  store 
building  which  at  that  time  was  the  largest 
in  the  country.  They  conducted  a  general 
store  and  dealt  extensively  in  cattle  and  lum- 
ber. After  four  years'  association  Mr.  Stan- 
ley withdrew  and  the  firm  continued  as  A.  and 
A.  Crowley.  A  younger  brother,  Alvin  Crow- 
ley, was  admitted  and  had  charge  of  the  lum- 
ber business  at  Cincinnati,  the  firm  then  be- 
coming A.  Crowley  &  Company,  continuing 
until  i860,  'when  Alvin  withdrew,  the  firm 
name  reverting  to  its  former  name,  A.  and  A. 
Crowley.  In  1868  a  general  division  of  the 
business  was  made,  Asahel  Crowley  then  es- 
tablishing a  general  farming,  lumbering  and 
cattle  dealing  business,  which  he  continued 
until  his  final  retirement.  He  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  State  Bank  of  Randolph 
and  a  director.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
Western  New  York  Home  for  Homeless  and 
Dependent  Qiildren,  a  charity  to  whose  in- 
terests he  was  devoted.  He  took  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  building  of  the  Erie  railroad  and 
was  one  of  the  original  directors  of  the  com- 
pany, a  position  he  occupied  seven  years.  He 
was  a  highly  respected  gentleman  and  was 
ever  devoted  to  the  best  interests  of  the  town. 
He  bore  a  blameless  reputation  and  lived  a 
business  and  private  life  free  from  blot  or 
stain. 

He  married,  in  Mt.  Holly,  Vermont,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1836,  Clarissa  M.  Johnson,  born  May 
3,     1815,    daughter    of     Marvel    and    Julia 


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(Mason)  Johnson,  of  Mt.  Holly.  Children: 
I,  Julia  M.,  born  September  i,  1837;  married, 
May  16,  i860,  Charles  M.  G.  Chase.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Mary,  born  July  26,  1862 ; 
married  Dwight  Rundell,  of  Randolph.  2. 
•  Ellen  A.,  born  August  26,  1839  >  married,  Oc- 
tober 10,  1859,  Alexander  Wentworth;  chil- 
dren: i.  Isabel,  bom  September  13,  i860; 
ii.  Crowley,  born  May  8,  1868.  3.  Marvel  J., 
born  August  3,  1841 ;  married,  August  29, 
1865,  Adelaide  Weed,  of  Franklinville.  4. 
Mary  Lenett,  married  Theodore  Edwin 
Adams.  5.  Genevieve,  born  October  31,  1858; 
married,  in  1883,  Edwin  Terhune. 


The  name  Matthew,  hav- 
MATTHEWS     ing  belonged  to  one  of  the 

Twelve  Apostles,  was 
adopted  by  a  great  number  of  persons  in  early 
Christian  times,  and  with  its  variations  and 
derivations  is  borne  today  by  many  families 
who  are  wholly  unrelated.  The  Matthews 
family  with  which  this  narrative  is  concerned 
was  located  in  the  county  of  Kent,  England, 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century, 
and  has  been  prominently  connected  with  the 
printing  business  for  four  generations. 

(I)  Edward  Matthews  was  born  at  Seven- 
oaks,  county  of  Kent,  the  son  of  a  steward 
to  the  third  Earl  of  Stanhope.  This  was  the 
Earl  Stanhope  who  invented  or  at  least  de- 
veloped and  applied  what  came  to  be  known 
as  the  "plaster  process*'  of  stereotyping.  He 
also  invented  the  Stanhope  press,  still  known 
in  the  printing  trade,  and  was  otherwise  fa- 
mous as  a  practical  scientist.  Edward  Mat- 
thews learned  stereotyping  under  Earl  Stan- 
hope, and  thus  became  one  of  the  earliest 
and  most  skillful  masters  of  the  art.  He  was 
sent  by  the  Earl  over  various  parts  of  the 
United  Kingdom  to  install  and  teach  the 
Stanhope  process  of  stereotyping.  He  en- 
countered the  bitter  hostility  that  the  intro- 
duction of  labor-saving  devices  often  pro- 
vokes, and  at  times  went  about  in  hourly  peril 
of  assassination.  Some  of  his  most  trying  ex- 
periences were  in  Glasgow,  where  he  installed 
the  stereotyping  process  for  the  famous  firm 
of  Black  &  Company.  Though  a  small  man, 
he  was  full  of  energy  and  courage,  and  he 
persevered  in  his  task  until  it  was  completed. 
Returning  to  England,  he  was  sent  to  intro- 
duce the  stereotyping  process  at  the  printing 
works  of  Robert  and  John  Childs,  at  Bungay, 
county   of   Suffolk.     This  establishment   did 


fine  book  work  for  London  publishers,  notably 
the  Douay  and  other  Bibles,  dictionaries,  and 
numerous  historical  works.  The  firm  after- 
ward became  John  Childs  &  Son.  The  firm 
made  him  so  advantageous  an  offer  that  he 
remained  with  it  permanently,  being  granted 
a  pension  in  his  old  age.  He  married  Har- 
riet Newson,  by  whom  he  had  many  children. 
The  following  lived  to  maturity:  i.  George, 
entered  the  printing  business  and  became  an 
expert  compositor,  pressman,  stereotyper  and 
finisher,  and  was  employed  by  the  Hebrew 
Society  of  London  many  years.  He  married 
Susan  Knight.  His  son  William  became  the 
principal  stereotyper  for  the  London  Times, 
in  which  work  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
George.  2.  Simon,  became  chief  engineer  in 
the  British  navy,  served  in  the  Crimean  war 
on  the  battleship  "Magnificent,"  also  in  the 
Chinese  war,  and  received  a  medal  for  sav- 
ing his  captain's  life,  and  another  for  meri- 
torious service.  The  war  office  loaned  him 
to  the  Italian  government,  and  he  served  as 
chief  engineer  on  one  of  Italy's  first  warships 
in  a  voyage  around  the  world.  He  was  af- 
terward for  many  years  engineer  on  the 
Queen's  yacht.  He  married  (first)  Lucy  Hay- 
ward,  of  Ipswich;  (second)  Elizabeth  Fitch. 
He  had  two  sons,  Henry  and  George,  by  his 
first  wife,  and  three  daughters,  Susan,  Louise 
and  Pauline,  by  his  second.  Henry  was  a 
schoolmaster  on  board  the  training  ship  "St. 
Vincent,"  and  afterward  became  connected 
with  the  London  Fire  Brigade.  He  married 
Minnie  Jenkins.  Two  sons,  Cecil  and  Earn- 
est, are  both  warrant  officers  in  the  royal 
navy.  George  was  a  commissary  officer,  and 
served  under  Lord  Kitchener  in  Egypt,  South 
Africa  and  India,  where  he  died.  His  widow 
is  matron  of  the  military  school  at  Cairo, 
Egypt.  3.  Mary  Ann,  married  James  Barber 
and  had  eighteen  children,  of  whom  Susan, 
Betsey,  Austin  and  George  survived.  4.  Eliz- 
abeth, married  George  Helsdon,  an  artist 
colorist  in  the  employ  of  Sir  John  Kelk  and 
E.  M.  Ward;  children:  John  Edward,  came 
to  America  in  187 1,  and  has  since  worked 
in  the  printing  business  in  Buffalo;  married 
Maria  Forsyth;  his  son,  James  Newson  Mat- 
thews Helsdon,  married  Margaret  Hebard, 
and  they  have  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Ann; 
other  children  of  George  and  Elizabeth  Hels- 
don were  James  and  Harriet.  5.  James  New- 
son,  mentioned  below.  6.  Susan,  died  of  con- 
sumption at  age  of  twenty.     7.  Henry,  born 


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1834;  removed  to  America  in  1852,  and  fol- 
lowed the  printing  trade  in  Buffalo;  was  for 
ten  years  superintendent  for  the  firm  of  Mat- 
thews &  Warren,  proprietors  of  the  Commer- 
cial Advertiser,  and  afterward  member  of  the 
firm  of  Matthews  Brothers  &  Bryant,  which 
established  the  printing  house  now  known  as 
the  Matthews-Northrup  Works.  He  married, 
1857,  Ellen  S.  Glover,  of  Bungay;  children: 
Frank  Russell,  born  February  4,  i860;  Har- 
riet Wells,  born  May  26,  1861,  married  Edgar 
J.  Nelson,  and  has  children,  Ellen  Olive  and 
Hazel  Annette,  of  whom  Ellen  Olive  married 
Edward  R.  Earle,  and  has  one  child,  Nelson 
Matthews,  bom  August  8,  1903;  Fanny  Au- 

§usta,  born  April  24,  1870,  married  Herbert 
pinney;  Harry  Newson,  died  in  infancy.  8. 
Edward,  married  Anna  Mobbs ;  children :  Ed- 
ward, Anna  and  Harriet. 

(H)  James  Newson,  son  of  Edward  and 
Harriet  (Newson)  Matthews,  was  bom  at 
Bungay,  county  of  Suffolk,  England,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1828.  While  thoroughly  grounded  in 
the  elementary  branches,  he  was  unable  to 
obtain  an  advanced  education,  and  at  an  early 
age  was  apprenticed  in  the  printing  and  book- 
binding business.  As  the  trade  was  then 
taught,  this  experience  in  itself  gave  him  the 
best  kind  of  education  for  a  man  who  was 
later  to  become  a  great  newspaper  editor. 
When  seventeen  years  old  he  emigrated  to 
America,  coming  directly  to  Buffalo,  where  he 
made  his  home  for  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  obtained  employment  in  the  printing  office 
of  Jewett,  Thomas  &  Company,  who  were 
concerned  in  the  publication  of  the  Commer- 
cidl  Advertiser,  and  his  superior  technical 
training  and  efficiency  made  him  foreman  of 
the  shop  before  he  was  twenty,  while  he  was 
still  an  apprentice.  The  managing  partner, 
C.  F,  S.  Thomas,  had  a  national  reputation 
as  a  printer.  He  was  very  proud  of  his 
young  foreman,  but  differences  arose  between 
the  two  men,  and  in  1848  young  Matthews 
gave  up  his  position  to  become  foreman  in  the 
office  of  the  Buffalo  Republic.  After  a  short 
experience  there,  he  opened  a  printing  office 
of  his  own  on  the  southeast  comer  of  Wash- 
ington and  Exchange  streets,  directly  opposite 
the  site  where  he  afterward  erected  what  is 
still  known  as  the  Matthews  Building,  and  is 
occupied  by  the  great  business  which  he 
created.  In  1850,  with  some  associates,  he 
established  a  daily  paper  called  the  Journal  of 
Commerce,  which  lived  but  a  short  time.    He 


then  became  foreman  of  the  job-printing  office 
connected  with  the  Buffalo  Express,  of  which 
Almon  M.  Clapp  and  Rufus  Wheeler  were 
owners.  A  year  later  he  was  admitted  into 
partnership,  the  firm  becoming  Clapp,  Mat- 
thews &  Company.  This  connection  lasted 
until  i860,  when  political  differences  caused 
Messrs.  Clapp  and  Wheeler  to  dissolve  part- 
nership. Mr.  Wheeler  joined  James  D.  War- 
ren and  Joseph  Candee  in  buying  the  Com- 
mercial Advertiser.  In  1862  Mr.  Candee  re- 
tired and  Mr.  Matthews  was  taken  into  the 
firm,  which  became  known  as  Wheeler,  Mat- 
thews &  Warren.  Mr.  Matthews  took  charge 
of  the  job-printing  branch,  which  soon  be- 
came famous,  and  acquired  a  virtual  monop- 
oly in  fine  color  work  for  railroads.  In  1864 
Mr.  Wheeler  retired  on  account  of  ill  health. 
His  partners  bought  his  interest  and  continued 
the  business  under  the  name  of  Matthews  & 
Warren.  Mr.  Matthews  at  this  time  as- 
sumed charge  of  the  editorial  management  of 
the  paper.  In  1872  the  firm  purchased  The 
Express,  and  conducted  it  during  the  Grant- 
Greeley  campaign,  when  they  sold  it  again. 
In  1877  political  differences  arose  between 
Messrs.  Matthews  and  Warren  and  they  de- 
cided to  dissolve  partnership.  They  had  al- 
ways made  their  investments  together  outside 
as  well  as  within  the  printing  business.  On 
going  over  their  accounts  they  found  that  the 
value  of  their  outside  investments  about 
equalled  that  of  the  printing  business,  and 
Mr.  Matthews  offered  Mr.  Warren  his  choice 
between  the  two.  After  a  day's  consideration 
Mr.  Warren  chose  the  business.  Mr.  Mat- 
thews believed  at  the  time  that  the  step  which 
he  was  talking  would  mean  his  retirement 
forever  from  journalism,  but  it  was  charac- 
teristic of  the  man  that  he  preferred  to  give 
up  an  honorable  and  lucrative  profession 
rather  than  make  any  concession  of  principles 
which  he  believed  to  be  right.  It  so  happened, 
however,  that  the  fortunes  of  The  Express 
were  then  at  a  very  low  ebb.  Mr.  Matthews 
was  asked  to  take  hold  of  the  property  and 
attempt  its  rehabilitation.  After  due  consid- 
eration he  consented.  Failure  and  personal 
ruin  were  predicted  as  the  inevitable  conse- 
quence of  what  to  many  appeared  a  rash  en- 
terprise. But  Mr.  Matthews  was  not  a  man 
either  to  fail  in  any  undertaking  to  which  he 
put  his  hand  or  to  be  easily  discouraged.  The 
first  number  of  The  Express  under  the  new 
management  came  out  January  7,  1878.    Mr. 


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Matthews's  announcement  declared  that  it  was 
his  settled  purpose  to  make  The  Express  "the 
neatest  and  brightest,  bravest  and  best  news- 
paper ever  published  in  Buffalo,  steadfastly 
Republican  as  to  political  principles,  but  at>- 
solutely  independent  in  reference  to  our  mu- 
nicipal government — the  organ  of  no  man  or 
set  of  men,  but,  in  fact,  worthy  to  be  styled 
'The  People's  Paper/ "  The  announcement 
continued:  "If  our  interpretation  of  the 
party's  faith  is  not  very  well  known  already, 
the  fault  is  not  ours.  At  any  rate  it  will  ap- 
pear soon  enough  in  these  columns.  We  do 
not  conceive,  however,  that  political  princi- 
ples have  anything  whatever  to  do  with  mu- 
nicipal affairs,  but  we  do  most  sincerely  be- 
lieve, on  the  contrary,  that  municipal  affairs 
should  be  absolutely  divorced  from  political 
manipulation.  And  this  is  just  what  we  pur- 
pose doing  so  far  as  The  Express  can  effect 
the  separation.  We  shall  run  no  caucuses. 
If  any  man  hereafter  pretends  to  represent 
The  Express  in  any  political  convention,  he 
may  be  set  down  as  an  impostor.  It  will  have 
no  delegates.  It  will  seek  no  official  patron- 
age. If  it  is  approached  with  promises  or 
threats  of  exclusion  from  political  papers,  it 
will  invite  those  who  think  they  control  this 
business  to  place  it  wheresoever  they  think  it 
will  do  them  the  most  good.  We  do  not  want 
it." 

Here  was  a  revolution,  not  only  in  the 
character  of  The  Express  as  it  had  recently 
been  conducted,  but  in  Buffalo  journalism 
generally.  And  it  is  but  just  to  say  that  the 
standard  which  Mr.  Matthews  set  on  that 
first  day  of  his  editorship  was  adhered  to  by 
him  throughout  his  life  and  by  his  successors. 
The  public  appreciation  of  this  kind  of  a 
newspaper  was  attested  by  a  rapid  growth  in 
circulation  and  advertising  until  the  property 
was  soon  on  a  profitable  basis.  The  occasion 
for  Mr.  Matthews  to  prove  his  sincerity  was 
not  long  in  coming.  The  administration  of 
the  city  at  that  time  was  Democratic,  but  in 
the  fall  of  1879  it  shifted  to  Republican 
hands,  but  without  effecting  any  material 
improvement  in  government.  There  was  an 
antiquated  charter  dating  from  country-vil- 
lage days,  a  wide  and  virtually  irresponsible 
distribution  of  powers,  and  the  time  was  one 
of  rapid  railroad  building,  sewer  building, 
street  paving  and  other  improvements  involv- 
ing large  contracts  and  valuable  franchises. 
The  Express  attacked  various  features  of  the 


city  government,  bringing  about  some  inves- 
tigations on  its  own  account,  and  when  in  the 
fall  of  1881  the  reform  elements  obtained  con- 
trol of  the  Democratic  city  convention  and 
nominated  Grover  Cleveland  for  Mayor,  The 
Express  promptly  declared  for  him,  saying 
that  every  honest  citizen  could  vote  for  him 
without  doubt  or  misgiving  and  that  the  city 
would  be  to  him  as  a  chent.  The  famous 
Stalwart-halfbreed  war  was  also  waging  at 
this  time,  and  The  Express  became  the 
most  prominent  of  the  Halfbreed  organs 
in  the  western  part  of  the  state.  Sherman  S. 
Rogers,  one  of  Mr.  Matthews's  most  valued 
friends,  became  a  candidate  before  the  legis- 
lative caucus  for  United  States  senator  after 
Conkling  and  Piatt  resigned.  In  addition  to 
the  mayoralty  contest,  the  election  of  that 
year  centered  on  the  candidacy  of  William  B. 
Sirret  for  re-election  as  county  treasurer  and 
of  Arthur  W.  Hickman  for  assemblyman. 
The  Express  had  attacked  and  had  brought 
about  an  investigation  of  Sirret,  who  had  been 
Republican  state  committeeman  and  was  one 
of  the  principal  party  leaders  in  the  county. 
It  now  opposed  him  for  re-election  and  he 
was  defeated.  Mr.  Hickman  had  been  in  the 
assembly,  where  he  had  voted  with  the  Half- 
breeds.  He  had  withdrawn  as  a  candidate 
for  the  regular  renomination,  alleging  that  the 
caucuses  had  been  fixed  against  him.  He  af- 
terward accepted  an  independent  nomination 
with  Democratic  indorsement.  The  Express 
supported  him  and  Tie  was  elected.  It  also 
bolted  the  nomination  for  Senator  of  Harvey 
J.  Hurd,  who  had  been  a  Stalwart  assembly- 
man. Hurd  was  beaten.  The  short  adminis- 
tration of  Mr.  Cleveland  as  mayor,  with  his 
numerous  vetoes,  particularly  the  "Plain 
Speech**  veto  of  a  street-cleaning  contract,  was 
one  of  the  stirring  periods  in  the  city's  politi- 
cal history.  The  Express  supported  him  heart- 
ily, not  as  a  partisan,  but  as  an  independent 
reform  newspaper,  and  when  he  was  nomi- 
nated for  governor  the  following  year,  it  car- 
ried its  independence  into  state  politics  by  de- 
claring in  his  favor.  Its  loyalty  to  the  na- 
tional principles  of  the  Republican  party,  how- 
ever, was  too  strong  to  admit  of  its  support- 
ing him  for  president.  In  the  two  Demo- 
cratic city  administrations  which  followed 
Mr.  Cleveland's  retirement,  The  Express 
again  maintained  the  attitude  of  a  critical  in- 
dependent Republican  newspaper.  This  was 
a  time  when  the  first  civil  service  reform  laws 


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were  given  effect.  Mr.  Matthews  became 
much  interested  in  the  merit  system  and 
heartily  supported  it.  With  the  nomination 
of  Philip  Becker  for  mayor  by  the  Republi- 
cans in  1885,  ^^^  Express  gave  him  earnest 
support,  which  was  continued  throughout  his 
two  administrations.  An  exciting  fight  oc- 
curred at  this  time  on  the  granting  of  a  natu- 
ral gas  franchise  by  the  common  council  over 
the  mayor's  veto  without  compensation  to  the 
city,  almost  without  restrictions,  without 
limitation  as  to  price  to  be  charged  consum- 
ers, and  even  with  the  privilege  of  discrimina- 
ing  in  price  between  different  classes  of  con- 
sumers. The  Express  declared  that  this  grant 
was  a  betrayal  of  the  city  into  the  hands  of 
the  Standard  Oil  Company;  that  it  was  the 
street-cleaning  steal  of  1882  over  again,  only 
"bigger,  bolder  and  in  every  way  worse."  It 
even  went  so  far  as  to  charge  that  the  grant 
had  been  put  through  by  bribery,  and  in  con- 
sequence a  committee  of  the  legislature  came 
to  Buffalo  and  investigated  it,  but  reported 
that  it  found  no  evidence  that  the  alleged  brib- 
ery had  occurred.  By  withholding  his  ap- 
proval of  the  company's  bond,  the  mayor  was 
able  to  finally  secure  some  modification  of  the 
worst  features  of  the  franchise.  Another 
crusade  undertaken  by  The  Express  in  1887 
was  against  the  administration  of  the  school 
department,  which  had  become  a  political  ma- 
chine. While  the  superintendent  was  not  re- 
moved, the  agitation  resulted  in  some  new  or- 
dinances regulating  the  appointment  of  teach- 
ers, and  later  in  the  creation  of  a  board  of 
school  examiners  to  determine  by  fair  writ- 
ten examinations  the  qualifications  of  candi- 
dates. 

The  career  of  Mr.  Matthews  as  a  printer 
was  no  less  distinguished  than  as  an  editor. 
Immediately  after  buying  The  Express  he  es- 
tablished in  connection  with  it  the  art-printing 
plant  of  the  Matthews-Northrup  Company. 
Under  his  skilled  direction  this  establishment 
attained  a  national  reputation  for  the  printing 
of  high-class  railroad  folders,  advertising 
booklets,  maps,  etc.  On  one  occasion  it  com- 
peted successfully  with  firms  in  Paris  and 
London  for  a  contract  for  maps  for  the  Mexi- 
can government.  On  September  30,  1883,  the 
first  number  was  issued  of  The  Illustrated 
Express,  a  Saturday  and  Sunday  edition  of 
the  daily.  This  was  the  pioneer  newspaper 
in  issuing  a  half-tone  supplement.  The  ex- 
cellence, number  and  variety  of  illustrations 


soon  made  it  the  admiration  of  the  trade  as 
well  as  of  its  patrons,  and  no  small  part  of 
the  reputation  of  its  founder  rests  upon  its 
success.  Mr.  Matthews  never  held  a  political 
office.  He  served  by  appointment*  of  Govern- 
or Hoffman  as  one  of  three  inspectors  of  the 
special  election  ordered  by  the  legislature  for 
the  Erie  railway  when  the  Gould-Fiske  con- 
trol was  upset,  and  he  was  a  delegate-at-large 
to  the  Republican  national  conventions  of 
1872  and  1876.  He  first  voted  for  John  C. 
Fremont,  and  he  voted  for  every  Republican 
electoral  ticket  thereafter  so  long  as  he  lived. 
He  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Church 
Charity  Foundation,  and  was  connected  with 
the  vestry  of  St.  John's  Church.  The  Express 
gave  vigorous  support  to  the  Republican  na- 
tional ticket  in  1888,  but  at  the  height  of  the 
campaign  its  editor  was  stricken  with  Bright's 
disease,  complicated  by  abscess  of  the  kidney, 
and  his  powerful  pen  was  laid  aside  forever. 
He  lingered  until  December  20th,  when  he 
breathed  his  last,  at  his  home  on  Delaware 
avenue. 

He  married,  July  24,  185 1,  Harriet,  daugh- 
ter of  Austin  L.  Wells,  of  Westfield,  New 
York.  She  was  born  at  Westfield,  July  6, 
1830,  and  died  in  Buffalo,  February  21,  1888. 
Children :  George  Edward,  mentioned  below ; 
Frances  Amy,  bom  March  13,  1867,  married 
(first)  Charles  Buckingham  Graves,  (second) 
Ernest  G.  Boon,  of  London,  England. 

(Ill)  George  Edward,  son  of  James  N.  and 
Harriet  (Wells)  Matthews,  was  born  at 
Westfield,  Chautauqua  county,  the  home  of 
his  mother's  parents,  March  17,  1855.  He 
grew  up  in  Buffalo,  where  he  attended  the 
Heathcote  School  and  was  prepared  for  col- 
lege by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Theodore  M.  Bishop. 
He  was  ready  for  Yale  by  the  time  he  was 
sixteen  years  old,  but  his  parents  thought  him 
too  young  to  enter  college,  so  he  spent  the 
next  two  years  in  travel  and  in  acquiring  some 
knowledge  of  the  printing  business  in  the 
office  of  the  Commercial  Adz*ertiser,  of  which 
his  father  was  then  editor  and  part  owner. 
He  was  kept  at  practical  work  like  an  ordi- 
nary apprentice,  and  this  instruction  in  the 
business  which  he  was  to  take  up  was  con- 
tinued during  his  college  vacations.  Thus  he 
gained  a  very  comprehensive  knowledge  of 
the  fundamental  details  of  the  various 
branches  of  the  printing  trade.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Yale  with  the  class  of  1877,  gain- 
ing the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.    The  fol- 


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lowing  year  his  father  bought  The  Express, 
and  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  counting  room, 
and  rose  through  various  grades  to  be  busi- 
ness manager.  He  served  the  same  practical 
apprenticeship  in  the  editorial  department,  be- 
coming successively  telegraph  operator,  city 
editor  and  literary  editor.  Ultimately  he  was 
given  the  position  of  treasurer  of  the  Mat- 
thews-Northrup  Company.  Upon  the  death 
of  his  father,  Mr.  Matthews  succeeded  to  the 
management  of  the  business,  becoming  editor 
of  The  Express,  and  president  of  the  Mat- 
thews-Northrup  Company,  which  was  at  that 
time  organized  as  a  separate  firm.  The  part- 
ners were  mostly  men  who  had  worked  up  in 
its  employ.  This  policy  of  taking  the  older 
employees  into  the  business  was  extended  to 
the  newspaper  firm,  which  became  George  E. 
Matthews  &  Company,  the  junior  partner  be- 
ing Charles  E.  Austin,  who  had  begun  work 
for  the  elder  Matthews  as  a  carrier  boy.  Some 
years  later  James  W.  Greene,  who  had  grown 
from  copyholder  to  managing  editor,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  firm,  and  in  1901  the  two 
branches  of  the  business  were  consolidated 
into  the  J.  N.  Matthews  Company,  in  which 
most  of  the  older  employees  were  allowed  to 
become  stockholders,  and  George  E.  Mat- 
thews was  president  from  its  organization  un- 
t^il  his  death. 

In  addition  to  his  newspaper  and  printing 
business,  Mr.  Matthews  was  at  one  time  in- 
terested in  the  Buffalo  Printing  Ink  Works. 
He  also  gave  a  great  deal  of  time  and  hard 
work  to  developing  the  invention  known  as 
the  noiseless  typewriter,  and  to  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  company  which  manufactures  and 
sells  it.  He  was  himself  the  inventor  of  the 
prismaprint  process  for  which  the  Matthews- 
Northrup  works  is  famous — ^a  four-color  proc- 
ess designed  to  take  the  place  of  the  more 
familiar  three-color  process.  He  also  invented 
and  patented  an  improved  method  for  index- 
ing books,  and  some  other  devices.  He  was 
the  first  publisher  in  Buffalo  to  introduce 
typesetting  machines,  of  which  his  subscribers 
were  given  the  benefit  in  the  reduction  of  the 
price  of  the  paper  to  two  cents.  At  a  later 
period  the  price  was  further  reduced  to  one 
cent,  but  without  in  any  way  lowering  the 
high  standards  which  The  Express  had  set  for 
itself.  To  Mr.  Matthews*  practical  knowl- 
edge of  the  mechanics  of  printing  was  due 
in  large  part  the  brilliant  success  of  The  Il- 
lustrated Express,    As  the  first  newspaper  to 


demonstrate  the  practicability  of  high-class ' 
illustration  under  the  management  of  the 
elder  Matthews,  it  had  this  field  virtually  to 
itself  for  some  years,  but  with  the  appearance 
of  competitors  steady  improvement  and  en- 
largement were  necessary  to  maintain  the 
primacy  which  has  led  its  friends  to  declare 
it  equal  to  the  high-grade  magazines.  Only 
a  publisher  who  knew  the  printing  processes 
thoroughly,  who  had  the  taste  of  an  artist 
and  the  literary  judgment  of  a  scholar,  could 
have  led  in  this  field  as  Mr.  Matthews  did. 
But  while  so  much  of  his  energy  was  given 
to  these  branches  of  his  business,  he  never 
neglected  his  duties  as  an  editor.  The  inde- 
pendent tone  of  The  Express  never  weakened. 
An  early  test  came  in  1889  when  it  felt 
obliged  to  bolt  the  nomination  of  James  H. 
Carmichael  for  mayor  and  to  support  the 
regular  Democratic  nominee,  Charles  F. 
Bishop,  who  was  elected.  It  supported  vig- 
orously the  movement  for  a  new  charter, 
which  was  adopted  in  189 1,  although  not  fully 
satisfied  with  all  the  details  of  the  instrument. 
It  was  strongly  opposed  to  the  domination  of 
the  Republican  state  organization  by  Thomas 
C.  Piatt,  which  it  criticised  unceasingly  for 
years,  but,  being  ever  more  strongly  opposed 
to  the  methods  and  policies  of  the  Democratic 
organization  under  David  B.  Hill,  it  usually 
supported  Republican  state  candidates.  It 
was  at  the  front  of  the  fight  in  1893  when 
the  people  arose  and  overthrew  the  Demo- 
cratic regime  to  the  amazement  of  the  politi- 
cians of  both  parties.  In  the  following  year 
it  heartily  approved  the  nomination  of  Edgar 
B.  Jewett  for  mayor,  and  gave  energetic  sup- 
port to  his  administration.  At  the  beginning 
of  1896  the  Republican  state  organization  de- 
clared for  the  nomination  of  Governor  Levi 
P.  Morton  for  president,  and  set  to  work  in 
the  usual  manner  to  elect  delegates  for  him. 
The  Express  declared  that  the  popular  choice 
was  unquestionably  William  McKinley,  that 
with  him  the  party  could  be  sure  of  winning, 
and  that  it  was  folly  to  ignore  a  popular  de- 
mand for  the  sake  of  creating  a  local  candi- 
date or  of  giving  the  political  leaders  a  dele- 
gation which  could  be  used  in  the  convention 
for  trading  purposes.  The  response  was  im- 
mediate and  inspiring.  Business  men,  who 
never  had  shown  any  activity  in  politics  ex- 
cept to  vote,  rushed  to  The  Express  office  and 
urged  that  it  take  the  lead  in  organizing  a 
movement  for  the  election  of  McKinley  dele- 


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gates  in  Erie  county,  at  least.  Mr.  Matthews 
consented.  Caucuses  had  been  called  by  the 
organization  early  in  March  and  on  very  short 
notice,  with  a  view  to  heading  off  opposition. 
But  the  independent  forces  refused  to  be 
overawed.  Mr.  Matthews  and  Wesley  C. 
Dudley  were  elected  delegates  to  the  national 
convention  from  the  Thirty-third  district,  and 
nineteen  other  delegates  from  Western  New 
York  and  Brooklyn  were  elected  for  McKin- 
ley.  Contesting  delegations  were  sent  to  the 
state  convention  in  New  York,  and  the  Mc- 
Kinley  League  was  organized  throughout  the 
state,  with  Mr.  Matthews  as  president,  and  he 
stumped  the  state  for  the  league.  At  the  con- 
vention in  St.  Louis  he  became  involved  in 
a  sharp  debate  with  Senator  John  Raines,  an 
organization  delegate.  He  was  chosen  to  lead 
the  cheering  when  the  demonstrations  for  Mc- 
Kinley  began.  The  work  of  the  McKinley 
League  was  continued  during  the  campaign, 
and  it  had  no  small  part  in  piling  up  the  ma- 
jority by  which  the  state  was  carried.  This 
was  Mr.  Matthews'  only  venture  in  practical 
politics.  His  only  political  office  was  that  of 
delegate  to  the  St.  Louis  convention  of  1896. 
President  McKinley  intimated  a  personal  de- 
sire to  have  him  in  the  cabinet,  but  Mr.  Mat- 
thews did  not  believe  that  an  editor  should 
be  an  office-holder.  The  Express  continued  to 
bolt  Republicans  and  to  support  Democrats 
on  occasions.  It  continued  to  fight  strongly 
for  Republican  candidates  when  they  were  of 
the  right  kind.  Mr.  Matthews  was  always 
for  the  better  man  for  local  office,  regardless 
of  politics.  He  was  always  opposed  to  per- 
sonal machines,  depending  on  patronage. 
When  the  independents  pitted  Joseph  H. 
Choate  against  Thomas  G.  Piatt  as  a  candi- 
date for  United  States  senator,  Mr.  Matthews 
made  a  canvass  of  Erie  county  which  showed 
that  local  sentiment  was  strongly  against 
Piatt,  and  he  fought  the  election  of  Piatt 
fiercely.  It  was  sometimes  said  sneeringly 
that  The  Express  was  always  beaten.  That 
was  not  true,  but  it  went  into  many  fights  with 
full  knowledge  that  they  were  hopeless, 
merely  because  its  principle  was  to  support 
what  it  believed  to  be  right  rather  than  to  try 
to  pick  winners.  Despite  its  admiration  for 
McKinley,  it  was  unable  to  follow  him  in  the 
policy  of  annexing  the  Philippines,  although 
it  was  less  radical  than  were  most  of  the  anti- 
imperialists,  and  it  supported  McKinley  for 
re-election  in  1900.     It  was  an  admirer  and 


supporter  of  Roosevelt,  both  as  governor  and 
as  president.  As  an  editorial  writer,  Mr.  Mat- 
thews had  his  father's  vigorous  style  com- 
bined with  a  felicity  of  phrase  that  made  de- 
lightful reading.  He  was  an  omnivorous 
reader  and  was  gifted  with  a  memory  which 
made  all  his  sources  of  information  imme- 
diately available.  There  were  few  subjects 
that  did  not  interest  him  and  he  was  able  to 
turn  nearly  everything  which  he  saw  or 
thought  to  newspaper  account.  He  originated 
many  of  the  most  successful  departments  and 
features  of  The  Express,  His  rule  for  a  busi- 
ness manager  was :  "In  conflicts  between  my 
interests  and  those  of  others,  be  just;  but  if 
there  is  a  doubt,  give  the  benefit  of  the  doubt 
to  the  other  party."  He  was  charitable  even 
when  he  knew  his  charity  was  being  imposed 
on.  He  was  for  several  years  president  of 
the  Buffalo  Typothetae  and  of  the  Buffalo 
Newspaper  Publishers'  Association.  He  was 
secretary  to  the  McKinley  Monument  Asso- 
ciation, a  member  of  the  Buffalo,  University, 
Country  and  EUicott  clubs,  the  Historical  So- 
ciety, the  Fine  Arts  Academy,  and  was  at  one 
time  president  of  the  local  Yale  Club. 

He  married,  July  12,  1887,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  George  H.  and  Mary  (Cook) 
Burrows,  of  Buffalo,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1866.  Mr.  Matthews'  health  began 
to  break  down  in  1910,  and  he  died  at  his 
home  at  Falconwood,  Grand  Island,  June  11, 
191 1.  Children:  George  Edward,  bom  May 
II,  1888;  married,  April  20,  191 1,  Frances, 
daughter  of  William  T.  and  Anna  (Baker) 
Jebb,  of  Buffalo ;  Harriet  Wells,  born  Septem- 
ber 17,  1889,  married  June  11,  1911,  J.  Ran- 
dall Williams  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia;  Burrows, 
born  January  27,  1893. 


The  surname  Lockwood  is 
LOCKWOOD    of  very  ancient  origin,  and 

is  mentioned  in  the  Domes- 
day Book.  It  is  a  place  name,  and  the  family 
has  several  branches  in  England,  in  Stafford- 
shire. Yorkshire,  Essex  and  Northampton. 
Burke's  "General  Armory"  gives  the  arms  of 
Lockwood:  "Argent,  a  fesse  between  three 
martlets,  sable.  Crest,  on  the  stump  of  an 
oak  tree  erased  proper  a  martlet  sable.  Motto : 
Tutus  in  undis  ('Secure  against  the  waves')." 
(I)  Robert  Lockwood,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  New  England  about  1630,  and  set- 
tled in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  six 
of  his  children  were  born.     He  was  made  a 


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freeman  March  9,  1636.  About  1646  he  re- 
moved to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  died 
in  1658.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of  Connecti- 
cut, May  20,  1652 ;  appointed  sergeant  of  train 
band,  May,  1657.  He  died  intestate,  and  the 
court  ordered  the  division  of  his  property: 
one-third  to  the  widow,  the  ten  children  divid- 
ing the  remainder.  His  widow  Susannah  mar- 
ried (second)  Jeffery  Ferris,  and  died  at 
**Grinwich,"  December  23,  1663.  Children: 
I.  Jonathan,  of  whom  further.  2.  Deborah, 
bom  October  12,  1636.  3.  Joseph,  August  6, 
1638;  "Sergeant  Joseph  Lockwood  departed 
this  life  April  14,  1717,  aged  seventy-eight 
years,  eight  months  and  eight  days."  4.  Dan- 
iel, bom  March  21,  1640,  died  1691.  5. 
Ephraim,  bom  December  i,  1641 ;  married 
Mercy  Sention  (St.  John).  6.  Gershom,  born 
September  6,  1643,  di^^  March  12,  1718. 
"Lieutenant  Gershom  Lockwood  was  the  prin- 
cipal carpenter  and  builder  in  the  town  of 
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  and  filled  many 
offices  of  trust  and  importance."  He  married 
Lady  Ann  Millington.  (This  lady's  romantic 
story  has  often  been  told,  together  with  that 
of  the  chest  containing  a  half  bushel  of 
guineas,  and  fine  silk  dresses.  The  chest  is 
yet  in  evidence  in  Greenwich.)  7.  John.  8. 
Abigail,  married  John  Barlow.  9.  Sarah. 
10.  Mary,  married  Jonathan  Huested. 

(H)  Lieutenant  Jonathan,  son  of  Robert 
Lockwood,  was  born  in  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  10,  1634,  died  May  12, 
1688,  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut,  in  his  fifty- 
fourth  year.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Jeffrey  Ferris,  who  married,  late  in  life,  Mrs. 
Susannah  Lockwood,  widow  of  Robert  Lock- 
wood,  and  Jonathan's  mother.  Jonathan  signed 
a  paper,  January  i,  1657,  at  Easttowne,  in  the 
New  Netherlands,  in  which  he  promised  alle- 
giance to  the  Dutch  governor  as  long  as  he 
lived  within  his  jurisdiction.  He  lived  in 
Stamford,  Connecticut,  October  16,  1660,  and 
in  1665  sold  his  estate  there  and  moved  to 
Greenwich.  He  was  made  a  freeman  here 
in  1670,  was  assistant  in  May,  1671,  and  in 
1672  was  "one  of  the  twenty-seven  pro- 
prietors." He  represented  the  town  in  the 
legislature  for  four  years.  At  his  death  the 
people  met  in  town  meeting  and  passed  reso- 
lutions deploring  the  loss  of  so  valuable  a  citi- 
zen, and  he  was  greatly  mourned.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  several  times. 
He  was  appointed  by  the  court,  with  three 
others,  to  determine  the  boundary  line  between 


Greenwich  and  the  colony  of  New  York,  from 
Mamaroneck  river  to  Hudson  river.  On  May 
9,  1688,  he  made  a  deed,  a  division  of  prop- 
erty, and  named  his  wife  and  children.  This 
was  three  days  before  his  death.  His  wife, 
after  his  death,  made  provision  for  her  chil- 
dren, when  about  to  marry  Sergeant  Thomas 
Merritt,  of  Rye,  June  5,  1696.  Children: 
Jonathan,  born  about  1663 ;  Robert,  of  whom 
further;  Gershom;  Still  John,  about  1674;  Jo- 
seph, 1675;  Sarah;  Abigail. 

(HI)  Robert,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan 
Lockwood,  was  born  in  Greenwich,  Connecti- 
cut, died  between  May  7,  173 1,  and  January 
23,  1732.  He  made  his  will  May  17,  1731, 
naming  his  wife  Mary  and  son  Jonathan  as 
executors.  He  calls  himself  "Husbandman," 
and  appears  frequently  in  town  records.  His 
wife  Mary  survived  him.  Children:  Phebe, 
Deborah,  died  young;  Jonathan,  Mary,  Sam- 
uel, Susannah,  David,  of  whom  further,  and 
Deborah  (2). 

(IV)  Captain  David,  son  of  Robert  Lock- 
wood  (2),  was  born  in  Greenwich,  Connecti- 
cut, August,  1707,  died  December  4,  1755.  He 
was  representative  from  Greenwich  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1745,  and  was  commissioned 
captain  of  the  train  band,  1752.  His  will,  made 
November  29,  1755,  was  probated  December 
9,  1755.  His  estate  was  appraised  at  £1753. 
His  wife  being  dead  at  the  time  his  will  was 
made,  there  is  no  mention  of  her  name.  Chil- 
dren: David,  Enos,  Stephen,  Timothy  (of 
whom  further),  Abigail,  Ephraim,  Philip, 
Joshua  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Timothy,  son  of  Captain  David  Lock- 
wood,  was  born  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut, 
October  26,  1735.  He  married  Abigail  Mead, 
born  November  24,  1740,  died  November  29, 
1826.  She  survived  her  husband  and  mar- 
ried (second)  Samuel  Guernsey.  Timothy 
Lockwood  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution, 
serving  as  drummer.  Whether  there  was  "an- 
other Timothy  Lockwood  than  Timothy,  son 
of  David,  is  not  clear.  The  evidence  seems 
to  establish  the  fact  that  the  latter  Timothy 
was  a  member  of  the  first  company  of  Colonel 
Waterbury's  Fifth  regiment  of  Connecticut 
troops,  enlisted  May  8,  1775,  discharged  Octo- 
ber 30,  177s,  later  of  Captain  Bell's  company, 
Colonel  Charles  Webb's  regiment,  January  10, 
1777,  for  three  years.  (See  "Connecticut  in 
the  Revolution.")  Children:  Timothy,  Titus, 
Stephen,  Henry,  Ebenezer,  of  whom  further, 
Abigail,  married Knapp. 


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(VI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Timothy  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut,  January 
4,  1775;  died  in  East  Hamburg,  Erie  county, 
New  York,  August  19,  1856.  He  settled  in 
Eastern  New  York  when  twenty  years  of  age, 
later  driving  a  team  loaded  with  his  house- 
hold goods  from  Brewster,  Dutchess  comity, 
to  Hamburg,  Erie  county,  consuming  twenty 
days  on  the  journey.  He  cleared  a  farm  in 
Hamburg,  and  was  one  of  the  prosperous  men 
of  that  town.  He  married  Betsey,  daughter 
of  Jesse  Seymour.  Children:  i,  Nathaniel, 
married  Lydia  Hammond.  2.  Philo,  married 
Polly  Utley.  3.  Rachel,  died  aged  seven  years. 
4.  Malinda,  married  Salmon  or  Solomon 
Washburn.  5.  Jesse,  married  (first)  Wil- 
helmena  Cook,  (second)  Mary  Ann  Law- 
rence. 6.  Orrin,  married  Eliza  Jamison;  he 
was  in  1856  sheriff  of  Erie  county.  7.  Dr. 
Timothy  T.,  in  1858  mayor  of  Buffalo ;  mar- 
ried (first)  Charlotte  Allen ;  (second)  Louisa 
Fancher.  8.  Maria,  married  Daniel  R.  New- 
ton. 9.  Harrison,  of  whom  further.  10. 
Stephen. 

(VH)  Harrison,  son  of  Ebenezer  Lock- 
wood,  was  born  January  15,  1816,  died  April 
10,  1849.  ^^  came  to  Western  New  York 
at  an  early  date,  and  was  a  farmer  of  Erie 
county,  owning  a  small  farm  near  Hamburg, 
where  he  died  while  still  a  young  man.  He 
married  Martha  Phillips,  of  New  England  an- 
cestry, who  yet  survives  him,  a  resident  of 
Hamburg,  where  on  August  i,  191 1,  she  cele- 
brated her  ninetieth  birthday.  Left  alone  with 
her  two  children  to  maintain  and  educate 
without  means,  she  nobly  fulfilled  her  part 
and  lived  to  see  her  son  in  honored  position 
and  eulogized  by  all  men.  Children:  Daniel 
Newton,  of  whom  further;  Harriet,  born  No- 
vember 13,  1845,  di^d  July  3,  1872. 

(Vni)  Daniel  Newton,  son  of  Harrison 
Lockwood,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Hamburg, 
Erie  county.  New  York,  June  i,  1841,  died 
on  his  birthday,  June  i,  1906.  His  early  edu- 
cation was  obtained  in  the  district  public 
schools.  When  yet  a  boy  he  came  to  Buffalo 
and  became  an  inmate  of  the  home  of  his  rela- 
tive, Hon.  Timothy  Lockwood,  then  mayor 
of  Buffalo.  He  completed  his  preparatory 
education  in  Buffalo  high  school  and  under 
private  instruction,  entering  Union  College  in 
1 861.  The  college  was  then  presided  over  by 
the  celebrated  Dr.  Eliphalet  Nott.  Mr.  Lock- 
wood  was  graduated  A.  B.  in  1865,  his  alma 
mater  shortly  afterward  conferring  the  degree 


of  Master  of  Arts.  After  graduation  he  re- 
turned to  Buffalo  and  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  offices  of  Parsons  &  Humphrey,  the 
junior  member,  James  M.  Humphrey,  being 
at  one  time  Member  of  Congress  from  the 
Buffalo  district.  In  1866  Mr.  Lockwood  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  was  at  once  admitted 
to  the  firm  with  whom  he  had  studied.  Mr. 
Parsons  later  retired,  the  firm  becoming  Hum- 
phrey &  Lockwood.  Later  William  B.  Hoyt 
was  admitted,  the  firm  becoming  Hum- 
phrey, Lockwood  &  Hoyt.  Mr.  Lockwood 
always  remained  a  member  of  this  firm,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  senior  member 
and  a  leading  figure  of  the  Erie  county  bar. 
He  was  well  known  and  held  prominent  rank 
in  a  generation  that  produced  many  unusually 
brilliant  men  for  the  City  of  Buffalo.  His 
firm  always  occupied  a  commanding  position, 
later  generations  fully  maintaining  the  honor 
of  the  Lockwood  name. 

Immediately  after  his  admission  to  the  bar, 
Mr.  Lockwood  assumed  a  prominent  part  in 
city  politics,  and  in  187 1  was  nominated  by 
the  Democratic  party  for  the  office  of  district 
attorney  of  Erie  county,  meeting  defeat  at 
the  polls.  In  1874  he  was  again  the  nominee 
of  this  party  for  the  same  office,  and  was 
elected  by  a  handsome  majority.  He  did  not 
serve  his  full  term,  as  in  1876  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Forty-fifth  Congress.  He 
made  a  very  creditable  record  in  Congress,  and 
in  1880  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  na- 
tional convention  which  nominated  General 
Winfield  S.  Hancock  for  president.  In  1881, 
being  then  leader  of  his  party  in  Erie  county, 
he  placed  in  nomination  Grover  Cleveland  for 
mayor  of  Buffalo.  In  1882,  at  the  Democratic 
state  convention  he  nominated  Mr.  Cleveland 
for  governor  of  New  York,  and  in  1884,  at 
the  Chicago  convention  he  made  the  speech 
placing  Mr.  Cleveland  in  nomination  for  the 
high  office  of  president  of  the  United  States. 
As  Mr.  Cleveland  was  elected  to  every  office 
for  which  he  was  nominated  by  Mr.  Lock- 
wood,  the  latter  became  known  over  the  entire 
county  as  the  "great  nominator."  From  1886 
to  1889  he  served  as  United  States  district 
attorney  for  the  western  district  of  the  state 
of  New^  York,  retiring  from  that  office  owing 
to  the  stress  of  private  business.  In  1890  he 
was  again  the  successful  nominee  of  his  party 
for  Congress,  and  again  in  1892,  sitting  in  the 
Fifty-second  and  Fifty-third  Congresses.  He 
sustained   his    high    reputation    during   these 


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years,  serving  on  important  committees  and 
influencing  legislation  valuable  to  his  state 
and  county.  He  was  a  candidate  for  lieuten- 
ant-governor of  New  York  on  the  ticket  with 
David  B.  Hill  for  governor,  both  going  down 
in  defeat,  as  did  the  entire  state  ticket.  Mr. 
Lockwood  being  now  in  failing  health,  retired 
from  active  participation  in  politics.  He  be- 
gan to  feel  the  effects  of  that  disease  which 
later  caused  his  death,  and  found  it  necessary 
to  watch  over  his  health  with  a  greater 
amount  of  care.  In  1900  he  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Roosevelt,  chairman  of  the  New 
York  State  Commission  of  the  Pan  American 
Exposition,  which  office  he  filled  with  such 
efficiency  that  he  was  enabled  to  return  to  the 
state  $50,000  as  an  unexpended  balance  of  the 
amount  appropriated.  This  money,  with  other 
funds,  was  later  used  on  the  erection  of  the 
McKinley  Monument  in  Niagara  square, 
which  is  one  of  the  finest  ornaments  of  the 
city  of  Buffalo.  The  Historical  Society  build- 
ing, located  in  Delaware  Park,  Was  also  built 
under  his  supervision,  from  money  jointly 
contributed  by  the  state,  the  city  of  Buffalo 
and  the  Historical  Society,  for  the  use  of  the 
State  Commission  during  the  Pan  American 
Exposition.  The  report  of  the  State  Commis- 
sion gives  much  interesting  data  concerning 
their  expenditures,  and  of  the  entertainments 
given  by  them  during  the  continuance  of  the 
exposition.  In  1902  Mr.  Lockwood  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Odell  as  the  legal  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Lunacy  Commission,  a  posi- 
tion he  held  until  his  death.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  bar  associations  of  city,  county  and 
state,  and  of  many  societies  and  associations, 
professional,  political  and  scientific.  His  col- 
lege fraternity  was  Theta  Delta  Chi,  which 
he  joined  while  a  student  at  Union  College. 
In  church  membership  he  was  connected  with 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Buffalo.  He 
died  on  his  birthday,  aged  sixty-five  years, 
leaving  behind  him  a  record  of  unusual  ac- 
tivity and  a  reputation  that  classes  him  for 
all  time  as  one  of  Buffalo's  most  eminent 
citizens. 

He  married,  in  1870,  Sarah  E.,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Brown,  of  Buffalo,  formerly  of 
Caledonia,  New  York.  Children:  Elizabeth, 
married  Bronson  Rumsey,  of  Buffalo ;  Thomas 
B.,  of  whom  further. 

(IX)  Thomas  B.,  only  son  of  Hon.  Daniel 
N.  Lockwood,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  February  7,  1873.    He  was  educated  in 


the  public  schools,  Buffalo,  State  Normal  Col- 
lege, Buffalo  High  School,  and  entered  Yale 
University  in  1891,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
B.  A.,  class  of  i8i95.  Returning  to  Buffalo, 
he  read  law  with  Rogers,  Locke  &  Milburn, 
attended  Cornell  University  Law  School  one 
year,  and  was  admitted  in  1897  to  practice 
in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  state  of  New 
York.  He  was  at  one  time  associated  with 
the  firm  of  Lockwood,  Hoyt  &  Greene,  but 
for  some  years  has  practiced  alone.  He  was 
formerly  a  director  of  the  Third  National 
Bank,  and  a  director  of  the  Federal  Tele- 
phone Company.  In  1907  he  was  appointed 
by  Mayor  James  N.  Adam,  a  member  of  the 
board  of  park  commissioners,  and  is  at  pres- 
ent (1911)  president  of  the  board.  In  1910 
he  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  Municipal 
Tuberculosis  Commission  of  Buffalo,  created 
by  act  of  the  state  legislature.  This  position 
he  resigned  in  191 1.  In  that  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Mayor  Louis  P.  Fuhrman,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Small  Parks  Commission.  Politi- 
cally Mr.  Lockwood  is  a  Democrat.  His  fra- 
ternities  are  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Phi 
Delta  Phi.  His  clubs  are  the  Saturn,  Buf- 
falo, University,  Country  and  Park  of  Buf- 
falo, and  the  University  of  New  York  City. 

He  married,  November  i,  1904,  Marion, 
daughter  of  George  K.  and  Carrie  (Hum- 
phrey) Birge,  of  Buffalo. 


The    paternal     grandfather    of 
LANDY     Peter    P.     Landy,    of     Barker, 

Niagara  county,  New  York,  was 
James  Landy,  who  was  born,  lived  and  died 
in  county  Tipperary,  Ireland.  He  was  mar- 
ried and  had  six  children,  all  born  in  Ireland : 
John,  William,  James,  George,  Mary  and 
Johannah.  All  came  to  this  country  except 
John,  who  purchased  the  old  homestead  and 
lived  on  same. 

(II)  William  Landy,  son  of  James  Landy, 
was  born  in  Tipperary,  Ireland,  in  1823,  died 
in  Niagara  county,  New  York,  in  1902.  In 
1843  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  land- 
ing in  New  York  City.  He  was  a  shoemaker 
by  trade,  and  after  a  time  settled  in  the  town 
of  .  Hartland,  Niagara  county,  New  York, 
where  he  followed  his  trade  until  later  in 
life,  when  he  purchased  a  small  farm  on  the 
town  line  between  Somerset  and  Hartland. 
Here  he  followed  farming  until  his  death.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Monahan,  born  in  Tip- 
perary, Ireland.     Children:     1.  James,  owns 


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a  farm  on  Coomer  road,  town  of  Newfane, 
on  which  he  now  resides;  he  married  Wini- 
fred, daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  But- 
ler, of  Hartland;  they  have  children:  Rena 
E.,  Roy  P.,  Pierce,  and  Winifred.  2.  John, 
lives  at  Niagara  Falls;  holds  a  position  with 
the  power  company;  married,  in  1904,  Grace 
Mahon ;  children :  George  and  Carl.  3.  Cath- 
erine, died  in  the  fall  of  1893.  4-  Margaret, 
married,  October  25,  1894,  Richard  McAvoy, 
died  October  13,  1895.  5.  Peter  P.,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  George  E.,  resides  in 
Barker,  New  York;  also  owns  the  Landy 
farm,  on  the  town  line  between  Hartland  and 
Somerset,  and  is  making  a  nice  fruit  farm 
out  of  same.  He  is  very  prominent  with  the 
people  of  the  town,  and  is  highway  commis- 
sioner there,  having  held  that  position  for 
the  past  six  years,  which  goes  to  prove  that 
he  is  giving  good  satisfaction.  At  the  present 
time  he  is  building  a  town  and  county  road 
for  his  town.  He  is  also  street  commissioner 
for  the  village  of  Barker.  He  is  also  past 
master  of  Somerset  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  No.  639 ;  a  member  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Foresters ;  Knights  of  the  Mac- 
cabees, and  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Barker  Lodge  No.  877.  In  the  year 
1900  he  married  Cora,  daughter  of  John  and 
Frances  Denniston.  7.  William,  died  at  age 
of  six  months. 

(Ill)  Peter  P.,  son  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (Monahan)  Landy,  was  bom  in  the  town 
of  Somerset,  Niagara  county,  New  York, 
March  i,  1868.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  finishing  with  a  course  at  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College,  at  Buffalo, 
New  York.  He  worked  with  his  father  on 
the  farm  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age. 
He  then  became  associated  with  the  firm  of 
Harden  &  Sweeting,  fruit  evaporators,  con- 
tinuing with  them  until  1893,  when  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  P.  L.  Pallister,  and  as  Pal- 
lister  &  Landy  continued  in  business  until 
1901.  They  purchased  the  fruit  business  and 
evaporating  plant  of  Harden  &  Sweeting,  and 
operated  along  the  same  lines  as  the  old  firm. 
In  1901  Mr.  Landy  sold  his  interest  to  his 
partner  and  retired  from  the  firm.  In  the 
same  year  he  went  south  and  for  a  short  time 
operated  an  evaporating  plant  in  Arkansas. 
On  his  return  north  he  bought  the  old  Adam 
Pease  farm  on  the  Somerset  road,  a  tract  of 
sixty-seven  acres  devoted  entirely  to  the  cul- 
ture of  fruit  and  the  growing  of  vegetables, 


and  where  he  now  resides.  He  is  also  inter- 
ested in  buying  fruit  and  produce,  having  a 
large  warehouse  and  evaporator  on  the  farm. 
In  1906  he  purchased  a  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres  on  the  lake  road,  known  as  the  Homer 
Mead  farm,  bordering  on  Lake  Ontario.  He 
has  sixty-five  acres  devoted  to  apples,  fifty 
acres  to  peaches,  ten  acres  to  quinces,  plums 
and  prunes,  ten  acres  to  pears,  the  remainder 
being  cultivated  and  used  for  general  farming 
purposes.  His  orchards  are  yet  young,  but 
if  the  promise  of  the  present  is  fulfilled  he 
will. have  the  finest  fruit  farm  in  Niagara 
county.  Mr.  Landy  is  an  able  man  of  af- 
fairs and  an  expert  in  fruit  farming.  He 
has  been  successful  in  his  ventures  and  ranks 
high  among  the  substantial,  thrifty  men  of 
his  town.  He  has  been  justice  of  the  peace 
since  1897;  was  village  clerk  of  Barker  two 
years,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  board  of 
education.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  is  in  high  standing  in  the  Masonic  order, 
belonging  to  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  639,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Barker,  in  which 
he  has  held  office  for  fourteen  years,  having 
held  the  master's  chair  for  four  years,  and 
has  been  re-elected  for  1912.  He  is  also  affil- 
iated with  Ames  Chapter,  No.  88,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  and  Genesee  Commandery  No.  10, 
Knights  Templar,  these  latter  two  being  of 
Lockport;  also  the  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  Buffalo,  New  York.  He  was  instru- 
mental in  the  organization  and  a  charter 
member  of  Barker  Lodge,  No.  877,  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has 
held  the  office  of  noble  grand ;  also  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  and 
the  Knights  of  Maccabees.  He  bears  a  high 
reputation  among  his  brethren  of  these  or- 
ders, and  is  a  man  of  the  best  standing  in 
his  community,  always  ready  to  aid  any  new 
enterprise  that  will  prove  of  benefit  to  the 
town  of  Somerset. 

He  married,  December  2,  1896,  Mary  A., 
daughter  of  William  A.  and  Cecelia  E. 
(Brownell)  Mclntyre,  of  Junius,  Seneca 
county,  New  York;  born  February  14,  1874. 
Children:  Gertrude  E.,  bom  June  16,  1899: 
Maurice  W.,  March  29,  1903 ;  Marion  C,  twin 
of  Maurice  W. ;  P.  Carlyle,  born  May  2,  1904 : 
George  P.,  October  30,  1906:  Owen  T.,  April 
2,  1911. 

(The    Mclntyre    Line). 

Samuel  Mclntyre,  grandfather  of  Mary  A. 
(Mclntyre)    Landy,   was   born    in    1819   and 


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died  in  1896.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Jane 
Hathaway,  about  1844  or  1845,  ^^^  settled 
in  Junius,  New  York.  She  was  born  in  1820, 
died  in  1866,  at  Hastings,  Michigan,  where 
they  lived  for  a  few  years.  Her  mother  lived 
with  them  until  her  death  at  the  age  of  one 
hundred  and  four  years.  Children:  William 
A.,  of  whom  further;  Irvin,  born  January, 
1848;  Delia,  March  3,  1851;  Elizabeth,  1853; 
John,  1855,  died  young;  Samuel,  born  1858, 
died  in  infancy;  Katherine,  born  i860;  Jen- 
nie B.,  February  28,  1863.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  Samuel  Mclntyre  with  his 
family  returned  to  New  York  state,  and  in 
1868  he  married  (second)  Nancy  Crysler 
Dean,  who  died  in  1888  or  1889.  She  had 
one  son,  Edward  Dean. 

William  A.,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Jane 
(Hathaway)  Mclntyre,  was  bom  September 
7,  1846.  When  he  was  nineteen  years  old  he 
went  to  Nashville,  Tennessee,  to  work  for 
the  government.  He  was  a  Christian  young 
man,  being  the  only  one  in  camp  who  carried 
a  Bible.  Shortly  before  the  war  closed  he 
was  sent  home  on  account  of  serious  illness. 
He  became  a  brick-maker  and  worked  at  that 
for  several  years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-seven, 
November  28,  1873,  he  married  Cecelia  E. 
Brownell,  daughter  of  Philip  F.  and  Almira 
C.  Brownell.  .  Children:  i.  Mary  A.,  born 
February  14,-  1874,  at  Junius,  Seneca  county. 
New  York ;  moved  with  her  parents  to  Michi- 
gan in  1882,  and  lived  on  a  farm  in  town 
of  Locke,  Ingham  county,  for  a  short  time, 
and  then  moved  to  Belding,  Michigan,  about 
1885,  where  she  was  educated  in  Belding  high 
school ;  her  parents  were  among  the  founders 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Belding,  of 
which  she  became  a  member  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years;  she  was  an  active  worker  in 
the  church  and  Sunday  school,  being  a 
teacher  and  junior  superintendent  until  she 
was  married  and  went  to  New  York  state 
to  make  her  future  home  as  wife  of  Peter  P. 
Landy.  She  was  united  with  the  West  Som- 
erset Baptist  church  by  letter,  where  she  is 
still  a  member,  although  she  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  so- 
ciety. She  is  a  member  of  the  Women's 
Christian  Temperance  Union,  and  has  held 
offices  in  that  organization;  a  member  of 
Miller  Bible  class,  and  at  one  time  was  presi- 
dent of  same;  a  charter  member  of  Town- 
send  Chapter,  No.  305,  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star;  also  an  officer  and  charter  member  of 


the  Ladies'  Auxiliary.  Mrs.  Landy  has  some 
natural  talent  as  a  reader.  She  is  a  great- 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Rev.  Smith  and 
wife,  who  came  from  Scotland  to  New  York, 
about  1770,  and  settled  in  Tarrytown,  New 
York.  Rev.  Smith  was  a  very  learned  man, 
a  noted  preacher  af  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church,  and  owned  a  large  religious  library 
in  his  native  language.  One  child,  born  1781, 
a  girl,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Bur- 
nett. They  lived  at  Lyons,  Wayne  county, 
New  York,  and  had  one  child:  Sarah  B., 
bom  October  15,  1797,  married  March  8, 
1813,  Rev.  William  Brown,  died  March  14, 
1846.  They  had  eleven  children,  among 
whom  was  Almira  C,  of  whom  further.  Rev. 
William  Brown  was  born  in  Vermont,  April 
23,  1793,  of  English  descent,  and  died  July 
25,  1870.  He  moved  to  Lyons,  New  York, 
in  1796.  For  several  years  he  lived  in 
Junius,  New  York,  where  he  was  ordained, 
at  the  age  of  nineteen,  as  a  Baptist  minister. 
He  was  well  known  through  Central  New 
York  for  his  probity  and  honor.  He  owned 
and  worked  a  two  hundred  acre  farm,  and 
did  not  preach  for  a  salary.  He  was  among 
the  citizens  called  out  to  defend  Sodus  Point 
during  the  war  of  1812-1814.  They  were  soon 
disbanded  and  sent  home,  and  that  same 
night  the  British  burned  the  town.  He  was 
the  possessor  of  two  original  copies  of  Ulster 
County  Gazette,  printed  in  1800,  and  giving 
a  full  account  of  the  death  and  burial  of 
George  Washington.  One  of  these  copies  is 
now   owned   by   Mary   A.  Landy. 

Almira  C,  daughter  of  Rev.  William  and 
Sarah  B.  (Burnett)  Brown,  was  born  August 
6,  1827,  and  died  July  19,  1900.  She  was 
educated  in  private  schools,  and  was  herself 
a  teacher  for  a  number  of  years.  She  was 
married  to  Philip  F.  Brownell,  about  1848. 
She  was  a  devoted  member  oif  the  Baptist 
church,  a  very  intelligent,  well-read  person, 
honored  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her. 
Philip  F.  Brownell  was  born  April  5,  1825, 
in  Dutchess  county.  New  York.  His  parents 
were  born  in  Pennsylvania;  his  mother,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1801.  Philip  F.  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  and  lived  on  a  farm  in  Junius,  New 
York.  In  1864  or  1865  he  enlisted  in  the 
army,  remaining  in  active  service  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  In  1879  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  Michigan  and  settled  in  the 
town  of  Locke,  Ingham  county.  He  was  dis- 
abled and  contracted  a  disease  in  the  army 


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from  which  he  never  recovered,  and  conse- 
quently was  a  pensioner  for  many  years.  In 
church  affiliations  he  was  a  Methodist,  and 
died  August  22,  1892.  Children  of  Philip 
F.  and  Almira  C.  Brownell :  Cecelia  E.,  born 
March  2,  1851;  William  E.,  May  10,  1852, 
died  young;  Frank  A.,  born  March  4,  1854; 
Martha  H.,  July  29,  1855;  Myron  E.,  June 
II,  i860;  John  W.,  July  13,  1861 ;  AUie  M., 
May  27,  1864;  Cecelia  E.  lived  with  her 
grandparents  (the  Browns)  from  the  time  she 
was  a  child.  She  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  married  William  Augustas  Mc- 
Intyre,  November  28,  1872,  at  McGees  Cor- 
ners, Junius,  New  York,  the  ceremony  being 
performed  by  the  Rev.  Plasky  Smith.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  al- 
ways lived  a  consecrated,  Christian  life.  She 
died  December  5,  1907,  after  a  long  illness. 

Other  children  of  William  A.  Mclntyre: 
2.  Minerva  B.,  born  January  9,  1878 ;  she  was 
educated  in  the  fielding  high  school;  married 
Jesse  B.  Brown,  great-great-grandson  of  Rev. 
William  Brown,  described  elsewhere  in  this 
work,  about  the  year  1900.  They  have  two 
children :  Carlton,  aged  nine  years,  and  Car- 
mine, one  year.  The  family  are  members  of 
the  Baptist  church.  3.  Almira  C,  born  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1889 ;  she  was  educated  in  the  Beld- 
ing  high  school,  and  business  college  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan;  she  follows  the  profession 
of  stenography,  and  resides  at  Detroit,  Michi- 
gan. 4.  Buelah  B.,  born  October  9,  1892; 
educated  in  Belding  high  school,  member  of 
Baptist  church;  married  James  Banks,  of 
Greenville,  Michigan,  July  11,  1910,  and  re- 
sides in  Belding. 


The  Robbins  family,  represen- 
ROBBINS  tatives  of  which  reside  in  Me- 
dina, New  York,  bear  the  fol- 
lowing arms:  Gules,  two  fleur-de-lis;  each 
divided  paleways,  and  fastened  to  the  sides 
of  the  escutcheon,  the  points  following  each 
other  or.     Crest:     A  talbot's  head  or. 

(I)  Richard  Robbins,  the  first  member  of 
this  family  of  whom  we  have  definite  infor- 
mation, came  from  England  to  New  England, 
about  1639.  He  settled  first  at  Charlestown, 
afterwards  removing  to  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  shared  in  the  division  of 
the  Church  lands  in  1652.  He  married  Re- 
becca    and  among  their  children  was 

Nathaniel,  see  forward. 

(H)    Nathaniel,   son   of   Richard   Robbins, 


was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in 
1649,  died  there  in  17 19.  He  married,  August 
7,  1669,  Mary  Brazier,  who  bore  him  eight 
children,  among  whom  was  Nathaniel,  see 
forward. 

(HI)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Robbins,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, February  28,  1678,  died  January  26, 
1 761.  He  married  Hannah  Chandler,  who 
bore  him  nine  children,  among  whom  was 
Philemon,  see  forward. 

(IV)  Philemon,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Rob- 
bins, was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
September  19,  1709,  died  in  Branford,  Con- 
necticut, August  3,  1 78 1.  He  married  (first), 
December  27,  1735,  Hannah  Foot,  who  died 
June  16,  1776;  she  bore  him  three  sons  and 
six  daughters,  among  whom  was  Ammi 
Ruhamah,  see  forward.  He  married  (second) 
October  28,  1778,  Mrs.  Jane  Mills,  who  died 
July  30,  1788. 

(V)  Ammi  Ruhamah,  son  of  Philemon 
Robbins,  was  born  in  Branford,  Connecticut, 
September,  1740,  died  in  Norfolk,  Connecti- 
cut, October  31,  18 13.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
Yale  College,  was  installed  pastor  at  Norfolk, 
Octobier  28,  1761,  and  remained  as  minister 
for  fifty-two  years,  and  was  a  trustee  of  Wil- 
liams College.  He  married.  May  13,  1762, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dr.  Lazarus  and  Lydia 
(Bradford)  Le  Baron,  and  granddaughter  of 
Dr.  Francis  Le  Baron.  Among  their  children 
was   Samuel,  see  forward. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Ammi  Ruhamah  Rob- 
bins, was  born  in  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 29,  1784,  died  in  Penn  Yan,  New  York, 
April  6,  i860.  He  also  resided  in  Woodbury, 
Connecticut.  He  married.  May  27,  1817, 
Fanny,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Anna 
(Sherwood)  Osborne.  Among  their  children 
was  Thomas  Burr,  see  forward. 

(VH)  Thomas  Burr,  son  of  Samuel  Rot)- 
bins,  was  born  in  Camillus,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1828.  In  early  life  he  went  to  Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  man- 
ager of  large  coal  mines,  along  the  line  of  the 
Panhandle  railroad,  and  was  one  of  the  most 
extensive  coal  operators  in  western  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  retired  in  1873.  ^^  ^^^  winters  he 
resided  in  Pittsburg,  and  during  the  summers 
at  Midway,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
in  Pittsburg,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married  (first),  in  1851,  Alice  Brockaway, 
who  bore  him  three  children :    W^illiam,  Frank 


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Le  Baron  and  Edward.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), in  1861,  Mary,  born  at  Penn  Yan,  New 
York,  October  2,  1836,  daughter  of  Judge 
Henry  and  Margaret  (Haight)  Welles,  and 
granddaughter  of  Dr.  Welles,  of  General 
Washington's  staff.  Mr.  Robbins  had  two 
children  by  his  second  wife:  i.  Harry  Welles, 
bom  July  30,  1870;  he  is  the  proprietor  of  a 
machine  stamping  works,  which  makes  auto- 
mobile supplies,  and  is  also  president  of  the 
Bignell  Foundry  Company,  both  of  which  con- 
cerns are  in  Medina.  He  married  Bessie  Rut- 
ton,  of  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania ;  they  have  one 
child,  Thomas  Burr  Robbins.    2.  Bertine. 

Judge  Henry  Welles,  father  of  Mrs.  Rob- 
bins, was  born  at  Kinderhook,  Columbia 
county,  New  York.  During  his  boyhood  his 
father  removed  to  the  east  bank  of  Lake 
Keuka.  He  read  law  with  Vincent  Mathews, 
at  Bath,  Steuben  county,  New  York,  and  there 
he  commenced  his  professional  life.  About 
1829  he  came  to  Penn  Yan  and  resided  there 
until  his  death,  in  March,  1868.  He  became 
district  attorney  of  Yates  county ;  in  June, 
1847,  he  was  appointed  an  assistant  justice  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas ;  later  he  was  made 
a  justice  of  the  state  supreme  court,  for  the 
seventh  judicial  district,  and  this  position  he 
held  until  his  death.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Samuel  S.  and  Sarah  (Mathews) 
Haight,  who  was  liorn  in  Elmira,  New  York, 
August  15,  1801  (see  Haight  HI).  Children 
of  Judge  Henry  and  Margaret  (Haight) 
Welles;  Samuel  H.,  died  in  October,  1867; 
Mary,  referred  to  herein. 

(The   Haight   Line). 

(I)  Jonathan  Haight,  the  first  member  of 
this  family  of  whom  we  have  definite  infor- 
mation, died  at  Cortlandt,  Westchester  county, 
New  York,  before  1780.  He  had  formerly 
lived  at  Rye,  Westchester  county,  New  York. 
According  to  tradition,  he  and  his  son  Jona- 
than were  Englishmen;  but  this  may  mean 
nothing  more  than  that  they  were  not  Dutch 
descent.  Children,  as  far  as  known :  Jona- 
than, died  about  1780,  married  Elizabeth  Man- 
deville ;  Stephen,  referred  to  below ;  Ben- 
jamin. 

(H)  Stephen,  son  of  Jonathan  Haight,  re- 
moved from  Rye  to  Loonenburg,  now  Athens, 
Greene  county.  New  York.  He  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  John  Cooke,  of  Loonen- 
burg. Children :  Jonathan  T. ;  John,  bap- 
tized May   16,   1775;  Samuel  S.,  referred  to 


below ;  Stephen ;  Hannah,  died  in  1814,  mar- 
ried Leon  Van  Husen :  Elizabeth,  married  Joel 
Collier;  Mary,  married  Richard  Collier;  Mar- 
garet, married  John  Houk. 

(IH)  General  Samuel  S.  Haight,  son  of 
Stephen  and  Margaret  (Cooke)  Haight,  was 
born  at  Athens,  September  17,  1778,  died  in 
Cuba,  Allegany  county.  New  York,  April  20, 
1863.  He  studied  law  with  his  father-in-law 
at  Newtown,  now  Elmira,  New  York.  He  re- 
moved to  Bath.  As  major-general  of  the  state 
militia,  he  was  on  the  march  toward  the  fron- 
tier when  peace  was  declared  after  the  war 
of  1812.  He  practiced  law  at  Angelica,  Alle- 
gany county.  New  York,  from  about  1818, 
and  was  judge  of  the  county  court.  From 
1833  he  lived  for  six  years  at  Rochester,  New 
York,  and  afterward  settled  at  Cuba,  where 
he  owned  wild  land.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  Presbyterian  elder.  His  benevolence  pre- 
vented the  accumulation  of  great  property.  He 
married  (first)  January  26,  1799,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  (Strong) 
Mathews,  who  died  at  Angelica  in  1831 ;  (sec- 
ond) April  2,  1839,  Maria  W.  Chesseman. 
Children,  all  except  last  two  by  first  marriage: 
I.  Fletcher  Mathews,  born  November  28,  1799, 
died  February  23,  1866;  married  (first)  Octo- 
ber 3,  1822,  Elizabeth  Stewart  McLachlan,  and 
(second)  September  20,  1829,  Mary  Ann 
Brown.  2.  Margaret,  born  at  Newtown,  now 
Elmira,  New  York,  August  15,  1801 ;  mar- 
ried Judge  Henry  Welles,  referred  to  above. 
3.  Henry,  born  January  19,  1804,  died  August 
26,  1820.  4.  Hannah,  born  June  2,  1805,  died 
in  1836;  married,  in  1832,  W.  R.  Bunnell. 
5.  Robert,  born  June  17,  1815,  died  in  1868; 
married,  about  1858,  Caroline  Mason.  6.  Ju- 
liana, born  October  12,  1818,  died  in  1845  J 
married,  in  1842,  George  W.  Hart,  7.  Henry, 
born  October  18,  1820,  died  March  24,  1869; 
married,  October  22,  1845,  Weltha  Buel.  8. 
Samuel  W.,  born  June  13,  1822,  died  about 
1858;  married,  January  14,  1852,  Juliette  Cros- 
well.  9.  George  W.,  born  December  19,  1842. 
10.  Juliana,  born  October  17,  1846. 


Albert  Gallatin  Dow  was  born  in 
DOW     Plainfield,  New  Hampshire,  August 

16,  1808,  and  died  in  Randolph, 
New  York,  May  21,  1908.  He  was  the  son 
of  Captain  Solomon  Dow  and  Elizabeth  (Buz- 
zell)  Dow,  was  the  grandson  of  Richard  Dow, 
who  served  as  captain  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  and  Elizabeth  (Clough)  Dow,  and  great- 


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grandson  of  Solomon  Dow  and  Mary  (Saun- 
ders) Dow.  The  family  are  in  direct  descent 
from  the  Dows  of  Hampton,  Massachusetts, 
who  came  to  America  from  Renham,  county 
of  Norfolk,  England,  in  1637. 

In  many  respects  Mr.  Dow  was  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  men  of  his  time.  As  a  cen- 
tenarian, he  took  the  same  active  interest  in 
public  affairs  that  had  always  characterized 
him.  In  his  hundredth  year  he  was  still  the 
man  of  affairs,  his  eye  was  bright,  his  faculties 
keen,  and  his  mental  vision  clear.  Within  a 
few  weeks  before  his  death  he  had  written, 
at  the  request  of  members  of  his  family,  to  be 
distributed  to  his  guests  at  his  anticipated 
hundredth  anniversary,  his  personal  reminis- 
cences, which  abound  in  interesting  incidents 
of  the  pioneer  life  of  Western  New  York. 
The  personality  of  the  man  speaks  through 
them.  His  interest  in  political  movements,  in 
business,  educational  and  social  affairs,  his 
pen-pictures  of  old  friends  and  relatives,  with 
here  and  there  a  touch  of  humor  or  a  fine 
phrase  descriptive  of  some  spot  hallowed  to 
him  by  early  association,  together  with  its  lit- 
erary qualities,  all  combine  to  make  this,  the 
autobiography  of  Western  New  York's  most 
distinguished  citizen,  a  work  of  rare  interest 
which  we  here  reproduce  in  full: 

TO  MY  SON,   CHARLES  M.   DOW 

At  your  request  I  gh'e  you  some  reminiscences 
of  my  life.  Now  that  ive  are  well  within  the  year 
of  my  one  hundredth  anniversary,  I  will  confine 
myself  particularly  to  those  incidents  that  I  think 
have  some  bearing  on  my  longevity,  only  dcz  iating 
to  add  interest  for  the  younger  members  of  our 
famih. — A.  G.  D. 


My  first  recollection  of  anything,  is  of  the  ferry- 
boat crossing  the  Connecticut  river  when  my  father 
moved  his  family  from  Plainfield,  N.  H.,  to  Hart- 
Inncl  Vt.  I  was  born  August  16,  1808,  and  we 
moved  in  May  before  I  was  three  years  old. 

I  recollect  many  things  of  our  home  in  Hirtland 
— the  large  meadow  running  down  to  the  Connec- 
ticut river;  the  house,  a  large  white  colonial  build- 
ing; the  great  room  upstairs  with  its  fireplace,  and 
my  sisters  spinning  by  the  light  of  pine  knots  while 
s(  me  one  of  the  family  read ;  the  Masonic  Lodge 
meeting  in  that  room,  where  my  father  was  the 
master.  I  remember  of  his  going  off  to  Indiana  to 
look  for  a  new  home,  and  of  his  return ;  that  on 
that  trip  he  rode  a  very  fine  black  mare  of  ours; 
she  would  not  let  any  boy  on  her  back,  but  my 
mother  used  to  ride  her.  I  remember  my  father's 
saddle  and  saddlebags  and  my  mother's  side-saddle; 
the  large  tabic  around  which  the  ten  children  sat ; 
the  brick  bake  oven ;  and  that  at  Thanksgiving  time 
when    we  children  got  up  we   found   pumpkin   pies 


around  on  the  wood-piles  and  fences.  One  day 
some  slaves  passed  our  house;  I  think  there  were 
seven  of  them  chained  together  with  two  white 
men  attending  them.  We  thought  they  were  run- 
away slaves  being  taken  back  to  their  masters. 

I  heard  of  the  failure  of  Mr.  Pulcifer,  a  mer- 
chant of  Plainfield,  and  that  at  the  time  of  his  fail- 
ure he  owed  my  father  $1,600,  which  was  an  entire 
loss. 

My  brother  Richard  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  I  remember  my  father  going  to  the  army  at 
Sackett's  Harbor  with  a  sleigh-load  of  provisions, 
gotten  together  by  the  friends  of  the  boys  who 
were  serving  from  our  neighborhood,  and  that  later 
one  morning  the  mail  coach  carried  a  flag  and  we 
knew  the  war  was  over.  Richard  came  home  soon 
after  that. 

As  I  look  back  to  that  Vermont  home,  it  seems 
to  me  that  we  were  a  very  thrifty,  healthy,  happy 
family  and  its  fireside  recollections  are  very  vivid 
in   my  memory. 

In  September,  1816,  when  I  was  eight  years  old, 
we  left  Hartland  for  our  western  home.  We  had 
two  horses,  a  yoke  of  oxen  and  two  cows.  One 
horse  was  hitched  before  the  yoke  of  oxen  draw- 
ing the  wagon  that  carried  our  effects.  In  a  cov- 
ered carriage  drawn  by  one  horse  were  my  mother 
and  the  children.  The  morning  we  started,  as  we 
passed  through  the  village  of  Hartland,  my  teacher 
came  out  and  kissed  me  good-bye.  I  remember 
going  through  the  village  of  Windsor,  three  or 
four  miles  from  our  home,  but  recollect  none  of 
the  other  towns  through  which  we  passed  except 
Utica  and  Rochester.  On  our  way  through  Utica, 
which  was  a  small  place,  we  heard  music  froni  a 
house  and  we  stopped  to  enjoy  it.  I  also  remem- 
ber walking  across  the  Cayuga  Bridge  and  that  it 
was  one  mile  and  eight  rods  long.  My  only  recol- 
lection of  Rochester  was  of  some  sawmills,  a  great 
many  logs  and  piles  of  lumber.  During  our  journey 
we  had  all  the  comforts  that  were  possible  at  that 
time.  We  stopped  nights  at  hotels  and  I  remember 
well  the  bread  and  milk  we  had  at  our  noon  meal. 
It  was  baker's  bread  and  sometimes  now  when  I 
eat  baker's  bread  with  milk  it  tastes  just  as  that 
did.  We  had  thirty  days  of  travel,  no  sickness  and 
all   stood   the  journey  well. 

When  we  got  to  Genesee  county,  New  York, 
where  father  had  friends  and  among  them  some 
old  Vermont  families  who  had  settled  there  just 
before,  we  concluded  to  stop  for  the  winter  and 
then  go  on  the  next  spring  to  Indiana.  My  father 
leased  a  log  house  south  of  the  Buffalo  Road  and 
made  some  board  additions  to  it.  It  was  comfort- 
able enough,  but  as  I  think  of  it,  life  there  was  a 
stern  reality.  The  country  at  that  time,  was  all 
woods  with  but  few  clearings  except  on  the  main 
road.  Small  game  was  in  abundance  and  some  deer 
were  killed. 

I'hc  next  spring,  instead  of  going  to  Indiana, 
father  bought  a  cleared  farm  on  the  Buffalo  Road 
nine  miles  and  a  half  from  Batavia.  He  built  a 
log  house  on  a  slightly  elevated  plateau  overlook- 
ing a  broad  stretch  of  fine  country  to  the  west. 
The  house  was  large,  had  a  brick  chimney,  which 
was  an  exception,  the  logs  were  hewn  inside,  and 
the  house  was  better  than  any  other  around  there. 
As  soon  as  he  had  his  house  finished,  he  went  about 


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a  project  to  build  a  schoolhouse  and  it  was  com- 
pleted without  delay.  I  remember  among:  the  chil- 
dren in  that  school  Mr.  Mason's  little  daughters, 
Nancy  and  Lydia  Ann.  Nancy's  toes  touched  the 
floor  when  she  sat  on  the  benches,  but  Lydia  Ann's 
did  not.  A  Sunday  School  was  a  new  institution 
and  one  was  opened  in  a  private  house  near  our 
home.  We  recited  verses  selected  by  our  parents, 
had  some  singing  and  the  teacher,  Mr.  Stewart, 
talked  to  us. 

About  that  time  we  heard  that  a  circus  was  to 
pass  through  at  night  and  we  children  built  a  line 
of  fires  along  the  road  and  scattered  potatoes  for 
the  elephant,  so  he  would  stop  and  eat  them  and  we 
get  a  good  look  at  him. 

I  went  to  Batavia  for  my  first  Fourth  of  July  cele- 
bration. They  had  an  address,  and  martial  music 
was  made  by  some  of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers 
while  others  of  the  veterans  were  seated  on  the 
platform. 

The  old  Buffalo  Road  was  the  main  New  York 
State  thoroughfare  between  the  east  and  the  west. 
Two  stages  passed  every  day  and  there  was  a  con- 
stant stream  of  emigrants  on  their  way  to  the 
Holland  Purchase  and  Western  Reserve  which  were 
then  being  rapidly  filled  up,  and  eastern  people  and 
foreigners  in  their  private  carriages  passed  on  their 
way  to  and  from  Niagara  Falls,  then  as  great  a 
wonder  as  now,  so  we  saw  much  of  the  activities 
of   life. 

Father  had  a  large  family  to  provide  for;  was 
also  active  in  the  building  of  roads  and  bridges  and 
all  those  things  that  go  to  help  establish  social  or- 
der. Axes  were  swinging  on  all  sides  and  the  coun- 
try was  being  rapidly  settled,  the  forests  giving 
way  to  farms.  On  our  farm  we  produced  almost 
everything  that  necessity  or  rude  comfort  would 
demand.  Our  cellar  from  which  we  lived  in  winter 
was  well  filled.  We  raised  flax  and  my  sisters  made 
our  shirts  and  handkerchiefs,  and  made  **homespun" 
for  the  boys  of  the  family.  We  kept  a  hired  man, 
a  Vermonter,  to  whom  we  paid  $8.00  a  month  and 
board. 

Our  first  summer  there  was  very  cold,  but  I  think 
we  never  felt  any  anxiety  for  the  ordinary  necessi- 
ties. My  father  had  some  ready  money  and  I  recall 
that  he  loaned  $100  to  one  of  the  Vermont  families 
who  were  near  neighbors.  I  was  the  one  to  go  to 
mill.  We  went  to  Pembroke,  although  it  was  far- 
ther away  than  the  mill  toward  Batavia.  We  went 
there  as  our  old  friends  had  settled  in  that  direc- 
tion. 

Soon  after  we  settled  in  Genesee  county,  a  man 
who  was  a  cooper  came  along  on  horseback.  He 
had  no  money  to  continue  his  journey  and  wanted 
to  stay  and  go  to  work  at  his  trade.  Father  bought 
a  set  of  cooper's  tools,  fixed  up  a  place  for  him, 
and  he  went  to  coopering,  and  after  that  father 
conducted  a  cooper  business  until  about  the  time  of 
his  death,  making  pork  barrels,  firkins,  sap-buckets, 
etc. 

From  the  time  we  came  West  until  our  family 
broke  up,  I  attended  school  near  home  and  helped 
about   the   farm,  as  boys  generally  do. 

My  sisters  and  brothers  were  Sarah,  Mary,  Rich- 
ard, Eliza,  Caroline,  Nancy,  Hannah,  Amos  and 
Phoebe.     I   was  next  younger  than   Hannah. 

Genesee   county   at    that    time   was    an    unhealthy 


section.  My  father  had  the  ague  and  died  in  1822 
at  fifty-six  years  of  age.  As  I  recollect  him,  he 
was  a  tall  and  large  man,  I  should  think  weighing 
upwards  of  one  hundred  eighty  pounds;  was  aus- 
tere in  manner,  a  man  of  strong  common  sense, 
and  a  leader  among  men  in  a  way;  not  in  politics, 
however;  was  high  in  Masonry  and  was,  I  think, 
a  member  of  Batavia  Lodge.  He  was  not  a  church 
member,  but  was  a  Universalist  in  belief,  prized 
education  and  virtue,  and  was  a  great  lover  of 
books.  He  governed  his  household  well,  was  a  true 
friend,  and  honest  in  all  of  his  transactions.  As  I 
think  of  him,  it  seems  as  though  he  was  serious 
minded,  particularly  after  we  came  West;  the  prob- 
lems of  life  confronting  a  man  with  a  large  family 
in   a  new  country  would  naturally  make  him   so. 

My  mother  was  rather  small  of  stature.  I  remem- 
ber her  light-blue  eyes,  light  complexion,  her  ex- 
pression of  goodness,  and  her  interest  in  everything 
that  tended  toward  our  happiness  and  prosperity. 
There  was  an  air  of  refinement  about  our  home. 
My  sisters  were  all  women  of  culture,  had  prepared 
themselves  for  teaching,  and  all  at  one  time  or  an- 
other taught  school.  In  the  winter  we  had  spelling 
schools  and  straw  rides  from  one  district  to  another, 
and  good  times  all  together.  Our  family  stayed  to- 
gether on  the  farm  until  mother  married  the  Rev. 
Mr,  Gross  something  over  a  year  after  father's 
death.  That  winter  I  went  to  school  at  Attica,  and 
Amos,  who  was  three  years  younger  than  I,  went 
with  my  sister  Mary.  My  mother  went  to  Clarence 
to  Mr.  Gross's  home,  where  she  died  in  the  autumn 
of  1826  when  fifty-four  years  of  age.  Mr,  Gross 
was  a  Universalist  preacher  and  an  excellent  man. 
He  was  then  the  editor  of  a  religious  paper  in 
Buffalo,  also  conducted  a  school  for  lads  at  his 
home  and  prepared  young  men  for  college. 

The  summer  I  was  sixteen  I  earned  the  first 
money  for  myself,  working  for  Mr.  Huntington  on 
his  farm.  My  first  work  was  chopping  a  great  pile 
of  wood  and  it  was  pretty  hard  business.  The 
Huntingtons  were  newly  married  people  and  Mrs. 
Huntington  flattered  me  somewhat  by  commending 
me  for  not  sending  my  plate  back  for  more  food.. 
It  worked  out  as  a  matter  of  economy  for  the  Hunt- 
ingtons and  left  me  sometimes  pretty  hungry,  but 
I  was  probably  just  as  well  off  for  it  afterward. 
I  worked  there  six  months  at  $6.00  a  month;  used 
$18.00  of  my  wages  and  at  the  end  of  the  time  took 
his   note   for  the  remaining  $18.00. 

The  day  before  commencing  work  I  made  my  first 
trip  to  Buffalo.  It  was  then  a  small  city  and  there 
were  no  buildings  except  shanties  below  the  present 
Mansion  House.  I  went  down  to  see  the  old  "Su- 
perior," the  great  lake  steamboat  of  that  time. 

After  finishing  with  Mr.  Huntington  I  went  to 
work  for  Mr.  Carpenter  and  earned  enough  in  the 
fall  to  get  my  clothes,  still  keeping  the  $18.00  note. 
During  the  time  I  was  at  Mr.  Carpenter's  he  bought 
the  first  stove  that  I  had  ever  seen.  It  was  a 
curiosity  and  a  great  many  people  came  to  his  house 
to  see  it.  That  winter  I  went  to  school  at  Clarence 
and  the  following  summer  I  worked  for  Mr.  Thomas 
on   his    farm   at   $8.00   a    month. 

The  first  event  attracting  public  attention  that  I 
attended  was  the  hanging  of  the  three  Thayers. 
I  went  to  Buffalo  that  day  in  June,  1825.  There 
were  a  great  many  there,  thousands  of  people  from 


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all  through  the  country,  many  passing  through  Clar- 
ence several  days  before.  The  hanging  took  place 
in    the    large    field    opposite   the    Courthouse. 

The  next  event  that  took  me  to  Buffalo  was  the 
starting  of  the  first  boat  on  the  Erie  canal.  I  got 
my  colt  up  the  night  before  and  on  the  25th  of 
October,  1825,  by  the  time  the  sun  was  up,  I  was 
over  half  way  to  Buffalo,  which  was  twelve  or 
thirteen  miles  from  Clarence.  I  hitched  the  colt 
in  a  shed  somewhere  near  the  present  Genesee 
House  and  ran  my  best  down  to  where  the  crowd 
was  gathering  around  the  boat.  As  it  started,  the 
first  of  the  signal  cannons  was  fired.  There  were 
several  superintending  the  starting  and  at  almost 
the  first  move  the  bowsprit  struck  a  bridge  abut- 
ment and  flew  in  pieces.  However,  there  was  little 
damage  or  delay.  I  think  there  were  not  over  two 
or  three  hundred  people  there  to  see  that  great 
event. 

My  ambition  was  to  become  a  merchant  and  I 
had  secured  a  position  in  a  store  at  Ransom's  Grove 
but  wanted  to  take  further  schooling  before  com- 
mencing, so  I  studied  three  months  with  Mr.  Gross 
and  after  finishing  went  to  take  the  position,  but 
found  that  the  store  had  been  closed  by  the  sheriff 
the  same   day. 

My  sister  Sarah  had  married  Wheaton  Mason  of 
Batavia,  and  as  there  was  no  chance  for  me  at 
Ransom's  Grove,  I  continued  on  to  Batavia,  hoping 
to  find  a  position  in  a  store  there.  A  gentleman 
going  through  on  horseback  suggested  that  I  ride 
his  horse  and  save  my  stage  fare  and  he  would 
take  the  stage.  I  saved  my  fare,  but  had  a  very 
cold  night's   ride. 

I  found  Mr.  Mason  with  a  great  many  things  on 
hand  and  quite  a  number  of  people  about  him.  He 
had  a  shoeshop  employing  five  or  six  hands,  a  brick 
yard,  some  farming  and  a  grocery,  aside  from  loan- 
ing money.  They  had  a  great  many  fires  to  build 
and  I  commenced  by  making  myself  useful.  During 
the  year  and  a  little  over  that  I  was  with  them  I 
worked  some  about  the  grocery,  put  in  and  har- 
vested potatoes  three  miles  away,  and  learned 
enough  of  the  shoe  trade  so  that  I  was  able  to  start 
for  myself  the  following  year.  During  that  summer 
it  became  general  talk  that  a  Mr.  Morgan,  living 
there,  and  whom  I  often  saw,  had  written  and  pro- 
posed to  publish  an  exposure  of  Free  Masonry.  In 
the  autumn  of  that  year,  1826,  he  disappeared.  Aside 
from  the  great  interest  all  through  that  section,  I 
was  particularly  interested  in  the  subject,  as  Mor- 
gan's disappearance  created  intense  feeling  against 
all  members  of  the  Batavia  Lodge,  of  which  my 
father  had  been  and  my  employer  was  then  a  mem- 
ber. This  agitation  resulted  in  the  organization  of 
a  new  political  party,  the  Anti- Masonic.  Since  that 
time  I  have  been  an  interested  participant  in  the 
political  movements  of  the  day. 

On  February  2,  1827,  Mr.  Mason  and  I  started 
for  Panama,  N.  Y.,  to  make  our  home  there.  As 
we  passed  through  Silver  Creek,  I  was  particularly 
impressed  with  the  beauty  of  its  location,  its  busi- 
ness prospects,  with  a  fine  harbor  on  Lake  Erie, 
and  with  the  people  we  met.  At  Panama  Mr.  Mason 
bought  a  hotel  at  the  top  of  the  hill  above  the  vil- 
lage. A  short  time  after  locating  there,  he  sent  me 
back  to  Batavia  on  business.  Stopping  at  Silver 
Creek,  I  made  up  my  mind  to  make  it  my  home  and 


soon  moved  there;  commenced  a  shoe  and  leather 
jobbing  business,  which  I  conducted  for  thirteen 
years  and  until  I  formed  a  partnership  with  George 
Farnham,  having  bought  a  half  interest  in  his  hard- 
ware store. 

When  I  was  twenty  years  old  I  went  to  Westfield 
and  worked  in  the  Aaron  Rumsey  tannery  to  learn 
what  I  could,  intending  to  start  in  that  business  for 
myself  the  following  year.  There  were  several  young 
men  working  in  the  tannery  and  we  had  the  usual 
time  that  young  fellows  do.  I  recall  that  we  at- 
tended the  revival  meetings  held  in  the  schoolhouse 
for  the  fun  of  seeing  the  girls  have  the  "power." 
The  practice  of  the  converts  and  the  people  in  the 
meeting  was  not  unlike  that  I  have  recently  seen 
among  the  southern  negroes.  Sunday  afternoon  we 
boys  in  the  tannery  used  to  play  cards  out  under 
the  trees  by  the  creek.  Through  the  influence  of 
Mrs.  Rumsey  I  became  interested  in  the  Sunday 
School  and  used  to  attend  with  her,  where  she  was 
one  of  the  teachers.  This  was  my  first  real  interest 
in  the  Sunday  School,  and  when  I  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church  several  years  later  I  became  a 
Sunday  School  teacher  and  have  been  either  a  Bible 
class  teacher  or  a  superintendent  nearly  all  the  time 
since. 

October  4,  1829,  I  married  Freelove,  the  daughter 
of  Wheaton  Mason  and  Octavia  Belden,  when  I 
was  twenty-one  years  old.  Mr.  Mason,  who  had 
married  nw  sister  Sarah,  was  then  keeping  the  hotel 
in  Silver  Creek  where  I  boarded.  The  Mason  fam- 
ily and  our  family  had  been  intimate  from  the  time 
we  came  to  Genesee  County,  Mr.  Mason  keeping 
"The  Brick  Tavern,"  the  most  important  house  in 
that  country.  He  was  a  man  of  genial  tempera- 
ment, maintained  himself  and  his  family  in  a  gen- 
erous way  and  was  in  excellent  credit  and  commer- 
cial standing  during  his  entire  life.  He  died  in  1850 
and  was  buried  in  Ellicottville.  As  soon  as  I  was 
married,  we  commenced  keeping  house  in  my  own 
house,  which  was  paid  for,  and  I  have  maintained 
my  own  home  ever  since.  With  this  first  home  there 
were  twenty-five  acres  of  land,  and  since  that  time 
I  have  never  been  without  land  of  my  own  within 
easy  access  of  my  home. 

During  most  of  the  years  that  I  was  in  Silver 
Creek,  before  going  into  the  hardware  and  stove 
business,  I  held  town  offices;  was  collector,  con- 
stable or  justice  of  the  peace,  and  was  more  or  less 
interested  in  politics.  Those  were  Anti-Masonic 
times  and  I  was  a  Democrat.  While  I  was  acting 
as  collector,  constable  and  justice,  I  had  many  prac- 
tical lessons  as  to  those  things  which  make  for  suc- 
cess or  failure  and  give  credit  or  discredit  in  busi- 
ness. T  also  had  the  evil  of  intemperance  impressed 
upon  me  through  the  misfortune  of  a  dear  friend, 
and   I    have   remembered   those  lessons. 

During  my  time  as  constable,  a  large  amount  of 
the  work  was  collecting  debts  and  many  debtors 
were  taken  to  the  county  seat  at  Mayville  up  to 
183 1  when  the  imprisonment  for  debt  was  abolished. 
Debtors  were  not  confined  in  the  jail,  but  were  on 
"the  limits"  and  boarding  houses  were  maintained 
for  their  accommodation.  They  could  give  bail  and 
if  they  were  found  off  the  limits  during  week  days 
the  bondsmen  were  obliged  to  pay  the  debt  for 
which  they  were  imprisoned.  Sundays  they  could 
go  home  or   wherever  they  chose. 


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Later  when  I  was  justice  of  the  peace,  Judge 
Ward  had  an  office  with  me.  He  was  an  excellent 
judge  of  the  common  law  and  during  that  time  I 
took  a  great  interest  in  law  study.  The  Judge 
wanted  to  admit  me  to  the  bar,  but  I  felt  that  if 
I  were  admitted,  I  would  do  more  or  less  petti- 
fogging which  would  interfere  with  my  business 
as  a  merchant. 

Soon  after  I  went  to  Silver  Creek  a  miniature 
railroad  train  was  exhibited  in  the  hotel  ballroom 
and  created  much  interest.  The  first  talk  regard- 
ing the  practical  operation  of  railroads  was  that 
the  railroads  were  to  be  public  highways  used  by 
individuals  who  would  operate  their  own  vehicles 
under  the  same  plan  as  canal  boats  were  operated, 
pay  tolls  and  be  under  state  regulation,  but  that 
did  not  materialize.  Private  corporations  built  the 
roads,  but  their  rates  were  fixed  so  as  not  to  com- 
pete to  the  disadvantage  of  the  canals. 

My  first  railroad  trip  was  taken  in  1840  and  to 
make  better  time  I  took  the  stage  to  Bushnell's 
Basin ;  from  there  a  canal  boat  to  Syracuse,  where 
I  took  the  train.  The  track  was  of  strap-iron  laid 
on  timbers.  The  train  was  oflf  the  track  two  or 
three  times  before  we  got  to  Albany  and  the  pas- 
sengers assisted  in  putting  it  on.  We  were  helped 
up  and  down  the  hill  west  of  Albany  by  a  stationary 
engine  to  which  our  train  was  attached  by  a  rope. 
The  station  in  Albany  where  we  stopped  was  near 
the  capitol  on  the  left  hand  side  of  State  Street 
looking  down.  From  Albany  we  took  a  boat  down 
the  river  to  New  York  City. 

That  year,  1840,  I  became  a  partner  of  Mr.  Fam- 
ham  in  the  hardware  business  and  succeeded  to  the 
business  a  year  later.  During  the  next  few  years 
I  had  established  a  dry  goods  store  in  Randolph, 
had  a  store  one  year  in  Sinclairville  and  had  filled 
that  country  up  with  stoves,  and  in  1845  I  moved 
my  family  to  Randolph  and  established  a  hardware 
store  there.  I  moved  my  dry  goods  store  to  East 
Randolph  in  1848  and  soon  after  sold  it  to  my 
brother   Amos,   who   conducted    it    for   many   years. 

The  Erie  Railroad  had  been  abandoned  in  1842, 
business  was  stagnant  in  Randolph,  and  the  prin- 
cipal merchants  had  been  obliged  to  suspend,  but 
they  had  a  large  and  good  tributary  country.  From 
the  time  we  started  the  business  in  Silver  Creek 
we  sent  peddling  wagons  through  Cattaraugus  and 
Chautauqua  counties,  selling  our  tinware  and  stoves 
at  wholesale  or  retail  and  often  placing  them  on 
commission.  I  continued  that  business  in  Randolph, 
extending  the  territory  farther  and  into  Pennsyl- 
vania. Our  teams  often  brought  home  large  amounts 
of  furs  and  bales  of  buffalo  skins,  they  having  been 
carried  on  the  backs  of  raftsmen  returning  from 
the  Ohio  River  country.  My  business  there  was 
good  from  the  start.  I  sold  a  large  amount  of  goods 
and  both  bought  and  sold  on  long  credit.  Soon 
after  moving  to  Randolph,  I  established  a  store  in 
Ellicottville  and  started  a  nephew  in  one  at  Brad- 
ford, Pa. 

My  wife  died  at  Randolph  August  21,  1847.  Our 
children  were  James.  Warren,  Sarah,  Mary  and 
Albert. 

On  April  25,  1850,  I  married  Lydia  Ann  Mason 
at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Wheaton  and  Octavia  Belden  Mason  and  was  born 
June  9,   1814,  at  Pembroke,   N.  Y.     Our  only  child 


was    Charles    Mason.     My   wife    died    at    Randolph 
June   II,   1891. 

In  1863  I  discontinued  merchandising,  having  es- 
tablished a  banking  business  in  Randolph  three  years 
before.  I  was  active  in  the  banking  business  until 
1891.  As  in  my  merchandising,  my  field  of  opera- 
tion was  not  confined  to  Randolph,  where  the  de- 
mand for  money  was  limited.  My  discounts  and 
paper  covered  quite  a  large  territory.  Lumber  was 
being  manufactured  both  above  and  below  on  the 
Allegheny  river,  with  the  result  that  my  banking 
operations  extended  from  the  head-waters  and  the 
upper  tributaries  of  the  Allegheny  to  Pittsburg  and 
below. 

Since  1891  I  have  held  interests  in  several  other 
banking  institutions  in  western  New  York  and  have 
in  a  way  kept  in  touch  with  that  business.  I  have 
kept  my  Randolph  office  open  daily  when  at  home, 
have  given  my  personal  attention  to  my  affairs  and 
have  retained  control  of  my  investments.  Since 
coming  to  Randolph  I  have  varied  my  activities 
somewhat,  serving  in  several  official  positions  locally 
and  in  the  state  assembly  and  senate,  and  have  al- 
ways been  actively  interested  in  political,  educational 
and   religious  affairs. 

A  few  years  ago  I  went  back  to  my  old  home  in 
Vermont  and  my  birthplace  in  New  Hampshire.  I 
found  the  Hartland  house  well  preserved  and  it  has 
evidently  been  a  prosperous  and  well  kept  place. 
The  house  is  on  the  slope  above  the  bottomlands 
and  looks  over  the  Connecticut  Valley.  This,  the 
Cornish  Artists*  Colony  section,  is  where  the  first 
eight  years  of  my  life  were  spent.  I  cannot  but 
feel  that  the  beauty  of  my  surroundings  during  those 
years  has  had  a  m  I'ked  influence  on  my  life. 

The  scenery  of  all  that  country  is  picturesque 
rather  than  grand,  but  old  Ascutney  Mountain  that 
my  parents  used  to  talk  so  much  about  when  we 
were  in  our  new  home  in  Genesee  county  looked 
to  me  just  as  it  did  when  a  child.  Along  the  road 
near  the  house  is  a  row  of  handsome  shade  trees. 
The  meadow  is  not  as  large  and  the  river  not  as 
wide  as  my  memory  had  pictured.  It  is  a  section 
untouched  by  commerce  and  manufacturing.  The 
farms  on  that  road  all  look  well  cared  for,  the 
buildings  are  large  and  general  thrift  prevails.  We 
crossed  the  ferry  over  to  Plainfield,  a  little  village 
now,  as  then,  called  "The  Plain."  The  house  where 
I  was  born  is  still  standing  and  is  said  to  be  the 
oldest  house  in  the  village.  It  is  a  one  and  a  half- 
story  building  with  a  veranda  and  pillars  in  front. 
The  village  now  has  a  deserted  appearance.  The 
main  street  is  broad  and  is  lined  with  old  elms,  so 
much  a  part  of  New  England  beauty.  At  both 
places  I  found  people  who  knew  the  young  people  of 
our  family  when  we  lived  there.  One  very  old 
lady  told  us  that  it  is  one  of  the  traditions  of  her 
family  that  the  first  time  she  was  taken  to  church 
when  a  baby,  Captain  Dow  carried  her  in  his  arms 
from  the  carriage  to  the  pew.  Another  remembered 
of  my  brother  Richard  going  to  the  War  of  1812  and 
coming  back  afterward.  We  drove  back  to  Windsor 
through  Cornish. 

I  afterwards  spent  an  afternoon  at  Bow,  N.  H. 
I  knew  very  little  of  Bow  except  my  recollection 
of  my  father's  and  mother^s  talk  of  their  early  home. 
Mother  once  told  us  of  the  first  time  she  saw  father ; 
that  he  came   on  horseback  and  hitched   his   horse 


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on  the  green  before  their  house,  and  that  he  was 
then  a  tall  lad.  I  went  to  her  father's  farm,  saw 
the  old  house  where  she  passed  her  childhood,  the 
green,  the  old  meeting  house,  the  center  of  their 
social  life,  where  my  grandfather,  James  Buzzell, 
was  a  deacon,  and  all  that  section  that  was -familiar 
to  father  and  mother  when  they  were  young.  Where 
they  lived  is  a  high  plateau  and  extremely  rocky 
and  is  about  two  miles  back  from  the  Merrimac 
River. 

A  matter  of  no  small  interest  to  me  was  what  I 
learned  of  the  part  my  grandfather,  Captain  Richard 
Dow,  took  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  time;  of  his 
Revolutionary  service,  of  his  being  selectman  of 
his  town  and  captain  of  the  local  militia. 

I  could  clearly  see  the  early  surroundings  of  my 
father  and  mother,  which  added  to  the  traits  trans- 
mitted to  them  by  their  ancestors,  gave  them  their 
sturdy  character,  which  I  hope  may  carry  through 
generations. 

As  to  my  personal  habits  and  practices:  In  my 
early  business  life  I  ate  and  worked  quite  irregularly 
as  I  was  pushing  my  business  in  every  direction  pos- 
sible. Since  soon  after  discontinuing  merchandising 
and  for  something  over  forty  years  I  have  been 
regular  in  my  meals  and  have  not  eaten  rapidly. 
Early,  my  stomach  would  reject  both  liquid  and 
solid  food  if  taken  too  hastily.  The  habit  I  formed 
of  deliberation  in  eating  naturally  led  to  modera- 
tion with  little  craving  for  rich  sauces.  My  sense 
of  taste  is  now  and  has  been  delicate  and  definite. 
I  have  always  humored  it  and  eaten  anything  that 
I  desired. 

I  never  cultivated  the  desire  for  liquor  and  have 
been  an  abstainer  from  alcoholic  drinks.  I  at  one 
time  enjoyed  cigars,  but  have  not  used  tobacco  dur- 
ing the  last  seventy-five  years. 

It  has  been  my  custom  to  rise  early  and  take  a 
sponge  bath,  sometimes  in  cold  and  at  others  in 
tepid  water,  but  never  in  a  cold  room.  After  my 
bath  I  have  read  from  books  and  studied  until  the 
family  breakfast  was  served.  I  have  learned  much 
from  reading  and  I  think  the  desire  to  learn  is  as 
strong  with  me  now  as  ever.  After  breakfast  all 
members  of  the  family  united  in  the  morning  de- 
votion before  taking  up  the  business  of  the  day.  I 
have  never  spared  myself  on  account  of  inclement 
weather  if  business  demanded.  Except  for  some 
business  or  social  engagement,  I  have  retired  early 
and  have   slept  well. 

I  have  had  little  use  for  medicine  or  medical  at- 
tendance and  do  not  recall  that  I  ever  used  physic 
except  possibly  during  the  cholera  times  in  1832, 
when  I  was  under  the  care  of  a  physician  and  do 
not  know   what  medicines  were  given   me. 

I  am  five  feet,  four  inches  tall.  My  weight  has 
varied  from  130  to  140  pounds  and  is  now  about 
135  pounds  and  I  am  without  a  pimple,  blemish  or 
scar  of  any  kind,  which,  considering  all  my  long 
continued  activities,  is  quite  remarkable. 

I  do  not  recall  that  I  have  ever  taken  any  sys- 
tematic exercise  for  the  sake  of  exercise,  except 
possibly  this  winter  and  spring  I  have  walked  a 
little  with  that  end  in  view,  but  I  have  never  taken 
any  of  the  exercises  prescribed  by  the  gymnasiums. 
In  my  early  business  life  I  did  a  great  deal  of  horse- 
back riding,  being  in  the  saddle  as  often  as  possible, 
and  while  the  saddling  was  all  done  in  the  transac- 


tion of  business,  I  found  great  pleasure  and  ex- 
hileration  in  it.  In  later  life,  however,  driving  has 
taken  the  place  of  saddling. 

I  have  enjoyed  my  home,  my  neighbors  and  my 
surroundings  and  have  always  been  in  touch  with 
the  spirit  of  the  country.  There  has  seemed  in  and 
about  Randolph  something  of  the  serenity  that  in 
my  mind  has  always  been  associated  with  my  New 
England  home. 

Of  Mr.  Dow's  children:  i.  James,  was  bom 
July  I,  1830,  died  February  15,  1859;  mar- 
ried Lucy  O.  Stevens,  of  Rochester.  2.  War- 
ren, of  whom  further.  3.  Sarah,  born  Janu- 
ary 22,  1837,  died  February  6,  1840.  4.  Mary, 
born  June  14,  1842;  married  James  G.  John- 
son: children:  Mark  Dow,  married  Ora 
Thorpe :  Ruth  Dow,  married  Carl  S.  Tomp- 
kins. 5.  Albert  G.  Jr.,  of  whom  further.  6. 
Charles  Mason,  only  child  of  second  wife,  of 
whom  further. 

Warren,  second  son  of  Albert  Gallatin,  and 
his  first  wife,  Freelove  (Mason)  Dow,  was 
born  at  Silver  Creek,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  January  15,  1833.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  when  Randolph  Academy 
was  opened  he  was  the  first  pupil  to  register. 
After  leaving  school  he  entered  his  father's 
hardware  store  as  clerk,  remaining  in  that 
capacity  five  years,  being  then  admitted  a 
partner  under  the  firm  name  of  A.  G.  Dow 
&  Son,  which  continued  until  1863,  he  alone 
being  its  manager  after  his  father  began  his 
banking  business  in  i860.  He  continued  mer- 
chandizing in  Randolph  until  about  1870, 
when  he  es^tablished  the  same  business  in  De- 
troit, Michigan,  and  a  few  years  afterward 
become  one  of  the  firm  of  Dow  &  Co.,  bankers 
of  Bradford,  Pennsylvania.  Since  which  time 
he  was  also  first  cashier  of  the  Salamanca  Na- 
tional Bank,  now  the  Salamanca  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  for  succeeding  years  has  been  in- 
terested in  banking,  real  estate  and  farming. 
He  is  past  master  of  Randolph  Lodge,  No. 
359,  and  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried, September  i,  1858,  Josephine,  daughter 
of  John  J.  and  Susan  (Thorne)  Guernsey. 
Children:  i.  Louise,  born  March  13,  1864; 
married  George  E.  Allen,  of  New  York  City ; 
children :  Josephine  and  Louise.  2.  Jennie, 
born  May  i,  1867;  married  Allen  Falconer  ^ 
children :  Eleanor  and  Janet. 

Albert  Gallatin  (2),  son  and  fifth  child  of 
Albert  Gallatin  (i)  and  his  first  wife.  Free- 
love  (Mason)  Dow,  was  born  at  Silver  Creek, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  April  17, 
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Randolph  Academy  and  Homer  Academy.  He 
began  business  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of 
his  uncle,  Amos  Dow,  at  East  Randolph.  In 
February,  1865,  ^^  enlisted  in  Company  B, 
Sixty-fourth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  under  Captain  Jones  and  Colonel 
William  Glenny.  His  regiment  was  a  part 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was  pro- 
moted sergeant,  April  2,  1865,  sergeant-major, 
June  I,  1865,  and  later  first  lieutenant  and  ad- 
jutant, but  did  not  muster  in.  He  was  hon- 
orably discharged  July  14,  1865.  On  return- 
ing from  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  dry  goods 
business  in  Randolph  under  firm  name  of 
Swan  &  Dow,  for  some  years,  and  then  lo- 
cated in  I-ouisville,  Kentudcy,  where  he  estab- 
lished and  successfully  conducted  the  well- 
known  manufacturing  concern,  Dow*s  Wire 
Works  Company.  After  disposing  of  his  in- 
terests in  Louisville,  he  undertook  farming 
operations  in  Randolph,  which  he  has  contin- 
ued extensively.  He  is  president  of  the  board 
of  Water  Commissioners  of  Randolph,  presi- 
dent of  the  Merchants  &  Manufacturers  Asso- 
ciation, treasurer  of  Chamberlain  Institute, 
and  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and  of 
D.  T.  Wiggins  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to 
the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  his  home  village. 
He  has  recently  established  and  equipped  a 
public  library  with  lecture  hall,  reading  rooms 
and  all  that  goes  to  make  a  well-equipped 
library,  known  as  the  A.  G.  Dow  Free  Li- 
brary. This  was  built  and  maintained  at  his 
personal  expense. 

He  married,  September  16,  1868,  Frances 
A.  Sheldon,  daughter  of  George  A.  and  Mar- 
gery M.  (Sample)  Sheldon. 

Charles  Mason  Dow,  a  resident  of  James- 
town, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  born 
at  Randolph,  August  i,  1854;  educated  at 
Randolph  Academy  and  Oberlin  College ;  pre- 
pared for  the  law  with  Johnson  &  Crowley, 
attorneys,  of  Randolph;  became  a  member  of 
the  banking  firm  of  A.  G.  Dow  &  Son,  Ran- 
dolph, New  York,  in  1876.  He  continued  the 
same  association  at  Bradford,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1879,  under  the  firm  name  of  Dow  &  Co. 
He  discontinued  the  business  in  1884  ^nd  de- 
voted three  years  to  leisure  and  travel.  In 
1888  he  established  the  Jamestown  National 
Bank  at  Jamestown,  and  was  its  president  un- 
til the  consolidation  with  the  Chautauqua 
County  Trust  Co.,  now  the  National  Chautau- 
qua County  Bank,  in   1899,  ^^  having  been 


previously  elected  president  of  that  institution, 
and  has  since  continuously  held  that  position. 
He  is  director  of  several  financial  institutions, 
among  them  the  American  Surety  Co.  of  New 
York  City.  In  1903,  as  a  special  work,  he 
organized  the  banking  department  of  the  Title 
Guarantee  &  Trust  Co.  of  New  York  City, 
and  was  vice-president  of  that  institution  for 
two  years.  He  has  varied  his  activities,  and, 
aside  from  interests  in  philanthropic  associa- 
tions, he  has  been  for.  fourteen  years  a  com- 
missioner of  the  State  Reservation  at  Niagara, 
and  for  the  last  eight  years  president  of  that 
commission.  He  was  active  in  the  establish- 
ment of  the  park  system  of  Jamestown,  was 
the  first  president  of  the  Park  Board,  one  of 
the  parks  of  Jamestown  being  named  in  his 
honor  in  recognition  of  his  services.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Society  for  the  Preservation  of 
the  Adirondacks ;  is  a  trustee  of  the  American 
Scenic  and  Historic  Preservation  Society,  and 
chairman  of  the  Letchworth  Park  Committee 
of  that  Society.  He  is  director  of  Letchworth 
Park  and  Arboretum,  and  has  inaugurated 
and  established  at  Letchworth  Park,  the  first 
timber  arboretum  in  the  world,  where  the  tim- 
ber trees  of  the  known  world  are  gathered 
together.  The  function  of  the  arboretum  as 
laid  down  by  the  director  is  as  follows: 

The  principle  upon  which  the  Letchworth  Park 
Arboretum  is  established  is  that  it  shall  consist  of  a 
permanent  collection  of  the  various  species  of  the 
world's  timber  trees  likely  to  thrive  in  this  northern 
climate,  planted  scientifically,  to  test  their  value  and 
illustrate  the  processes  of  development,  so  supplying 
not  only  knowledge  for  knowledge's  sake,  but  also 
knowledge  for  practical  use. 

The  establishment  of  this  arboretum  will 
lead  to  results  of  far-reaching  importance  to 
the  State  of  New  York,  and  also  to  the  Na- 
tional welfare,  extending  through  the  cen- 
turies. 

Mr.  Dow  is  a  member  of  the  University 
Club  of  Jamestown,  the  Jamestown  Club,  the 
National  Arts  Club  of  New  York  City,  the 
Lawyers'  Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  of  New  York  City,  and  other 
associations  and  scientific  societies.  He  has 
been  an  extensive  traveller,  and  is  a  frequent 
contributor  to  magazines.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  at  Randolph. 

He   married,    January    12,    1876,    Eleanor, 
daughter  of  Elisha  L.  Jones  and  Emily  (Sib 
ley)   Jones.     Children:     i.  Alberta  Gallatin, 
born  April  29,  1877;  married  Fletcher  Good- 


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will,  October  lo,  1907;  children:  Eleanor, 
bom  August  7,  1908;  Charlotte,  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1910.  2.  Charles  Mason  Jr,,  born 
September  25,  1878,  a  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lie and  Harvard  Law  School;  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1907.  3.  Howard,  born  August  15, 
1880.  4.  Paul  Livingstone,  bom  March  15, 
1884,  died  September  9,  1884.  • 

I  m 

Thomas  Nichols,  immigrant 
NICHOLS     ancestor  of   this   family,  was 

born  in  England  and  came  to 
America  before  1655,  as  he  was  married  at 
Maiden  that  year.  He  was  doubtless  a  rela- 
tive of  Thomas  Nichols,  who  was  a  planter 
in  the  adjoining  town  of  Cambridge  before 
1638,  when  he  removed  to  Hingham.  Thomas 
had  a  brother  George  in  England,  who  was 
executor  of  the  estate  of  their  father,  Walter 
Nichols,  a  clothier  of  Coggeshall,  county  Es- 
sex, England.  James  Nichols,  perhaps  another 
brother,  married,  April,  1660,  at  Maiden, 
Mary,  daughter  of  George  Felt.  Thomas 
Nichols  removed  as  early  as  1665  to  Ames- 
bury,  and  had  a  seat  in  the  meeting  house 
there  in  1667;  he  belonged  to  the  train  band 
in  1680,  and  died  before  1720.  He  married, 
in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  in  September, 
1655,  Mary  Moulton.  Children:  Thomas, 
died  young;  Josiah,  twin  of  Thomas,  died 
young;  Ebenezer  (a  daughter*),  married 
Benoni  Tucker;  Thomas,  of  whom  further; 
Samuel;  Rachel;  John,  married  Abigail  Sar- 
gent; Sarah,  married  Roger  Stevens. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Mary  (Moulton)  Nichols,  was  born  at  Ames- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  October  16,  1670.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
His  will,  dated  November  16,  1724,  was  proved 
December  7  following.  He  married  (first) 
Jane  Jamison,  born  February  23,  1673-4, 
daughter  of  John  and  Esther  (Martin)  Jami- 
son; (second)  April  30,  173 1,  Judith  Hoages, 
of  Newbury.  Children  by  first  wife:  Anna, 
married  Samuel  Colby ;  Jonathan ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Ralph  Balisdell ;  Esther,  married  Ichabod 
Colby;  Thomas;  David,  of  whom  further; 
Rachel;  Stephen.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Ebenezer,  Benjamin. 

(III)  David,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Nichols 
and  his  first  wife,  Jane  (Jamison)  Nichols, 
was  bom  at  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1709,  and  died  in  1756,  lost  at  sea.  He 
was  a  resident  of  Salem.  He  married,  1730, 
Hannah  Gaskill,  born  August  16,  1709,  died 


June  30,  1793,  daughter  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Bethia  (Gardner)  Gaskill.  Her  father  was 
bom  January  23,  1663,  and  died  in  1725 ;  her 
mother  was  born  March  26,  1654,  daughter  of 
Thomas  (2)  Gardner,  died  1683,  son  of 
Thomas  (i),  born  1592,  died  1674,  at  Salem. 
Samuel  Gaskill  (i),  father  of  Samuel  (2), 
was  born  September  6,  1638,  married  Provi- 
dence South  wick,  born  December  6,  1639, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  and  Cassandra  South- 
wick.  Edward  Gaskill,  father  of  Samuel,  was 
the  immigrant.  David  and  Hannah  Nichols 
had  issue. 

(IV)  It  cannot  be  stated  with  certainty 
which  of  the  children  of  David  and  Hannah 
Nichols  should  be  placed  at  the  head  of  the 
fourth  generation.  It  was  not  Ichabod,  as  his 
son  David  died  unmarried.  It  seems  sure  that 
David  Nichols,  of  New  York,  was  a  grandson 
of  David  and  Hannah,  of  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(V)  David,  grandson  of  David  and  Hannah 
(Gaskill)  Nichols,  was  born  at  Claverack,  Co- 
lumbia county.  New  York,  about  1775.  He 
later  settled  in  Jefferson  county,  New  York, 
at  Cape  Vincent,  where  he  died  in  1830.  Dur- 
ing the  war  of  1812  he  served  in  the  American 
army.  He  followed  farming,  and  was  a  man 
of  great  energy  and  thrift.  He  married 
Jerusha  Spinning.  Children:  Elijah,  Andrew, 
Lucretia,  George,  Demmick  and  Julianna. 

(VI)  Andrew,  son  of  David  and  Jerusha 
(Spinning)  Nichols,  was  born  in  Oneida 
county.  New  York,  April  2,  1806,  and  died 
in  Kennedy,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
May  13,  1891.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Jefferson 
county,  owning  his  own  land,  and  was  also 
engaged  in  lumbering  on  the  St.  Lawrence 
river.  About  1870  he  sold  his  interests  in 
Northern  New  York  and  came  to  Chautauqua 
county,  where  he  purchased  a  small  farm  near 
the  village  of  Kennedy.  Here  he  resided  until 
two  years  prior  to  his  death,  when  he  removed 
into  the  village.  He  was  a  Democrat  all  his 
life,  but  voted  for  President  Lincoln  when 
he  was  a  candidate  for  a  second  term.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  always  was  most  hospitable  in 
his  entertainment  of  its  members  and  min- 
isters. He  was  a  member  of  the  school  board, 
interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  and  of 
the  upbuilding  of  the  church.  He  had  pros- 
pered in  business,  and  was  considered  one  of 
the  substantial  men  of  his  town.  He  married, 
in    1830,   Cordelia   Holcomb,   born   in   Essex 


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county,  New  York,  March  22,  181 1,  died  Oc- 
tober 21,  1900,  aged  eighty-nine  years,  daugh- 
ter of  Sullivan  Holcomb,  who  was  born  in 
Guilford,  Connecticut,  December  3,  1776,  and 
settled  in  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  near 
Cape  Vincent,  where  he  died,  January  25, 
1865,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years;  he  was 
an  officer  in  the  war  of  1812,  fought  at  Chip- 
pewa, Lundy's  Lane  and  Little  York,  and  was 
captured  by  the  British  after  he  was  dis- 
charged from  service  and  on  his  way  home; 
he  married  Abigail  Lee,  born  October  7,  1778, 
died  November  7,  1866,  daughter  of  Seth  Lee. 
Children  of  Andrew  and  Cordelia  Nichols: 
I.  Maria,  born  1831,  died  1887,  aged  fifty-six 
years,  four  months,  twelve  days ;  married  Har- 
vey S.  Elkins.  2.  Benjamin,  of  whom  further. 
3.  Seth  Lee,  born  July  2,  1837 ;  veteran  of  the 
civil  war:  now  a  stock  dealer  and  farmer  of 
Minnesota.  4.  Ira  C,  born  in  Clayton,  New 
York,  March  16,  1840,  died  1908;  he  served  in 
the  civil  war  as  lieutenant  of  the  Thirteenth 
Regiment,  United  States  Colored  Troops,  and 
after  the  war  engaged  in  the  lumber  business 
at  Kennedy,  New  York;  he  married,  July, 
1867,  Selina  Abbey ;  children :  E.  Ross,  Lynn, 
Leigh,  Mary  and  Edna.  5.  Jane,  married  Ed- 
ward Carr ;  resides  near  Randolph,  New  York  ; 
no  issue.  6.  Andrew  (2),  was  a  stockman 
and  farmer  of  Minnesota,  now  resides  near 
Tacoma ;  married  Harriet  Walker,  deceased ; 
has  son,  Kenneth.  7.  Mary,  married  William 
Cole,  superintendent  of  Chautauqua  Lake  As- 
sembly Grounds,  where  they  reside;  no  issue. 
8.  Isaac  C,  a  mine  owner  of  Ashland,  Wis- 
consin; now  a  resident  of  Tacoma,  Wash- 
ington. 

(VII)  Benjamin,  son  of  Andrew  and  Cor- 
delia (Holcomb)  Nichols,  was  born  at  Clay- 
ton, Jefferson  county.  New  York,  January  i, 
1835.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  worked  with  his  father  on  the  farm  until 
he  was  about  seventeen,  when  he  came  to 
Chautauqua  county,  finishing  his  studies  at 
Jamestown  Academy  in  1852.  He  learned  the 
millwright's  trade  with  Bamett  Stillwell,  and 
after  two  years  with  Carlisle  Paterson  and 
John  Phetelace,  was  engaged  in  business  for 
himself  until  1883.  He  built  and  equipped 
flouring  mills  in  Kennedy,  New  York,  Union 
City,  Meadville  and  Conneautville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  other  places,  as  well  as  doing  a 
great  deal  of  work  in  his  line  at  other  points. 
He  resided  in  Kennedy,  New  York,  from  1857 
to  1884,  2md  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 


ness there  with  W.  T.  Falconer  Sr.,  also  with 
his  brother,  I.  C.  Nichols.  During  the  civil 
war  he  built  flatboats  in  association  with  Dan- 
iel Griswold  and  Harvey  S.  Elkins,  which 
they  loaded  with  provisions  and  farm  produce 
for  the  army,  floating  them  down  and  dispos- 
ing of  their  largess  on  the  Allegheny  and  Ohio 
rivers.  In  1883  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
William  Babcock,  and  operated  a  foundry  and 
machine  shop.  They  purchased  the  Jamestown 
Iron  Works,  which  they  fitted  up  for  their 
purposes,  operating  them  successfully  until 
1888,  when  he  purchased  Mr.  Babcock*s  inter- 
est and  admitted  his  son,  Charles  M.  Nichols, 
as  a  partner.  In  1904  he  retired  from  active 
business.  In  1884  he  built  his  present  home 
in  Jamestown,  which  has  been  his  place  of 
residence  ever  since,  and  he  maintains  a  hand- 
some summer  home  at  Point  La-Ni-Ta,  on  the 
St.  Lawrence  river,  between  Clayton  and  Cape 
Vincent.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  for  many  years  was  a 
member  of  the  official  board.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  served  his  city  as  alder- 
man. He  married,  November  10,  1856,  at 
Kennedy,  Jane  M.  Taylor  (see  below).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Delia  M.,  born  February  8,  1858, 
(lied  October  3,  1904;  she  was  a  woman  of 
most  cheerful  and  happy  temperament,  was 
educated  in  music,  and  was  organist  of  the 
Kennedy  Methodist  Episcopal  Church ;  she 
married  Celestus  L.  Wilcox.  2.  Melvin  C, 
died  aged  four  years.  3.  William  S.,  died  in 
infancy.  4.  Charles  M.,  of  whom  further. 
5.  Myrtle  L.,  born  May  12,  1866;  she  is  an 
educated  musician,  and  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church ;  she  married,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1 901,  Charles  E.  Brown.  6.  Maud  C, 
born  December  20,  1867,  died  November  26, 
1887;  she  married  Salem  Parker,  and  left  a 
daughter,  Maud  Alline,  born  November  20, 
1887,  married  Paul  Rosencrantz.  7.  Pearl  L., 
born  December  14,  1871,  married  Franklin  H. 
Oaks;  children:  Louis  Benjamin,  Gerald  Z., 
Percy,  Donald  and  Dudley. 

Jane  M.  Taylor,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Benjamin  Nichols,  was  born  at  Schroon  Lake, 
Essex  county,  New  York,  March  28,  1841, 
daughter  of  Eli  and  Lucinda  (Jenks)  Taylor. 
She  was  twelve  years  of  age  when  her  par- 
ents settled  in  the  town  of  Poland,  Chautau- 
qua county.  She  is  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  taught  a  Bible 
class  for  many  years  in  the  Sunday  school, 
and  is  an  efficient  member  off  the  Missionary 


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Society.  Eli  Taylor,  father  of  Mrs.  Jane  M. 
Nichols,  was  born  at  Schroon  Lake,  February 
13,  1812,  died  July  10,  1875,  son  of  Nathan 
and  Mehitable  (Watkins)  Taylor.  Nathan 
was  a  mill  owner,  was  twice  married,  and  had 
fifteen  children.  Eli  continued  his  father's 
milling  business  at  Schroon  until  after  his 
marriage,  when  he  removed  to  Chesterton, 
Warren  county,  New  York,  where  he  operated 
a  flouring  mill.  Later  he  settled  in  Randolph, 
Cattaraugus  county,  thence  at  Kennedy,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  whete  he  died.  He  was  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  He  married,  1832,  Lucinda  Jenks, 
boni  June  15,  1816,  died  December  9,  1894, 
daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Melintha  (Mason) 
Jenks.  Children:  Nathan,  born  in  Essex 
county.  New  York,  1839;  Jane  M.,  married 
Benjamin  Nichols;  Orlando,  born  1843,  ^  vet- 
eran of  the  civil  war,  now  a  resident  of  Ken- 
nedy; Fayette,  born  1845,  ^  veteran  of  the 
civil  war,  resides  in  Kennedy;  Charles,  born 
1847,  ^  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  resides  in 
Kennedy ;  Jesse,  born  1849,  i"  East  Randolph, 
New  York,  resides  in  Kennedy. 

(VHI)  Charles  M.  Nichols,  fourth  child  and 
third  son  of  Benjamin  and  Jane  M.  (Taylor) 
Nichols,  was  bom  in  Kennedy,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  May  18,  1864.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Kennedy, 
where  his  early  life  was  spent.  In  1883  he 
entered  the  office  employ  of  Nichols  &  Bab- 
cock,  then  owning  and  operating  the  James- 
town Iron  Works  as  a  foundry  and  machine 
shop.  When  Benjamin  Nichols  purchased  the 
interest  of  his  partner,  Mr.  Babcock,  in  1888, 
Charles  M.  was  admitted  a  partner  and  the 
firm  name  was  changed  to  Benjamin  Nichols 
&  Son.  The  business  was  continued  under 
this  name  until  1904,  when  the  father  retired. 
This  brought  about  a  reorganization,  and  busi- 
ness was  continued  as  the  Jamestown  Iron 
Works,  founders  and  machinists,  with  Charles 
M.  Nichols  as  superintendent  and  general 
manager,  in  which  position  he  now  continues 
(191 1 ).  The  plant  of  the  company  is  located 
in  Jamestown,  is  well  equipped,  and  in  suc- 
cessful operation.  He  reorganized  in  1910  the 
Jamestown  Garage  Company,  located  on 
Cherry  street,  of  which  company  he  is  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  This  is  a  prosperous 
company,  owning  and  conducting  the  largest 
garage  in  the  city.  He  has  spent  eleven  years 
in  the  service  of  the  National  Guard  of  New 


York,  enlisting  September  20,  1887,  in  the 
Thirteenth  Separate  Company.  During  the 
Spanish-American  war  he  volunteered  and 
went  out  with  his  company,  but  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  return  in  a  few  weeks.  He  is  a 
member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  Rising  Sun  Chap- 
ter, No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  a 
member,  with  his  family,  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics ;  in  1898-99  he  represented  the  third  ward 
as  alderman,  and  he  served  eleven  years  as  vol- 
unteer fireman,  member  of  Eagle  Hose  Com- 
pany No.  2. 

Mr.  Nichols  married,  June  10,  1895,  at 
Jamestown,  Sadie  (Sara)  Sweet,  born  at 
Corry,  Pennsylvania,  August  2*],  1871,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Regina  Frances  (Huber) 
Sweet.  Child,  Charles  Malcolm,  bom  in 
Jamestown,  June  25,  1906.  The  family  reside 
at  No.  108  Barrett  street,  Jamestown,  with 
summer  home  at  Clement  Park,  on  the  shores 
of  Lake  Chautauqua. 

Samuel  Sweet  is  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Sarah 
(Powell)  Sweet,  who  were  the  parents  of  six 
other  children,  all  born  in  the  parish  of  St. 
George,  near  Bristol,  England,  and  whose 
names  were  as  follows:  Ann,  Isaac,  George, 
Henry,  Walter  and  Elizabeth.  Isaac  Sweet 
was  a  son  of  Abraham  Sweet,  born  at  Rayne- 
ham,  near  Bristol,  England,  and  his  wife  was 
a  daughter  of  Samuel  Powell,  born  at  Kings- 
wood,  near  Bristol,  England.  Regina  Frances 
(Huber)  Sweet  is  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Peter 
and  Elizabeth  Huber,  natives  of  Freiburg, 
Baden,  Germany. 

(The  Holconib  Line). 

Cornelia  Holcomb,  wife  of  Andrew  Nichols, 
mother  of  Benjamin  and  grandmother  of 
Charles  M.  Nichols,  is  a  descendant  of 
Thomas  Holcomb,  an  early  Puritan  settler  of 
Massachusetts,  later  of  Connecticut. 

Thomas  Holcomb  was  an  early  settler  in 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He  was  made 
freeman  there  in  May,  1635,  and  that  year 
sold  his  house  and  lands  and  removed  to  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut.  In  1639  he  went  to  Pequon- 
nock  to  live,  and  that  year  was  one  of  the  rep- 
resentatives of  Windsor  and  Hartford  on  the 
committee  which  framed  the  constitution  of 
the  colony  of  Connecticut.  He  died  at  Wind- 
sor, September  7,  1657,  leaving  a  widow, 
Elizabeth,  who  married  (second)  James  Enno, 
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Joshua,  Sarah,  Benajah,  Deborah,  Nathaniel, 
Deborah  (2),  Jonathan. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth Holcomb,  was  born  November  4,  1648. 
He  settled  at  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  which 
town  he  represented  in  general  court,  1703-04- 
05-06-20-22.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  later  in 
life  was  of  Granby,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Mary  Bliss,  of  Springfield,  February  2^,  1670. 
Children:  Nathaniel,  Mary,  Jonathan,  John, 
Esther,  Catherine,  Sarah,  Benjamin. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary 
(Bliss)  Holcomb,  was  born  in  1680.  He  was 
of  Granby,  Connecticut.    He  married,  March 

19,  1706,  Anna  Pettibone.  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  Azariah. 

(IV)  Deacon  Azariah,  son  of  John  and 
Anna  (Pettit)one)  Holcomb,  died  in  Granby, 
Connecticut,  in  177 1,  aged  sixty-four  years. 
He  married,  June  25,  1730,  Hannah  Loomis, 
born  May  21,  1705.  Children:  Abner,  born 
April  3,  1731;  Elizabeth,  May  18,  1733;  El- 
dad,  January  9,  1735;  Obed,  January  8,  1737; 
Hannah,   January   9,    1738;    Bethia,   January 

20,  1740;  Mary,  May  21,  1744;  Benjamin,  of 
further  mention;  Lois,  July  5,  1749;  Eunice, 
June  II,  1751. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Deacon  Azariah  and 
Hannah  (Loomis)  Holcomb,  was  born  March 
3,  1746,  died  about  1809.  He  married  Mercy 
Kendall,  who  died  in  1827.  Children:  Sulli- 
van, Harvey,  John,  Lyman,  Samuel,  Mahala, 
Nettie,  Susan,  Lillie,  Mercy. 

(VI)  Sullivan,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mercy 
(Kendall)  Holcomb,  was  born  December, 
1776,  died  January,  1865.  He  married  Abi- 
gail Lee,  born  October  7,  1778,  died  November 
7,  1866,  daughter  of  Seth  Lee,  born  1732,  died 
1802;  married  Johanna  Johnston,  who  died 
in  1818  (see  Nichols,  VI). 

(VII)  Cornelia,  daughter  of  SulHvan  and 
Abigail  (Lee)  Holcomb,  married  Andrew 
Nichols  (see  Nichols,  VI). 


The  earliest  mention  of  this 
MOODY  name  in  England  is  that  of  Reg- 
inald Moody  (spelled  Mody), 
living  in  Norfolk,  1272.  In  America  the  fam- 
ily has  been  prominent  from  very  early  times, 
beginning  in  Essex  county,  Massachusetts,  the 
emigrant  ancestor,  William,  Moody,  settling  in 
Newbury. 

The  family  is  notable  for  the  great  num- 
ber of  distinguished  ministers  it  has  pro- 
duced, the  best  known  of  the  present  day  be- 


ing Dwight  L.  Moody,  the  great  evangelist, 
whose  fame  extended  over  two  continents. 

(I)  William  Moody,  the  principal  pro- 
genitor of  the  name  in  New  England,  came 
from  Wales  in  1633,  wintered  at  Ipswich  in 

1634,  and  removed  to  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, with  the  first  settlers  of  that  place  in 

1635.  Tradition  asserts  that  they  landed  on 
the  north  bank  about  one  hundred  rods  below 
the  spot  where  the  bridge  now  stands.  Here 
he  was  admitted  a  freeman  and  received  a 
grant  of  ninety-two  acres  of  land.  It  is  said 
he  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  the  first 
person  in  New  England  who  adopted  the  prac- 
tice of  shoeing  oxen,  enabling  them  to  walk 
on  ice.  He,  as  well  as  his  three  sons,  was  of 
considerable  note  in  church  and  civil  aflFairs 
of  the  town,  from  which  it  may  be  inferred 
that  they  were  not  only  pious  men,  but  pos- 
sessed much  practical  wisdom  and  general  in- 
telligence. He  married  Sarah ,  by  whom 

he  had  three  children:  i.  Samuel,  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  in  1666,  and  united  with 
the  church  in  Newbury,  1670;  he  died  in  that 
town,  April  4,  1675 ;  married,  November  30, 
1657,  Mary  Cutting.  2.  Joshua  (of  further 
mention).  3.  Caleb,  born  1637;  married 
twice;  was  representative  from  Newbury  in 
the  Massachusetts  general  court  in  1677-78, 
and  during  the  administration  of  Governor 
Andros  was  imprisoned  five  weeks  for  daring 
to  act  and  speak  like  a  freeman ;  he  died  Au- 
gust 25,  1698.  Caleb  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
famous  Evangelist,  Rev.  Dwight  L.  Moody. 

(II)  Rev.  Joshua  Moody,  son  of  WilHam 
and  Sarah  Moody,  was  born  1632,  died  July 
4,  1695,  his  funeral  sermon  being  preached  by 
Cotton  Mather  from  the  text,  "Looking  stead- 
fastly on  him  they  saw  his  face,  as  it  had  been 
the  face  of  an  angel."  He  was  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1653,  after  which  he 
commenced  the  study  of  divinity  and  very 
early  began  to  preach.  Before  leaving  college 
he  made  a  public  profession  of  religion  and 
joined  the  Cambridge  Church.  He  began  his 
ministerial  labors  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire, early  in  the  year  1658,  founding  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  that  town, 
then  supported  by  eighty-six  subscribers.  In 
1660  the  town  passed  a  regular  vote  for  his 
establishment  in  the  pastoral  office,  but  for 
some  reason  he  was  not  ordained  until  1671. 
He  continued  his  ministry  in  Portsmouth  until 
1684,  when  he  began  the  first  of  a  series  of 
persecutions   from  the  hands  of  Lieutenant- 


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Governor  Cranfield,  to  whom  he  had  refused 
to  administer  the  Lord's  Supper  after  the  way 
of  the  Church  of  England,  Rev.  Moody  being 
a  Nonconformist.  He  was  held  in  prison 
for  nineteen  weeks,  and  then  by  the  interqes- 
sion  of  friends  was  dismissed  with  a  charge 
to  preach  no  more  under  penalty  of  further 
imprisonment.  He  then  accepted  a  call  from 
the  "Old  Church"  in  Boston,  where  he  con- 
tinued preaching  until  1692,  when  he  returned 
to  Portsmouth.  While  in  Boston  he  declined 
giving  any  countenance  to  the  severe  measures 
taken  against  those  charged  with  ^'Witchcraft," 
his  usefulness  being  greatly  impaired  by  his 
manly  resistance  to  popular  and  widespread 
delusion.  From  1692  until  his  death  he  re- 
mained in  Portsmouth  in  usefulness,  harmony 
and  love.  He  published  many  of  his  sermons 
and  probably  wrote  more  sermons  than  any 
other  minister.  The  ninety-third  volume  of 
his  manuscript  sermons  is  in  the  library  of  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society,  the  last  of 
which  is  numbered  4070,  and  dated  September 
30,  1688,  which  will  average  two  and  a  half 
sennons  weekly  for  a  period  of  thirty  years. 
He  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  is  be- 
lieved to  have  been  a  daughter  of  Edward 
Collins,  of  Cambridge,  and  a  sister  of  Rev. 
John  Collins.  His  second  wife,  a  widow,  Ann 
Jacobs,  of  Ipswich,  survived  him.  Among  his 
children  are:  i.  Martha,  married  Rev.  Jona- 
than Russell,  of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts. 
2.  Sarah,  married  Rev.  John  Pike,  of  Dover, 
New  Hampshire.  3.  Hannah.  4.  Samuel.  In 
his  last  will  and  testament  Rev.  Moody  di- 
rects: "If  I  die  in  Portsmouth  my  body  shall 
be  laid  in  the  burying  place  there,  under  the 
great  stone  by  the  side  of  the  Oak  where  I 
buried  my  first  wife  and  the  deceased  children 
I  had  by  her." 

(Ill)  Samuel,  only  son  of  Rev.  Joshua 
Moody,  was  born,  it  is  believed,  about  1669, 
in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  He  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1689,  and 
was  for  several  years  a  preacher  at  New 
Castle.  It  is  saicf  that  dating  from  about 
1700,  he  preached  several  years  at  the  Isle 
of  Shoals,  off  the  coast  of  Maine  a  few  miles, 
where  his  hearers  were  mostly  fishermen  and 
sailors.  After  this  he  seems  to  have  laid  aside 
his  calling  as  a  preacher  and  to  have  taken 
up  the  profession  of  arms.  He  took  command 
of  a  body  of  men  in  an  expedition  against  the 
Indians,  eventually  settling  at  Falmouth,  now 
Portland,  Maine,  where  he  rendered  important 


services.  His  house  was  the  first  resort  for 
the  minister  and  school  master.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  who  invited  Rev. 
Thomas  Smith  to  settle  in  the  town,  "the  first 
church  that  was  ever  settled  to  the  eastward 
of  Wells."  He  acquired  the  military  title  of 
"Major"  and  seems  to  have  been  a  sort  of 
spiritual  Gideon,  willing  to  fight  foes,  seen  and 
unseen.  He  was  selectman,  justice  of  the 
I^ace,  and  held  other  responsible  positions. 
He  died  April  5,  1729.  He  married,  April  4, 
1695,  Esther,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Green,  of 
Boston.  Children:  i.  Joshua,  born  October 
31,  1697;  baptized  in  the  First  Church  of  Bos- 
ton, 1698;  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  1716. 
2.  Samuel  (of  further  mention).  3.  Mary, 
born  November  16,  1701 ;  married  Edward 
Mountfort,  of  Boston. 

(IV)  Dr.  Samuel  (2)  Moody,  son  of  Sam- 
uel (i)  and  Esther  (Green)  Moody,  was  born 
October  29,  1699,  died  at  Brunswick,  Maine, 
1758.  He  studied  medicine,  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  College,  17 18,  and  practiced 
his  profession  for  several  years.  He  was  a 
magistrate  and  a  man  of  great  force  of  char- 
acter. He  was  a  surgeon  in  the  army  and  an 
officer.    He  married  and  had  sons. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  (2)  Moody, 
was  born  in  southeastern  New  Hampshire  or 
southwestern  Maine,  about  1730,  later  settling 
in  Unity,  Sullivan  county,  same  state.  He  is 
recorded  there  among  the  signers  to  divide 
the  town  of  Unity  and  address  to  the  legis- 
lature in  1791.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  Israel,  son  of  Daniel  Moody,  was  born 
in  Unity,  New  Hampshire,  1774,  died  about 
1826.  He  was  a  farmer  of  the  town  of  Unity, 
where  he  passed  his  entire  life.  He  married 
Abigail  Tufts.    Children:  William  and  Elisha. 

(VII)  Elisha,  son  of  Israel  and  Abigail 
(Tufts)  Moody,  was  born  in  Unity,  Sullivan 
county.  New  Hampshire,  October,  1809,  died 
April  18,  1 89 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Unity,  and  early  in  life  became 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  woolens  at 
Port  Byron,  New  York.  During  this  period 
of  his  life  he  traveled  extensively,  sometimes 
on  business  connected  with  his  plant,  and  often 
for  recreation  and  pleasure.  He  had  an  expert 
knowledge  of  timber  and  the  value  of  timber 
lands,  which  resulted  in  his  giving  up  manu- 
facturing, and  for  several  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  locating  and  buying  pine  lands  in 
Michigan.  In  1835  he  settled  in  the  town  of 
Newfane  in  Niagara  county.  New  York,  where 


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he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  which  he  cleared  and  brought  under  cul- 
tivation. In  1839  he  established  a  nursery  on 
his  farm,  which  became  later  his  main  busi- 
ness. The  fame  of  his  trees,  plants  and  shrub- 
bery became  wide-spread,  and  the  business 
then  established  yet  endures  and  flourishes. 
He  became  well  known  throughout  the  county, 
and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  development 
of  Niagara  county.  He  was  connected  with 
several  public  enterprises,  one  of  them  being 
the  promoting  and  construction  of  the  Lock- 
port  &  BuflFalo  railroad,  in  1876.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  board  of  directors,  and 
took  an  active  interest  in  its  development.  He 
also  was  a  director  of  the  Exchange  Bank  of 
Lockport.  He  was  active  in  the  Niagara 
County  Agricultural  Society,  and  served  as 
president.  He  was  also  active  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  American  Nurserymen's  Asso- 
ciation, and  was  elected  its  first  president.  He 
was  the  first  nurseryman  in  that  section,  and 
was  equally  well  known  as  a  horticulturist. 
In  politics  he  was  a  staunch  Republican,  and 
in  1867  he  was  chosen  to  represent  Niagara 
county  in  the  house  of  assembly,  where  he 
served  on  committees  on  roads,  bridges  and 
agriculture.  In  1872  he  was  elected .  mayor 
of  Lockport,  and  his  administration  is  yet  re- 
ferred to  as  a  model  of  careful  business 
methods.  He  was  a  leader  in  the  party  and 
chairman  of  the  county  committee.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Congregationalist. 

He  married  Margaret  Cole,  born  in  Penfield, 
New  York,  in  18 14,  died  1881,  daughter  of 
John  T.  and  Sarah  (Taylor)  Cole.  Children: 
I.  Emily,  born  1835;  married  Henry  Gilrie,  of 
Cambria,  New  York.  2.  George  H.,  born 
1838 ;  resident  of  Lockport.  3.  Ellen  M.,  bom 
1845 ;  married  Edward  W.  Scott,  of  New 
York  City.  4.  Edward  M.  (of  further  men- 
tion ) . 

(VIII)  George  H.,  eldest  son  of  Elisha  and* 
Margaret  (Cole)  Moody,  was  born  in  Pen- 
field,  Monroe  county,  New  York,  March  15, 
1838.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Newport,  Niagara  county,  the  Union 
School  of  Lockport,  and  Niagara  Academy, 
Niagara  Falls.  In  1859  ^^  began  business 
with  his  father  on  the  old  Jesse  P.  Maines 
farm  in  Lockport,  where  they  continued  in  the 
nursery  business  until  the  death  of  Elisha 
Moody  in  1891.  This  caused  a  change  in  the 
firm  name,  which  was  eflfected  by  the  brothers, 
George  H.  and  Edward   M.,  combining  and 


continuing  the  business  under  the  name  of  E. 
Moody  &  Sons.  Mr.  Moody  has  spent  a  life- 
time in  the  nursery  business,  many  of  those 
years  having  been  spent  in  close  association 
with  his  father,  than  whom  there  was  no  more 
capable  nurseryman  in  Western  New  York. 
Add  to  that  his  own  long  years  of  experience 
and  experiment  and  you  have  the  secret  of 
the  great  popularity  of  the  products  of  the 
Niagara  Nurseries.  While  he  has  passed  the 
yeare  allotted  to  man,  Mr.  Moody  is  still  vig- 
orous and  as  capably  manages  his  business 
as  in  younger  days.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Farmers'  and  Merchants'  Bank  of  Lockport, 
and  is  interested  in  other  business  enterprises 
of  his  town.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Pres- 
byterian, belonging  to  the  First  Church  of 
Lockport.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order  for  many  years,  affiliating 
with  Niagara  Lodge  of  Lockport.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  May  20,  1863,  at  Lockport, 
Laura  A.,  daughter  of  George  E.  and  Cor- 
delia (Whipple)  Wheeler  (see  Whipple,  VII). 

(VIII)  Edward  Mortimer,  son  of  Elisha 
and  Margaret  (Cole)  Moody,  was  born  at 
Newfane,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  May 
10,  1848.  He  was  educated  in*  the  public 
schools,  and  after  completing  studies  he  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  in  the  nursery  business, 
which  had  then  begun  to  assume  large  pro- 
portions. They  continued  together  in  business 
until  the  death  of  Elisha  Moody,  since  which 
time  George  H.  and  Edward  M.  have  con- 
ducted it  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  Moody  & 
Sons.  Each  has  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  lines  in  which  they  deal,  and  under  their 
management  the  fame  of  the  Niagara  Nur- 
series has  not  diminished.  Mr.  Moody  is  a 
resident  of  the  city  of  Lockport,  occupying 
the  property  purchased  by  his  father  in  1861. 
He  has  served  his  city  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  and  as  water  commis- 
sioner. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican;  in  re- 
ligious faith,  an  Episcopalian;  and  in  frater- 
nal relations  a  Free  Mason.  He  married,  De- 
cember 25,  1867,  Ellen  M.  Holbrook,  daugh- 
ter of  Amos  and  Ellen  (Briggs)  Holbrook,  of 
Lockport,  New  York.  She  is  a  descendant  of 
revolutionary  ancestors,  one  of  them  Captain 
Jeremiah  Stiles,  commanding  a  company  of 
New  Hampshire  militia  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  Children:  i.  Ralph,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 2.  Edward  Erie,  born  in  Lockport, 
May  6,  1879;  educated  in  the  Lockport  high 


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school,  Berkely  Preparatory  School  and  Wil- 
liams College.  In  190 1  he  became  associated 
with  the  Provident  Life  Assurance  Society, 
and  is  now  a  stock  broker  in  Newark,  New 
Jersey.  Married,  February  8,  1906,  Helen 
Mathews  Crane,  daughter  of  Edward  Nichols 
and  Cordelia  C.  (Mathews)  Crane,  of  New- 
ark, New  Jersey. 

(The  Whipple  Line). 

Matthew  and  John  Whipple,  brothers,  .were 
among  the  earliest  settlers  of  that  part  of  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  called  the  "Hamlet," 
where  they  received  a  grant  of  land  of  more 
than  two  hundred  acres,  in  1638.  They  may 
have  been  the  sons  of  Matthew  Whipple,  of 
Bocking,  county  of  Essex,  England,  whose 
will,  proved  January  28,  1618,  mentions  sons 
Matthew  and  John.  Another  record  speaks 
of  "John  Whipple,  son  of  Matthew,  is  said  to 
have  been  baptized  in  Essex,  England,  1632." 
The  descendants  of  Matthew  Whipple  seem 
to  have  settled  in  northern  New  England 
largely,  among  them  being  General  William 
Whipple,  born  in  1730,  died  at  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  November  28,  1785 ;  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
and  general  of  a  New  Hampshire  brigade, 
and  in  civil  life  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of 
New  Hampshire.  Other  noted  descendants 
of  John  and  Matthew  Whipple  are  statesmen, 
soldiers  and  scholars  whose  names  are  found 
in  army  records  of  every  war;  in  college  ros- 
ters, legislative  reports  and  in  high  positions 
in  the  church,  notably  among  the  latter  Bishop 
Whipple,  of  Minnesota. 

(I)  John  Whipple,  bom  1617,  died  May  16, 
1685,  was  of  Ipswich  and  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  in  July,  1659,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  was  received  as  a  pur- 
chaser. He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  1666 ; 
was  chosen  deputy,  1666-69-70-72-74-76-77. 
Although  his  military  service  is  not  shown,  he 
is  called  "Captain"  John.  In  1674  he  was  li- 
censed to  keep  an  ordinary.  August  14,  1676, 
being  one  of  those  "who  staid  and  went  not 
away."  he  had  a  share  in  the  disposition  of  the 
Indian  captives  of  King  Philip's  war,  whose 
services  were  sold  for  a  term  of  years.  His 
will,  proved  May  27,  1685,  disposes  of  quite 
a  large  amount  of  land.  He  and  his  wife  were 
buried  on  their  own  land,  but  their  bodies 
were  afterward  removed  to  the  North  Burial 
Ground.  His  wife  Sarah  was  born  in  1624, 
died    1666.      Children:      i.   John,    was    town 


treasurer  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  town 
clerk;;  deputy  and  assistant  to  the  governor; 
married  (first)  Mary  Olney;  (second)  Re- 
becca, widow  of  John  Scott.  2.  Sarah,  born 
1642,  married  John  Smith.  3.  Samuel,  bom 
1644;  was  constable  and  deputy;  married 
Mary  Harris.  4.  Eleazer,  born  1646;  was 
deputy ;  married  Alice  Angell.  5.  Mary,  born 
1648;  married  Epenetus  Olney.  6.  William, 
born  1652;  married  Mary .  ^.  Benja- 
min (of  further  mention).  8.  David,  bom 
1656,  died  December,  1710;  married  (first) 
Sarah  Hearnden;  (second)  Hannah  Tower. 
9.  Abigail,  married  (first)  Stephen  Dexter; 
(second)  William  Hopkins.  10.  Joseph,  born 
1662;  was  deputy  twenty  terms;  member  of 
the  town  council  six  terms ;  assistant  and  colo- 
nel of  a  militia  regiment ;  married  Alice  Smith. 
II.  Jonathan,  born  1664;  married  Margaret 
Angell.  These  children  all  settled  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island. 

(II)  Benjamin,  fifth  son  of  John  Whipple, 
was  born  1654,  died  1704,  in  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  settled  on  a  farm  of  three 
hundred  acres  situated  about  four  miles  west 
of  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He  lived  and 
died  and  is  buried  on  that  farm.  He  married, 
April,  j686,  Ruth  Matthewson.  Children :  Ben- 
jamin (of  further  mention)  ;  Ruth,  May  12, 
1692;  Jessie,  July  27,  1697;  John,  February 
25,  1699;  Abigail,  June  12,  1703. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  eldest  son  of  Benja- 
min (i)  Whipple,  was  born  November  11, 
1688,  died  at  the  great  age  of  ninety-nine 
years,  1787.  He  lived  on  the  homestead  farm 
which  he  inherited  from  his  father,  and  was 
a  tanner  of  leather,  also  a  maker  of  boots  and 
shoes.  It  is  said  that  in  making  wax  to  be 
used  in  his  business  he  spilled  some  of  the 
hot,  poisonous  material  on  his  foot,  which  later 
resulted  in  the  loss  of  a  leg.  This  occurred 
after  he  was  seventy-five  years  of  age.     He 

•  married  (first)  Sarah  Benson,  November  11, 
1722.  Children:  Andrew,  born  February  23, 
1724;  Benjamin,  June  6,  1726;  Content,  Au- 
gust 30,  1727;  Daniel,  September  9,  1728; 
Ephraim,  November  9,  1729;  Benedict,  died 
young;  Esther,  March  12,  1731 ;  Mary,  May 
28,  1732.  He  married  (second)  Esther  Miller. 
Children:  Benajah,  born  June  17,  1734; 
Stephen  (of  further  mention)  ;  Joseph,  July 
I,  1737;  Benedict,  October  13,  1739;  Jessie, 
September  16,  1744;  Fedove,  June  8,  1750; 
John,  December  9,  175 1 ;  Abigail,  October  12, 

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(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Whip- 
ple by  his  second  wife,  was  born  on  the  home- 
stead farm  near  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
July  9,  1736,  died  February  28,  1819.  At  the 
time  of  his  marriage  he  removed  to  North 
Providence,  where  he  lived  seventeen  years 
and  where  all  but  four  of  his  children  were 
born.  In  1777  he  moved  from  Providence  to 
Chester,  Massachusetts.  Was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution.  He  married  Zilpha  Angel,  died 
January  28,  1830.  Children:  i.  Theodore, 
born  June  22,  1762,  died  at  Rutland,  Vermont, 
June  3,  1843.  2.  Asel,  bom  March  12,  1764, 
died  at  Hardwick,  Massachusetts,  July  i,  1846. 
3.  Andrew  (of  further  mention).  4.  Samuel, 
born  July  12,  1768,  died  at  Chelsea,  Massa- 
chusetts, December  26,  1853.  5.  Mary,  born 
May  31,  1770,  died  in  Canada,  December  4, 
1813.  6.  Oliver,  born  April  24,  1772,  died  at 
Shaftsbury,  Vermont,  December  28,  1855.  7. 
Nedabeck,  born  December  i,  1773,  died  at 
Chester,  Massachusetts,  December  4,  1776. 
8.  Celinda,  born  June  14,  1776,  died  at  Ches- 
ter, Massachusetts,  September  16,  1839.  9. 
Zilpha,  born  March  28,  1778,  died  at  West 
Burlington,  New  York,  March  15,  1875,  ^t 
the  great  age  of  ninety-seven  years.  10. 
Stephen,  born  September  22,  1781,  died  at 
Shaftsbury,  Vermont,  March  6,  1879,  aged 
ninety-eight  years.  11.  Angel,  born  July  15, 
1784,  died  at  Roscoe,  Illinois,  January  22,  1874. 
12.  Benjamin,  August  8,  1787,  died  at  Peters- 
field,  Massachusetts,  November  6,  1867.  One 
of  these  children  died  in  childhood,  one  at  the 
age  of  forty-three  years;  the  other  ten  died 
at  ages  ranging  from  eighty-one  to  ninety- 
eight  years. 

(V)  Andrew,  third  child  of  Stephen  and 
Zilpha  (Angel)  Whipple,  was  bom  at  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  September  9,  1765,  died 
at  North  Pownal,  Vermont,  August  28,  1851, 
aged  eighty-five  years.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1787,  Polly  Perkins,  born  December 
26,  1771,  died  April  28,  1856.  Children:  i. 
Clarissa,  bom  May  25,  1789,  died  in  New 
York  state,  January,  1821 ;  married  Gideon 
Clark.  2.  Stephen,  November  14,  1791,  died 
August  24,  1866.  3.  Moses,  November  27, 
1793,  died  December  21,  1892;  married  Clar- 
issa Stratton.  4.  Daniel,  December  26,  1795, 
died  in  Troy,  New  York,  December,  1865  J 
married  Louisa  Barnard.  5.  William,  July  2, 
1798.  6.  Almon,  May  20,  1800,  died  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  7.  Andrew  (2),  September  8, 
1802,  died  October  21,   1868;  married  Mar- 


garet Doyle.  8.  Laura,  December  i,  1803, 
died  December  7,  1862;  married  S.  Hubbell, 
died  May  2,  1837.  9.  Nelson,  March  10, 
1806,  died  October  19,  1807.  10.  Cordelia  (of 
further  mention).  11.  Alonzo,  November  10, 
1813;  married  Nancy  Wheeler.  12.  John,  born 
November  II,  1817,  died  October  24,  1843; 
married  Angelina  Brimmer. 

(VI)  Cordelia,  tenth  child  of  Andrew  and 
Polly  (Perkins)  Whipple,  was  born  July  18, 
1810,  died  March  13,  1889.  She  married, 
March  16,  1834,  George  E.  Wheeler,  born 
February  20,  181 1,  died  January  4,  1864.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Elias,  bom  August  9,  1835,  died 
June  5,  1864;  married,  April  7,  1858,  Elvira 
Lewis.  2.  Edward,  born  September  8,  1837; 
married,   April    13,    187 1,   Martha  Matthews. 

3.  Mary,  born  October  6,  1839,  died  March 
13,  1886;  married,  June  10,  1861,  J.  W.  Vail. 

4.  Everett,  born  July  4,  1841 ;  married,  De- 
cember I,  1869,  Martha  Hall.  5.  Laura  A. 
(of  further  mention).  6.  Andrew  T.,  born 
January  14,  1845,  ^^^^  March  27,  1861.  7. 
George  Dallas,  born  May  10,  1847;  married 
Fanny  Proctor.  8.  Delia,  born  June  10,  1850, 
died  March  2,  1877;  married,  April  22,  1873, 
Peter  Johnson. 

(VII)  Laura  A.,  fifth  child  of  George  E. 
and  Cordelia  (Whipple)  Wheeler,  married 
George  H.  Moody,  of  Lockport,  New  York 
(see  Moody  VIII).  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Buffalo  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution. 


Alexander  (2)  Williams,  son 
WILLIAMS    of  Alexander  (i)  Williams, 

came  from  the  Black  River 
country  in  Vermont,  and  settled  early  in  the 
nineteenth  century  in  New  York,  and  died  in 
Pembroke,    Genesee    county.      He    married 

Sally .    Children:     i.  Hannah,  bom  at 

Geneva,  New  York;  married  Erastus  Saw- 
yer ;  children :  Helen,  Chauncey,  Henry,  Wal- 
ter, Louise,  Augusta,  Carrie.  2.  Lydia,  mar- 
ried Alvin  D.  Harroun;  children:  Eliza,  Al- 
vin  D.  Jr.,  Sylvanus,  Henry,  Edgar,  Ella  Har- 
roun.    3.  John,  married ,  and 

had  children:  Cynthia,  Allen  C,  Elmer  A. 
4.  Alexander,  mentioned  below.  5.  Sylvanus, 
married  Sarah  Robinson ;  children :  Edward, 
Mary  Jane,  Charles. 

(II)  Alexander  (3),  son  of  Alexander  (2) 
Williams,  was  born  in  Pembroke,  New  York, 
in  1811,  died  August  26,  1853,  ^^  ^^^  town 
of  Sheridan,  New  York.     He  spent  most  of 


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his  life  in  Pembroke,  and  held  the  office  of 
constable  while  living  there.  Afterward  he 
was  in  the  hotel  business  at  Irving,  on  Cat- 
taraugus creek,  New  York,  and  finally  became 
the  owner  of  the  old  Kensington  Hotel  at 
Sheridan,  New  York,  and  conducted  it  until 
about  two  years  before  he  died.  He  married 
Caroline  Cone,  bom  in  1817,  in  Mayville,  New 
York,  died  in  September,  1858  (see  Cone  V). 
Children:  i.  Alexander,  mentioned  below.  2. 
John,  died  aged  about  twenty  years,  of  disease 
contracted  in  army  service  at  Folly  Island, 
South  Carolina,  sergeant  in  112th  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry. 

(Ill)  Alexander  (4),  son  of  Alexander  (3) 
Williams,  was  born  February  24,  1839,  at 
Pembroke,  New  York.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Fredonia,  New  York,  and  after- 
ward became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  L.  B. 
Grant,  at  Fredonia.  In  1861,  when  the  civil 
war  came,  he  enlisted,  September  11,  as  a  pri- 
vate in  Company  K,  Ninth  Regiment,  New 
York  Cavalry,  and  was  mustered  into  service 
at  Fredonia,  Chautauqua  county,  October  2 
following.  He  was  promoted  sergeant,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1861,  and  became  quartermaster-ser- 
geant December  i,  1861.  He  was  transferred 
to  the  regimental  non-commissioned  staff,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1863,  as  hospital  steward,  and  con- 
tinued in  this  department  until  he  was  dis- 
charged, October  i,  1864,  at  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  enlistment.  Before  his  battalion 
was  mounted,  it  was  transferred  to  Hunt's 
Regular  Reserve  Artillery,  and  he  was  as- 
signed to  Battery  M,  under  Lieutenant  Sin- 
clair. He  served  in  the  artillery  with  the 
rank  of  brigade  sergeant-major  from  March 
9  to  May  22,  1862,  when  his  battalion  was 
ordered  to  Washington  to  be  mounted.  His 
first  active  service  was  the  siege  of  York- 
town,  and  later  he  took  part  in  the  battles  of 
Williamsburg,  Cedar  Mountain,  Second  Bull 
Run,  Fredericksburg,  Upperville,  Beverly 
Ford,  Brandy  Station,  Gettysburg,  Boones- 
boro,  Frederickstown,  Falling  Waters,  Mary- 
land, and  in  many  other  minor  engagements. 
He  was  never  wounded  nor  taken  prisoner. 
He  was  sent  to  Judiciary  Square  Hospital  in 
November,  1863,  ^^^  remained  there  until 
mustered  out.  As  soon  as  he  was  able,  after 
coming  to  the  hospital,  he  was  assigned  to 
duty  in  the  dispensary,  and  during  the  last 
few  months  was  in  charge  of  that  department. 
Mr.  Williams*  regiment  was  the  first  to  enter 
Gettysburg  the  day  before  the  battle,  and  fired 


the  first  shot  of  the  great  fight,  losing  the  first 
man  killed  and  capturing  the  first  prisoner. 
In  the  evening,  when  the  regiment  fell  back 
through  Gettysburg  to  the  new  line,  the  Con- 
federates followed  so  close  that  the  Federals 
had  to  dismount  and  drive  them  back. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr. 
Williams  lived  in  Lockport  for  three  years, 
working  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store.  In 
March,  1868,  he  opened  a  fancy  goods  store 
in  partnership  with  Clinton  H.  Smith,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Williams  &  Smith,  at  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  and  built  up  a  large  retail 
and  wholesale  trade.  In  1874  they  sold  the 
retail  business,  and  it  seemed  advisable  to  re- 
move the  business  of  the  firm  to  New  York 
City.  In  1876  their  store  was  burned,  and 
the  firm  thereupon  was  dissolved.  Mr.  Wil- 
liams returned  to  Dunkirk  and  engaged  in  the 
retail  dry  goods  trade  there.  In  1882  he  sold 
his  store  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
shirts  with  abundant  success,  employing  about 
a  hundred  hands  and  continuing  until  1904. 

Not  only  in  business  but  in  public  affairs 
Mr.  Williams  has  been  prominent  and  distin- 
guished. He  served  several  terms  in  the  com- 
mon council  of  the  city  of  Dunkirk,  from  the 
third  ward,  and  in  1898  he  was  elected  mayor 
for  one  year,  but  owing  to  a  legislative  change 
ia  the  city  charter  his  term  was  extended  to 
January  i,  1900.  In  1904  he  was  elected  re- 
ceiver of  taxes  of  Dunkirk  and  re-elected  in 
1906-08-10.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
In  all  of  the  offices  he  has  held  he  has  per- 
formed his  duties  with  characteristic  fidelity 
and  zeal,  thoroughness  and  uprightness.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  Dunkirk;  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  and  Knights  Templar.  He 
served  three  terms  as  the  head  of  the  council, 
and  two  as  commander  of  the  commandery. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Con- 
sistory. He  belongs  to  W.  O.  Stevens  Post, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  was  for 
many  years  its  commander.  He  is  a  prom- 
inent member  of  the  Dunkirk  Presbyterian 
Church  and  one  of  its  trustees. 

He  married,  October  15,  1861,  at  Lockport, 
New  York,  Evelena  P.  Baright,  born  at  Lock- 
port,  September  15,  1841,  daughter  of  Allen 
and  Evelena  (Peck)  Baright.  Her  father  was 
born  at  Chatham,  Columbia  county.  New  York, 
May  5,  1810,  died  August  17,  1888;  her 
mother  was  a  native  of  Westmoreland, 
Oneida  county,  New  York.    Children  of  Mr. 


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and  Mrs.  Williams:  i.  Carrie  E.,  bom  at 
Lockport,  June  30,  1866.  2.  Zella  B.,  born 
September  i,  1873,  at  Dunkirk,  New  York. 
3.  Alexander  Jr.,  born  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
June  22,  1875 ;  married  Elizabeth  D.  Scott,  of 
Dunkirk,  and  had:  Alexander,  born  January 
18,  1899;  Roger  Scott,  January  30,  1901.  4. 
Evelena  B.,  born  November  3,  1876,  at  Dun- 
kirk, New  York ;  married  Owen  F.  Asbury,  of 
Houston,  Texas.  5.  John  Egbert,  born  July 
21,  1879;  died  April  16,  1880. 

(The  Cone  Line). 

(I)  Daniel  Cone,  immigrant  ancestor,  set- 
tled at  Haddam,  Connecticut.  He  married 
(first)  Mehitable  Spencer,  of  Hartford,  daugh- 
ter of  Jared  and  Alice  Spencer.  Her  father 
settled  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1634, 
at  Lynn,  1637,  at  Hartford  in  1660,  finally 
at  Haddam  in  1662.  Mr.  Cone  married  (sec- 
ond) Rebecca  Wakeley,  widow  of  Richard 
Wakeley,  in  1692.  He  lived  at  Haddam  until 
1680,  removed  to  the  east  side  of  the  river 
at  Machi-Moodus  in  1695,  and  returned  to 
Haddam,  where  he  died  October  24,  1706, 
aged  eighty  years.  He  deeded  land  on  the 
west  side  of  the  river  to  his  son  Caleb.  Chil- 
dren: Ruth,  born  January  7,  1662;  Hannah, 
April  6,  1664;  Daniel,  January  21,  1666; 
Jared,  January  7,  1668;  Rebecca,  February  6, 
1670;  Ebenezer,  baptized  March  25,  1673; 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Stephen,  baptized 
March  26,  1678;  Caleb,  bom  at  Haddam, 
1679,  baptized  March  19,  1682,  at  Middletown. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Daniel  Cone,  was 
bom  in  Haddam,  Connecticut,  in  1674,  and 
baptized  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  June  6, 
1675.  He  married,  in  East  Haddam,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Gray)  Hun- 
gerford.  She  was  born  in  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, 1679,  and  died  in  East  Haddam,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1753.  They  were  both  members 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church  at  East 
Haddam.  He  died  there  1731-32.  Children: 
James,  born  August  24,  1698;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  February  11,  1703; 
Nathaniel,  baptized  June  18,  1704,  died  young; 
Esther,  born  April  27,  1705 ;  Lucy,  May  24, 
1707;  Mehitable,  May  10,  1710;  Nathaniel, 
January  19,  1712;  Jemima,  March  20,  1714; 
Jonathan,  January  11,  17 16. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (Hunger ford)  Cone,  was  born  in  East 
Haddam,  May  9,  1701.  He  was  justice  of  the 
peace  for  over  twenty  years,  and  held  other 


local  offices.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church 
July  23,  1721,  and  died  in  East  Haddam,  in 
June,  1756.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Spencer,  March  14,  1728.  His  wife  mar- 
ried (second)  Phineas  Norton,  in  1760.  Chil- 
dren: Daniel,  born  November  2,  1728;  Tem- 
perance, September  29,  1730;  Lydia,  February 
5,  1732;  Rachel,  October  9,  1735 ;  Elihu,  men- 
tioned below;  Mehitable,  1739;  Mary,  1742; 
Ann,  1745. 

(IV)  Elihu,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and  Mary 
(Spencer)  Cone,  was  born  at  East  Haddam, 
Connecticut,  about  1737.  He  married  (first) 
Mary  Spencer,  1770,  and  she  died  soon  after- 
wards. He  married  (second)  Dorothy  Smith, 
November  2,  1775.  In  1790  they  moved  to 
SpafFord,  Onondaga  county,  New  York,  where 
they  lived  until  death.  Children:  Horatio, 
died  in  Ripley,  New  York;  Elihu,  committed 
suicide  in  La  Porte,  Indiana,  in  1850;  Marcia, 
married  Laban  Crehore;  Spencer,  mentioned 
below;  Ophir,  born  July  29,  1785,  married 
Sarah  Fisher,  and  died  September  7,  i860; 
Obed  W.,  born  February  12,  1789,  married 
Sabrina  Whaley,  died  March  28,  1867;  Ma- 
rinda,  born  September  24,  1796,  married  Win- 
sor  Bingham,  and  died  December  25,  1885. 

(V)  Spencer,  son  of  Elihu  Cone,  married 
Clarissa,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Margaret 
Fisher,  and  lived  at  Mayville,  New  York. 
She  was  bom  in  1785,  died  1852,  in  Pembroke, 
New  York.  Children:  Eliza,  bom  July  20, 
1815,  married  Joseph  Stockwell,  and  died  Au- 
gust 20,  1864;  Caroline,  born  1817,  married 
Alexander  Williams,  and  died  in  September, 
1858  (see  Williams  II)  ;  Marinda,  born  De- 
cember 26,  1818,  married  Charles  Harroun, 
and  died  January  16,  1898. 


Henry  George  Trout  was  the  son 
TROUT     of  Henry  Trout,  whose  father, 

of  the  name  of  William  or  Henry 
Trout,  it  is  uncertain  which,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  was  a  farmer,  never  coming  to  the 
United  States.  Henry  Trout,  born  in  Eng- 
land, spent  the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  Can- 
ada, where  he  engaged  as  a  contractor,  dredg- 
ing, building  mills,  and  doing  constmction 
work.  When  he  was  forty-seven  years  of  age, 
in  about  the  year  1853,  ^^  was  killed  in  the 
Canadian  woods.  His  wife,  Margaret  (Kirk- 
wood)  Trout,  bore  him  five  children:  i.  Henry 
George,  mentioned  below.  2.  Margaret,  de- 
ceased :  married  John  Monteith,  of  Canada. 
3.  Jessie,  deceased ;  married  Edward  Redding. 


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4.  An  infant,  deceased.     5.  William  B.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill)  Henry  George,  eldest  son  of  Henry 
Trout,  was  born  November  29,  1829,  in  Erin, 
Canada.  He  came  to  Buffalo,  New  York, 
about  the  year  185 1,  working  as  an  apprentice 
in  the  manufacture  of  engines.  With  unusual 
intelligence,  adaptability  and  industry,  he 
rapidly  became  proficient  in  his  business  and 
rose  from  post  to  post,  through  the  grades 
of  fireman,  etc.,  until  he  established  himself 
in  an  independent  business,  incorporating  the 
H.  G.  Trout  Company  in  1908,  of  which  he 
was  president.  His  firm  succeeded  the  King 
Iron  Works,  he  being  alone  in  business  at 
that  time ;  the  King  Iron  Works  were  the  im- 
mediate successors  of  the  Shephard  Iron 
Works.  The  H.  G.  Trout  Company  engages 
in  the  designing,  building  and  repairing  of  en- 
gines, chiefly  marine,  of  all  sizes  and  descrip- 
tions, and  have  a  wide  reputation  for  their 
work;  the  firm  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce.  Mr.  Trout  died  July  22,  191 1, 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  Mr.  Trout  invented 
the  Trout  propeller  wheel,  which  is  used  very 
extensively  in  all  vessels  in  the  United  States 
and  Canada.  In  politics  he  affiliated  himself 
with  the  Republican  party ;  his  chief  social  in- 
terests, however,  were  in  connection  with  the 
church,  he  having  been  a  staunch  churchman 
and  member  of  the  Central  Presbyterian 
Church  for  sixty  years.  He  was  one  of  the 
few  founders  of  this  church,  and  a  very  large 
contributor  to  its  erection ;  it  was  dedicated 
December  17,  191 1,  a  few  months  after  his 
death.  Not  only  had  Mr.  Trout  given  abun- 
dantly in  a  financial  way,  but  he  gave  also 
his  personal  attention  and  services  throughout 
his  lifetime,  leaving  them  a  handsome  bequest. 
He  was  an  elder  and  trustee  of  this  church 
for  the  entire  sixty  years  during  which  he 
was  a  member;  was  active  in  the  laymen's 
move  of  the  Presbyterian  Union,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Men's  Club.  Mr.  Trout  was  twice 
married,  having  no  issue  by  either  marriage. 
His  first  wife  was  Fannie  Wills;  after  her 
death  he  married  Lillian  Gollan,  June  15,  1892 ; 
she  was  a  daughter  of  John  Gollan,  of  In- 
verness, Scotland,  whose  father  was  also  a 
resident  of  that  city. 

John  Gollan  was  born  January  5,  181 1,  died 
October  30,  1874,  in  Buffalo,  to  which  city  he 
came  in  the  year  1846;  he  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1842.  He  was  employed 
in  the  King  Iron  Works  as  machinist.     He 


was  a  Republican  in  his  politics,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church.  In 
the  year  1842,  before  coming  to  America,  he 
married  Janet  White- in  the  Isle  of  Arran, 
Scotland.  Seven  children  were  bom  to  them: 
I.  Isabella,  born  1843,  died  185 1.  2.  Lillian, 
married  Henry  George  Trout.  3.  Mary  A., 
married  Edmund  Wilcox;  lives  in  Brooklyn; 
they  have  three  children :  John  Gdlan,  bom 
January  5,  1874;  Esther;  Douglas,  bora  March 
22,  1878.  4.  Bella,  married  Thomas  M.  Smith; 
lives  in  Corcoran,  California.  5.  Jessie  M., 
lives  in  Buffalo.  6.  Katherine,  lives  in  Buf- 
falo. 7.  Joan,  lives  in  Pasadena,  California, 
widow  of  Charles  S.  Christy,  who  was  bom 
in  1840,  died  March  26,  1896;  she  has  three 
children:  Sumner  Lincoln,  born  July  24,  1887; 
Harlan  Gollan,  May  2,  1891 ;  Janet. 

(Ill)  William  B.  Trout,  youngest  son  of 
Henry  Trout,  was  born  April  19,  1850,  at 
Hamilton,  Canada,  his  father  having  emi- 
grated to  that  country  from  England.  The 
tragedy  of  his  father's  death  in  the  Canadian 
woods  occurred  when  the  child  was  only  three 
years  of  age,  and  in  the  following  year,  when 
he  was  four  years  old,  he  was  sent  to  the 
United  States  to  live  with  his  brother,  Henry 
George  Trout.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  this  country,  receiving  a  good  education, 
and  was  admitted  into  business  with  his 
brother.  Owing  to  his  diligence  and  his  at- 
tention to  his  duties,  he  rapidly  rose  from  one 
position  to  another  until,  when  the  H.  G. 
Trout  Company  was  incorporated  in  1908,  he 
was  made  vice-president;  after  his  brother's 
death,  he  succeeded  to  the  presidency  of  the 
firm. 

In  his  political  convictions  Mr.  Trout 
is  a  member  of  the  Republican  party ;  he  also 
stands  high  in  the  community  as  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  being  a  communicant 
of  the  Church  of  the  Covenant. 

Mr.  Trout  married,  December  12,  1876,  Es- 
tella  Eastman,  by  whom  he  has  two  children: 
I.  Henry  Franklin,  born  September  26,  1882; 
graduated  from  the  Central  high  school  in 
the  year  1904,  and  went  into  business  with 
his  father;  he  is  now  superintendent.  The 
firm,  of  which  fuller  details  are  given  in  the 
sketch  of  its  founder,  Henry  George  Trout, 
prospered  greatly,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  Henry  Franklin 
Trout  married,  January  12,  1908,  Grace  Eliz- 
abeth Ball,  and  has  one  child,  Robert  Franklin 
Trout,    born    December    2,    1909.     2.    Mary 


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Genevieve,    a    graduate    of    Lafayette    high 
school. 


The  Wilcox  family  is  of  Saxon 
WILCOX     origin  and  was  seated  at  Bury 

St.  Edmunds,  county  Suffolk, 
England,  before  the  Norman  conquest.  Sir 
John  Dugdale,  in  the  Visitation  of  the  county 
of  Suffolk,  mentioned  fifteen  generations  of 
this  family  previous  to  the  year  1600.  This 
traces  the  lineage  back  to  the  year  1200,  when 
the  surname  came. into  use  as  an  inherited 
family  name.  On  old  records  the  spelling 
Wilcox,  Wilcocks,  Wilcoxon  and  Willcox  are 
used  interchangeably.  It  is  of  interest  to  note 
that  the  names  Northington  and  Southington 
were  names  of  communities  in  England  where 
the  Wilcox  family  were  prominent  as  peers 
before  their  migration  to  Atnerica.  The  Wil- 
cox family  had  a  coat-of-arms  of  which  ac- 
count is  found  in  a  number  of  heraldic  works. 
From  a  member  of  the  family  in  Connecticut 
was  secured  a  reproduction  of  the  original 
arms  brought  from  England,  the  features  of 
which  were  the  mantling  motto,  crest,  lion 
rampant,  and  demi  lion  sable  issuing  out  of 
the  mural  crown  and  collared  with  a  ducal 
crown.  The  ducal  crown  indicates  the  rela- 
tion of  the  person  to  the  crown  who  bore  the 
arms,  that  of  a  duke,  and  the  highest  next 
to  a  prince  or  sovereign,  and  usually  a  son  or 
brother  or  near  relation  of  the  sovereign.  The 
significance  of  the  lion  rampant  is  that  the 
person  bearing  the  arms  had,  as  general  of 
the  army  of  England,  won  great  victories  and 
honor  to  the  crown.  The  motto,  Fidux  et 
Audax,  means  faithful  and  true,  or  faithful 
and  bold.  The  supporters  here  shown  are  the 
same  as  used  by  the  Earls  of  Norfolk,  a 
branch  of  the  family,  and  recognizable  in  the 
fact  that  the  family  were  seated  in  Northing- 
ton,  Connecticut,  a  place  of  the  same  name  as 
in  England.  Northington  is  a  community  in 
Norfolk,  England,  the  history  of  which  is  the 
most  rich  in  antiquity,  as  connected  with  the 
progress  of  Anglican  civilization,  and  at  one 
time  nearly  all  of  the  eastern  part  of  England 
viras  governed  or  controlled  as  one  province 
by  this  same  family.  A  branch  of  the  family 
were  Dukes  of  Suffolk  directly  south  of  Suf- 
folk, but  political  changes  caused  them  to  be 
submerged,  and  only  ancient  history  discloses 
these  facts. 

(I)  John  Wilcox  lived  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  chosen  surveyor  in  1643-44, 


and  surveyor  of  the  jury  in  1645.  He  served 
first  as  selectman  in  1640,  and  died  in  165 1, 
his  will  being  dated  July  24,  1651.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Center  Church  burying  ground 
in  Hartford,  and  his  name  is  on  the  monument 
with  that  of  the  other  first  proprietors.  His 
wife  died  about  1668.  Children:  i.  John,  see 
forward.  2.  Sarah,  born  about  1614;  married 
John  Biswell,  and  settled  in  Middletown.  3. 
Ann,  born  about  1616;  married  John  Hall  Jr., 
and  settled  in  Middletown. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wilcox, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  with  his  father,  where  he  was 
one  of  the  first  proprietors  in  1639.  He  re- 
moved to  Middletown  Upper  Houses  (now 
Cromwell)  in  1655,  where  he  died  May  24, 
1676.  He  had  agreed  to  settle  in  Middletown, 
but  failing  to  do  so  promptly  the  general  court 
voted  in  1653  to  compel  him  to  occupy  his 
grant  or  to  find  a  substitute.  On  March  10, 
1657,  he  bought  the  homesteads  of  Joseph 
Smith  and  Matthias  Treat,  and  afterwards 
sold  them  to  his  cousin,  Samuel  Hall.  In  1659 
he  was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  roads, 
and  June  30,  1660,  he  was  granted  lands  at 
Wongunk.  It  has  been  claimed  that  he  re- 
moved to  Dorchester,  where  he  resided  for  a 
few  years.  He  purchased  land  and  built  a 
house  prior  to  November  i,  1665,  on  land  oc- 
cupied by  the  Beaumont-Hammer  house.  He 
married  (first)  September  17,  1646,  Sarah, 
who  died  1649-50,  daughter  of  William  Wads- 
worth.  (Second)  January  18,  1650,  Cather- 
ine, daughter  of  Thomas  Stoughton,  of  Wind- 
sor, who  built  the  stone  house  or  fort.  (Third) 
Mary,  widow  of  Joseph  Farnsworth ;  she  died 
in  1671.  (Fourth)  Esther,  born  May,  1650, 
died  May  2,  1732,  daughter  of  William  Cron- 
vvall ;  she  married  (second)  John  Stow,  of 
Middletown.  John  Wilcox  had  a  child  by  the 
first  marriage:  Sarah,  born  October  3,  1648, 
died  December  3,  1727.  Children  by  the  sec- 
ond marriage:  John,  born  October  29,  1650, 
died  young ;  Thomas,  died  young ;  Mary,  born 
November  13,  1654,  died  young;  Israel,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  November  9,  1658. 
Children  of  the  fourth  marriage:  Ephraim; 
Esther,  born  December  9,  1673,  married  Jo- 
seph Hand;  Mary,  March  24,  1676;  married 
Benjamin  Hand. 

(III)  Israel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Catherine 
(Stoughton)  Wilcox,  was  bom  June  19,  1656, 
in  Middletown,  died  December  20,  1689,  at 
East  Berlin,  Connecticut.    He  married,  March 


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26,  1678,  Sarah  Savage,  born  July  30,  1657, 
died  February  8,  1724,  daughter  of  John  Sav- 
age. Children:  i.  Israel,  born  January  16, 
1680.  2.  John,  July,  1682.  3.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Thomas,  July,  1687.  5. 
Sarah,  November  30,  1689. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Israel  and  Sarah 
(Savage)  Wilcox,  was  born  September  26, 
1685,  i"  East  Berlin,  died  January  19,  1727. 
He  married,  March  3,  1714-15,  Hannah  Sage, 
born  December  21,  1694,  daughter  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Starr)  Sage,  of  Middletown. 
She  married  (second)  Malachi  Lewis,  and 
died  April,  1737.  Samuel  Wilcox's  children: 
Daniel,  born  December  31,  1715 ;  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  December  24,  1718; 
Rachel,  January  6,  1722;  Elizabeth,  October 
25,  1726. 

(V)  Josiah,  second  son  of  Samuel  and  Han- 
nah (Sage)  Wilcox,  was  born  June  28,  1717, 
in  what  was  then  Farmington  township,  and 
resided  in  that  town.  His  will  made  distribu- 
tion of  his  property  to  sons,  Josiah,  Ezra, 
Eleazer,  Jesse,  and  daughters,  Lovice  Thomp- 
son, Salome  North,  Mary  Ann  Hart,  Hannah 
Gillette  and  Anne  Wilcox.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary I,  1751,  Elizabeth  Curtiss,  who  survived 
him. 

(VI)  Ezra,  second  son  of  Josiah  and  Eliza- 
beth (Curtiss)  Wilcox,  was  born  June  16, 
1753,  in  Farmington,  where  he  probably  passed 
his  life.    He  married  Phebe  Woodruff. 

(\^II)  Ezra  Aaron,  son  of  Ezra  and  Phebe 
(Woodruff)  Wilcox,  founder  of  the  family  in 
western  New  York,  was  born  in  1789,  in 
Farmington,  as  shown  by  family  records  (not 
recorded  in  Farmington).  For  some  years  he 
resided  in  Floyd,  Oneida  county.  New  York, 
and  in  1837  removed  to  Niagara  county.  New 
York,  settling  first  in  the  town  of  Royalton, 
removing  in  a  short  time  to  the  town  of  Som- 
erset, where  he  died  November  4,  1872.  He 
served  in  a  cavalry  regiment  in  the  war  of 
18 1 2,  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Platts- 
burg.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Somerset,  and  a  highly  re- 
spected citizen.  He  married,  at  Half  Moon, 
Oneida  county,  New  York,  Sarah  Davis,  born 
there  in  1793,  who  survived  him  nearly  three 
years,  and  died  August  11,  1875,  ^^  Somer- 
set. Children:  Ezra,  Davis,  Edwin,  Freder- 
ick, Charles  W.,  Theodora,  Adelia,  Emily, 
Melissa,  Julia,  Mariette,  Sarah  and  Frances. 

(\  III)  Charles  William,  son  of  Ezra  Aaron 
and    Sarah    (Davis)    Wilcox,    was    bom    at 


Floyd,  New  York,  April  25,  1829.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  P.  Wilcox,  born  September  12, 
1840,  daughter  of  Josiah  S.  and  Mary  (Root) 
Wilcox,  of  Orwell,  Vermont,  and  now  resides 
at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York.  Mr.  Wilcox 
owned  and  conducted  a  farm  in  the  town  of 
Somerset  for  many  years,  and  served  as  super- 
visor of  the  town  for  two  terms  in  the  early 
eighties.  He  was  for  many  years  an  elder  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  that  town, 
and  was  elected  several  terms  as  delegate  from 
the  Niagara  Presbytery  to  Auburn  Theological 
Seminary.  He  was  of  a  pronounced  literary 
turn  of  mind,  and  wrote  much  high-class 
poetry  and  made  many  public  addresses.  Mr. 
Wilcox  died  at  Niagara  Falls,  February  15, 
1911.  Children:  i.  William  Stevens,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Minnie  Frances,  married  Ed- 
ward T.  Williams,  June  21,  1893,  and  resides 
at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York  (see  Williams, 
III). 

(IX)  William  Stevens,  only  son  of  Charles 
William  and  Mary  P.  (Wilcox)  Wilcox,  was 
born  November  4,  1872,  in  Somerset.  He 
received  his  elementary  educational  training 
in  the  Lockport  union  school  at  Lockport,  New 
York,  where  he  attended  three  years.  This 
was  supplemented  by  a  course  in  the  Albany 
Business  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
1 89 1.  Soon  after  this  he  became  secretary  to 
Charles  E.  Bush,  at  Orwell,  Vermont,  where 
the  latter  was  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank.  In  1895  Mr.  Wilcox  resigned  this  po- 
sition and  became  associated  with  the  Ticon- 
deroga  Paper  &  Pulp  Company  at  Orwell,  first 
as  purchasing  agent  and  subsequently  in  other 
capacities  of  confidential  character  until  1898, 
when  he  removed  to  New  York  City  to  repre- 
sent the  company  there.  In  1903  he  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  corporation,  which  office  he 
now  occupies,  with  headquarters  on  Fifth 
avenue.  He  is  a  member  of  the  West  Presby- 
terian Church,  located  on  Forty-second  street. 
New  York  City,  and  affiliates  politically  with 
the  Republican  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Aldine  and  Traffic  clubs  of  New  York  City, 
and  Continental  Lx)dge,  No.  287,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons. 

He  married,  in  New  York  City,  February 
24,  1903,  Maud  Elizabeth  Cowen,  born  Janu- 
ary 19,  1878,  in  New  York,  daughter  of 
Charles  Anthony  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Paton) 
Cowen,  of  that  city.  Mr.  Cowen,  now  de- 
ceased, was  a  prominent  contractor  and  builder 
of  New  York. 


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This  is  a  very  ancient  name 
WILLIAMS  in  America,  having  numer- 
ous immigrants  in  New 
England,  and  is  also  found  very  early  in  New 
Jersey,  where  the  family  still  flourishes.  It 
has  been  impossible  to  trace  the  earlier  ances- 
try of  the  family  herein  mentioned  because  of 
lack  of  definite  data. 

(I)  The  first  known  member  of  this  family 
was  John  Williams,  a  native  of  New  Jersey, 
who  resided  in  Ovid,  Seneca  county.  New 
York,  whence  he  went  about  the  middle  of  the 
last  century  to  Pendleton,  Niagara  county. 
New  York.  He  was  a  farmer  and  merchant; 
in  religion  a  Methodist,  and  in  politics  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  Sarah  Ann  Drake  and 
they  had  children:  George  W.,  John,  Abram 
C,  Charles  Albert,  Theodore  C.,  Frederick 
D.,  Rhoda  M.,  Jane  Ann,  Sarah  Ann,  Elmira 
S.,  Lucinda,  Elizabeth  L.,  Phebe  N. 

(II)  Abram  C,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Ann 
(Drake)  Williams,  was  bom  September  i, 
1849,  in  Pendleton,  Niagara  county,  New 
York.  He  was  a  farmer  and  stockdealer  in 
Somerset,  same  county.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Methodist,  in  politics  a  Democrat.  He  mar- 
ried Emma  Augusta,  daughter  of  George  K. 
and  Emma  (Stocking)  Hood,  of  Somerset, 
who  came  from  Otsego  county,  New  York. 
She  was  bom  in  1840  in  that  town.  Children : 
Edward  Theodore,  mentioned  below;  Hattie 
Rose,  bom  June  25,  1871 ;  Minnie  A.,  Febru- 
ary 19,  1875 ;  Emma  A.,  September  19,  1877. 

(III)  Edward  Theodore,  only  son  of 
Abram  C.  and  Emma  Augusta  (Hood)  Wil- 
liams, was  born  April  30,  1868,  in  Somerset. 
Here  he  early  attended  the  district  schools, 
and  was  afterward  a  student  of  the  Wilson 
union  school  and  Cornell  University.  His 
business  life  began  as  a  reporter  on  the  staff 
of  the  Buffalo  Courier,  and  he  subsequently 
became  president  of  the  Cataract  Journal 
Company,  and  editor  of  the  Daily  Cataract 
Journal  and  Weekly  Niagara  Falls  Journal, 
serving  for  ten  years.  For  four  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  the 
city  of  Niagara  Falls,  and  was  one  year  ap- 
praiser of  real  estate  for  the  city  of  New 
York  in  the  condemnation  of  Ulster  county 
property,  for  the  construction  of  the  Ashokan 
Reservoir.  He  has  been  for  some  years  and 
is  at  present  industrial  commissioner  of  the 
city  of  Niagara  Falls.  He  is  a  member  of 
Niagara  Falls  Lodge,  No.  132,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  the  Ongiara  Club  of  Niagara 


Falls,  and  of  the  Civic  Qub  of  Niagara  Falls, 
of  which  he  has  been  president  and  vice-presi- 
dent. Mr.  Williams  is  serving  his  third  term 
as  president  of  the  Niagara  County  Pioneer 
Association  and  has  been  recording  secretary 
of  the  Niagara  Frontier  Historical  Society  for 
many  years.  He  is  also  a  charter  member  of 
the  Niagara  Frontier  Landmarks  Association. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Niagara  Falls,  and  acts  politically 
with  the  Democratic  party. 

He  married,  June  21,  1893,  i^  Somerset, 
Minnie  Frances,  daughter  of  Charles  W.  and 
Mary  P.  (Wilcox)  Wilcox,  of  that  town  (see 
Wilcox  VIII).  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  have 
a  daughter,  Marjory  Frances,  born  April  22, 
1906. 


The   Donnellys   of    Olean, 
DONNELLY    New  York, herein  recorded, 

descend   from  Irish  ances- 
tors.    John  Donnelly  married  O'Neill 

and  came  to  the  United  States.  Of  their 
eleven  children  nine  grew  to  maturity:  John, 
Henry,  of  whom  further;  Ann,  Michael, 
James,  William,  Charles  Hugh,  Jane.  Of 
these,  John,  the  eldest,  and  Jane,  the  young- 
est, are  still  living  (191 1). 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  John  Donnelly,  was 
bom  in  1833,  in  Ireland,  died  in  West  Kendall, 
New  York,  1879.  He  was  fifteen  years  of  age 
when  he  came  to  the  United  States  with  his 
father,  and  for  many  years  father  and  son 
were  associated  in  business.  They  first  settled 
in  Vermont,  then  came  to  New  York  state,  set- 
tling in  Fowlersville,  Livingston  county,  where 
they  engaged  in  farming  and  operated  boats  on 
the  old  Genesee  canal  from  Weston's  Mills 
to  Rochester.  Henry  then  started  for  himself. 
He  went  to  Scottsville,  where  he  learned  black- 
smithing,  and  after  mastering  his  trade  lo- 
cated in  Kendall  and  opened  a  blacksmith  shop. 
Later  he  moved  his  business  to  Jenkins  Cor- 
ners in  the  town  of  Greece,  where  he  contin- 
ued in  successful  operation  for  several  years. 
He  then  settled  in  West  Kendall,  where  he 
was  in  active  business  until  his  death.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  an  energetic,  useful 
citizen,  and  well  regarded.  He  married  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  Bryan  Brice,  who  died  in 
Liverpool,  England.  Children:  i.  Henry,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Mary  Jane,  married  Fred 
Day,  of  Albion,  New  York;  children:  Tapha 
N.  and  Jessie.  3.  Owen,  married  Margaret 
Donohue,  and  resides  in  Buffalo. 


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(Ill)  Henry  (2),  eldest  son  of  Henry  (i) 
Donnelly,  was  born  in  West  Kendall,  Orleans 
county,  New  York,  March  16,  1861.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  Albion  high 
school  and  Brockport  State  Normal  school. 
He  decided  upon  the  profession  of  law  and 
studied  under  John  Cunneen,  afterward  at- 
torney-general of  New  York.  He  finished  his 
studies  under  W.  P.  L.  Stafford,  who  was 
district  attorney  of  Orleans  county.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1888;  came  to  Olean, 
New  York,  the  same  year  and  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  He  had  not  reached 
this  point  in  his  career  without  hard  work 
and  unusual  perseverance.  During  his  years 
of  legal  study  he  taught  school,  and  for  a 
period  of  five  years  before  had  taught  and 
studied,  so  that  he  was  well  equipped  to  begin 
his  legal  preparation.  He  has  attained  a  good 
position  at  the  bar  and  is  established  in  a  good 
legal  practice.  He  was  chosen  town  clerk  of 
Olean  and  is  the  present  city  attorney.  He 
has  many  friends  and  is  held  in  high  regard. 
He  is  an  active  Democrat,  an  untiring  worker 
for  party  success  and  a  leader  in  his  city.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  State  and  County  Bar  as- 
sociation, and  attends  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  married,  March  5,  1888,  Mary  Brower, 
born  in  Albion,  Orleans  county,  New  York. 


In  Grove's  Antiquities  of  England 
COIT  and  Wales  is  a  description  of  Coity 
Castle,  also  spelled  Coite.  "The 
exact  time  when  this  Castle  was  first  erected 
seems  uncertain,  though  in  all  likelihood  it 
was  first  built  about  the  year  1091  by  Payanus 
de  Tuberville,  one  of  the  twelve  Norman 
knights  who  under  Robert  Fitzhamon  seized 
the  Lordship  of  Glamorgan."  An  ancient 
coat-of-arms  is  thus  described:  "He  beareth 
sable  on  a  chevron  between  three  spears  heads 
argent,  three  cross  crosslets  of  the  first,  by  the 
name  of  Coit." 

John  Coit,  the  first  of  the  name  in  America, 
came  to  America  probably  from  Glamorgan- 
shire, Wales,  between  1630  and  1638.  He  was 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  he  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  1638.  He  removed  in  1644  to 
Gloucester,  where  he  was  selectman  in  1648, 
having  been  admitted  freeman  in  1647.  ^^ 
1650  he  had  a  grant  of  land  in  New  London, 
Connecticut.  At  the  same  time  several  others 
from  Gloucester  received  grants,  hence  the  sec- 
tion in  New  London  allotted  to  them  was 
called  "Cape  Ann's  Lane,"  Gloucester,  being 


situated  upon  the  peninsula  of  Cape  Ann.  He 
was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade.  He  later  re- 
ceived a  grant  along  the  water  front  and  made 
some  purchases  that  gave  him  room  to  start 
a  shipyard.  He  was  also  allotted  a  farm  in 
Ledyard.  His  will,  made  August  i,  1659, 
provides  for  his  son  Joseph,  and  daughters 
Mary  and  Martha,  but  he  refers  to  four  other 
children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  as  be- 
ing "absent  from  him,"  and  leaves  them  a 
trifling  legacy  "if  they  be  living."  Of  these 
four  none  appear  on  the  New  London  or 
Gloucester  records  except  John,  who  came  to 
New  London  with  his  father  in  1651,  but  re- 
turned to  Gloucester.  The  other  three  prob- 
ably never  left  England.  John  Coit  married, 
in  England,  Mary  Ganners,  or  Jenners.  "Mr. 
John  Coit  died  August  29,  1659.  Mrs.  Mary 
Coit  died  January  2,  1676,  aged  eighty."  Chil- 
dren: John,  married  Mary  Stevens;  Joseph, 
of  whom  further;  Mary,  married  John 
Stevens;  Martha,  married  (first)  Hugh 
Mould,  (second)  Nathaniel  White. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Jen- 
ners) Coit,  was  probably  one  of  the  younger 
children  of  his  parents,  and  may  have  been 
born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  is  sup- 
posed to  have  settled  in  New  London  at  the 
same  time  his  father  died  (1651).  He  was 
a  ship  carpenter,  and  carried  oa  business  at 
New  London  with  his  brother-in-law,  Hugh 
Mould.  They  built  many  vessels  in  their  yard, 
and  seem  to  have  been  important  characters, 
as  in  1667  they  were  "freed  from  common 
training"  by  order  of  the  county  court.  Mr. 
Coit  was  elected  constable  July  24,  1665,  and 
in  1683  was  on  a  committee  to  procure  a  min- 
ister. He  joined  the  church  with  his  wife, 
April  3,  1681,  and  in  1683  he  is  mentioned  as 
deacon  in  the  church  records,  an  office  he  held 
for  more  than  ten  years.  He  died  March  27, 
1704.  He  married,  July  15,  1667,  Martha 
Harris,  died  July  14,  1710,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Edith  Harris,  of  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut. From  this  marriage  spring  most  of 
the  Coits  of  America.  Children:  John,  a 
ship  builder,  married  Mehabel  Chandler;  Jo- 
seph, of  whom  further;  William,  married 
Sarah  Chandler,  sister  of  his  brother  John's 
wife;  Daniel,  died  young;  Solomon,  deputy 
and  man  of  note,  married  (first)  Mary 
Stevens,    (second)    Elizabeth    Short,    (third) 

Abigail    Cary,    (fourth)    Margaret    ; 

Samuel,  baptized  August  4,  1692. 

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Deacon  Joseph  and  Martha  (Harris)  Coit, 
was  bom  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  April 
4,  1673,  died  at  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  July  i, 
1750.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College 
in  1697,  and  was  admitted  to  a  master's  de- 
gree at  the  first  commencement  in  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1702.  He  became  a  minister  of  the 
gospel,  and  preached  in  Norwich  in  the  latter 
part  of  1698,  but  declined  an  offer  to  settle 
there.  He  soon  after  went  to  the  new  town 
of  Plainfield,  where  he  preached  for  the  next 
five  years,  then  accepted  a  formal  call  to  settle 
as  pastor,  and  remained  forty-three  years.  On 
March  6,  1748,  he  "appeared  before  a  coun- 
cil and  desired  a  dismission  bv  reason  of  his 
advanced  age  and  some  other  reasons,  all  of 
which  so  influenced  ye  counsel's  judgment 
that  according  to  his  desire  ye  people  consent 
and  they  dismissed  him."  He  continued  to 
reside  in  Plainfield  until  his  death  in  1750. 
His  property  at  his  death  was  considerable, 
and  included  one  male  and  two  female  negro 
slaves.  Twenty  years  after  his  death  he  was 
described  as  "an  ornament  to  his  profession, 
not  only  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel  of  Peace, 
but  a  zealous  promoter  of  peace  among  his 
hearers."  He  married,  September  18,  1705, 
Experience,  died  January  8,  1759,  aged 
seventy-five  years,  daughter  of  Isaac  Wheeler, 
of  Stonington.  She  lies  by  her  husband's  side 
in  the  old  burial  place  of  Plainfield.  Children : 
I.  Elisabeth,  died  young.  2.  Colonel  Samuel, 
of  further  mention.  3.  Joseph,  settled  in 
North  Preston  (now  Griswold) ;  married 
Mary  Spalding.  4.  Martha,  married  Lemuel 
Smith,  (second)  Humphrey  Avery.  5.  Isaac, 
deacon  of  church,  captain  of  militia,  deputy, 
moderator,  and  member  of  the  committee  on 
correspondence.  In  his  will  he  bequeathed 
£250  for  the  maintenance  of  a  Latin  or  gram- 
mar school,  a  legacy  yet  held  intact  by  Plain- 
field  Academy.  He  married  Ruth  Spalding, 
(second)  Elizabeth  Pratt,  widow  of  Rev. 
Nathan  Webb.  6.  Abigail,  married  Thomas 
Gates.  7.  Mary,  married  Nathaniel  Stanton. 
8.  William,  married,  and  had  a  family.  9.  Ex- 
perience, married  John  Stevens.  10.  Daniel, 
married  Tamasine  Kimball. 

(IV)  Colonel  Samuel  Coit,  eldest  son  and 
second  child  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Experience 
(Wheeler)  Coit,  was  born  at  Plainfield,  Con- 
necticut, in  1708.  He  settled  in  the  town  of 
North  Preston  (now  Griswold),  Connecticut, 
and  there  spent  a  long  and  honored  life,  dy- 
ing October  4,  1793.     In  military  life  he  rose 


to  the  rank  of  colonel,  and  in  1758  had  com- 
mand of  a  regiment  which  wintered  at  Fort 
Edward.  In  civil  life  he  represented  Preston 
in  the  general  court  in  1761-65-69-71-72-73. 
He  sat  as  judge  of  the  county  court  and  of 
a  maritime  court  during  the  revolution.  In 
1774  he  was  moderator  of  a  meeting  on  the 
"Boston  Port  Bill,"  and  one  of  the  Preston 
committee  on  correspondence.  He  joined  the 
church  in  1742,  his  wife  having  joined  in 
1733.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Spalding, 
March  30,  1730;  she  died  July  11,  1776,  aged 
sixty-five  years,  daughter  of  Benjamin  SpaJd- 
ing.  He  married  (second)  March  22,  1779, 
Mrs.  Jemima  Hall.  Children:  i.  Benjamin, 
of  whom  further.  2.  Samuel,  married  Mary 
Clark.  3.  William,  shipmaster  and  merchant 
of  Norwich,  Connecticut;  married  (first) 
Sarah  Lathrop,  (second)  Elisabeth,  widow  of 
Joseph  Coit,  of  Hartford.  4.  Oliver,  lieuten- 
ant and  captain  in  the  revolutionary  army; 
married  Zipporah  Morgan.  5.  Wheeler,  deputy 
in  1793 ;  a  merchant  and  man  of  high  stand- 
ing; married  (first)  Mehetabel  Lester,  (sec- 
ond) Sibyl  Tracy,  (third)  widow,  Hannah 
Abel.  6.  John,  a  farmer,  married  Mehetabel, 
daughter  of  General  John  Tyler,  of  Preston. 
7.  Sarah,  distinguished  as  a  woman  of  high 
endowments  and  marked  piety ;  married  Peter 
Lanman.  8.  Joseph,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty 
years.  9.  Isaac,  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years. 
10.  Olive,  married  Captain  Elisha  Morgan. 

(V)  Benjamin,  eldest  child  of  Colonel  Sam- 
uel and  Sarah  (Spalding)  Coit,  was  born  at 
Preston,  Connecticut,  March  28,  173 1,  died 
while  on  a  visit  to  North  Stonington,  April 
21,  18 1 2,  and  is  buried  in  the  Coit  tomb  in 
Griswold  Cemetery.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
a  very  influential  man;  was  often  moderator 
of  town  meetings;  representative  in  the  state 
legislature,  1772-73  and  1778;  judge  of  oounty 
court,  and  held  many  other  positions  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Second 
Church  in  Preston,  where  he  owned  the 
covenant  October  20,  1754,  always  remaining 
a  devoted,  sincere  Christian.  He  married 
(first)  January  30,  1753,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Roger  Billings,  of  Preston;  she  died  Jan- 
uary 27,  1760,  aged  thirty  years.  He  married 
(second)  May  28,  1760,  Mary  Boardman,  died 
June  15,  1800,  aged  seventy  years,  widow  of 
Elijah  Boardman,  and  daughter  of  Captain 
Moses  Tyler  of  Preston.  Children  of  first 
marriage:  Isaac,  married  Ruhamah  Hall, 
who  bore  him  fifteen  children;  Roger,  mar- 


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ried  Olive  Brewster;  Daniel,  married  Olive 
Tyler,  (second)  Mary  Brewster;  Benjamin, 
of  whom  further.  Children  of  second  mar- 
riage: Harry,  died  unmarried;  George,  died 
in  London,  England;  William,  a  merchant  of 
New  York  City,  married  Hannah  Corning; 
Abigail,  married  Nathaniel  Shipman;  Martha, 
married  Dwight  Ripley;  Betsey,  married  Rev. 
Jonathan  Pomeroy ;  Thomas,  lost  at  sea. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
and  Abigail  (Billings)  Coit,  was  born  in  Pres- 
ton, Connecticut,  December  21,  1759,  died  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  December  28,  1841. 
He  was  a  shipmaster  and  merchant  of  Nor- 
wich. At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  enlisted 
in  the  naval  service  of  the  colonies,  serving 
on  board  the  "Spy,"  a  vessel  of  fifty  tons, 
commissioned  by  Governor  Trumbull  for  con- 
veying intelligence  and  transporting  supplies. 
In  the  extemporized  navy  of  1779  he  was 
made  commander  of  the  armed  ship  "Hope." 
The  remainder  of  his  life  he  was  engaged 
as  a  merchant  of  the  firm  of  Erastus  Coit  & 
Company.  He  was  for  several  years  judge 
of  the  county  court,  as  his  father  and  grand- 
father had  been  before  him.  He  married, 
October  15,  1788,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William 
and  Sarah  Coit,  of  Norwich,  who  survived 
him  until  August  31,  1855,  aged  ninety  years 
six  months.  Children:  i.  George,  of  whom 
further.  2.  William  Henry,-  manufacturer  and 
merchant,  married  Cornelia  A.  Bray.  3.  Fran- 
ces, lost  at  sea.  4.  Charles  Frederick,  died 
1829.  5.  Sarah  Lanman,  died  unmarried.  6. 
Benjamin  B.,  graduate  of  Yale,  1822,  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College,  1826,  also  of  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York  City; 
he  settled  in  San  Francisco,  California,  where 
he  rose  to  the  front  rank  of  his  profession ; 
he  was  a  member  of  the  California  Pioneer 
Association,  who  attended  his  funeral  in  a 
body;  he  married  Adelaide  C,  daughter  of 
William  and  Susan  Johnson,  of  Lebanon,  New 
York.  7.  Edward,  a  goldsmith  and  jeweler; 
married  Elisabeth  Richards  Coit,  daughter  of 
Doctor  Thomas  and  Mary  W.  Coit.  8.  Abby, 
married  George  P.  Barker,  a  lawyer,  of  Buf- 
falo, New  York. 

(VII)  George,  eldest  son  and  child  of  Ben- 
jamin (2)  and  Sarah  (Coit)  Coit,  was  born 
in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  June  10,  1790.  He 
learned  the  drug  business,  and  had  a  store 
in  Norwich  in  partnership  wth  Charles  Town- 
send,  which  yielded  them  a  competence.  In 
181 1  the  partners  came  to  New  York  state. 


locating  at  Lewiston,  where  they  opened  a 
general  store  stocked  with  a  full  stock  of 
goods  they  had  brought  with  them.  In  1812 
they  established  a  drug  store  in  Buffalo  on 
the  present  site  of  the  Townsend  Block,  con- 
ducting this  until  1818,  when  it  was  sold  to 
Orsamus  Marshall.  Then,  as  Townsend  & 
Coit,  they  became  heavily  interested  in  lake 
transportation,  forwarders  of  freight  and 
owners  of  lake  boats.  They  became  very 
prosperous,  and  were  leaders  in  Buffalo.  Dur- 
ing their  forty  years'  partnership,  it  is  said, 
they  used  everything  in  common,  each  taking 
from  common  stock  and  funds  what  was  re- 
quired, no  account  being  kept  and  no  friction 
ever  arising.  After  the  Erie  canal  was  com- 
pleted, Sheldon  Thompson  &  Company  re- 
moved from  Black  Rock  to  Buffalo,  and  the 
two  firms  united,  doing  an  immense  freighting 
business  as  the  Troy  and  Erie  Line.  Mr.  Coit 
continued  his  residence  at  the  comer  of  Pearl 
and  Swan  streets  for  fifty  years.  He  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  that  Buffalo  should  always 
hold  in  grateful  remembrance.  When  money 
was  needed  for  the  construction  of  a  harbor, 
George  Coit  was  one  of  the  four  men  who 
gave  bond  and  mortgage  for  the  raising  of 
needed  funds.  The  firm  of  Townsend  &  Coit 
were  of  the  highest  business  standing,  and 
stood  back  of  many  of  the  early  industries  of 
Buffalo.  Mr.  Coit  was  conservative  in  his 
political  and  religious  views,  practicing  what 
he  professed,  and  professing  no  more  than 
he  practiced.  His  charities  were  unostenta- 
tious, but  no  worthy  object  or  applicant  left 
his  door  empty  handed.  In  March,  1825,  he 
united  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Buffalo,  but  from  his  youth  had  been  atten- 
tive upon  the  means  of  grace,  sober,  reverent, 
and  in  a  sense  devout.  He  was  a  director  of 
the  Buffalo  Water  Company,  of  which  he  was 
an  organizer.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Buffalo  Historical  Society,  and  in  his  quiet 
way  helped  along  all  good  causes. 

He  married  (first),  April  4,  1815,  Hannah 
Townsend,  died  March  12,  1835,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  Townsend,  and  sister  of  his 
partner.  Judge  Charles  Townsend.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  July  28,  1837,  Mary  Smith 
Atterbury,  died  February  14,  1840,  daughter 
of  Lewis  Atterbury,  of  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  in  1841,  Emmeline  P.,  daughter 
of  William  Martin,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Isl- 
and. Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i.  Sarah 
Frances,  born  November   11,   1816;  married, 


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October,  1837,  Edward  T.  Winslow,  who  died 
January  12,  1850;  children:  Hannah  C.  and 
George.  2.  Charles  T.,  born  February  14, 
1819;  married,  April  3,  1846,  Julia  Eliza, 
daughter  of  Henry  R.  Seymour,  of  Buffalo; 
son,  Charles  F.  3.  George,  born  March  22, 
1821 ;  married  Catherine  S.  Ketchum,  June 
20,  1854;  children:  Kate,  William  Ketchum 
and  Sarah  Eliza.  4.  Rev.  John,  born  May  8, 
1824,  died  January  23,  1863;  graduate  of 
Yale,  1844;  studied  theology  at  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  then  went  abroad  for  two 
years,  returning,  was  ordained  a  minister  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  installed  over 
the  church  in  Albion,  New  York;  in  July, 
i860,  installed  pastor  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Rochester,  where  he  was  in  charge  until  his 
death.  He  married  Martha  J.  Davis ;  no  issue. 
5.  Francis  E.,  of  whom  further.  6.  Nathaniel 
T.,  died  aged  six  years.  7.  Eliza  Ripley,  bom 
June  23,  1832;  married,  October  5,  1853, 
Alexander  W.  Harvey,  a  lawyer,  of  Fort 
Washington,  New  York;  children,  Eliza  Coit 
and  Alexander.  8.  William  B.,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(VIH)  Francis  Edward,  fifth  child  and 
fourth  son  of  George  and  Hannah  (Town- 
send)  Coit,  was  bom  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
June  4,  1826,  died  there,  1885.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Buffalo.  He  became  heavily  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business,  but  ill  health  compelled 
his  retirement  from  active  business  some 
twenty-five  years  prior  to  his  death.  He  was 
a  church  member,  and  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  was  mterested  in  many  of  the  social 
and  business  organizations  of  the  city,  and  a 
man  highly  respected  by  all.  He  married 
Caroline  E.  Hamilton,  died  at  East  Aurora, 
New  York,  December,  1902,  in  her  seventy- 
second  year,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eliza  B. 
Hamilton.  Children:  i.  Henry  Hamilton, 
born  November  23,  1852;  married  Matilda 
Moffat,  of  Buffalo;  children:  Henry  Hamil- 
ton (2),  Frank  E.,  Caroline  H.  and  Jessie  R. 
2.  George,  of  whom  further.  3.  Mary  A., 
bom  April  2,  1862;  married  John  C.  Cham- 
pion, of  California;  child:  John  Gerald.  4. 
John  Townsend,  born  September  2y,  1865; 
married  Mary  S.  Cushman;  children  living: 
Mary  Cushman,  bom  April  25,  1891,  and 
Margaret  Stuart,  May  11,  1895.  5.  Mabel 
Barton,  born  August  2,  1867. 

(IX)  George,  son  of  Francis  E.  and  Caro- 
line E.  (Hamilton)  Coit,  was  born  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  October  24,    1854.     He  married 


Carrie,  daughter  of  Thompson  and  Annette 
C.  Hersee,  of  Buffalo.  Children:  i.  Carrie, 
died  when  eight  years  old.  2.  Thompson 
Hersee,  born  May  2T,  1886.  3.  George  (2), 
born  March  11,  1889;  married,  November  9, 
191 1,  Janet,  daughter  of  Willis  O.  and  Abby 
F.  Chapin.  4.  William  Hersee,  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1891.  5.  Walter  Hamilton,  born  May 
13,  1892.  6.  Annette  Catherine,  born  March 
3,  1895.  7.  Henry  Hopkins,  born  January  25, 
1898. 

Joseph  B.  Enos,  great-grandfather 
ENOS    of   the  present  generation  of  the 

Enos  family  of  Buffalo,  was  a 
farmer  of  Birdsall,  Allegany  county.  New 
York,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  holding  the  po- 
sition of  grand  lecturer  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
State  of  New  York,  and  was  an  authority  on 
Masonic  ritual  and  law.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  in 
politics  a  Republican.  He  married  Hannah 
Patterson.  Children:  i.  Lorenzo,  of  New 
York  City,  deceased.  2.  Joseph,  of  Water- 
ford,  New  York.  3.  Laurens,  settled  in  Buf- 
falo; married  Mary  E.  King,  who  survived 
him  and  married  (second)  Judge  Charles 
Daniels.  4.  Dr.  Charles,  removed  to  the  state 
of  Illinois,  where  he  died;  studied  medicine 
and  graduated  M.  D.  at  the  age  of  fifty-five 
years.  5.  George.  6.  Ephraim  P.,  of  whom 
further.  7.  Mary,  married  William  Scott,  of 
Neenah,  Wisconsin.  8.  Maria,  married  John 
Brown,  of  Batavia,  New  York.  9.  Sarah, 
married  William  Crego,  of  Batavia,  New 
York;  one  child,  Cornelia.     10.  Hannah,  died 

young.     II.  Thankful  Cordelia,  married 

Wilson,  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 

(H)  Ephraim  P.,  son  of  Joseph  B.  and 
Hannah  (Patterson)  Enos,  was  born  at  Bird- 
sall, New  York,  died  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wis- 
consin. Early  in  life  he  removed  to  Wiscon- 
sin, where  he  purchased  a  farm  midway  be- 
tween Elkhom  and  Lake  Geneva,  where  he 
lived  and  died.  He  attended  the  Baptist 
church  at  Elkhorn,  and  was  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married  Polly  Dinsmore,  of  Lake 
Geneva.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  died  in  infancy. 
2.  Lucy  T.,  married  Stuyvesant  Gibson,  of 
Waterford,  New  York;  children:  i.  Cornelia, 
married  Howard  Van  Santvord,  and  has  chil- 
dren, Margaret  and  Dorothy;  ii.  Anna,  mar- 
ried Louis  Breslin,  of  Waterford,  and  has 
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Stuyvesant,  married  Beulah  Lewis.  3.  Anna 
E.,  married  Edward  Wilgus,  deceased;  chil- 
dren: Edward  P.,  University  of  Michigan, 
class  of  191 2,  and  Laurens  Enos  Wilgus.  4. 
Laurens,  of  whom  further.  5.  George 
Ephraim,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  Laurens,  son  of  Ephraim  P.  and 
Polly  (Dinsmore)  Enos,  was  born  at  Lake 
Geneva,  December  25,  i860.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of 
age,  when  his  father  died.  In  the  same  year, 
1875,  he  came  east  to  Batavia,  New  York, 
where  he  finished  his  education,  living  with 
an  uncle.  When  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  became  a  clerk  in  his  uncle's  milling  estab- 
lishment, continuing  some  four  or  five  years, 
then  removed  to  Buffalo,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  furniture  business,  and  still  continues, 
member  of  the  firm  of  Bricka  &  Enos.  The 
firm  is  a  successful  one  and  conducts  one  of 
the  best  stores  in  Buffalo.  He  is  also  president 
of  Dwelle,  Kaiser  &  Company,  jobbers  of  paints 
and  glass,  and  is  a  director  in  the  Casualty 
Trust  Company.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  frequently  a  delegate  to  county  and 
state  conventions.  He'  is  a  member  of  the 
Westminster  Presbyterian  Church,  and  of  the 
York  and  Scottish  Rite  Masonic  bodies  in  the 
city,  holding  all  degrees  up  to  and  including 
the  thirty-second.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce;  president  of 
the  Buffalo  Auto  Club,  the  largest  club  of  its 
kind  in  the  world;  he  was  elected  president 
of  the  same,  December  20,  1909,  and  re-elected 
in  19 10.  His  other  clubs  are  the  Acacia,  of 
which  he  is  treasurer;  the  Park  (Masonic); 
Motor  Boat,  and  the  Launch.  Mr.  Enos  is 
unmarried. 

(Ill)  George  Ephraim,  youngest  son  of 
Ephraim  P.  and  Polly  (Dinsmore)  Enos,  was 
born  at  Lake  Geneva,  Wisconsin.  He  was 
educated  in  Waterford,  New  York,  where  he 
lived  until  1871,  when  he  came  to  Buffalo, 
graduating  in  1878  from  Professor  Bagg's 
School.  After  completing  his  studies  he  was 
employed  with  his  uncle  in  the  milling  busi- 
ness for  six  years,  then,  until  1895,  with 
Fowler  &  Sons,  carriage  hardware.  In  the 
latter  year  he  organized  the  Enos,  Sanderson 
Company,  of  which  he  is  president.  In  1902 
Mr.  Sanderson  retired  from  the  company  and 
was  succeeded  by  George  Dudley  Enos.  The 
firm  is  a  prosperous  one,  dealing  in  carriage 
hardware  and  supplies,  marketing  its  goods 
in  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio.     Mr. 


Enos  is  a  member  of  the  Westminster  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  holds  all  degrees  in  the 
Masonic  order,  including  the  thirty-third.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics.  His  clubs  are  the 
Buffalo,  Acacia  and  Auto. 

He  married,  February  7,  1882,  Helen  J., 
daughter  of  Charles  B.  Underbill,  of  Lancas- 
ter, New  York.  Child:  George  Dudley,  born 
in  Buffalo,  October  29,  1884 1  educated  in  the 
common  and  high  schools  of  Buffalo,  and 
now  associated  in  business  with  his  father. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  of 
the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
married,  June  22,  1910,  Mary  Caroline, 
daughter  of  Clarence  L.  Wheeler. 


This  family  is  of  German  ances- 
MOOT    try,    the    name    being    originally 
Muth,    the    German     word     for 
courage. 

(I)  The  American  ancestor  came  from 
Hesse  Darmstadt,  Germany,  was  a  school 
teacher,  and  earned  his  citizenship  by  service 
in  the  revolutionary  war. 

Since  1820,  at  least,  when  the  family  first 
came  to  New  York  state,  the  name  has  been, 
as  now,  spelled  Moot.  The  earlier  genera- 
tions were  tillers  of  the  soil,  bCit  with  Adel- 
bert  Moot,  of  the  fourth  generation,  the  law 
has  become  a  family  profession  in  this  branch. 
All  were,  however,  men  of  education.  Not 
only  was  the  progenitor  a  school  teacher,  but 
his  grandson,  Charles  D.  Moot,  father  of 
Adelbert,  was  a  college  man,  having  studied 
for  some  time  in  the  college  then  at  Lima, 
New  York,  although  he  never  graduated. 
From  him  Adelbert  got  much  instruction  at 
home. 

(II)  John  Moot  was  born  in  Hudson 
county.  New  Jersey,  1784,  died  1868.  He 
was  a  farmer  of  New  Jersey,  and  about  1824 
settled  at  Springwater,  Livingston  county. 
New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  the  same 
business  until  his  death.  He  was  a  Whig, 
later  a  Republican.  He  married  Susannah 
Kunkel.  His  children  were:  i.  George,  mar- 
ried and  had  three  children,  George  J.,  Mary 
Ann,  both  dead,  and  a  son,  Martin  C,  of 
Webster's  Crossing,  Livingston  county,  still 
living.  2.  Matthias,  who  had  a  daughter, 
Amelia,  deceased,  married  Henry  Isaaman; 
has  issue  living  in  Allegany  county.  New 
York.  3.  Martin,  never  married.  4.  Clurles 
Dudar,  of  whom  further.  5.  John,  never  mar- 
ried.    George  was  famous  for  his  leadership 


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in  the  contest  of  the  so-called  Poultney  title 
to  a  considerable  part  of  Livingston  and 
Steuben  counties.  He  was  a  great  friend  of 
the  Indians.  Matthias  was  one  of  the  most 
eloquent  speakers  in  the  village  of  Belmont, 
Allegany  county.  Martin  was  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century  one  of  the  well-paid  experts  in 
the  employ  of  Steinway  &  Company,  piano 
manufacturers.  John  was  for  years  a  writing 
teacher  of  much  repute. 

(III)  Charles  Dudar,  son  of  John  Moot, 
was  bom  in  Livingston  county,  New  York, 
1822,  died  July,  1879,  at  Allen,  Allegany 
county,  New  York.  He  was  two  years  old 
when  his  parents  settled  in  Livingston  county, 
where  he  was  educated  and  lived  until  1850, 
when  he  settled  on  a  farm  in  Allegany  county. 
He  followed  agriculture  all  his  life,  and  was 
a  Lutheran  in  religion,  a  Whig,  then  a  Repub- 
lican, in  politics.  He  married,  February  22, 
1854,  at  Allen,  New  York,  Mary  Rutherford, , 
bom  October  20,  1830,  at  Allen,  died  at  Wells- 
ville.  New  York,  May,  1903,  daughter  of  An- 
drew Rutherford,  born  in  England,  coming 
from  there  direct  to  Allegany  county,  where 
he  followed  farming  as  a  business.  Children : 
I.  Adelbert,  of  whom  further.  2.  Elizabeth, 
married  Herbert  Harvey,  of  Bradford,  Penn- 
sylvania. They  have  two  children,  Eva  and 
Harry  A.     3.   Ida,  died   aged   twenty  years. 

4.  Andrew,  a  farmer  of  Friendship,  Allegany 
county;  married  and  has  a  daughter,  Vada. 

5.  Charles,  a  farmer,  of  Black  Creek,  Alle- 
gany county ;  married  and  has  two  sons,  Allen 
and  Raymond.  6.  John,  a  farmer,  deceased, 
leaving  widow  and  two  children,  Belmont  and 
Hannah,  who  reside  at  Belfast,  Allegany 
county.  7.  Mary  A.,  married  Frank  Smalley ; 
resides  in  Friendship,  Allegany  county;  has 
five  children:  Richard,  Lloyd,  Ruth,  Marion, 
Helen.  8.  Harriet,  born  September,  1868; 
married  Lafayette  Starkweather.  She  was 
one  of  the  victims  of  the  Austin  flood,  Sep- 
tember 30,  191 1,  being  overtaken  by  the  msh- 
ing  flood  while  in  her  home.  No  children. 
9.  Margaret,  married  Harvey  Winship;  re- 
sides at  Fillmore,  Allegany  county ;  has  three 
children:  Clare,  Lois,  Kenneth.  10.  Char- 
lotte, married  Raymond  Duncan,  of  Buffalo, 
their  home;  no  children. 

(IV)  Adelbert,  eldest  son  of  Charles  Dudar 
Moot,  was  bom  at  Allen,  Allegany  county. 
New  York,  November  22,  1854.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  Nunda  Academy, 
and  the  State-  Normal  at  Geneseo.     Having 


decided  upon  a  profession,  he  entered  Albany 
Law  School,  whence  he  was  graduated 
LL.B.,  class  of  1876,  and  on  his  twenty-second 
birthday,  November  22,  1876,  was  admitted 
to  the  New  York  bar.  A  few  months  later 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  George  M.  Os- 
goodby,  of  Nunda,  New  York,  and  one  year 
later  the  firm  of  Osgoodby  &  Moot  was  lo- 
cated in  the  city  of  Buffalo.  In  1879  Judge 
Titus  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  for  three 
years  they  continued  as  Osgoodby,  Titus  & 
Moot.  The  junior  partner  then  withdrew  to 
enter  the  law  firm  of  Lewis,  Moot  &  Lewis, 
a  connection  that  existed  twelve  years.  This 
firm  was  very  successful.  In  1894  he  became 
a  member  of  Sprague,  Moot,  Sprague  & 
Brownell,  which  became  Moot,  Sprague, 
Brownell  &  Marcy  in  1897,  and  so  remains. 
He  has  conducted  many  important  cases  in 
both  state  and  federal  courts,  from  the  lowest 
to  the  highest  in  the  land ;  also  before  the  In- 
terstate Commerce  Commission ;  some  of  these 
cases  like  the  coal  trust  cases,  the  Hay  cases, 
the  car  stake  cases,  being  leading,  well-known 
cases.  He  is  best  known  as  an  all-round  law- 
yer, rather  than  a  specialist.  He  has  won 
prominence,  also,  outside  his  profession.  He 
has  been  a  lifelong,  but  independent,  Repub- 
lican, though  never  seeking  public  office.  He 
believes  in  patriotism  first  and  partisanship 
afterward  and  acts  accordingly.  He  is  a  strong 
advocate  of  an  honest  ballot,  and  when  in 
1892  the  election  frauds  were  so  glaring  in 
Buffalo,  he  was  retained  by  the  Citizens'  As- 
sociation to  prosecute  the  guilty  parties.  His 
service  of  five  years  on  the  board  of  statutory 
consolidation,  appointed  under  the  act  of  May 
9,  1904,  was  valuable  to  the  state.  That  act, 
passed  at  the  instance  of  the  New  York  State 
Bar  Association,  provided  for  the  consolida- 
tion of  the  statutes  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
and  named  as  the  board:  Adolph  J.  Roden- 
beck.  Judge  Charles  Andrews,  William  B. 
Homblower,  John  G.  Milbum  and  Judge  Jud- 
son  S.  Landon,  nominees  of  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association.  Judge  Andrews  de- 
clining to  serve  on  account  of  age.  Governor 
Odell,  at  the  request  of  the  other  members, 
appointed  in  his  stead  Adelbert  Moot.  Shortly 
after  the  organization  of  the  board  Judge 
Landon  died,  and  his  place  remained  unfilled. 
Messrs.  Rodenbeck,  Moot,  Hornblower  and 
Milbum  carried  on  the  work  imposed  upon 
them  by  the  legislative  act  until  the  general 
substantive  statutes  were  consolidated.    They 


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prepared  and  recommended  for  enactment 
sixty-one  consolidated  laws,  this  term  being 
used  to  distinguish  the  new  statutes,  into 
which  all  the  general  statutes  of  the  state  were 
consolidated,  excepting  only  part  of  the  code 
of  civil  procedure.  All  of  these  were  passed 
by  both  houses,  and  all  but  two  received  the 
executive  approval  of  Governor  Charles  E. 
Hughes.  The  two  thus  omitted  were  the  rail- 
road law  and  public  service  commissions  law, 
to  which  further  additions  were  made,  after 
which  they  too  became  part  of  the  consoli- 
dated laws  in  1910.  Upon  making  their  final 
report  the  board  received  the  thanks  of  the 
legislature  for  their  otherwise  unpaid  service. 
The  results  of  their  labors  are  known  under 
the  title  of  The  Consolidated  Laws  and  are  the 
governing  laws  of  the  state.  Mr.  Moot  also 
served  as  chairman  of  the  unpaid  commission 
of  distinguished  men  and  women  appointed 
by  Governor  Hughes  to  investigate  conges- 
tion of  population  in  large  cities,  and  to  sug- 
gest more  normal  means  of  distribution  of 
population  and  employment.  As  the  result  of 
their  investigations  and  recommendations,  at- 
tempts are  now  being  made  to  provide  normal 
remedies  by  legislation  for  congestion  and 
lack  of  employment  in  one  place,  while  labor 
cannot  be  had  in  another. 

Mr.  Moot  is  a  member  of  the  Erie  County, 
New  York  State  and  American  Bar  associa- 
tions, and  is  connected  with  the  legal  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Buffalo.  He  was 
president  of  the  Erie  County  Bar  Association, 
1900-01 ;  president  of  the  State  Bar  Associa- 
tion, 1909-10.  He  remains  a  student  and  an 
extensive  reader,  as  his  well  chosen  library 
of  scientific,  historical  and  professional  works 
attests.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Thursday  Club 
(literary),  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  the 
Society  of  Natural  Sciences,  and  many  other 
like  bodies.  His  social  club  is  the  Saturn.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Unitarian,  belonging  to 
the  "Church  of  Our  Father"  (First  Unitarian 
Church)  ;  also  being  president  of  the  Unitar- 
ian Conference  of  the  Middle  States  and 
Canada. 

He  married,  July  22,  1882,  at  Cuba,  New 
York,  Carrie  A.,  daughter  of  Enos  Van  Ness, 
of  Cuba.  Children:  i.  Richmond  Dana,  born 
in  Buffalo,  May  6,  1883 ;  graduate  of  Harvard 
University,  1905,  A.  B. ;  Buffalo  Law  School 
(University  of  Buffalo)  1907,  LL.B. ;  now 
connected  with  the  legal  department  of  the 
General    Electric    Company    at    Schenectady, 


New  York.  He  married  Margaret  Atwater, 
and  has  a  son,  Dana,  born  May,  191 1.  2. 
Welles  Van  Ness,  born  in  Buffalo,  December 
12,  1885^  graduate  of  Harvard  University, 
A.  B.,  1908;  Harvard  Law  School,  LL.  B., 
191 1 ;  now  practicing  law  in  Buffalo  with  his 
father.  3.  Seward  Adelbert,  born  in  Buffalo, 
August  28,  1887;  graduate  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, A.  B.,  191 1 ;  now  studying  agriculture 
at  Cornell  University.  He  is  well  known  from 
his  voyage  to  the  West  Indies  in  the  schooner 
yacht  "Adventuress''  in  1910-11. 


This  name  is  well  known  in 
WRIGHT    both  England  and  the  United 

States,  and  probably  in  no 
place  in  either  country  is  it  as  well  known  as 
at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  where  three  gen- 
erations of  the  name  have  catered  to  the  popu- 
lar taste  for  thrilling  adventure,  and  safely 
piloted  many  thousands  down  the  stairways, 
across  the  bridges,  and  behind  the  falls  to  the 
wonderful  "Cave  of  the  Winds." 

(I)  Joshua  Wright  was  born  in  Yorkshire, 
England,  in  1805,  died  at  Guelph,  Canada, 
1857.  He  came  when  a  young  man,  in  1833, 
to  Canada,  and  followed  his  trade  of  tailor. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Established  Church 
of  England.  He  married  Mahala  Garrett. 
Children:  i.  George  William,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 2.  Joshua  Garrett,  born  at  Guelph,  Can- 
ada, in  1837,  died  May  16,  1905,  at  London, 
Canada;  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Cana- 
dian government  as  railway  mail  clerk;  he 
married  Milly  Batedo;  children:  Edith,  Ger- 
trude and  Alice;  a  fourth  died  in  infancy.    3. 

Mahala    Pauline,    deceased;   married   

Jackson,  proprietor  of  New  Market  Era,  at 
New  Market,  Canada. 

(II)  George  William,  eldest  son  of  Joshua 
Wright,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England, 
March  25,  1830,  died  July  14,  1908,  at  Niag- 
ara Falls,  New  York.  He  was  an  infant  in 
arms  when  his  parents  came  to  Canada,  where 
he  was  educated  and  grew  to  manhood.  He 
learned  the  cabinet  maker's  trade,  serving  a 
seven  years'  apprenticeship,  and  December  19, 
1859,  located  at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York, 
where  he  was  a  contractor  and  builder,  also 
an  architect  of  considerable  ability.  He  be- 
came well  known  and  erected  many  buildings 
at  Niagara.  In  1867  he  obtained  a  concession 
from  the  Porter  family  to  conduct  visitors 
down  the  cliff  and  under  the  falls  at  the  now 
popular  Cave  of  the   Winds.     He  was   em- 


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ployed  in  building  bridges  connecting  the  Sis- 
ter Islands,  and  the  idea  of  obtaining  the  con- 
cession came  to  him  while  engaged  in  this 
work.  His  wife  was  the  first  woman  to  cross 
the  completed  Sister  Island  bridges.  He  re- 
tained this  concession  as  long  as  Goat  Island 
was  held  by  the  Porters,  and  on  July  15,  1885, 
when  the  state  of  New  York  took  charge  of 
the  property  as  a  state  park,  he  received  an 
annual  lease  of  the  privilege,  which  was  re- 
newed each  year  until  1909.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  and  served  not  only  as  the 
last  president  of  the  village  corporation  of 
Niagara  Falls,  but  as  the  first  mayor  under 
the  charter  creating  it  a  city,  in  1892.  He 
was  a  foremost  factor  in  procuring  the  city 
charter,  was  secretary  of  the  charter  commit- 
tee, and  his  son  still  has  the  records  of  that 
body.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  man  well  known  and  highly 
respected.  He  was  active  and  prominent  in 
the  Masonic  order,  holding  all  degrees  up  to 
and  including  the  thirty-second  degree,  An- 
cient and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite.  He  was 
worshipfuKmaster  of  Niagara  Frontier  Lodge 
No.  132,  1878-1880,  and  high  priest  of  Niag- 
ara Chapter  No.  200,  Royal  Arch  Masons.  He 
married,  April  13,  1853,  at  Dundas,  Canada, 
Christina  Bastedo,  sister  of  Milly,  wife  of  his 
brother,  Joshua  G.  They  were  daughters  of 
John  Bastedo,  bom  in  1805,  at  Stamford, 
Canada,  died  at  Brantford,  Canada,  1872.  He 

married    McMicken.       Children     of 

George  W.  Wright:  i.  George  Edward,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Caroline,  married  Walter 
McCullough,  a  civil  engineer  connected  with 
the  state  of  New  York  Waterways  Commis- 
sion, with  office  at  Niagara  Falls:  no  issue. 
3.  Agnes,  bom  1858,  died  January  31,  1890. 

(Ill)  George  Edward,  only  son  of  George 
William  Wright,  was  bom  in  Dundas,  Can- 
ada, March  2,  1854.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Niagara  Falls,  his  parents 
settling  there  when  he  was  five  years  of  age. 
He  followed  his  father'^  trade  and  profession, 
and  became  a  leading  contractor  and  builder. 
He  developed  a  decided  taste  and  talent  for 
architecture,  a  profession  in  which  he  has 
gained  prominence  and  with  which  he  is  yet 
intimately  connected.  He  was  associated  with 
his  father  in  the  operation  of  the  Cave  of  the 
Winds  concession  at  intervals,  but  not  as  pro- 
prietor until  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1908. 
Prior  to  that  date  the  concession  had  been 
operated  under  a  yearly  lease,  which  fact  pre- 


cluded all  improvement  except  such  buildings 
and  appliances  necessary  to  assure  the  safety 
of  tourists.  In  1909  Mr.  Wright,  who  suc- 
ceeded his  father  as  concessionary,  obtained 
from  the  state  a  six  years'  lease,  and  at  once 
erected  the  appropriately  designed,  comfort- 
able and  commodious  building  on  Goat  Island, 
which  has  become  the  most  popular  point  of 
that  famous  resort.  Here  visitors  who  de- 
sire to  make  the  trip  under  the  falls  are  fur- 
nished, in  private  dressing  rooms,  with  suit- 
able clothing,  and  sent  out  in  charge  of  ca- 
pable guides,  while  their  waiting  friends  are 
comfortably  entertained  on  the  spacious 
verandahs  surrounding  the  offices  and  dress- 
ing rooms.  Mr.  Wright  has  made  the  trip 
to  the  Cave  of  the  Winds  the  crowning  pleas- 
ure of  a  trip  to  Niagara,  and  his  registers 
contain  the  names  of  many  of  the  most  fa- 
mous men  and  women  of  the  United  States 
and  Europe.  The  registers,  which  date  from 
1867,  are  on  exhibition  in  the  office  on  Goat 
Island,  and  are  a  rare  curiosity.  In  them 
may  be  found  the  names  of  George,  then  Duke 
of  York,  now  King  George  of  England ; 
Tyndall.  the  great  English  scientist;  Mark 
Twain,  President  Roosevelt,  and  many  other 
men  of  note.  A  souvenir,  hanging  framed 
in  the  office,  is  a  duly  attested  and  witnessed 
statement  of  the  first  party  who  ever  made 
the  trip  behind  the  Falls  and  through  the 
Cave  of  the  Winds,  dated  July  15,  1834. 

Mr.  Wright  is  an  Independent  Republican, 
and  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of 
Niagara  Falls,  elected  in  1906.  He  is  a  Pres- 
byterian in  religious  faith,  and  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Masonic  order.  He  is  widely 
known,  his  pleasing,  courteous  manner  win- 
ning for  him  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  He 
married,  October  10,  1883,  Nettie,  daughter 
of  Osboume  and  Betsey  (Hathaway)  Can- 
field,  of  Niagara  Falls,  New  York.  Children, 
of  the  fourth  generation  in  the  United  States : 
I.  Irene  Christina;  graduate  of  Niagara  Falls 
high  school,  1905 ;  married,  September  22, 
1909,  Irvin  K.  Giles,  a  chemist,  graduate  of 
Cornell  University,  now  with  the  Electric 
Chemical  Company  of  Niagara  Falls.  2.  Har- 
old Osbourne,  born  March  26,  1887 ;  he  is  as- 
sociated with  his  father  in  the  management 
of  the  Cave  of  the  Winds  concession;  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order;  active  in 
Young  Men*s  Christian  Association  work; 
member  of  Presbyterian  church.  3.  Chester 
William,  born  September  30,  1889;  graduate 


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of  Niagara  Falls  high  school,  1907;  now  a 
student  of  architecture  at  University  of  Michi- 
gan, class  of  1912;  member  of  the  Masonic 
order. 


The   family  here  described 
RICHMOND    originated   in    B  r  i  1 1  a  n  y, 

France,  deriving  their  name 
from  the  two  French  words  "riche"  and 
"monde*'  or  "monte,"  and  being  known 
at  various  times  and  places  by  the  dif- 
ferent forms  of  the  name,  such  as:  Ryche- 
monde,  Richemount,  Richmonte,  Richmond 
and  Richmon.  Roaldus  Musard  de  Richmond, 
who  came  from  France  to  England  with  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror,  is  said  to  have  ridden  at 
the  side  of  his  illustrious  leader  at  Hastings 
Field,  and  is  spoken  of  by  Thackeray  as  being 
a  direct  descendant  of  King  Edward  I.  The 
family  settled  early  in  Yorkshire,  and  the 
branch  which  located  at  Ashton-Keynes, 
county  Wiltshire,  are  supposed  to  be  descended 
from  the  Yorkshire  Richmonds,  the  line  of 
descent  to  the  American  family  being  as  fol- 
lows: Roaldus  Musard  De  Richmond  (here- 
tofore mentioned),  Hascalfus  Musard  De 
Richmond,  Roaldus  De  Richmond  '*Le  En- 
nase,"  Sir  Alan  De  Richmond,  Sir  Roald  De 
Richmond,  Alan  Richmond  De  Croft,  Sir 
Roald  Richmond  De  Croft,  Eudo  De  Rich- 
mond, Elyas  De  Richmond,  Elyas  (2)  De 
Richmond,  Thomas  De  Richmond,  William 
De  Richmond  (who  married  Alice,  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Thomas  Webb,  of  Draycott, 
and  for  the  next  four  generations  the  family 
assume  the  name  of  Webb)  ;  William  Rich- 
mond, alias  Webb;  William  (2)  Richmond, 
alias  Webb;  Edmond  Richmond,  alias  Webb; 
Henry  Richmond,  alias  Webb;  John  Rich- 
mond, supposed  to  be  identical  with  John 
Richmond,  of  Taunton.  The  last  named,  ac- 
cording to  a  manuscript  left  by  one  of  his 
family,  took  part  in  the  civil  wars  in  England. 
Their  manor  at  Ashton-Keynes  contained 
about  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  and  they 
owned  the  entire  village  of   that  name. 

(I)  John  Richmond,  known  as  John  of 
Taunton,  to  distinguish  him  from  others  of 
the  name  who  came  to  America  during  the 
same  period,  was  born  in  1594,  and  in  1597 
was  baptized  kt  Ashton-Keynes.  a  parish  in 
county  Wiltshire,  England.  He  emigrated  to 
America  about  1635,  perhaps  direct  to  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  as  the  first  definite  knowledge 
of  his  being  there  is  in  1637,  it  has  been  sup- 


posed by  many  that  he  may  have  been  the 
John  Richmond  spoken  of  as  being  in  Maine, 
as  George  Richmond,  who  may  have  been  his 
cousin,  was  trading  with  Saco,  Maine,  in  1635, 
and  the  name  of  John  Richmond  is  found  on 
the  court  records  of  that  place  during  March, 
1636.  He  became  one  of  the  original  pur- 
chasers of  the  town  of  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1637,  being  owner  of  six  shares,  and 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  there  prior  to  1640. 
His  name  does  not  appear  on  the  list  of  those 
able  to  bear  arms,  in  1643,  ^^^  ^^  record  of 
his  name  is  found  there  until  1655,  when  he 
was  also  in  Rhode  Island.  If  he  took  part 
in  the  civil  wars  of  England  during  this  time, 
according  to  family  tradition,  his  absence  is 
thus  easily  explained,  and  tradition  also  says 
he  was  known  as  Colonel  John,  as  result  of 
this  service.  He  and  his  sons  became  large 
landholders,  and  the  family  lived  in  the  east- 
erly part  of  the  town,  their  name  being  still 
perpetuated  in  the  village  of  Richmondtown, 
in  that  location.  John  Richmond  made  his 
will  in  1664,  in  which  document  he  bequeaths 
to  his  son  John  all  his  writings,  "which  are 
in  my  chest,  in  my  son-in-law's,  Edward  Rew's 
house."  He  made  his  mark  in  signing  this 
will,  the  reason  being  probably  on  account  of 
his  age  and  feebleness,  as  he  therein  mentions 
his  "writings,"  and  his  sons  Edward  and 
John  were  well  educated,  refined  and  gentle- 
manly for  their  day  and  age.  He  was  one  of 
the  older  men  of  Taunton  and  died  there 
March  20,  1664.  Neither  the  date  of  his  mar- 
riage nor  the  name  of  his  wife  has  yet  been 
found,  but  it  is  supposed  he  married  before 
coming  to  America.  Children:  John;  Ed- 
ward, born  about  1632;  Sarah,  about  1638; 
Mary,  about  1639. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i) 
Richmond,  was  born  before  the  family  left 
England,  about  1627,  and  as  a  young  man 
settled  on  his  father's  land  in  Taunton.  He 
became  prominent  in  every  public  transaction 
in  the  town,  and  in  its  interest  purchased  a 
large  amount  of  land  from  the  Indians.  He 
served  as  constable  in  1674  and  again  in  1685  J 
was  a  member  of  the  council  in  1676  and  again 
in  1690.  His  home  was  on  "Neck  of  Land," 
about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  the 
"green"  or  center,  and  here  he  and  his  wife 
were  buried.  He  died  October  7,  171 5,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  It  is  supposed 
he  was  twice  married,  although  no  record  has 
been   found   of  his  first  wife,  who  probably 


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was  the  mother  of  his  first  four  children,  and 
died  about  1662.  He  married,  about  1663, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Rogers,  of  Dux- 
bury,  born  in  1641,  died  August  i,  1727,  aged 
eighty-six  years,  the  mother  of  the  last  seven 
children.  Children  were  born  to  John  Rich- 
mond as  follows:  Mary,  June  2,  1654,  at 
Bridgewater ;  John,  June  6,  •  1656,  killed  in 
1672 ;  Thomas,  February  2,  1659,  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island;  Susanna,  November  4,  1661,  at 
Bridgewater;  Joseph,  December  8,  1663,  at 
Taunton;  Edward;  Samuel,  September  23, 
1668,  at  Taunton;  Sarah,  February  26,  167 1; 
John,  December  5,  1673;  Ebenezer,  May  12, 
1676,  at  Newport;  Abigail,  February  26,  1679, 
at  Newport. 

(III)  Edward,  fourth  son  of  John  (2)  Rich- 
mond by  his  wife  Abigail,  was  born  at  Taun- 
ton, February  8,  1665,  died  in  1741.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  a  lady  whose  christian  name  was 
Mercy;  married  (second)  May  6,  171 1,  Re- 
becca, bom  November  28,  1689,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and   Sarah   Thurston;   he   married 

(third)    Mary  ,  by  whom  he  had  no 

children.  Children  of  first  wife :  Mercy,  born 
in  1693;  Edward,  1695;  Richard;  Josiah, 
Nathaniel,  about  1700;  Seth;  Elizabeth; 
Phebe,  1706.  Children  of  second  wife:  Sarah, 
born  December  20,  1712;  Mary,  1714;  Fris- 
cilla,  February  27,  17 18;  Eunice,  September 
23,  1722. 

(IV)  Josiah,  third  son  of  Edward  and 
Mercy  Richmond,  was  born  at  Taunton,  in 
1697.  His  will  is  dated  January  26,  1762, 
and  he  died  in  1763.  Family  tradition  speaks 
of  his  great  physical  strength,  which  was  also 
noticeable  in  many  of  his  descendants.  He 
married  (first)  Mehitable  Deane,  born  June 
6,  1677,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
(Williams)  Deane,  and  after  her  death  he 
married  (second)  February  5,  1745-46,  Lydia 
Crocker,  widow  of  Theophilus  Crocker  and 
daughter  of  Jabez  Eddy.  His  children,  all  of 
whom  were  born  at  Middleboro,  were  as  fol- 
lows: Mary,  Josiah,  Gershom,  Benjamin, 
born  in  1727;  George,  Ephraim,  Eleazer, 
Lemuel,  Miriam,  Zeriah,  Mercy,  Mehitable. 

(V)  Josiah  (2),  eldest  son  of  Josiah  (i) 
and  Mehitable  (Deane)  Richmond,  was  born 
at  Middleboro,  171 1,  died  1785,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-four  years.  In  his  will  he  left  to 
his  son  Josiah  a  farm  at  Middleboro.  He  mar- 
ried, June  9,  1743,  Elizabeth  Smith,  of  Mid- 
dleboro, who  died  about  1803.  Children :  Ed- 
ward,  died  in   1748;   Phebe,   Josiah,   Mercy, 


Walker,  Edward,  Nathaniel,  Abner,  Friscilla, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah. 

(VI)  Josiah  (3),  second  son  of  Josiah  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Richmond,  was  born 
at  Dighton,  in  May,  1747-50.  He  had  a  farm 
at  Middleboro,  and  in  1792  removed  to  Bar- 
nard, Vermont,  thence  to  Salina,  New  York, 
where  he  died  May  28,  1821,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four  years.  He  was  a  farmer  by  oc- 
cupation, and  a  man  of  unusual  physical 
strength.  He  served  during  the  revolutionary 
war,  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  British  and 
taken  to  Bermuda,  where  he  was  exchanged. 
Following  his  discharge  from  service  he  was 
paid  in  Continental  money,  whose  value  is 
shown  to  have  been  very  small  from  the  fact 
that  Mr.  Richmond  found  it  necessary  to  pay 
forty-eight  dollars  of  this  money  for  a  break- 
fast. He  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Shad- 
rach  Hathaway,  of  Elizabethtown,  New  Jer- 
sey, who  was  bom  about  1750,  died  in  1835. 
Children:  Betsey,  born  1770;  Hathaway; 
Edward,  about  1774;  Sarah,  about  1776;.  Jo- 
siah, drowned  at  the  age  of  twenty  years ;  Ab- 
ner; Phebe,  born  about  1787;  Anson,  Febru- 
ary 24,  1790;  John,  July  25,  1792;  Sybil,  De- 
cember, 1797. 

(VII)  Hathaway,  eldest  son  of  Josiah  (3) 
and  Betsey  (Hathaway)  Richmond,  was  born 
in  1772.  He  removed  from  Massachusetts 
to  Barnard,  Vermont,  and  in  1816  to  Salina, 
New  York,  where  he  and  his  brothers  were 
for  some  time  engaged  in  salt  manufacture. 
He  was  a  man  of  unusual  business  ability, 
fond  of  travel,  and  was  ever  on  the  lookout 
for  profitable  investments.  He  died  of  yellow 
fever  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1821.  He 
married,  May  4,  1798,  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Elkanah  Dean,  of  Taunton,  died  at  Salina,  in 
1 82 1.  Children:  Betsey,  born  in  1799; 
Frindey,  1801,  married  (first)  Benjamin  Beb- 
bitt,  (second)  Augustus  Chester;  Dean. 

(VIII)  Dean,  only  son  of  Hathaway  and 
Rachel  (Dean)  Richmond,  was  born  at  Bar- 
nard, Vermont,  March  31,  1804,  died  in  New 
York  City,  August  27,  1866.  He  became  a 
power  in  railroad  and  commercial  circles,  at 
the  time  of  his  death  being  almost  as  well 
known  throughout  the  Mississippi  Valley  as 
in  the  cities  of  New  York  state,  where  his 
connection  with  the  New  York  Central  rail- 
road brought  him  into  great  prominence.  He 
is  probably  best  known  to  the  country  at  large 
as  having  been  the  first  railroad  man  to  ad- 
vocate the  laying  of  steel  rails.    An  energetic 


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worker,  a  deep  thinker,  and  having  natural 
business  instinct  and  ability,  success  came  to 
him  as  a  matter  of  course,  and  each  enterprise 
into  which  he  entered  seemed  the  logical  out- 
come of  his  previous  ones.  In  1842  he  re- 
moved to  Buffalo  from  Syracuse,  where  he 
had  been  engaged  in  the  salt  industry,  and  in 
1843  returned  to  the  last  named  city.  He  re- 
sided at  Attica  from  1846  until  May  31,  1853, 
the  date  of  his  removal  to  Batavia,  ever  af- 
terward his  home.  For  many  years  Mr.  Rich- 
mond was  director  of  the  Rochester  &  Buffalo 
railroad,  and  at  the  time  of  the  consolidation 
of  the  line  from  Albany  west,  was  elected 
vice-president  of  the  New  York  Central  rail- 
road, and  on  the  resignation  of  the  president, 
Erastus  Coming,  Mr.  Richmond  was  chosen 
to  succeed  him  as  president.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  State  Line  Railroad  Com- 
pany. He  was  one  of  the  most  influential 
and  well-known  business  men  of  the  country 
and  led  a  very  busy  and  useful  life,  entering 
into  many  projects  for  the  development  of 
industries  and  incidentally  helping  many 
young  men  to  make  their  start  in  life  thrpugh 
personal  advice  and  friendship.  Though  so 
much  engrossed  in  commercial  and  business 
affairs,  he  was  a  true  friend  of  the  poor,  re- 
lieving the  lot  of  many  imfortunates  who 
mourned  his  loss  as  a  personal  bereavement. 
He  was  a  leader  of  the  Democratic  party  of 
New  York  for  many  years,  being  chairman 
of  the  state  committee  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Prior  to  the  National  Democratic  convention 
of  1864  he  was  the  choice  of  the  leaders  of 
his  party  for  president  and  was  strongly  urged 
to  accept  the  nomination,  but  he  absolutely  re- 
fused to  allow  his  name  to  be  used  in  this 
connection,  although  his  friend,  Samuel  J. 
Tilden,  advised  him  to  accept,  saying  his  nom- 
ination was  "very  possible  and  election  prob- 
able." Speaking  of  him,  Mr.  Tilden  said :  "I 
think  he  was  one  of  the  best  informed  and 
ablest  men  whom  I  have  ever  had  the  oppor- 
tunity to  know."  He  was  a  friend  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  who  consulted  him  on  important 
political  matters  affecting  New  York  state  and 
offered  him  preferment.  After  attending  the 
Democratic  state  convention  at  Saratoga,  in 
1866,  he  returned  to  New  York  City,  where 
he  died  at  the  home  of  Mr.  Tilden  in  Gram- 
ercy  Park. 

He  married,  at  Troy,  New  York,  February 
19,  1833,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hath- 
away and  Electa   (Dauchy)   Mead,  who  was 


born  at  Troy,  June  21,  1813,  died  at  Batavia, 
April  6,  1895.  Her  grandfather,  Jasper  Mead, 
was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  war  and 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Society  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati. Her  mother  was  of  French  and  her 
father  of  English  descent.  After  her  husband's 
death  Mrs.  Richmond  proved  herself  to  be 
a  discreet,  careful  business  woman.  In  the 
management  of  the  large  estate  she  had  the 
assistance  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Adelaide 
(Richmond)  Kenny,  who  seems  to  have  in- 
herited in  an  exceptional  degree  the  business 
talents  of  her  distinguished  father.  The  busi- 
ness ability  and  good  judgment  of  these 
women  seem  to  have  been  evinced  by  the  fact 
that  the  estate  left  by  Dean  Richmond  more 
than  doubled  under  their  care  and  manage- 
ment. Children  of  Dean  and  Mary  E.  Rich- 
mond: I.  Alfred  William,  born  in  October, 
1836,  deceased.  He  was  twice  married;  his 
first  wife  was  Mary  L.  Soper.  2.  Harriet, 
born  in  October,  1838,  died  at  Saratoga 
Springs,  in  August,  1839.  3-  Henry  Augus- 
tus, see  forward.  4.  Adelaide,  bom  June  7, 
1845,  died  February  4,  1905 ;  married  Dr.  Wil- 
liam J.  C.  Kenny.  5.  William  Eugene,  bom 
August  12,  1848;  married  Clara  Nims;  died 
May  14,  1906,  at  his  home  in  Buffalo.  6.  Ed- 
ward G.,  see  forward.  7.  Edgar  Dean,  twin 
of  Edward  G.,  born  at  Attica,  October  29, 
185 1,  died  in  September,  1852.  8.  Dean,  born 
at  Batavia,  October  30,  1853,  died  February  2, 
1885,  unmarried. 

(IX)  Henry  Augustus,  third  child  of  Dean 
and  Mary  E.  Richmond,  was  born  at  Syra- 
cuse, New  York,  August  3,  1840.  He  was 
educated  in  public  and  private  schools  of  Ba- 
tavia, ill  health  preventing  him  from  taking 
a  college  course.  In  1861  he  located  in  Buf- 
falo, where  for  several  years  he  was  active 
in  commercial  life,  in  the  grain  and  lake  trans- 
portation business.  Many  years  ago  he  re- 
tired from  active  business  life,  devoting  him- 
self to  scientific  study,  investigation  and  travel. 
He  has  made  several  extended  journeys 
abroad,  visiting  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa,  one 
of  his  trips  consuming  about  two  years.  He 
spent  much  time  in  the  Holy  Land  and  in 
Africa.  He  has  traveled  his  own  land  ex- 
tensively, especially  Alaska,  having  followed 
the  Yukon  river  on  one  of  his  trips  its  entire 
length.  He  has  been  a  Democrat  all  his  life, 
but  is  extremely  independent  in  political  ac- 
tion, men  and  measures  taking  precedence  with 
him  over  party  loyalty.    He  was  a  friend  and 


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ardent  supporter  of  Samuel  J.  Tilden,  and  of 
Grover  Cleveland  in  his  mayoralty,  govern- 
ship  and  presidential  campaigns,  and  strongly 
endorsed  his  policies  in  state  and  national  af- 
fairs. In  city  affairs  he  has  always  been 
deeply  interested  in  all  that  pertained  to  the 
welfare  of  the  public  schools,  and  so  well 
known  was  his  interest  that  the  "Schoolmas- 
ter's Society,"  an  organization  composed  of 
the  principals  of  the  public  schools  of  Buffalo, 
elected  him  an  honorary  member.  He  has 
been  a  director  of  the  Buffalo  Society  of  Nat- 
ural Sciences  for  forty-six  years;  a  director 
of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society  for  thirty- 
seven  years;  was  for  thirty  years  a  director 
of  the  Society  of  Fine  Arts.  In  1880  Mr. 
Richmond  joined  the  Civil  Service  Reform 
movement  and  has  been  very  active  in  that 
up  to  the  present  time.  When  Governor 
Grover  Cleveland  was  forming  his  board  of 
state  civil  service  commissioners  he  appointed 
Mr.  Richmond  a  member.  He  held  the  office, 
rendering  efficient  service  to  the  cause  of  civil 
service  reform,  until  his  retirement  during  the 
administration  of  Governor  David  B.  Hill.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  and  Saturn  clubs, 
and  an  attendant  of  the  Episcopal  church.  He 
resides  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  unmarried. 

(IX)  Edward  Gould,  sixth  child  of  Dean 
and  Mary  E.  Richmond,  was  born  in  Attica, 
New  York,  October  29,  185 1,  died  at  Chat- 
tanooga, Tennessee.  His  twin  brother,  Edgar 
Dean,  died  in  infancy.  He  was  educated  in 
private  schools  and  prepared  for  college  at 
Cary  Collegiate  Seminary,  at  Oakfield,  and 
the  "Rectory"  at  Hampden,  Connecticut.  He 
entered  Columbia  Law  School,  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, New  York  City,  whence  he  was  grad- 
uated. He  resided  for  a  time  in  Batavia,  New 
York,  after  leaving  the  university,  then  in 
company  with  his  brother,  Dean  Richmond, 
settled  in  Colorado,  where  they  established  a 
hardware  business.  Edward  G.  Richmond  for 
a  time  also  engaged  in  banking  in  Colorado. 
In  1886  he  took  advantage  of  the  opportuni- 
ties the  new  south  was  offering  to  men  of 
capital  and  enterprise  and  located  in  Chat- 
tanooga, Tennessee,  which  was  ever  afterward 
his  home.  He  became  interested  in  banking 
and  in  several  of  the  large  industries  of  Chat- 
tanooga. He  was  president  of  the  Richmond 
Oil  Company  of  that  city,  with  branches  at 
several  points  in  the  south.  He  was  ex  ten- 
si  velv  interested  in  the  manufacture  of  cot- 
ton    seed  oil   and   other   by-products   of   the 


cotton  plant.  His  health  failed  in  latter  years 
and  he  travelled  much,  seeking  a  congenial 
climate.  He  always  retained  an  interest  in 
Batavia,  the  family  home,  and  each  year  paid 
an  extended  visit  there.  He  inherited  much 
of  his  father's  business  ability,  and  held  a 
prominent  place  in  the  financial  and  commer- 
cial world  of  Chattanooga  and  the  south.  He 
was  affable  and  courteous  in  manner,  making 
many  warm  friends. 

He  married,  June  18,  1889,  Carrie  Pfau,  of 
a  prominent  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  family.  Chil- 
dren: Edward  Dean,  born  1892,  and  Ruth 
Dean,  born  1895. 


This  family,  although  bearing 
JOHNSON  an  English  surname,  is  orig- 
inally of  French  and  more 
immediately  of  Holland  extraction.  The  an- 
cestor of  the  family  in  America  is  Antoine 
Janssen  Van  Salers  (meaning  Antoine,  son  of 
Jan  from  Salers),  acquiring  the  name  from 
an  inheritance  left  him  by  a  relative  who  re- 
sided in  Salers,  a  town  of  France  in  Upper 
Auvergne.  He  was  bom  in  Holland  and  emi- 
grated to  America  in  1631.  Van  Salers  was 
dropped  from  the  name  in  the  third  generation 
and  the  simple  patronymic  Janssen  retained, 
composed  of  the  Dutch  compounds  Jan  and 
Zoon.  Zoon  was  corrupted  tp  Sen-Jan-Sen, 
the  same  as  English  John-son,  and  having  the 
same  significance  as  in  English — son  of  John. 
Another  family  of  a  totally  dissimilar  name 
sprang  from  this  same  ancestor,  Antoine  Jans- 
sen Van  Salers.  His  neighbors  called  him 
"Antoine,  the  Turk,"  and  this  nickname  being 
perpetuated  by  some  of  his  descendants  as  a 
surname,  a  distinct  family  has  been  originated, 
bearing  the  singular  and  uncommon  surname, 
Turk. 

(I)  Antoine  Janssen  Van  Salers  founded 
the  town  of  Gravesend  (Gravelands)  at  the 
southwestern  extremity  of  Long  Island,  about 
twelve  miles  from  Wal-boght  (Wallabout, 
now  Brooklyn  navy  yard)  where  his  brother 
resided.  The  patent  of  lands  there  granted  in 
his  name  bears  date  of  August  i,  1639  (see 
Book  I.  page  124,  Albany  Records)  compris- 
ing one  hundred  morgans  (something  less 
than  200  acres)  extending  along  the  shore  two 
hundred  and  fifty-three  rods  opposite  Coney 
Island.  His  estate  in  1673  was  assessed  at 
one  thousand  guilders.  This  family  has  been 
noted  for  great  strength.  Antoine,  the  ances- 
tor, was  a  man  of  great  vigor.    His  grandson 


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William  was  equally  remarkable  for  great 
size  and  great  muscle,  it  being  confidently  as- 
serted by  his  descendants  that  he  carried  at 
one  time  five  bags  of  wheat  from  his  barn  to 
his  house,  seventy-five  yards,  up  a  steep  flight 
of  stairs,  one  bag  under  each  arm,  one  in  each 
hand  and  one  in  his  teeth.  Children  of  An- 
toine  Janssen  Van  Salers,  of  Gravesend,  and 
his  wife,  a  Quakeress :  Claes.  died  September 
II,  1642;  Pieter,  died  in  1696,  had  four  sons, 
Hans-Pieter,  Rem  Jan,  Daniel  Rapelle  and 
Jan ;  Barent,  see  forward ;  Hendrick. 

(II)  Barent,  third  son  of  the  emigrant,  An- 
toine  Janssen  Van  Salers,  settled  in  Albany 
and  Montgomery  counties.  He  died  in  1698, 
leaving  sons. 

(III)  Jan  (John)  Barent  (Jan,  son  of  Ba- 
rent) so  called  to  distinguish  him  from  Jan. 
son  of  Henry,  married  and  had  a  son  Isaac. 

(IV^)  Isaac,  son  of  Jan  Barent  Johnson 
(as  that  name  had  now  become)  married  and 
had  a  son  Barent. 

(V)  Barent,  son  of  Isaac  Johnson,  died  July 
15'  ^777'  He  was  a  farmer  of  the  Mohawk 
valley  and  of  Albany  county.  New  York.  He 
married  (first)  Maria  Lymesen,  February  i, 
1753.  He  married  (second)  Maria,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  Guest,  who  died  at  Antigua, 
April  8,  1753.  Among  his  children  was  a  son 
John. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Barent  Johnson,  was 
born  in  the  Mohawk  valley.  New  York  state, 
later  moving  for  a  time  at  least  to  Saratoga 
county.    He  married  and  had  a  son  Peter. 

(VII)  Peter,  son  of  John  Johnson,  was 
born  at  Ballston  Springs,  Saratoga  county, 
New  York,  August  16,  1795,  died  October  2, 
1895,  aged  one  hundred  years  and  forty  days. 
He  married  and  had  a  son  John. 

(VIII)  John,  son  of  Peter  Johnson,  was 
born  in  Richmondville,  Schoharie  county,  New 
York.  August  i,  1826,  died  February  15,  1910. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Leroy,  New  York,  for 
-about  fifty  years.  He  married .  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ina,  married  D.  A.  McVane,  and 
resides  at  Caledonia,  New  York.  2.  Luella  I., 
of  Le  Roy,  New  York.  3.  Olena  C,  married 
Homer  McPherson,  of  Le  Roy,  New  York. 
4.  William  D.,  of  whom  further.  5.  Bertha, 
married  James  E.  Bissel,  and  resides  at  Ber- 
gen, New  York. 

(IX)  Dr.  William  D.  Johnson,  son  of  John 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Le  Roy,  New  York, 
June  4,  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school  at  Le  Roy,  prepared  for  college  at  the 


Academic  Institute,  entered  Syracuse  Univers- 
ity and  was  graduated  M.D.  from  the  Syracuse 
Medical  CoHege,  1892.  Dr.  Johnson  served 
as  interne  at  St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  Syracuse, 
1892-93.  In  the  latter  named  year  he  engaged 
in  active  practice  in  Bergen,  New  York,  where 
he  remained  for  seven  years.  He  then  located 
in  Batavia,  October,  1900,  and  has  resided 
there  since.  1912  President  Medical  Associa- 
tion of  Central  New  York.  He  devotes  his 
time  entirely  to  surgery  in  which  he  excels. 
He  owns  a  good  farm  near  Batavia,  where  he 
spends  many  hours  free  from  professional 
cares.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  New  York  State  Society, 
Medical  Association  of  Central  New  York,  of 
which  he  is  president  at  the  present  time 
(1912),  BuflFalo  Academy  of  Medicine,  Roch- 
ester Academy  of  Medicine,  the  Genesee 
County  Medical  Society,  the  American  So- 
ciety for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  the 
National  Geographical  Society,  the  American 
^Microscopical  Society,  the  New  York  and  New 
England  Railway  Surgeons'  Association,  the 
Gross  Medical  Club,  and  the  Rochester, 
C  Minnesota)  Surgeons'  Club.  He  is  an  In- 
dependent in  politics. 

He  married,  August  9,  1900,  Bessie  E.  Em- 
erson, born  in  Bergen,  Julv  i,  1876,  daughter 
of  John  Emerson,  a  f armen  Children :  Mar- 
jory L.,  born  July  31,  1901 ;  John  E.,  March 
8,  1905 ;  Morris  Townsend,  October  12,  1907. 


The  Ogdens  of  Buffalo,  New 
OGDEN  York,  are  of  English  parentage. 
The  English  seat  of  the  family 
was  at  Kingsthorpe,  where  Thomas  and  Mar- 
tha Ogden  lived  and  died.  Thomas  Ogden 
was  a  malster  and  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Martha  Ogden,  was  born  in  Kingsthorpe, 
England,  June  15,  1797,  died  in  London,  June 
21,  1866.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and 
carried  on  business  in  his  native  parish  and  in 
London.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  married  Rose  Hannah  Page, 
born  April  13,  1804,  died  December  15,  1853. 
Children :  Charles,  born  April  6,  1822,  died  in 
Ix)ndon,  January  27,  1877 ;  James,  January  29, 
1824,  died  December  7,  1852;  Thomas,  De- 
cember I,  1825,  died  May  24,  1853;  Joseph, 
May  17,  1828,  died  January  28,  1908;  John, 
January  2,  1831,  died  March  17,  1891 ; 
Francis,  February  23,  1833,  died  Februar>^  8, 


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191 1 ;  Martha,  March  11,  1835;  Frederick,  of 
whom  further;  Edwin,  April  15,  1839,  died 
1906;  Harriet,  living  in  Buffalo,  married 
James  Fox,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  de- 
ceased. 

(Ill)  Frederick,  eighth  child  and  seventh 
son  of  Thomas  and  Rose  Hannah  (Page)  Og- 
den),  was  born  in  Northampton,  England, 
August  9,  1837.  He  was  educated  in  the 
English  schools,  and  in  1854  came  to  the  Uni- 
ted States,  settling  at  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
where  he  remained  for  a  short  time.  He  next 
was  at  Rock  Island,  Illinois,  later  at  Roches- 
ter, New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  the  mill- 
ing business.  From  Rochester  he  went  to 
Thorold,  Canada,  where  he  married.  He  had 
now  become  an  expert,  experienced  miller. 
In  1858  he  came  again  to  New  York  state 
and  for  ten  years  was  head  miller  for  the  mill- 
ing firm,  Thornton  &  Chester,  at  their  Globe 
Mills  at  Black  Rock.  In  1868  he  took  charge 
of  their  then  new  mill  on  Erie  street,  called 
the  National  Mills,  continuing  until  1878,  mak- 
ing nineteen  years'  continuous  service  with 
Thornton  &  Chester  as  their  trusted  and  val- 
ued head  miller.  In  1878  he  went  to  Eng- 
land in  an  important  position,  remaining  nine 
months.  On  his  return  in  1879  he  was  offered 
his  old  positon  with  Thornton  &  Chester,  but 
declined,  having  completed  arrangements  for 
entering  the  milling  business  himself.  In  1879, 
in  company  with  John  Esser,  who  had  been 
Thornton  &  Chester's  retailer  and  shipper,  he 
leased  the  North  Buffalo  Mills  at  Black  Rock, 
which  he  operated.  Soon  after  starting  at 
Black  Rock,  H.  C.  Zimmerman  was  admitted 
a  partner.  Mr.  Ogden  sold  out  in  eighteen 
months,  but  soon  after  again  entered  into 
partnership  with  Messrs.  Esser  &  Zimmerman, 
and  in  1882  built  the  Banner  Mill.  In  1887 
Mr.  Zimmerman  sold  out  and  business  was 
continued  with  John  Esser,  Frederick  Ogden 
and  Henry  F.  Shuttleworth,  proprietors  of 
the  Banner  Milling  Company.  In  1887  they 
secured  the  old  Erie  Mill  at  Black  Rock.  In 
1908  all  the  different  mills  and  properties  were 
incorporated  under  the  title  of  the  Banner 
Milling  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Ogden  is 
vice-president.  This  is  a  very  successful  com- 
pany and  has  an  established  position  in  the 
market.  Mr.  Ogden  is  the  oldest  practical 
miller  in  Western  New  York,  his  experience 
in  Buffalo  alone  covering  a  period  of  half  a 
century,  over  thirty  years  of  this  period  hav- 
ing been  himself  a  mill  owner  and  manufac- 


turer. While  now  retired  from  active  partici- 
pation in  business,  he  is  by  no  means  incapaci- 
tated, but  retains  a  keen  interest  in  his  private 
affairs.  As  a  business  man  he  has  always  been 
energetic,  progressive  and  self-reliant,  while 
as  a  citizen  and  neighbor  he  is  held  in  the 
highest  esteem.  He  is  an  attendant  of  Pilgrim 
Congregational  Church,  and  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order.  His  clubs  are  the  Buffalo, 
ElHcott  and  Acacia. 

He  married,  February  2,  1858,  Susan 
Haynes,  born  May  26,  1837,  died  May  19,  1902, 
daughter  of  William  and  Maria  (Flanders) 
Haynes.  of  Canfield,  Canada.  Children:  i. 
Frances  O.,  resides  with  her  father  in  Buffalo. 
2.  William  T.,  born  January  7,  i860;  now  a 
member  of  the  Banner  Milling  Company.  3. 
Frederick  Edwin,  born  April  4,  1863 ;  now  of 
the  Banner  Milling  Company.  4.  George  Har- 
vey, born  January  29,  1871,  died  March  5, 
1872.  5.  Alice  Maria,  married  Walter  Wil- 
liam Richardson.  6.  Blanche  Susan,  married 
Edward  Arthur  Selkirk,  member  of  the 
American  Body  Company  (Automobile).  7. 
Percy,  twin  with  Blanche  Susan,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

Mention     of    this     family     is 
BOWLES     found  in  records  of  "the  long 


ago 


The   name    "Bolls"    is 


found  in  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey  as  given  by 
Hollingshead.  Duchesne,  from  a  charter  in 
that  abbey,  gives  a  list  of  the  soldiers  under 
William  of  Normandy,  among  whose  names 
appears  that  of  "Bools."  The  names  of  Boll, 
Bol,  Bole  and  Bolle  occur  frequently  in 
Domesday  Book.  One  family  of  Bolles  of 
long  standing  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  was 
resident  there  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Henry 
III.  when  Alaire  or  Alaine  Bolle,  of  Swine- 
head  and  Bole  Hall,  in  the  county  of  Lincoln, 
resided  at  the  principal  seat  of  the  family  un- 
til the  close  of  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.  Since 
that  date  the  family  has  scattered  and  spread 
to  all  parts  of  England.'  Members  of  the 
family  immigrated  to  America  at  an  early  day, 
Joseph  Bolles  being  found  in  Maine  in  1640. 
The  original  spelling,  Bolles,  is  now  generally 
Bowles.  The  family  herein  recorded  were 
native  to  Gloucestershire,  England,  where 
John  Bowles,  the  founder  in  the  United  States, 
was  born.  He  is  a  grandson  of  George 
Bowles,  who  was  born,  lived  and  died  in 
Gloucestershire,  England.  He  had  four  sons: 
George,  Henry,  William  and  Thomas. 


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(II)  Thomas,  son  of  George  Bowles,  was 
born  in  Fairford,  Gloucestershire,  England, 
in  1812,  died  there  at  the  age  of  sixty-six. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Fairford 
and  Dowd,  and  became  a  merchant  of  Fair- 
ford. He  was  a  member  of  the  Established 
Church  of  England.  He  married  Mary  Ann 
Miller,  born  in  1823,  at  Maiseyhampton,  Eng- 
land, who  survives  him  (1912),  aged  eighty- 
nine  ;  resides  in  Staffordshire,  England.  Chil- 
dren: Martha,  born  1843;  Charles,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1845;  Alfred,  July,  1847;  John,  of 
whom  further;  Ellen,  born  1854;  Arthur  W., 
1856;  Albert  H.,  1858;  Emily  G.,  1861 ;  Annie, 
1864. 

(III)  John,  third  son  of  Thomas  Bowles, 
was  bom  in  Fairford,  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 
land, November  6,  1849.  He  was  educated  in 
the  Dowd  school,  and  beg?m  business  life  as 
a  mason's  apprentice  in  Devonshire,  where 
he  served  his  term  and  worked  as  journeyman 
until  1871,  when  he  came  to  Toronto,  Canada. 
In  a  short  time  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
locating  at  Albion,  Orleans  county,  New 
York.  He  at  once  engaged  in  contracting  and 
building,  erecting  many  residences  and  busi- 
ness blocks  in  Albion  and  vicinity.  In  1895, 
in  connection  with  his  building  operations,  he 
began  laying  cement  and  concrete  walks  and 
did  a  very  large  business  in  Orleans  and  Niag- 
ara counties.  He  later  engaged  in  the  pro- 
duce business  and  in  coal.  After  a  busy,  pros- 
perous business  life,  he  closed  out  his  enter- 
prises, and  in  March,  191 1,  retired  to  private 
life. 

For  twenty  years  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Albion; 
was  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  up  to 
191 1,  when  he  resigned  from  presidency,  al- 
though still  a  member  of  the  board.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education,  and  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is 
one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Albion  and 
held  in  high  regard. 

He  married,  September  24,  1870,  in  Tor- 
quay, Devonshire,  England,  Elizabeth  S.  Web- 
ber, born  April  28,  1850,  daughter  of  John 
and  Joanna  (Soper)  Webber.  John  Webber 
was  a  contractor  and  builder  in  England; 
member  of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church ; 
son  of  Samuel  Webber,  of  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land.   Children  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Bowles : 

1.  Nellie,  born  March  8,  1875;  now  a  teacher 
in  the  Rochester   (New  York)   high  school. 

2.  Ethel,  December  9,  1879 ;  graduate  of  Syra- 


cuse University;  now  a  teacher  of  history  in 
the  Yonkers  (New  York)  high  school. 


This  name  is  probably  one  of 
ALBERTY    the  many  forms  of  surnames 

derived  from  the  Christian 
name  Albert.  The  family  is  of  German  descent 
and  may  have  been  orginally  Albertse  or  AI- 
bertsen.  There  are  no  published  records  of 
the  family  and  family  records  do  not  carry  be- 
yond John  and  Peter  Alberty,  who  lived  in 
Pennsylvania. 

(I)  John  Alberty,  progenitor  of  the  Al- 
berty s,  of  New  fane,  Niagara  county,  New 
York,  left  Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  New 
York  state,  at  Catskill-on-the-Hudson.  He 
was  a  farmer.  Later  he  removed  to  Niagara 
county,  locating  in  the  town  of  Lockport,  five 
miles  from  the  then  village  of  the  same  name. 
He  made  the  journey  by  wagon  and  team, 
passing  through  Syracuse  and  Rochester.  The 
country  through  which  he  traveled  was  then 
in  a  wild,  dangerous  and  unsettled  condition, 
which  made  it  unsafe  for  the  women  of  his 
family,  whom  he  sent  by  the  safer  route,  canal 
packet.  He  operated  a  tannery  in  Lockport 
and  with  the  aid  of  his  sons  also  culti- 
vated a  farm  in  the  town.  The  maiden  name 
of  his  wife  was  Atwater,  her  Christian  name 
has  not  been  preserved.  Children:  Hannah, 
married  Amos  Runsey  and  removed  to  Kan- 
sas; Stephen,  married  Margaret  Buchanan 
and  also  removed  to  Kansas;  Catherine,  mar- 
ried M.  B.  Hoy,  of  Woodstock,  Illinois ;  Ber- 
nard, married  Sophronia  Kingdon;  John  W. 
(of  further  mention)  ;  Reuben  ;  Sarah,  married 
Harry  Gregory;  Esther,  married  a  Mr.  Macy 
and  removed  to  Iowa ;  Thomas,  married  Han- 
nah Kenney  and  settled  ifi  Illinois. 

(II)  John  W.,  son  of  John  Alberty,  was 
born  at  Catskill,  New  York,  June  19,  1818, 
died  in  the  town  of  Lockport,  Niagara  county, 
New  York,  at  the  age  of  ninety  years.  He 
attended  the  Catskill  public  school  until  he 
was  thirteen,  then  made  the  journey  to  Niag- 
ara county  with  his  parents,  finishing  his 
school  years  in  the  Lockport  school  and  Gas- 
port  Academy.  He  worked  with  his  father 
in  the  tannery  and  on  the  farm  during  the 
summer  months,  teaching  school  during  the 
winters.  About  1850  his  father  purchased  the 
Nichols  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty  acres 
lying  on  the  turnpike,  part  of  which  he  cleared 
himself.  The  farm  was  a  good  one  and 
yielded  good  returns  from  field,  herd  and  or- 


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chards.  John  W.  later  bought  the  farm  of  his 
father,  sold  ninety  acres,  cultivating  the  re- 
maining acres  until  near  the  end  of  his  life, 
when  he  deeded  them  to  his  children.  He  was 
a  man  of  good  standing  in  his  town  and  held 
the  office  of  supervisor  and  road  commis- 
sioner. 

In  political  faith  he  was  a  Republican, 
later  supporting  the  cause  of  Prohibition.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  and  for  thirty  years 
an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Wrights  Corners,  also  a  trustee  of  the  Ceme- 
tery Association,  at  that  place.  He  was  lib- 
eral in  his  support  of  the  church  and  very 
charitable. 

He  married  Caroline  Soper,  born  1837,  died 
January  20,  1900,  daughter  of  Isaac  Soper,  of 
Lockport.  Children :  Esther,  died  in  infancy ; 
Homer  M.,  born  December  9,  1857 ;  Loren  S., 
(of  further  mention)  ;  Harriet  E.,  bom  May 
16,  1864;  married  Albert  Webb;  child,  Lx)ren 
Webb. 

(Ill)  Loren  S.,  son  of  John  W.  Alberty, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Lockport,  Niagara 
county.  New  York,  at  the  old  homestead  farm, 
September  6,  1859.  He  received  a  good  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  and  Lockport 
Union  school.  He  was  his  father's  assistant 
for  a  time,  then  began  teaching.  He  taught 
nineteen  terms  in  the  public  schools  at  Wil- 
son, Newfane  and  Lockport,  and  was  very 
successful  in  that  profession.  About  1884 
he  began  farming,  working  on  the  share  plan 
for  the  first  three  years,  on  the  Asa  Burton 
farm,  in  Wilson,  then  one  year  on  the  Heze- 
kiah  Seeley  farm  in  the  same  town,  then  for 
ten  years  on  one  of  his  father's  farms.  He 
then  purchased  the  Dewey  Angevine  farm  of 
sixty  acres,  situated  about  one  mile  west  of 
Wrights  Corners.  Here  he  remained  eight 
years,  engaged  in  fruit  and  general  farming. 
In  the  spring  of  1905  he  rented  the  John  Tice 
farm  and  in  1906  removed  to  the  village  of 
Newfane,  where  he  built  a  house  and  is  now 
engaged  in  the  fruit  and  produce  business, 
buying  and  shipping. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Wrights  Corners 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  for  many  years 
he  was  an  elder,  also  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school.  He  is  a  strong  advocate  of 
the  cause  of  Prohibition  and  supports  his  prin- 
ciple with  his  votes.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Farmers'  Club  of  his  town,  and  a  most  highly 
respected  citizen. 

He  married,   May  3,   1882,   Ada  E.   Tice, 


bom  December  4,  1861,  daughter  of  John  R. 
and  Charity  (Richardson)  Tice. 

The  Welds  of  England  claim  to 
WELD    have  descended  from  Edric  Syl- 

vaticus  Wild,  a  Saxon  of  great 
renown  in  the  reign  of  King  Harold.  Hum- 
phrey Weld,  who  married  Clara  Young  Ernst, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Ernst,  Lord  Aurondel, 
of  Wardor,  England,  owned  Lul  worth  Castle 
and  other  estates  in  Dorset,  England.  He  is 
said  to  be  the  ancestor  of  the  American 
family. 

(I)  Edmond  Welde,  of  Sudbury,  Suffolk, 
England,  born  1550,  was  the  father  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Weld,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of 
the  family  herein  recorded.  His  will,  dated 
December  5,  1605,  probated  May  3,  1608,  men- 
tions wife  "Amye"  and  children:  Daniel, 
John,  Edmund,  Thomas,  Benjamin,  Joseph, 
"my  sixth  son,"  James,  Mary  and  Elizabeth, 
to  all  of  whom  he  bequeathed  liberally.  The 
coat-of-arms  borne  by  Captain  Joseph  Weld 
of  Roxbury  and  which  his  descendants  are  en- 
titled to  bear  was :  Azure,  a  f esse  nebulee  be- 
tween three  crescents  ermine.  Crest:  A 
wivern  sable  guttee,  ducally  gorged  and 
chained  or.    Motto :    'Wi7  sine  numine" 

(II)  Captain  Joseph  Weld,  son  of  Edmond 
Welde,  was  bom  in  England,  1595,  died  1646. 
He  came  to  New  England  in  1632  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  Elizabeth,  aged  ten, 
Mary,  aged  eight,  Hannah,  Thomas,  and  an 
elder  son,  John,  at  twelve  years  of  age.  Jo- 
seph was  admitted  a  freeman  March  3,  1636. 
He  settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  be- 
came a  proprietor,  1646,  house  owner,  and 
captain  of  the  military  company.  He  was  se- 
lectman several  years,  and  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1637  and  in  later  years.  We 
are  told  he  was  a  man  of  good  estate  and 
high  repute.  His  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  died 
October  16,  1638.  He  married  (second), 
April  30,  1639,  Barbara,  daughter  of  Nicho- 
las Clapp,  of  Venn  Ottery,  England.  In  his 
will  he  left  a  bequest  to  Harvard  College. 
Children:  John,  of  further  mention;  Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  Hannah,  Thomas,  Edmond ;  chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Sarah,  Daniel,  Joseph 
and  Sarah. 

(III)  John,  eldest  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
Weld,  was  born  in  England,  October  28,  1623, 
died  September  20,  1691.  He  came  to  New 
England  later  with  his  father,  and  settled  at 
Roxbury,  where  his  after  life  was  spent.    He 


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was  made  a  freeman  in  1650,  and  was  a  sol- 
dier in  King  Philip's  war.  He  married  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Griiffin  Bowen,  of  Rox- 
bury,  who  came  from  Glamorganshire,  Wales. 
Children,  born  in  Roxbury:  Joseph,  died 
young;  Joseph,  of  further  mention;  John, 
Ephraim.  Margaret,  Mary,  Abigail,  died 
young;  Esther,  died  young;  Hannah. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Weld,  son  of  John 
Weld,  was  born  September  13,  1652,  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1712.  He  spent  his  entire  life  at 
Roxbury.  He  married  (first)  in  1674,  Eliza- 
beth Devotion,  who  died  1678.  He  married 
(second)  November  27,  1678,  Sarah  Faxon, 
born  August  28,  1659,  at  Braintree,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  granddaughter  of  Thomas 
Faxon,  the  immigrant.  She  survived  him 
and  married  (second)  Jacob  Chamberlain. 
She  died  October  14,  1743.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Margaret,  died  young;  Elizabeth,  died 
young.  Children  of  second  wife:  Margaret, 
Joseph;  Sarah,  died  young;  Sarah  (2),  John, 
Thomas,  Deborah,  Mary,  E)aniel,  Edward  and 
Ebenezer. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  thirteenth  child  of  Lieuten- 
ant Joseph  Weld,  was  bom  October  19,  1702, 
died  in  Roxbury,  September  24,  1761.  He  is 
buried  at  Roxbury,  where  his  gravestone  is 
still  standing.  He  was  a  farmer  of  his  native 
t6wn.  He  married,  November  28,  1725,  Mary 
Craft,  bom  April  i,  1706,  died  October  10, 
1763,  daughter  of  Samuel  (2)  Craft,  of  Rox- 
bury, son  of  Samuel  ( i ) ,  son  of  the  emigrant, 
Griffin  Craft.  Children,  born  at  Roxbury: 
Rebecca,  died  in  infancy;  Eben,  died  young; 
Mary,  Eben  (2),  died  young;  Nathaniel,  and 
Eben  (3). 

(VI)  Eben,  also  written  Ebenezer,  youngest 
son  of  Ebenezer  Weld,  was  born  at  Roxbury, 
April  8,  1744,  died  there  March  28,  1821.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  serving  as 
sergeant  in  Captain  Childs'  company  (Third 
Roxbury),  Colonel  William  Heath's  regiment, 
in  April,  1775,  on  the  Lexington  alarm;  also 
in  Lieutenant  Craft's  company.  Colonel  Mc- 
intosh's regiment,  in  July,  1778.  He  married 
Rebecca  Mayo,  bom  1746,  at  Roxbury,  died 
1844.  Children:  i.  Dr.  Nathaniel,  settled  in 
Maine ;  his  son  was  a  graduate  of  West  Point 
and  served  in  the  Mexican  war.  2.  Joseph, 
who  had  a  number  of  children.  3-4.  Two 
daughters.    5.  John. 

(VII)  John,  youngest  son  of  Ebenezer 
(Eben)  Weld,  was  bora  in  Roxbury,  July  17, 
1788,  died  at  Medina,  Orleans  county,  New 


York,  January  7,  1875.  He  lived  in  Roxbury 
until  18 1 6,  when  he  came  to  Orleans  county 
and  purchased  from  the  Holland  Land  Com- 
pany two  parcels  of  land  in  the  town  of 
Ridgway,  the  larger  tract  containing  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty-three  acres,  for  which  he  paid 
four  dollars  per  acre.  In  191 1  part  of  this 
purchase  still  remained  the  property  of  his 
son,  John  M.,  who  also  has  the  deed  above 
mentioned,  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  county. 
John  Weld  did  not  then  remain  in  Ridgway, 
but  returned  to  Roxbury,  coming  again  in 
1818  and  making  permanent  settlement.  He 
lived  upon  and  cultivated  his  farm  until  1869, 
when  he  retired  and  passed  his  remaining 
years  with  his  daughter  in  Medina,  New  York, 
He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  an  attendant 
of  the  Baptist  church.  He  married  in  Ridg- 
way, in  1818,  a  widow,  Sally  (Cook)  Hall, 
born  January  2,  1788,  died  October  20,  i860, 
in  Ridgway.  She  came  with  her  parents  from 
Danbury,  Connecticut,  to  Albany  county, 
New  York,  where  she  married  Benjamin  Hall. 
Children  of  John  Weld:  i.  Sally  Ann,  born 
January  10,  1820,  died  October  4,  1910;  mar- 
ried Deacon  James  Sumner.  2.  Mary  Re- 
becca, bom  March  27,  1822,  died  June  2,  1861 ; 
married  Albert  Breed.  3.  Lucy  M.,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1824,  died  September  9,  1908;  mar- 
ried James  McCormick.  4.  Joseph  Mayo,  born 
1827,  died  1870;  married  Caroline  M.  Hart. 
5.  John  Milo,  of  further  mention. 

(VIII)  John  Milo,  youngest  son  of  John  and 
Sally  (Cook-Hall)  Weld,  was  bom  in  the 
town  of  Ridgway,  Orleans  county.  New  York, 
June  30,  1834.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school,  and  remained  with  his  father  on  the 
farm  until  he  was  twenty-five  years  of  age. 
His  father  then  gave  him  a  farm  winch  he 
cultivated  until  1890,  then  settled  in  Medina, 
where  he  now  lives  a  retired  life.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  was  an  attendant 
of  the  Baptist  church,  and  many  years  later  a 
Presbyterian.  He  married  (first),  June  22, 
1864,  Fidelia  E.  Hart,  born  1836,  died  Janu- 
ary 24,  1894.  He  married  (second),  April 
II,  1895,  Mrs.  Sarah  L.  (Skinner)  Barrett, 
born  March  22,  1850.  Child  of  first  wife: 
Lewis  Hart  Weld,  born  December  30,  1875 » 
graduate  of  Medina  high  school,  where  he 
took  a  post-graduate  course  for  one  year; 
graduate  of  Rochester  University,  A.  B. :  took 
a  special  course  at  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, two  years ;  also  one  year  special  course 
at  Cornell  University;  now  professor  of  zool- 


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ogy  and  botany  in  the  academic  department  of 
North- Western  University,  Evanston,  Illinois. 


J.  Ruggles  Weld  was  born  in 
WELD  Troy,  New  York,  April  19,  1826, 
died  in  Medina,  New  York,  June 
20,  1904,  He  was  well  educated  in  the  Troy 
schools,  and  was  for  a  short  time  engaged  in 
business  in  Albany,  New  York.  In  1849  ^^ 
came  to  Medina  and  engaged  in  the  milling 
business  under  the  firm  name,  Weld  &  Stan- 
ford, his  partner  being  a  brother  of  Governor 
Leland  Stanford,  of  California.  The  firm  in 
later  years  was  Weld  &  Hill.  Mr.  Weld  lived 
retired  for  several  years  before  his  death.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a  member  of 
St.  Johns  Church,  Medina.  He  married,  at 
Albany,  December  13,  1848,  Rebecca  Chester, 
daughter  of  Lyman  and  Elizabeth  (Haswell) 
Root,  of  Albany.  Lyman  Root  was  a  lead- 
ing business  man  of  Albany  and  one  of  the 
first  board  of  directors  of  the  Canal  Bank,  or- 
ganized in  1829.  Children  of  J.  Ruggles 
Weld:  I.  Julia  Chester,  died  in  1856.  2. 
Jessie  Ruggles,  married  Edward  Beverly  Nel- 
son, of  Rome,  New  York.  3.  Emeline  Rath- 
bone,  married  George  Kennan,  the  well-known 
author  and  lecturer.  4.  J.  Ruggles  (2).  5. 
Anna  Boyd,  died  aged  twelve  years.  6.  Charles 
Coming,  resides  in  England.  7.  Anita  Bo- 
gart,  married  David  Anthony  Acer,  of  Me- 
dina.    8.  Erastus  Corning,  died  in  infancy. 


Robert  Dargavel  Young  was 
YOUNG  born  in  Toronto,  Canada,  of 
Scottish  parents.  Shortly  after 
his  birth  the  family  moved  to  Fort  •Erie,  Can- 
ada, and  there  took  up  residence.  The  boy 
Robert  attended  school  to  the  age  of  twelve, 
and  then  went  to  work  for  an  old  German 
farmer  of  Stromness  near  the  Welland  canal. 
Here  the  life  the  lad  was  forced  tq  live  was 
one  of  extreme  hardship,  and  it  is  to  be  doubt- 
ed that  he  could  have  survived  it  long,  had 
he  himself  not  brought  it  to  an  end  by  run- 
ning away,  which  he  did  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen. In  the  depth  of  winter  he  walked  from 
Stromness  to  Buffalo,  where  he  found  and 
received  aid  from  his  elder  brother.  Mere 
youngster  that  he  was,  grim  necessity  forced 
him  into  all  sorts  of  employments,  and  for  the 
ensuing  four  or  five  years  he  worked  suc- 
cessively as  a  printer,  a  fireman,  and  as  a  plan- 
ing mill  hand.  However,  the  boy  was  fever- 
ishly ambitious  for  something  better  and  he 


set  systematically  about  the  task  of  improving 
himself,  and  by  working  nights  he  fitted  him- 
self for  a  clerical  position.  A  chance  came 
in  the  then  comparatively  small  Erie  County 
Savings  Bank.  He  became  a  bank  clerk,  and 
to  a  young  man  of  his  caliber  his  subsequent 
rise  to  his  present  position  was  but  a  natural 
sequence  of  events.  Now,  1912,  as  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Erie  County  Bank,  he  is 
one  of  the  trusted  custodians  of  that  institu- 
tion's fifty  millions. 

Mr.  Young  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Ma- 
son, a  past  commander  of  Lake  Erie  Com- 
mandery,  and  has  held  office  in  nearly  every 
Masonic  order.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  is  in 
close  touch  with  the  trend  of  up-state  politics. 
In  the  matter  of  recreation,  motor  boating 
claims  him  as  one  of  its  devotees,  and  his  boa^t, 
"Saville,"  and  he  are  familiar  figures  on'  the 
Niagara  river.  The  clubs  which  he  most  fre- 
quents are  the  Acacia,  Park,  Ellicott,  and  Buf- 
falo Launch  Clubs. 

Shortly  after  entering  the  bank,  Mr.  Young 
married  Julia  Ditto,  daughter  of  John  A. 
Ditto,  who  was  for  several  terms  city  engi- 
neer of  Buffalo,  and  Margaret  McKenna. 
Mrs.  Young  is  the  niece  of  Margaret  Emma 
EHtto,  who  was  well  known  as  a  highly  skilled 
creator  of  boys'  short  stories,  and  in  whose 
society  much  of  Mrs.  Young's  girlhood  was 
spent.  Perhaps  it  is  from  this  association  that 
Mrs.  Young's  own  literary  genius  had  its  in- 
ception. Anyway,  it  is  certain  that  while  still 
a  girl  she  was  spoken  of  as  one  whose  future 
as  a  poet  was  assured.  The  poetical  writings 
of  Julia  Ditto  Young  need  no  comment  here. 
Suffice  it  to  say  that  among^  the  best  known 
are :  "Adrift,  a  Story  of  Niagara" ;  "Thistle 
Down";  "Glynne's  Wife";  "Black  Evan"; 
"Saville";  and  "Barham  Beach,  the  Presi- 
dent's Poem." 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  have  one  son,  Laur- 
ence Ditto  Young,  who  has  turned  his  literary 
heritage  to  account  by  the  authorship  of  sev- 
eral novels,  including  "The  Climbing  Doom," 
"Straight  Crooks,"  and  "Marco's  Maelstrom." 

The  family  home  is  in  Lafayette  Avenue, 
Buffalo,  and  is  called  Poet's  House,  because  it 
is  the  headquarters  of  the  Browning  and 
Shakespeare  Societies  of  Buffalo. 


This  name  has  been  borne  in 
WEBSTER    our  country  by  men  who  had 

few   equals   in   eloquence  or 
scholarship.     Among  the  prominent  men  of 


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the  name  are  to  be  found  John  Webster,  who 
became  governor  of  Connecticut,  as  well  as 
Daniel  Webster,  the  orator  and  statesman, 
and  Noah  Webster,  the  lexicographer.  The 
family  herein  traced  settled  first  in  Virginia 
and  held  prominent  position  there. 

(I)  John  Webster's  name  first  appears  in 
the  colonial  records  of  Virginia  in  the  will  of 
William  Batts,  July  18,  1632;  in  1639,  by  act 
of  assembly,  John  Webster  is  named  one  of 
the  viewers  of  tobacco  crops  for  Accomac 
county;  August  18,  1650,  an  inventory  of  the 
"estate  of  John  Webster'*  was  taken  in  court. 
He  married  and  had  a  son  John. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Webster, 
was  perhaps  born  in  England.  In  1630  he 
was  living  on  Savages  Neck,  Northampton 
county,  Virginia,  with  his  father;  later  he 
moved  to  Hovekills,  now  Lewes,  Delaware, 
where  before  1680  he  was  a  petitioner  for  a 
court  for  the  county  of  St.  James.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  a  son  John. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Webster, 
was  born  in  1667  in  Northampton  county,  Vir- 
ginia, died  in  1753.  He  moved  from  Dela- 
ware to  Maryland,  where  in  1733  he  lived  near 
the  town  of  Joppa.  The  boundary  between 
Maryland  and  Pennsylvania  was  frequently  in 
dispute,  and  in  1740  John  Webster  testified 
on  this  question  before  the  commission  from 
the  two  states  that  met  at  Joppa,  then  in  Bal- 
timore county,  now  Hartford  county.  By  his 
first  wife  Hannah  he  had  several  children, 
among  them  Michael  and  Isaac.  She  was 
probably  a  sister  of  Isaac  Butterworth,  as  in 
his  will  of  May,  1728,  he  mentions  his 
nephews,  Michael  and  Isaac,  "sons  of  John 
Webster."  He  married  (second)  Sarah  Giles; 
(third)  Mary,  widow  of  John  Talbot,  of  West 
River,  Maryland. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (3)  Webster  and 
his  first  wife  Hannah,  was  bom  about  1700, 
died  October  11,  1759.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1722,  Margaret  Lee,  who  died  1783, 
the  mother  of  thirteen  children. 

(V)  Samuel,  youngest  child  of  Isaac  Web- 
ster, was  born  1746,  died  December  13,  18 17. 
He  married,  in  March,  1769,  Margaret  Ad- 
ams, of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  They 
had  twelve  children. 

(VI)  Edward,  son  of  Samuel  and  Margaret 
(Adams)  Webster,  was  probably  born  in  New 
Jersey,  possibly  in  Philadelphia,  about  1790. 
In  1813  Daniel,  Samuel,  William  and  Edward 
Webster  settled  in  the  town  of  Eden,  Erie 


county,  New  York,  near  Tubb's  Hollow,  com- 
ing from  what  is  now  the  town  of  Boston, 
same  county.  They  were  no  doubt  brothers 
or  near  relatives.  Edward  took  up  land  and 
followied  farming.  He  married,  in  New  Jer- 
sey, Rachel  Kester,  born  in  that  state,  died  in 
Eden  in  1879,  aged  ninety  years.  After  his 
marriage  the  young  couple  came  to  Eden, 
where  Edward  took  up  land  and  followed 
farming  until  his  death,  September  26,  1865. 
Children :  Mercy,  married  John  Webster ; 
Levi,  of  whom  further;  Benjamin,  Ellis,  Em- 
ily, married  Henry  Case. 

(VII)  Levi,  son  of  Edward  Webster,  was 
born  in  Eden,  Erie  county.  New  York,  June 
25,  1818,  died  at  Silver  Creek,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York.  He  lived  on  the  old  Eden 
homestead  until  1886,  then  moved  to  Ham- 
burg, thence  to  Silver  Creek.  He  followed 
farming  all  his  active  years.  He  married 
Mary  Rockwood,  born  in  Vermont,  died  in 
Eden,  New  York,  June  21,  1877,  aged  fifty- 
five  years,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Polly 
Rockwood.  Children,  all  bom  in  Eden,  New 
York:  Harriet  M.,  married  Melvin  J.  Hill; 
Mary  Jane,  married  Elias  Hill,  brother  of 
Melvin  J.;  Rachel  R.,  married  George  Ide; 
Elmer  J.,  married  Selma  Hauth;  Julia,  mar- 
ried Robert  O'Connor;  Edward  S.,  married 
Sarah  Parker;  John  B.,  of  whom  further; 
George  M.,  unmarried. 

(VIII)  John  B.,  son  of  Levi  Webster,  was 
born  in  Eden,  Erie  county,  New  York,  April 
I,  i860. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
in  Eden  Valley  and  worked  on  the  farm  dur- 
ing his  minority.  After  his  marriage  he  kept 
a  hotel  at  Athol  Springs,  Erie  county,  New 
York,  remaining  there  one  and  one-half  years. 
In  1886  he  located  in  the  town  of  Hanover, 
Chautauqua  county,  at  the  village  of  Silver 
Creek,  where  he  successfully  conducted  the 
"Silver  Creek  House"  until  he  purchased  the 
"Windsor  Hotel"  property  in  the  same  village, 
of  which  he  is  the  present  proprietor.  He  is 
now  serving  his  second  term  as  president  of 
the  village,  having  formerly  served  two  terms 
as  trustee.  He  is  interested  in  the  Silver 
Creek  Sand  Company.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  is  a  member  of  Silver  Creek 
Lodge,  No.  682,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  of  Dunkirk  Lodge,  No.  922, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married  Emma  M.  Roeller,  bom  in  Col- 
lins,  daughter  of   George  P.  and   Catherine 


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(Stuhtmiller)   Roeller.     Child:     Howard  C, 
born  at  Silver  Creek,  New  York,  July  i,  1889. 

The       surname       Chapman 

CHAPMAN     means   "merchant"   and   has 

been  known  in  America  from 
an  early  period.  The  family  in  Chautauqua 
county  are  well  known  in  the  towns  of  Port- 
land and  Westfield. 

(I)  Thomas  Chapman  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont, 1798,  died  in  Portland,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  in  i860.  He  lived  in  Ver- 
mont during  his  early  years,  then  came  to 
New  York  state,  settling  in  Rome,  Oneida 
county,  where  he  married.  He  later  came  to 
Chautauqua'  county,  settling  first  in  the  town 
of  Stockton,  later  in  Portland.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer.  He  married,  in  Rome, 
New  York,  Rachel  Ward,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children. 

(H)  Lewis  Ward,  son  of  Thomas  Chap- 
man, was  born  in  Stockton,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  July  16,  1843.  He  was 
educated  in  the  publip  schools  of  Portland, 
New  York,  at  Columbus,  Pennsylvania,  and 
completed  his  studies  in  the  joint  school  main- 
tained by  Portland  and  Westfield.  For  a 
short  time  after  coming  of  age  he  followed 
farming,  but  soon  decided  in  favor  of  mercan- 
tile life.  In  1887  he  established  a  hardware 
business  in  the  village  of  Westfield,  which  he 
successfully  conducted  for  twenty  years,  sell- 
ing out  and  retiring  from  business  in  ICK)7. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  member 
of  the  Men's  Club  of  Westfield. 

Mr.  Chapman  married  (first)  Flora  Wilbur, 
of  the  town  of  Ellery,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York;  she  died  in  1884.  He  married 
(second)  Lillian,  born  in  Westfield,  daughter 
of  William  T.  Hynes. 


According  to  the  "Patronymica 
HODGE    Brittannica"    a    Roman    knight 

and  follower  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  named  Roger,  after  the  con- 
quest, 1066,  settled  in  Scotland,  and  from 
him  came  the  name  Hodge.  From  Roger 
first  came  Oger,  then  Hodger  and  finally 
Hodge  (see  Domesday  Book).  In  England 
among  the  common  people  the  name  is  gen- 
erally pronounced  as  though  spelled  Odge, 
after  the  old  Enelish  mode,  giving  the  "h"  no 
sound.  Yonge's  "Christian  Names"  says 
Hodge  was  once  a  "famous  knightly  name." 


The  English-Teutonic  meaning  is   "spear  of 
fame." 

In  England  the  name  Hodge  is  not  with- 
out distinction.  P.  R.  Hodge,  of  London, 
wrote  several  works  on  steam  engines,  and 
it  is  claimed  was  the  first  to  invent  and  use 
a  hydraulic  table  that  engineers  might  know 
the  weight  in  pounds  and  imperial  gallons, 
and  the  cubic  feet  in  cylindrical  pipe.  Com- 
mander Andrew  Hodge,  Midshipman  J.  T. 
Hodge  and  John  Hodge  all  served  under  the 
great  English  naval  commander,  Lord  Nel- 
son, the  two  latter  being  with  him  at  Trafal- 
gar when  the  French  fleet  was  destroyed  and 
Nelson  was  killed.  Sir  Edward  Cooper 
Hodge,  K.  C.  B.,  served  in  the  Crimean  war 
with  distinction,  and  in  1889  was  holding  the 
rank  of  general  in  the  English  army  and  was 
an  officer  of  the  Legion  of  Honor.  In  both 
England  and  Scotland  the  family  bore  arms, 
the  English  arms  being:  "A  chevron  sur- 
rounded by  a  pale  crest :  An  eagle  rising  look- 
ing at  the  sun."  The  Scotch  arms:  "A 
chevron  between  two  amulets.  Crest :  A  garb 
entwined  with  two  serpents."  In  the  United 
States  the  name  is  found  in  every  state  and 
territory,  many  being  descendants  of  John 
Hodge,  who  died  in  Lyme,  Connecticut, 
1692-94,  from  whom  the  Hodges  of  western 
New  York  descend.  In  the  revolutionary  war 
the  family  was  well  represented,  more  than 
fifty  of  the  name  serving  in  the  continental 
army  from  the  states  of  Massachusetts,  Con- 
necticut and  New  Hampshire. 

The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  western  New 
York  branch  of  the  family  is  John  Hodge, 
born  1643,  d^cd  ^^  Lyme,  Connecticut,  1692- 
94.  He  was  a  resident  of  Clinton,  Middlesex 
county,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  December  28, 
1663.  After  spending  three  years  improving 
his  lands,  he  visited  Windsor  in  the  summer 
of  1666,  from  which  town  he  had  emigrated 
to  Killingworth  with  a  number  of  others  from 
that  town.  Here  he  married  and  with  his 
wife  soon  returned  to  his  home  in  the  then 
called  "Hammanasset  Wilderness."  Here  he 
remained  until  about  1670  when  he  removed 
to  Windsor  where  the  parents  of  his  wife 
were  still  living.  In  1674  he  removed  to  the 
town  of  Suffield  where  his  name  appears  on 
a  list  of  the  first  grantors  of  that  town.  Here 
he  had  several  grants  of  land  and  lived  until 
1687.  In  1688  and  1691  he  paid  personal 
taxes  in  Lyme,  and  was  no  doubt  living  there 
at  that  time.     He  married,  August  12,  1666, 


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Susanna,  born  September  3,  1646,  daughter 
of  Henry  Denslow,  who  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians in  Windsor,  April  4,  1676.  They  were 
the  parents  of  eleven  children,  the  first  born 
in  Killingworth,  the  next  five  are  found  on 
the  records  in  Windsor,  the  last  five  in  Suf- 
tield.  Children:  John,  Thomas,  Mary,  Jo- 
seph, Benjamin,  Henry,  William,  Elizabeth, 
Susanna,   Abigail,   Samuel. 

John  Hodge,  a  descendant  of  John  Hodge, 
the  emigrant  ancestor,  was  born  in  Jefferson 
county.  New  York,  January  17,  1837,  died  at 
Lockport,  New  York,  August  7,  1895.  He 
received  his  education  in  public  schools  and 
academy,  leaving  his  father's  house  to  make 
his  own  way  in  the  world  before  reaching  his 
majority.  He  had  little  capital  save  a  stout 
heart,  energy,  ambition  and  well  formed  hab- 
its of  industry  and  thrift.  With  these  attri- 
butes of  character  to  build  his  fortunes  upon 
he  located  in  the  then  village  of  Lockport, 
where  he  began  the  study  of  law.  His  tastes, 
however,  were  more  for  a  business  than  a 
professional  career,  and  he  did  not  long  con- 
tinue his  legal  studies.  His  next  venture  was 
as  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Merchants'  Gar- 
gling Oil  Company  of  Lockport,  an  enterprise 
not  yet  estabHshed  in  public  favor.  He  was 
rapidly  promoted  and  soon  in  a  position  to 
give  his  unusual  business  talents  full  oppor- 
tunity. He  became  the  controlling  spirit  in 
the  business,  and  in  1866  was  elected  secre- 
tary and  sole  manager.  Under  his  wise  and 
capable  direction  prosperity  came  in  abun- 
dance. Though  most  emphatically  a  self-made 
man  he  possessed  qualities  of  character  that 
would  have  graced  one  born  to  a  life  of  lux- 
ury and  ease;  modest  and  retiring,  full  of  en- 
ergy and  laudable  ambition,  yet  with  such 
sound  good  sense  and  of  such  genial,  attrac- 
tive personality,  that  all  rejoiced  at  his  suc- 
cess. His  energy  and  talents  were  not  de- 
voted to  self-aggrandizement,  hut  he  was  ever 
ready  to  lend  a  hand  to  promote  the  interests 
of  his  adopted  city  or  to  help  some  to  a  better 
condition.  He  erected  the  Hodge  Opera 
House  in  Lockport,  in  1871,  and  when  it  was 
soon  afterward  destroyed  by  fire  quickly  re- 
placed it  with  a  most  imposing  and  costly 
block  still  considered  one  of  the  best  in  the 
city.  This  was  purely  a  private  enterprise 
which  added  greatly  to  the  fame  of  Lockport, 
and  is  a  most  creditable  monument  to  his  pub- 
lic spirit.  His  activity  was  not  confined  to 
his  private  business  but  reached  out  and  em- 


braced many  local  and  county  enterprises. 
He  was  treasurer,  later  president,  of  the 
Lockport  and  Buffalo  Railroad  Company; 
president  of  the  Union  Publishing  Company; 
director  of  the  Cataract  Bank,  of  Niagara 
Falls;  president  of  the  Firemen's  Life  Asso- 
ciation of  the  State  of  New  York ;  director  of 
the  Masonic  Life  Association  of  Western  New 
York;  chief  of  the  Lockport  Fire  Depart- 
ment; president  of  the  Driving  Association; 
president  of  the  Lockport  Water  Supply  Com- 
pany and  president  of  the  Lockport  Street 
Railroad  Company.  He  declined  party  nomi- 
nation for  mayor,  but  for  nine  years  was 
president  of  the  board  of  education  and  a 
most  useful  member.  He  assisted  the 
churches  of  the  city  by  generous  contribu- 
tions, and  served  as  vestryman  of  Grace 
Episcopal  church  for  many  years  and  until 
his  death.  He  stood  high  in  the  Masonic 
order,  holding  all  degrees  in  the  York  and 
Scottish  Rites,  and  was  an  active  thirty-third 
degree  ]\Iason,  with  which  degree  he  was  in- 
vested June  4,  1875.  He  was  a  member  of 
Niagara  Lodge,  No.  375,  in  which  he  received 
the  E.  A.  degree,  September  30,  1861 ;  F.  C. 
degree,  October  21,  1861 ;  M.  M.  degree,  No- 
vember 4,  1 86 1.  He  was  installed  in  follow- 
ing offices  in  said  lodge  at  dates  respectively 
below:  Appointed  tiler,  December  21,  1863; 
elected  secretary,  December  19,  1864;  senior 
warden,  December  20,  1869;  worshipful  mas- 
ter, December  20,  1880.  He  was  a  member 
of  Ames  Chapter,  No.  88,  in  which  he  became 
mark  master,  February  11,  1869;  P^^st  mas- 
ter, February  18,  1869;  most  exalted  master, 
February  18,  1869;  Royal  Arch  Mason, 
March  11,  1869.  He  was  a  member  of  Gene- 
see Commandery,  No.  10,  Knights  Templar; 
became  a  member  of  Red  Cross,  May  14, 
1869;  constituted  and  created  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar, June  II,  1870;  received  the  degrees  in 
Rochester  Lodge  of  Perfection,  May  11,  1875, 
and  demitted  to  Lock  City  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion, of  Lockport,  New  York,  December  25, 
1875.  Received  the  degrees  in  the  Roches- 
ter Council  of  Princes  of  Jerusalem,  May  12, 
1875 ;  Rochester  Chapter  of  Rose  Croix,  May 
12,  1875;  Rochester  Consistory,  May  13, 
1875 ;  received  his  thirty-third  degree,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1879:  crowned  active  member, 
September  19,  1888,  and  became  deputy  of 
Supreme  Council  for  State  of  New  York. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Free  and   Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of 


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New  York.  District  deputy  grand  master  for 
the  then  twenty-fourth  Masonic  District  for 
the  years  1882  to  1884  inclusive;  junior  grand 
warden,  1885-90;  senior  grand  warden, 
1891-92;  deputy  grand  master,  1893;  grand 
master,  1894,  which  exalted  office  he  held  at 
time  of  death.  He  was  also  grand  receiver 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen 
from  the  time  the  Grand  Lodge  was  organ- 
ized in  New  York  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
His  death  in  1895  was  deeply  mourned  all 
over  the  state,  especially  in  his  own  city 
where  his  worth  was  best  known. 

He  married,  February  23,  1870,  Ella  C, 
daughter  of  Willard  Johnson  and  Caroline 
(Walbridge)  Daniels.  Mrs.  Hodge  survives 
her  husband,  a  resident  of  Lockport,  where 
she  is  actively  engaged  in  caring  for  her  vari- 
ous interests. 

(The  Daniels  Line). 

(I)  Robert  Daniels,  emigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  about  1590,  as  on  June 
26,  1652,  he  deposed  that  he  was  about  sixty 
years  old.  He  was  an  early  settler  at  Water- 
town,  and  was  a  property  owner  there  as 
early  as  1636.  He  was  a  farmer.  In  1636 
he  removed  to  Cambridge,  but  later  returned 
to  Watertown.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman, 
March  14,  1638-39.  On  October  7,  165 1,  he 
sold  to  Edward  Garfield  six  acres  of  land  on 
the  Hither  Plain  in  Watertown.  In  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year  he  sold  six  acres  more 
in  the  same  location  to  John  Whitney.  He 
was  in  Cambridge  again  in  1652.    He  married 

(first)  Elizabeth ,  died  October  2,  1643; 

(second)  May  2,  1654,  Reana,  widow  of  Will- 
iam Andrew.  His  will,  dated  July  3,  1655, 
proved  October  2,  1656,  bequeathed  to  his 
widow,  Reana,  the  property  she  had  when 
she  married  him,  besides  other  property;  to 
his  five  children  and  his  cousin,  Anna  New- 
comen.  His  widow  married  (third)  Ed- 
mund Frost.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Fanning.  2.  Samuel,  married 
Marie  (or  Mercy)  Grant.  3.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Sarah,  married  William 
Cheney.  5.  Mary,  born  September  2,  1642; 
married,  1660,  Sampson  Frary,  who  was  slain 
at  Deerfield  by  the  Indians.  6.  Thomas,  bur- 
ied September  6,  1644. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  Daniels,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  in  1640,  died  June  23, 
171 5.  He  settled  in  that  part  of  Medfield 
which  is  now  Millis.    He  married  (first)  No- 


vember 16,  1665,  Mary  Fairbanks,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1647,  ^^  Dedham,  died  June  9, 
1682,  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  (Adams) 
Fairbanks;  (second)  Rachel  Sheffield,  born 
in  Braintree,  March  24,  1660,  died  May  3, 
1687,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Shef- 
field; (third)  Mrs.  Lydia  (Adams)  Allen, 
born  1653,  died  December  26,  1 731,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Lydia  Adams,  widow  of 
James  Allen.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary,  born  July  14,  1669. 
3.  Samuel,  October  30,  1671 ;  married,  1694, 
Deborah  Ford.  4.  Mehitable,  July  10,  1674, 
died  June  3,  1686.  5.  Ebenezer,  April  24, 
1677.  6.  Elizabeth,  March  9,  1679;  married 
Joseph  Mason.  7.  Jeremiah,  March  17,  1680, 
died  June  16,  1680.  8.  Eleazer,  March  9, 
1681 ;  resided  in  Mendon.  9.  Jeremiah,  No- 
vember 3,  1684.  10.  Rachel,  October  17, 
1686.     II.  Zachariah,  April  9,  1689,  died  May 

2,  1689. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Dan- 
iels, was  born  September  23,  1666,  in  Med- 
field, died  there  January  14,  1739.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Rachel  Partridge,  born  1669, 
daughter  of  John  and  Magdalen  (Bullard) 
Partridge;  (second)  Methia  Breck,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1673,  in  Sherbom,  died  February 

3,  1754,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Hill)  Breck.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Joseph,  born  December  15, 
1695.  3.  David,  February  21,  1698-99.  4. 
Hannah,  September  30,  1701 ;  married,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1725,  Eleazer  Thompson.  5.  Ezra, 
March  10,  1704.  6.  Sarah,  May  i,  1707;  mar- 
ried, February  20,  1733,  John  Bullard.  7. 
Abigail,  March  15,  1715,  died  December  14, 
1718.  8.  Tamar,  March  17,  1717;  married, 
December,   1733,  John  Metcalf. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Daniels, 
was  born  in  Medfield,  December  25,  1693, 
died  in  1789.  He  settled  in  that  part  of  Med- 
field which  became  Med  way.  He  married 
(first)  December  6,  1718,  Experience  Adams, 
born  1696,  died  March  29,  1731,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Peter  and  Experience  (Cook)  Ad- 
ams; (second)  February  20,  1733,  Sarah 
Phipps,  born  in  Wrentham,  daughter  of  John 
Phipps,  who  was  a  nephew  and  adopted  son 
of  Sir  William  Phipps,  of  London,  England. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Samuel,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Timothy,  born  September  6,  1722; 
married,  February  6,  1754,  Ruth  Leland; 
lived  in  Sherborn.  3.  Nathan,  August  20, 
1727.    4.  John,  August  18,  1728.     5.  Simeon, 


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March  8,  1 73031 ;  married,  April  9,  1754, 
Lydia  Adams;  lived  in  Franklin.  Children 
of  second  wife:  6.  Reuben,  born  November 
25,  1733,  died  February  26,  1734.  7.  Sarah, 
January'  10;  1734-35;  married,  March  2, 
1758,  Timothy  Force.  8.  Mary,  April  23, 
1736;  married,  July  5,  1764,  Jonathan  Wis- 
well.  9.  Japheth,  February  17,  1738;  mar- 
ried Melatiah  Hay  ward;  lived  in  Holliston; 
died  March  3,  1805.  10.  Abijah,  July  2^, 
1740;  married,  1774,  Hannah  Dix;  lived  in 
Milford. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Dan- 
iels, was  born  June  8,  1720,  in  Medway,  Mas- 
sachusetts. In  1773  he  settled  in  Leicester, 
V^ermont.  He  enlisted  in  the  revolutionary 
army  and  was  killed  in  1778.  He  married 
(first)  ;  (second)  in  Medway,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  26,  1760,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Wiswell,  died  1802.  The  marriage  record 
gives  his  residence  at  that  time  as  Belling- 
ham,  Massachusetts.  Children:  Dan,  Sam- 
uel, George  and  others. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Wiswell)  Daniels,  was  born  1776, 
died  1843.  He  married  Huldah  Parker,  born 
1781,  died  1858.  Children:  i.  William  Par- 
ker, born  December  3,  1803,  at  Whiting,  Ver- 
mont, died  August  2,  1865  J  married,  October 
10,  1827,  Betsy  Landon  Fox,  born  at  James- 
town, Virginia,  January  8,  1800,  died  Novem- 
ber 2.^,  1877;  children:  i.  Eliza  E.,  born  Sep- 
tember 30,  1829,  died  April  10,  1831.  ii. 
Charles  Fox,  born  September  5,  1831,  died 
February  19,  1905.  iii.  Mary,  born  January 
10,  1833,  died  January,  1834.  iv.  Helen  Mon- 
son,  bom  October  27,  1834,  died  April  22, 
1891 ;  married,  January  6,  1857,  Cromwell 
John  Lloyd,  and  had  a.  Walter  Cromwell,  born 
January  6,  1858;  married,  1884,  Clara  Louise 
Woerts;  b.  Nellie  Lloyd,  died  in  infancy;  c. 
Frances  Helen,  born  February  i,  1867;  mar- 
ried, in  1889,  Carl  W.  Preston,  v.  Eliza  (Liz- 
zie) born  December  11,  1838;  married,  Au- 
gust II,  1857,  Lewis  Lackore,  born  March 
25,  1834,  died  July  10,  1902;  children:  a. 
Louis  Horace,  died  aged  ten  years;  b.  Fred 
William,  born  September  20,  1859;  married, 
January  i,  1890,  Edna  Olive  Kneeland,  born 
October  26,  1857,  died  December  5,  1899, 
leaving  Lucius  Harrington,  Charles  Daniels, 
Edna  Olive ;  c.  Ida  Fox,  born  June  24,  1861 ; 
married,  June  10,  1885,  James  Taylor  Park- 
inson, born  January  8,  1856,  died  January  7, 
19 10,  had  Gladys  Elizabeth  and  Robert  Lac- 


kore Parkinson;  d.  Henry  Daniels,  bom 
January  28,  1870;  married,  April  28,  1898,  Isa- 
bell  Susanne  Gove,  born  August  30,  1873; 
child:  Elizabeth  Gove  Lackore.  vi.  Harriet, 
born  February  i,  1841,  died  March  8,  1905. 

2.  Russell  Case,  bom  December  22,  1804.  3- 
Monson  Haskins,  born  October  23,  1805,  died 
October,  1845;  married  Harriet  Wright.  4. 
Loyal  Carpenter,  born  June  20,  1806,  died 
June  29,  1841 ;  married  Mary  L.  Tyler.  5. 
Eliza  E.,  born  May  30,  181 1,  died  January  25, 
1825.  6.  Willard  Johnson,  mentioned  below. 
7.  Lucy  Wiswell,  born  August  21,  181 5,  died 
August  21,  1818.  8.  Livonia  Nichols,  born 
March  16,  1818,  died  June  20,  1894;  married 
Peter  Palmer,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  died  July  18, 
1875;  children:  i.  Livonia  Nichols,  died  July 
j8,  1879.  "•  William  Nichols,  born  1842,  died 
December  23,  1898.  iii.  Emma  Louise,  iv. 
George  Samuel.  9.  Lucy  Wiswell  (2),  born 
May  21,  1822,  died  September  25,  1908;  mar- 
ried, October  9,  1839,  Roswell  W.  Cheney,  of 
Toledo,  Ohio,  died  August  17,  1844;  children: 
i.  Caroline,  born  1842,  married  Emory  D.  Pot- 
ter, of  Toledo,  Ohio;  children:  Paul  Emory, 
born  December,  1869;  Rollin  Daniels  and 
Mary  Caroline,  ii.  Roswell  W.  (2),  born 
October  18,  1844.  10.  Samuel  Rollin,  born 
July  II,  1825,  died  December  3,  1902;  mar- 
ried Marion  Wilkinson,  born  April  2,  1830; 
children:  i.  Rensselaer  Wilkinson,  bom  Oc- 
tober 6,  1 85 1,  married  Edith  Alden.  ii.  Wil- 
liam Russell,  born  September  13,  1853,  died 
April  12,  1858.  iii.  George  Samuel,  born  May 
27,  1857.  iv.  Frances  Marian,  bom  March 
I,  1864,  married  Harry  A.  Marlin,  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania;  children:  Kenton,  born 
1880;  Marion,  1882;  Ralph,  1884. 

(VH)  Willard  Johnson,  sixth  child  of  Sam- 
uel (3)  and  Huldah  (Parker)  Daniels,  was 
born  May  2,  181 3,  died  November  25,  1877. 
He  gave  its  name  to  the  city  of  Toledo,  Ohio, 
and  was  for  a  long  time  connected  with  the 
Toledo  Blade,  He  married  (first)  January 
16,  1838,  Caroline  Walbridge,  who  died  No- 
vember 24,  1849.  He  married  (second)  Isa- 
dore  Emma  Hopkins,  who  died  in  1899.  Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage:  i.  Mary  C,  married 
Samuel  Alfred  Wheeler,  of  Toledo,  Ohio; 
children:  Frederic  Russell,  married  Florence 

B.  Fargo;  Caroline  Walbridge,  married  John 

C.  Williams.  2.  Lucy,  married,  January  5, 
1864,  John  E.  Mack,  of  Lockport,  New  York. 

3.  Kate,  married  Rev.  Lawrence  Stevens,  died 
September,  1904.    4.  Ella  C,  married,  Febru- 


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ary  23,  1870,  John  Hodge,  of  Lockport.  Chil- 
dren of  second  marriage:  5.  Carrie,  married 
Howard  Helmer,  of  Lockport.  6.  Frank, 
married  Anna  Heckel.  7.  Dora,  married  Ken- 
ton Sawlnier.  8.  Jennie,  married  Jabez  Mil- 
ton Woodward. 


The  Wilsons  of  Jamestown, 
WILSON     New    York,    herein    recorded, 

are  of  English  ancestors,  who 
settled  on  part  of  the  site  of  the  present  city 
of  Jamestown,  while  it  was  yet  farm  land 
and  known  as  "English  Hill."  Four  families 
came  from  England,  and  one  of  these,  John 
Wilson,  was  the  American  ancestor  and  early 
settler  in  Chautauqua  county.  The  name  was 
originally  spelled  Willson  and  was  so  written 
by  the  first  settler.  Later  generations  have 
adopted  Wilson  as  the  proper  form,  although 
another  branch  of  the  same  family  in  James- 
town continue  the  old  spelling. 

(I)  John  Wilson  was  born  in  Ely,  Eng- 
land, about  1770.  He  married  there  Eliza- 
beth Atkinson,  bom  in  the  same  parish, 
March  25,  1772.  They  removed  to  St.  Ives, 
Cambridgeshire,  England.  He  had  a  son 
John. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  EHza- 
beth  (Atkinson)  Wilson,  was  born  at  St. 
Ives,  Cambridgeshire,  England,  December  26, 
1802,  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  July  4, 
1873.  He  was  a  boat  builder  by  trade  and 
followed  that  occupation  in  his  native  town. 
In  1834  he  came  to  the  United  States  with 
his  wife  and  three  children,  accompanied  by 
four  other  families  from  England.  One  of 
these  was  also  named  Willson,  although  it  is 
not  known  that  they  were  related.  This  col- 
ony remained  together  and  finally  settled  in 
Chautauqua  county,  near  the  then  village  of 
Jamestown,  and  now  within  the  city  limits. 
They  secured  land  adjoining  and  gave  the 
place  the  name  it  bore  for  many  years  "Eng- 
lish Hill."  John  did  not  long  remain  on  his 
original  location  but  moved  into  the  village  of 
Jamestown  where  he  could  find  work  at  his 
trade.  He  later  built  flat  boats  for  himself, 
loaded  them  with  lumber  and  other  salable 
products,  and  floated  them  down  the  rivers 
to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  a  profitable  market 
was  found.  He  was  very  successful  in  his 
river  trading,  and  as  years  came  upon  him 
abandoned  the  river  and  purchased  a  farm 
at  Kiantone,  Chautauqua  county,  from  Gover- 
nor Reuben  E.   Fenton.     He  cultivated  and 


lived  on  this  farm  the  remainder  of  his  days, 
although  his  death  occurred  at  the  residence 
of  his  son  Robert,  in  Jamestown.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Demo- 
crat. 

He  married,  in  Ely,  England,  June  17,  1825, 
Rebeckah  Thorp,  born  June  26,  1806,  died 
January  14,  1873,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Thorp.  Children:  i.  Robert  (see 
sketch).  2.  William,  see  forward.  3.  George 
J.,  born  January  28,  183 1,  died  April  27,  1832. 
4.  Elizabeth,  born  in  England,  April  11,  1833; 
married,  1854,  H.  V.  Kellogg,  a  native  of  Ver- 
mont; child,  Jennie  R.  Kellogg,  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1863;  now  (1911)  and  for  the  past 
thirty  years  a  teacher  in  the  Jamestown  pub- 
lic schools.  5.  John  Thorp  (see  sketch).  6. 
Horace  A.  (see  sketch).  7.  Sarah  Ann,  born 
August  6,  1843;  married  John  Reed  and  re- 
sides at  Frewsburg,  New  York.  8.  Mary  L., 
born  February  2,  1846;  married  (first),  1865, 
Jefferson  Frew;  (second)  Captain  Whitney, 
and  resides  at  Frewsburg. 

(Ill)  William,  second  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Rebeckah  (Thorp)  Wilson,  was  born  in  Ely, 
Cambridgeshire,  England,  July  27,  1828,  died 
in  Jamestown,  June  2,  1903.  When  a  lad  of 
six  years  his  parents  came  to  America,  set- 
tling at  Jamestown,  where  the  lad  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  When  he  reached 
the  age  of  twelve  years  he  began  driving  a 
team  engaged  in  hauling  freight  from  Dun- 
kirk to  Jamestown.  Following  this  he  worked 
for  his  father  and  at  carpentering.  All  his 
mature  years  he  was  engaged  in  some  form 
of  the  lumber  business.  He  assisted  his  father 
in  his  boating  operations  on  the  Allegheny 
and  Ohio  rivers  and  later  engaged  in  the  same 
business  for  himself,  building,  owning  and 
operating  river  boats.  At  one  period  he  was 
engaged  with  the  Fenton  Lumber  Company, 
managing  their  traffic  on  the  rivers.  He  was 
also  much  employed  as  an  inspector  of  tim- 
ber lands  by  his  brother,  John  Thorp  Wil- 
son. In  this  line  he  was  unexcelled.  He  was 
successful  in  his  private  business  and  was 
also  deeply  interested  in  the  public  affairs  of 
the  then  village  of  Jamestown.  For  fourteen 
years  he  served  as  village  trustee  and  the  rec- 
ords kept  by  the  town  clerk  contain  frequent 
reference  to  his  public  spirited  work  while  a 
member  of  the  village  board.  He  also  served 
his  city  as  paving  and  sewer  inspector.  He 
was  a  lifelong  Democrat  and  lived  in  a  strong 
Republican  district,  yet  his  worth  was  so  well 


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known  that  he  always  held  office,  elected  by 
the  votes  of  friends  opposed  to  him  politically. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  of 
Jamestown,  and  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  March  25,  1852,  Adaline  Mac- 
lease.  Children:  i.  Mary  E.,  born  November 
21,  1855,  died  August  16,  1879;  married 
Thomas  Johnson,  also  deceased.  2.  Lillian, 
died  in  infancy.    3.  Fred  H.,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Fred  H.,  son  of  William  and  Adaline 
(Maclease)  Wilson,  was  born  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  at  333  Allen  street,  June  29,  1864. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Jamestown,  and  began  business  life  in  the 
employ  of  his  uncle,  John  Thorp  Wilson. 
After  working  for  a  time  in  the  saw  and  plan- 
ing mills  he  was  made  foreman  of  the  lum- 
ber yards  and  purchasing  agent  for  that  de- 
partment. He  continued  in  3iat  position  until 
April,  1898,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
appointment  of  chief  of  the  Jamestown  fire 
department.  He  held  this  position  continu- 
ously under  the  volunteer  system  until  the 
year  191 1  when  he  was  appointed  to  the  same 
position  in  the  newly  created  paid  fire  depart- 
ment. This  speaks  volumes  for  his  efficiency 
as  fire  chief  for  the  past  thirteen  years.  Mr. 
Wilson's  military  record  deserves  more  than 
passing  notice.  He  enlisted  in  the  Fenton 
Guards  in  1887,  he  served  continuously  until 
1898,  when  he,  with  others  of  the  "Guards" 
offered  their  services  to  the  government  to 
fight  in  the  Spanish^-American  war.  He  was 
mustered  in  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company 
E.,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment,  New  York  Volun- 
teers, on  May  17,  and  in  July  of  the  same 
year  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  of  the 
same  company.  He  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, November  19,  1898,  and  returned  to 
Jamestown.  In  1903  he  was  elected  captain 
of  the  Thirteenth  Separate  Company,  and  is 
still  serving.  He  also  resumed  his  old  posi- 
tion of  chief  of  the  fire  department  after  his 
return.  Besides  his  well  known  and  fully  ap- 
preciated qualities  as  leader  of  the  fire  de- 
partment, Mr.  Wilson  has  a  well  established 
reputation  in  his  city  for  integrity  and  hon- 
orable dealing  with  all.  He  was  on  the  mili- 
tary staff  of  Governor  F.  W.  Higgins  during 
his  term  as  governor.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevplent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Maccabees,  and  the 
Eagles.     Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  in  1888,  Gertrude  My- 


ers, died  January  20,  1891.  Child,  Mary  Isa- 
bel, born  May  9,  1889;  graduate  of  Jamestown 
high  school,  class  of  1909.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Angle  Lenore  Dowler,  born  at  Water- 
ford,  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  September 
21,  1869,  daughter  of  Frank  King  and  Kath- 
erin  (Price)  Dowler.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  of  Jamestown 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. Child  of  second  marriage :  Katherin  A., 
born  April  15,  1893;  attending  high  school, 
class  of  191 2. 

(The    Dowler    Line). 

The  Dowlers  descend  from  Henry  Dowler, 
a  native  of  county  Cavanaugh,  Ireland.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Wah.  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  a  son  John,  who  served  in  the  war 
of  18 1 2.  He  married  Susan,  daughter  of 
John  Lang.  Their  son,  John  Dowler,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  King  (see  forward).  Their 
son,  Frank  King  Dowler,  was  born  in 
a  log  cabin  on  his  father's  farm,  lo- 
cated between  Miller's  Station  and  Cam- 
bridge Springs,  Crawford  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  30,  1845.  He?  learned  the 
blacksmith's  trade  which  he  followed  in  early 
life.  Later  he  went  to  the  oil  fields  of  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  engaged  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness as  a  speculator  and  broker.  He  later 
resided  in  Waterford,  Pennsylvania,  going 
from  there  to  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
established  a  wagon  making  and  blacksmith- 
ing  business,  which  he  continued  for  five 
years.  He  then  settled  in  Jamestown  where 
he  conducted  the  same  business  for  several 
years.  In  his  latter  days  he  kept  a  tobacco 
store  in  Jamestown.  He  was  of  an  adventur- 
ous disposition,  and  during  the  Klondike  ex- 
citement went  to  the  gold  fields  of  Alaska, 
but  did  not  long  remain.  He  died  in  James- 
town, New  York,  September  22,  1909.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  April  10,  1867,  Katherin  Price, 
born  February  27,  1841,  died  January  18, 
1893,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Margaret 
(Hart)  Price.  Children:  i.  Luella,  born 
January  11,  1868;  married  Charles  E.  Free- 
man, of  Jamestown.  2.  Angle  Lenore,  mar- 
ried Fred  H.^  Wilson  (see  Wilson  IV).  3. 
Charles  W^,  born  March  6,  1871 ;  married 
Belle  Manton ;  children :  Edna  K.  and  Winton 
Francis.    4.  Arthur  King,  born  June  11,  1874. 


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5.  Frank  Price,  born  March  30,  1876.    6.  Fred 
Byers,  twin  of  Frank  Price. 

(The  King  Line). 

Elizabeth  King,  wife  of  John  Dowler,  was 
a  descendant  of  Captain  Robert  King,  one 
of  the  pioneers  and  the  first  actual  settler  of 
Erie  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  settled  there 
in  1794,  coming  west  by  way  of  the  west 
branch  of  the  Susquelianna  river,  and  over 
the  mountains,  following  nearly  the  present 
line  of  the  Philadelphia  &  Erie  railroad,  to 
the  Tionesta  river  near  Sheffield,  in  Warren 
county.  He  made  his  first  selection  of  land 
(also  the  first  entry)  in  Le  Boef  township, 
Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1794.  It  con- 
sisted of  four  hundred  acres  at  the  present 
**Ford  Bridge."  He  then  returned  to  his 
home  in  Lycoming  county,  and  in  the  spring 
of  1795  came  to  Erie  county  with  his  family 
and  began  the  erection  of  a  home  in  the 
wilderness.  His  first  trip  was  made  with  his 
hired  man.  When  they  reached  Sheffield  they 
built  a  canoe  and  descended  the  Tionesta  and 
Allegheny  rivers  to  the  site  of  the  present 
city  of  Franklin,  thence  overland  to  the  loca- 
tion of  his  tract  of  land  in  Erie  county. 

Captain  King  was  an  officer  of  the  revolu- 
tionary army  and  rendered  his  state  important 
service,  not  only  in  the  field  but  in  the  nego- 
tiation of  treaties  with  the  Indians.  As  a 
reward  for  his  services  the  legislature  of 
Pennsylvania  voted  him  four  hundred  acres 
of  land  'Vest  of  the  AUeghenies."  It  was 
to  locate  this  grant  that  Captain  King  made 
his  first  trip  through  an  unbroken  wilderness. 
His  family,  consisting  of  five  sons  and  six 
daughters,  arrived  with  him  on  his  second 
trip.  May  15,  1795,  having  come  by  way  of 
Pittsburg.  Captain  King  lived  on  his  Erie 
county  farm  until  his  death  about  1824.  He 
was  a  hardy,  resolute  pioneer,  as  well  as  a 
brave  soldier  and  devoted  patriot.  His  mili- 
tary service  is  attested  by  the  following  rec- 
ord: Pennsylvania  Archives,  third  series,  vol. 
23,  page  432.  "Robert  King  was  a  first  lieu- 
tenant Second  Battalion,  Lancaster  county 
militia,  commanded  by  Colonel  James  Wat- 
son, June  20,  1777."  His  wife  was  Elizabeth 
Walker. 

Their  son  Samuel  settled  with  his  father 
in  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  married 
Mary  Ann  Lattimore  (Lattimer),  daughter 
of  Major  James  Lattimer,  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution  (see  Pennsylvania  Archives,  Third 


Series,  vol.  23,  page  301).  "James  Lattimer 
was  an  ensign  in  Rangers,  on  the  Frontiers, 
1778-83,  from  Northampton  county."  He 
was  born  in  1761,  died  1827,  and  is  buried 
at  Waterford,  Pennsylvania.  He  married 
Mary  Ann  Walker.  Children:  i.  William, 
married  Rhoda  Williams.  2.  John,  died  a 
young  man.  3.  Robert,  married  Polly  Hood. 
4.  Margaret,  married  John  Ireland.  5.  Nancy, 
married  Moses  Nimrod.  6.  Mary  Ann,  mar- 
ried Samuel  King.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth 
King,  married  John  Dowler.  Their  daugh- 
ter, Angie  Lenore  Dowler,  married  Fred  H. 
Wilson  (see  Wilson  IV). 


(Ill)  Robert  Wilson,  eldest 
WILSON  son  of  John  (2)  (q.  v.)  and 
Rebeckah  (Thorp)  Wilson,  was 
born  in  Ely,  Cambridgeshire,  England,  Au- 
gust 17,  1826,  died  suddenly  at  Mayville, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  December  26, 
1902.  He  was  eight  years  of  age  when  the 
family  came  to  the  United  States.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Jamestown  schools,  and  early 
in  life  was  taught  the  trades  of  carpenter  and 
boat  builder  by  his  father.  He  began  boat- 
ing on  the  river  as  his  father's  assistant  and 
later  owned  and  operated  boats  and  rafts  for 
his  own  account.  He  was  actively  engaged 
in  this  business  for  thirty-five  years.  Finally 
quitting  the  river,  he  followed  his  trade  and 
was  buyer  for  his  brother,  John  Thorp  Wil- 
son, who  was  a  large  lumber  dealer,  Robert 
selecting  and  buying  timber  lands  for  him. 
He  continued  in  active  life  up  to  the  moment 
of  his  death,  having  left  Jamestown  the  day 
previous  with  his  brother,  Horace  A.,  for 
the  purpose  of  measuring  some  timber.  They 
reached  Mayville  and  were  just  ready  to  start 
for  the  woods  when  he  suddenly  fell  and  ex- 
pired. The  physician,  quickly  summoned, 
pronounced  the  cause  heart  disease.  For 
nearly  twenty  years  Jamestown  had  been  his 
home  and  he  had  done  much  for  the  improve- 
ment of  that  city.  He  owned  considerable 
real  estate  and  had  erected  many  buildings. 
For  forty  years  he  lived  on  King  street  in  a 
house  erected  by  himself.  He  was  greatly 
interested  in  Odd  Fellowship,  was  a  member 
of  Ellicott  Lodge  and  one  of  the  organizers 
of  Jamestown  Lodge.  He  was  prominent  in 
the  order  and  wore  with  pride  his  medal 
showing  fifty  years'  membership.  He  was 
one  of  the  oldest  Odd  Fellows  in  Jamestown, 
and  his  funeral  was  conducted  by  his  breth- 


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ren  of  the  Order,  the  three  lodges  of  the  city 
attending  and  participating.  He  was  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  liberal 
in  his  support.  He  is  buried  in  Lakeview 
cemetery,  Jamestown. 

He  married,  in  August,  1852,  Mary  Louisa 
Merriam,  bom  in  Busti,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  August  21,  1833,  died  in  James- 
town, February  5,  1904,  daughter  of  Abel  and 
Mary  (Foster)  Merriam.  She  was  a  most 
kind-hearted  and  sympathetic  woman.  Dur- 
ing the  civil  war  she  took  charge  of  two  or- 
phaned children  of  her  sister,  cared  for  them 
as  her  own  until  they  grew  to  adult  years. 
In  August,  1902,  this  aged  couple  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding,  an  occasion  that  was 
properly  observed  by  their  many  friends  and 
relatives.  She  survived  her  husband  but  a 
little  over  a  year.  Children:  i.  Elliott  S., 
bom  August  14,  1853,  died  February  24,  1855. 
2.  Ernest  Charles,  born  May  2,  1856,  died 
November  8,  1859.  3.  Minnie  Etta,  born  July 
6,  1859;  was  educated  in  the  Jamestown 
schools,  graduating  from  the  high  school,  class 
of  1882.  She  prepared  for  the  profession 
of  teacher  and  for  twenty-three  years  taught 
in  the  Jamestown  public  schools.  She  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Baptist  church;  she 
resides  at  108  King  street,  Jamestown. 

(HI)  Horace  Allensby,  sixth  child  of  John 
and  Rebeckah  (Thorp)  Wilson,  was  born  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  March  2,  1841.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  has 
always  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in 
some  capacity.  He  served  three  years  in 
the  civil  war,  enlisting  in  Company  F,  One 
Hundred  and  Twelfth  Regiment,  New  York 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Peck,  born 
February  10,  1845,  i"  the  town  of  Ellicott, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Ezra  and  Harriet  Peck,  of  Ellicott.  Children: 
Louie  Herbert,  of  whom  further;  Gertrude, 
born  June  13,  1879;  Stella,  June  24,  1883. 

(IV)  Louie  Herbert,  only  son  of  Horace  A. 
and  Mary  Jane  (Peck)  Wilson,  was  born  in 
Kiantone,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
February  25,  1870.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Jamestown  public  schools,  and  from  early  life 
has  been  closely  associated  with  his  father 
and  uncles  in  the  lumber  business.  He  now 
occupies  the  position  of  timber  inspector.  He 
is  thoroughly  qualified  for  the  position,  be- 
ing recognized  as  an  expert  in  his  line.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of 


the  Sons  of  Veterans,  also  of  Jamestown 
Tent,  No.  9,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  He 
married,  March  14,  1900,  in  the  town  of  Car- 
roll, Chautauqua  county,  Ruie  Harriet,  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Ezra  and  Julia  Ann  Fuller. 
Robert  E.  Fuller  served  as  a  private  of  the 
Ninth  New  York  Cavalry  during  the  civil 
war,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  His 
children:  Fred,  Earl  R.,  Maude  M.,  Hugh  E., 
Louie  H.,  Ruie  H.,  Bertha  M.  and  Edward  J. 
Children  of  Louie  H.  and  Ruie  H.  Wilson: 
Mary  Rebecca,  born  April  24,  1901 ;  Lois 
Thorp,  September  2,  1903;  Sarah  Gladys, 
March  18,  1907. 


(Ill)  John  Thorp  Wilson,  fifth 
WILSON     child  and   fourth  son  of  John 

(2)  (q.  v.)  and  Rebeckah 
(Thorp)  Wilson,  was  born  at  English  Hill, 
Jamestown,  New  York,  September  18,  1835, 
and  died  May  14,  1910.  He  was  the  first 
American  born  child  of  his  parents,  and  spent 
his  life  in  Jamestown,  where  he  became  a 
prominent  business  man  and  influential  citi- 
zen. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  spent  his  early  life  assisting  his  father 
and  elder  brothers  in  their  various  enterprises. 
His  first  entrance  into  business  for  himself 
was  in  i860,  when  he  began  the  drug  and 
book  business  with  W.  C.  T.  Hall,  their  store 
on  Main  street,  between  Second  and  Third 
streets,  being  opened  for  business  October  i, 
i860.  Following  this  venture,  in  1863,  he 
began  his  long  career  in  the  lumber  business. 
He  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Corj-don 
Hitchcock  in  1873,  trading  under  the  firm 
name  Hitchcock  &  Wilson.  In  1877  Mr.  Wil- 
son bought  his  partner's  interest.  He  de- 
veloped an  immense  business,  purchased  large 
tracts  of  timber  lands,  erected  mills  for  saw- 
ing and  dressing,  also  extensive  lumber  yards 
and  planing  mill  equipped  with  best  modern 
machinery,  and  manufactured  everything  in 
wood  required  for  the  erection  of  a  building. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  business 
ability,  managing  his  large  business  with  suc- 
cess and  attaining  an  influential  position  in 
the  commercial  world.  He  was  highly  hon- 
ored in  his  home  city,  and  had  the  distinction 
of  being  the  only  Democrat  ever  elected  su- 
pervisor of  the  town  of  Ellicott,  being  elected 
first  in  1878  and  reelected  in  1879.  He  lived 
to  be  nearly  seventy-five  years  of  age  and 
continued  in  active  business  until  his  last  brief 
illness.     He   was  interested  in   all  that  per- 


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tained  to  the  upbuilding  of  Jamestown,  and 
supported  liberally  her  various  institutions. 
He  held  membership  in  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Royal  Arcanum, 
and  other  societies.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Jamestown  at  the 
time  of  his  death. 

.  Mr.  Wilson  married  (first)  November  8, 
i860,  Mariette  Julia  Cook,  bom  November 
25,  1839,  in  Jamestown,  died  April  18,  1903, 
eldest  child  of  Judge  Orsell  Cook,  of  James- 
town, and  his  wife,  Annie  Tew  Cook.  She 
was  educated  at  the  Old  Academy  in  James- 
town, and  at  Miss  Wheeler's  Seminary.  She 
was  a  most  charitable  and  benevolent  woman, 
and  a  tireless  worker  for  the  relief  of  others, 
doing  a  great  deal  of  good  through  the  or- 
ganization as  well  as  through  her  own  private 
work,  of  which  little  was  known.  She  was 
an  active  worker  and  regular  attendant  of 
the  Unitarian  church,  which  she  supported 
with  the  same  generosity  displayed  in  her 
charitable  work.  She  was  one  of  the  organiz- 
ers of  the  Home  Relief  Society,  member  of 
the  Liberal  Christian  Guild  of  her  church,  and 
through  her  patriotic  ancestry  held  member- 
ship in  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. Children:  Anna  M.,  born  May  30, 
1863,  married  Alfred  S.  Dunham ;  Charles  C, 
of  further  mention;  Jennie  M.,  born  June  3, 
1868,  married  Frank  W.  Cadwell.  Mr.  Wil- 
son married  (second)  Elizabeth  Detwiller,  who 
survives  him. 

(IV)  Charles  C,  only  son  of  John  Thorp 
and  Mariette  Julia  (Cook)  Wilson,  was  born 
in  Jamestown,  New  York,  October  3,  1864. 
He  grew  up  in  Jamestown,  attending  the  pub- 
lic schools,  after  which  he  took  a  course  in 
Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College  at  Buf- 
falo, New  York.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he 
entered  the  employ  of  his  father  and  grew  up 
in  the  business.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father 
in  1910,  he  assumed  the  entire  responsibility 
of  that  business,  which  to-day  is  one  of  the 
large  industries  of  Jamestown.  Mr.  Wilson 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having 
attained  the  thirty-second  degree.  He  be- 
longs to  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  Western  Sun 
Chapter,  Jamestown  Commandery,  and  Ismai- 
lia  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  of 
Buffalo;  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  of  James- 
town, Lodge  No.  263.  He  is  secretary  of  the 
Jamestown  Club,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Jamestown   Volunteer   Fire   Department    for 


fifteen  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grange, 
and  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Jamestown.  Mr.  Wilson*s  house  on  East 
Fourth  street,  which  he  built  and  was  com- 
pleted in  191 1,  is  one  of  Jamestown's  beauti- 
ful residences. 

He  married,  January  9,  1890,  Mary  Cheney 
Hall,  of  Jamestown,  daughter  of  Erie  L.  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Marvin)  Cheney.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Wilson  have  one  child,  Marvin  Cook  Wilson, 
born  April  27,  1897. 


Thomas  Kent,  immigrant  ancestor, 
KENT  was  born  in  England,  and  came 
with  his  wife  to  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts,  before  1643,  He  had  a  house 
and  land  near  the  burying  ground  in  the  West 
Parish,  sometimes  known  as  Chebacco,  and 
now  as  Essex.  He  may  have  been  connected 
with  Richard  Kent,  of  Newbury,  who  had  a 
grant  of  land  near  Chebacco  in  1635.  Thomas 
Kent's  name  is  on  the  list  of  eighty-two  set- 
tlers, the  proprietors  of  land  in  Gloucester 
from  the  time  of  settlement  until  1650.  He 
was  a  yeoman  or  farmer.  According  to  Col- 
onel Kent,  of  Lancaster,  New  Hampshire,  he 
died  May  i,  1656,  and  his  widow  died  at 
Gloucester,  October  16,  1671.  Children: 
Thomas,  born  probably  in  England;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Josiah,  born  probably  in 
England. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Kent,  was 
born  probably  in  England.  When  the  town 
of  Brookfield  was  destroyed,  he  moved  to 
Suffield,  Connecticut,  in  1678,  and  on  Sep- 
tember 8,  i686„  he  sold  his  house  lot  and 
rights  to  John  Scott,  of  Suffield.  His  will 
was  dated  August  17,  1689,  with  a  codicil  on 
January  3,  1690-91,  and  in  it  he  mentioned  his 
wife  and  sons  Samuel  and  John.  According 
to  the  Springfield  records  he  was  "taken  sick 
and  died  Feby.  2,  1690- 1."  He  married  twice, 
for  his  first  wife,  Frances,  died  August  10, 
1683,  and  the  inventory  of  his  estate,  which 
amounted  to  ninety-six  pounds,  ten  shillings, 
was  sworn  to  by  his  widow,  Mary  Ann,  soon 
after  his  death.  He  was  married,  by  Rev. 
Samuel  Simonds,  January  17,  1654,  to  Fran- 
ces Woodall.  Children  by  first  wife:  Sarah, 
bom  August  14,  1657;  Mary,  December  19, 
1658 ;  Samuel,  October  26,  1661 ;  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Kent,  was  born 
in  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  April  28,  1664. 
He  was  in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  in  1680,  and 


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died  there  April  ii,  1721.  He  married  (first) 
May  9,  1686,  Abigail,  born  May  24,  1667, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Roe)  Dud- 
ley. He  married  (second)  in  1708-09,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Winchell, 
and  she  survived  him  for  many  years.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Mary,  born  January  25, 
1687;  John,  January  26,  1688;  Abigail,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1690;  Deborah,  August  22,  1693; 
Dudley,  October  23,  1695 ;  Mary,  October  28, 
1697;  Samuel,  December  14,  1698;  Abner, 
June  7,  1701 ;  Elisha,  mentioned  below.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Joseph,  February  26, 
1710;  Noah,  April  28,  1714;  Experience, 
March  4,  171 7. 

(IV)  Elisha,  son  of  John  Kent,  was  born 
July  9,  1704.  He  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College  in  1729,  and  was  elected  minister  of 
Newtown,  (Connecticut,  at  a  town  meeting 
held  June  30,  1732.  On  page  37  of  vol.  H  of 
the  town  journal,  there  is  a  record  that  he  was 
to  be  paid  first,  a  deed  of  the  lands  held  by 
his  predecessor,  Mr.  Beach,  and  second,  one 
hundred  and  ten  pounds  a  year,  provided  he 
held  to  his  faith;  and  if  he  did  not  hold  his 
faith,  he  was  to  pay  over  to  the  church  four 
hundred  pounds  of  lawful  money.  He  died 
July  17,  1776,  at  Phillippi,  New  York.  In 
1740  he  had  moved  to  Dansbury,  the  northern 
part  of  the  town  of  South  East  in  Dutchess, 
now  Putnam  county.  New  York.  He  estab- 
lished the  first  Presbyterian  church,  over 
which  he  was  pastor  until  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  April  3,  1732,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Joseph  Moss,  of  Derby,  Connecticut, 
whose  wife  was  daughter  of  Rev.  M.  Russell, 
a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1702.  She  died 
January,  1751,  and  he  married  (second)  a 
sister  of  (jOv.  Thomas  Fitch,  of  Norwalk, 
Connecticut,  who  survived  him.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Moss,  born  March  25,  1733; 
Elisha,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  July  6, 
1736;  Sybil,  July  9,  1738;  Lucy;  Mary,  De- 
cember 10,  1744;  Sarah. 

(V)  Elisha  (2),  son  of  Elisha  (i)  Kent, 
was  born  October  30,  1734.  He  moved  to 
Royal  ton.  White  River,  Vermont,  in  1772  or 

1773.    In  1759  he  married  Anna ,  born 

May  18,  1737,  died  August  8,  1810.  He  died 
March  19,  181 1.  Children:  John,  bom  July 
6,  1 76 1,  at  Windsor,  Vermont;  Elisha,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph  Moss,  1774;  Abner, 
1781 ;  Charles;  Samuel;  Lydia;  Polly. 

(VI)  Elisha  (3),  son  of  Elisha  (2)  Kent, 
was  born  in  Royalton,   Vermont,  August   5, 


1762.  He  married,  November  30,  1785,  Alice 
Flynn,  born  at  Royalton,  July  21,  1763,  died 
March  15,  1837.  ^^  ^^^^  March  10,  1826. 
Children:  Barzillia,  born  June  3,  1788;  Polly, 
February  10,  1790;  Hannah,  February  5,  1792; 
Anna,  February  21,  1794;  Elisha,  March  i, 
1796;  Elizabeth,  April  12,  1798;  Archibald,, 
mentioned  below;  Alice,  May  i,  1802;  Sybil, 
July  8,  1804. 

(VII)  Archibald,  son  of  Elisha  (3)  Kent, 
was  bom  March  28,  1800,  at  Royalton,  Ver- 
mont. He  married,  September  7,  1835,  Eme- 
line  Morgan,  of  Royalton.  She  was  born 
September  2,  1809,  died  October  3,  1864,  ^t 
Chelsea,  Vermont.  He  died  May  26,  1849, 
at  Royalton,  on  the  old  homestead.  Children : 
Archibald  Flynn,  born  March  22,  1837 ;  Ellen 
Maria,  March  20,  1838;  Eliza  Ann,  twin  of 
Ellen  Maria;  Alba  Morgan,  mentioned  be- 
low; Alice  Flynn,  1843,  died  1850;  Walter, 
1845,  died  1846;  Gertrude  Mary,  April  10, 
1847;  Charles,  October,   1849,  ^^^^   1850. 

(VIII)  Alba  Morgan,  son  of  Archibald 
Kent,  was  born  at  Royalton,  Vermont,  April 
3,  1841.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  stock  farm- 
ers and  honored  citizens  of  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  a  member  of  a  Wisconsin 
regiment  in  the  civil  war.  On  September  2, 
1862,  at  Madison,  Wisconsin,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  G,  Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  and  was  made  second  lieuten- 
ant of  his  company  when  it  was  mustered  into 
the  United  States  service.  At  the  time  of  his 
enlistment  he  was  steward  at  the  Wisconsin 
State  Hospital  at  Madison.  Later  he  rose 
to  the  office  of  first  lieutenant,  and  during 
the  greater  part  of  the  last  two  years  of  the 
war  he  had  command  of  the  company,  though 
he  did  not  receive  formal  commission  as  cap- 
tain. He  was  never  wounded  or  captured  and 
was  absent  from  his  command  only  during 
a  furlough  of  sixty  days,  within  which  time 
the  regiment  was  not  in  action.  He  was 
thus  a  participant  in  every  engagement  in 
which  the  regiment  took  part  and  lived  up 
to  the  full  tension  of  the  sanguinary  conflict 
between  the  north  and  south.  He  took  part 
in  the  Vicksburg  campaign,  starting  with  Port 
Gibson  and  after  the  fall  of  Vicksburg  was 
with  his  regiment  in  the  memorable  Red  River 
campaign.  Subsequently  he  took  part  in  the 
siege  of  Mobile  and  after  the  capitulation  of 
that  city  accompanied  his  regiment  to  Shreve- 
port,  Louisiana,  where  he  received  his  hon- 
orable discharge  in  July,  1865. 


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After  the  war  Mr.  Kent  returned  to  James- 
town, New  York,  where  he  previously  resided, 
and  here  he  is  recognized  as  a  liberal,  reliable 
and  public-spirited  citizen,  commanding  un- 
qualified confidence  and  esteem  in  the  com- 
munity which  has  so  long  been  his  home.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  James  Brown  Post,  No. 
285,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  at  James- 
town, near  which  his  fine  stock  farm  is  lo- 
cated, and  May  7,  1890,  he  was  elected  to 
membership  in  the  New  York  Commandery, 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  insignia 
No.  7,989.  He  married,  June  12,  1873,  Mrs. 
Rose  Elena  (Hall)  Wetmote. 

(IX)  Morgan  Bostwick,  son  of  Alba  Mor- 
gan Kent,  was  born  May  21,  1878,  at  James- 
town, New  York.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  and  St.  Paul's  School  at  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1897.  He  entered  the  worsted  mills  of  his 
grandfather  to  learn  the  business,  and  for 
three  years  was  foreman  of  a  department. 
Since  1909  he  has  been  distributing  agent  of 
the  National  Insulator  Company  of  39  Sud- 
bury street,  Boston.  He  resides  at  James- 
town. He  is  a  member  of  the  Mount  Moriah 
Lodge,  No.  144,  of  Jamestown;  of  Western 
Sun  Chapter,  No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  of 
Jamestown  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ; 
of  Jamestown  Commandery,  Knights  Templar : 
Buffalo  Consistory,  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite,  and  of  the  Jamestown  Club. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Christian  Scientist,  and  in 
politics  a  Republican. 

He  married,  at  Brookline,  Massachusetts, 
September  30,  1902,  Eleanor,  bom  October 
4,  1889,  daughter  of  James  E.  and  Juline 
(Quayee)  Rothwell.  Her  father  resides  at 
153  Sewall  avenue,  Brookline,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  Eleanor  Rosalie,  born  October  7, 
1903;  Juline,  born  March   13,  1905. 

(The  Hall   Line). 

(VTI)  Chapin  Hall,  son  of  Samuel  (q.  v.) 
and  Susanna  (Davis)  Hall,  was  born  July 
12,  1 81 6,  died  September  12,  1879.  The  fol- 
lowing is  taken  from  "Early  History  of  EUi- 
cott,  Chautauqua  County,  New  York,"  edited 
by  Gilbert  W.  Hazelton,  M.  D,,  who  was  a 
lifelong  friend  of  Mr.  Hall : 

"Chapin  Hall  was  born  in  the  wilderness  July 
12,  1816,  in  the  wilderness  which  in  after  life  he 
was  so  active  in  subduing  and  from  which  he 
derived  his  great  wealth.  Chapin  Hall  was  a 
nian  of  great  activity  and  bodily  endurance;  his 
mind  was  a  mathematical  one,  always  filled  with 


figures,  and  finance  and  ideas  of  great  wealth, 
to  the  attainment  of  which  he  bent  all  his  best 
energies.  Early  in  life,  and  for  many  years,  his 
home  was  mostly  at  mills  and  on  fleets  of  lum- 
ber on  the  Allegheny  and  Ohio  rivers.  Warren, 
Pennsylvania,  claims  him,  we  are  informed,  as  a 
resident  of  that  place,  and  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
ranked  him  among  her  prominent  citizens.  The 
claim  of  Warren,  Pennsylvania,  must  be  allowed, 
for  it  was  from  the  Congressional  district  of 
which  it  is  a  part  that  he  was  elected  to  Con- 
gress; nevertheless  he  was  born  in  Ellicott,  re- 
ceived his  education  in  her  log  school  houses, 
and  a  short  time  before  his  death  purchased  of 
his  brother  the  old  homestead  on  which  he  was 
born  and  upon  which  his  son-in-law  now  (1887) 
exhibits  the  choicest  herds  of  cattle  in  western 
New  York — and  he  departed  this  life  in  Ellicott, 
at  the  home  of  his  brother,  John  A.  Hall,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1879.  His  remains  are  interred  in 
Lake  View  Cemietery.  Chapin  Hall  married, 
November  2,  1837,  Susan  Bostwick,  born  July  16, 
181 7,  daughter  of  one  of  the  early  pioneer  set- 
tlers. To  him  was  born  a  daughter.  Rose  Elena, 
married  Alba  Morgan  Kent."     (See  Kent  VIII). 


There  are  many  distinct  families 
PIERCE     bearing  this  name  in  the  United 

States,  and  several  distinct 
spellings  are  employed.  In  the  earlier  colonial 
records  of  Massachusetts  the  name  of  the 
same  individual  is  found  under  numerous 
spellings.  The  founder  of  the  family  herein 
recorded  is  referred  to  in  the  early  records 
as  Pearse  and  Pierce. 

(I)  Abraham  Pierce  (or  Pearse)  came 
from  England  between  1620  and  1623,  and 
is  early  found  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  is  on  record  in  1623,  and  is  re- 
corded as  a  purchaser  of  lands  in  1663.  In 
1627  it  is  recorded  that  he  exchanged  with 
Captain  Miles  Standish  two  shares  in  the 
famous  **red  Cow"  for  two  ewe  lambs.  He 
owned  several  tracts  of  land,  selling  one  to 
John  Winslow.  In  1643  ^^  served  as  a  soldier 
under  Captain  Miles  Standish,  and  died  about 
1673.  There  is  no  record  found  of  his  mar- 
rias:e  or  death.  His  wife  was  Rebecca,  and 
had  children:  Abraham,  born  1638;  Rebecca, 
Mary,  Alice  an'd  Isaac.  Abraham,  the  foun- 
der, removed  from  Plymouth  to  Duxbury,  and 
was  an  original  proprietor  of  Bridgewater  in 

1645. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Abraham  and  Rebecca 

Pierce,  born  1661,  married  Alice ,  and 

had :  Isaac,  married  Judith  Booth,  of  Scit- 
uate :  Thomas,  of  whom  further ;  Mary ; 
Lydia,  married  John  Heyford,  of  Bridge- 
water  ;  Mercy,  married  Joseph  Trovant ;  Sarah 
Rebecca,  married  Samuel  Hoar.     He  served 


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in  the  Narragansett  war,  receiving  a  grant  of 
land  for  his  services.  He  died  at  Middleboro 
(Lakeville),  Massachusetts,  February  28, 
1732,  while  sitting  in  a  chair. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac  and  Alice 
Pierce,  married,  April  16,  1714,  Naomi  Booth, 
of  Middleboro,  Massachusetts.  Children : 
Thomas,  married  Rebecca  Jones,  of  Yar- 
mouth; Shadrach,  of  whom  further;  Naomi, 
born  1 719,  married  Josiah  Jones;  Jonathan, 
1723;  Richard,  1725;  Hilkiah,  1727,  married 
Hannah  Briggs. 

(IV)  Shadrach.  son  of  Thomas  and  Naomi 
(Booth)  Pierce,  was  born  July  8,  1717.  He 
married,  August  16,  1737,  Abigail  Haskins,  of 
Taunton,  Massachusetts.  Children :  Naomi, 
born  October  i,  17 19,  married  Josiah  Jones; 
Jonathan,  born  March  23,  1723;  Richard,  born 
April  15,  1725,  married  Mary  Simnon;  Hel- 
kiah,  born  October  19,  1727,  married  Mrs. 
Hannah  Briggs;  Levi,  of  whom  further,  and 
others. 

(V)  Levi,  son  of  Shadrach  and  Abigail 
(Haskins)  Pierce,  was  born  in  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts,  February  26,  1739.  He  served 
for  a  brief  time  in  a  company  of  local  militia 
sent  from  Middleboro  in  1757  to  reinforce 
Fort  William  Henry,  but  the  danger  being 
over  before  they  had  proceeded  far,  they  soon 
returned.  In  an  expedition  to  Crown  Point 
he  served  as  a  private  soldier  from  April  26 
to  December  16,  1759,  his  wages  amounting 
to  fifteen  pounds  two  shillings  two  pence.  He 
is  said  to  have  served  in  the  revolution  under 
three  enlistments.  After  the  war  his  love  of 
the  chase  led  him  to  settle  in  the  Berkshire 
Hills  of  Massachusetts,  then  abounding  in 
deer,  bears,  wolves  and  foxes.  At  Peru,  Berk- 
shire county,  he  opened  a  tavern  on  the  high 
road  from  Boston  to  Bennington,  Vermont. 
He  retained  his  physical  and  mental  vigor, 
dying  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven,  from  acci- 
dent. Before  settling  in  the  Berkshires  he 
lived  for  a  time  at  Spencer,  Massachusetts. 
He  married,  February  11,  1761,  Bathsheba 
Babbett,  of  Berkley,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren :  Abner,  George,  Benjamin,  Eli,  Liberty, 
Henry,  Levi,  Shadrach,  Daniel,  Isaac  and 
Sarah  Ann. 

(VI)  Liberty,  son  of  Levi  and  Bathsheba 
(Babbett)  Pierce,  was  born  in  Spencer,  Mas- 
sachusetts, October  19,  1774,  died  in  Burling- 
ton, New  York,  February  8,  1864.  He  re- 
moved from  Massachusetts  to  New  York,  set- 
tling in  Otsego  county,  where  he  was  one  of 


the  hardy  pioneers  of  the  town  of  Burlington. 
Here  he  bought  and  cleared  land,  wresting  a 
farm  from  the  forest  and  compelling  the  wilds 
to  retreat  before  cultivated  fields.  He  was  a 
Baptist  in  religion.  He  married,  June  29, 
1797,  at  Peru,  Berkshire  county,  ^lassachu- 
setts,  Lydia  Beals,  born  March  11,  1774,  in 
Abington,  Plymouth  county,  Massachusetts, 
died  September  2,  1852.  She  came  from  a 
prominent  revolutionary  family  that  figured 
especially  well  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
Children :  Gordon,  Orin,  Gaylor,  V^ador, 
Duane  (of  whom  further),  and  Enoch.  All 
these  sons  reached  the  ages  seventy  to  ninety 
years  except  Enoch,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years. 

(VII)  Duane,  fifth  son  of  Liberty  and 
Lydia  (Beals)  Pierce,  was  born  in  Burling- 
ton, Otsego  county,  New  York,  January  11, 
1809,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  October  20, 
1881.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools, 
and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  was  apprenticed  to 
his  Uncle  Isaac  Pierce,  of  Berkshire  county, 
Massachusetts,  to  learn  the  trade  of  carpen- 
ter, joiner  and  millwright.  After  gaining  an 
expert  knowledge  of  these  callings  he  returned 
to  Otsego  county,  where  he  worked  at  his 
trade  and  for  several  years  operated  a  saw 
mill  and  sash,  door  and  blind  factory.  In 
1838  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Herki- 
mer, New  York,  where  he  built  a  cotton  mill 
at  Van  Hornesville,  for  an  operating  com- 
pany. In  1841  he  again  removed  with  his 
family  to  Plum,  Venango  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, traveling  by  the  Erie  canal  to  Buffalo, 
thence  to  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  by  steamboat, 
finishing  his  journey  by  team.  He  built  many 
of  the  early  saw,  flouring  and  woolen  mills 
in  Northwestern  Pennsylvania,  where  he  also 
owned  and  conducted  a  fann.  In  1827  he 
retired  from  active  life  and  removed  to  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  where  he  died.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican,  and  in  religious  faith  a 
UniversaHst.  He  married,  January  23,  1833, 
at  Hartwick,  Otsego  county,  New  York,  Mary 
Morse,  born  in  Burlington,  Otsego  county, 
January  21,  181 7,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Morse,  a  pioneer  settler  of  Otsego  county,  who 
came  there  from  Connecticut.  Nathaniel  was 
a  son  of  Stephen,  son  of  Daniel  (2),  son  of 
Daniel  (i),  son  of  William,  son  of  Anthony 
Morse,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  born  in  Marl- 
boro, Wiltshire,  England;  came  to  America 
in  1635,  settling  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts. 
Nathaniel  Morse  inherited  a  large  farm  from 


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his  father  Stephen,  and  was  a  prominent 
farmer  of  Otsego  county.  Children  of  Duane 
and  Mary  (Morse)  Pierce:  i.  Maryette,  born 
January  30,  1834,  died  in  Van  Homes ville, 
Herkimer  county,  New  York,  February  17, 
1840.  2.  Amelia  M.,  born  January  19,  1836, 
died  January  20,  1900;  she  married,  April, 
1857,  Thomas  Tipton;  one  son,  Ray  Pierce 
Tipton.  3.  Ray  Vaughn,  of  whom  further. 
4.  Franklin  Duane,  of  further  mention.  5. 
John  Edmund,  bom  June  10,  1857,  ^^^^  J^\y 
18,  1881,  after  a  brief  but  promising  busi- 
ness career;  married,  November  28,  1879, 
Louise  M.  Whicher,  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 

(Vni)  Franklin  Duane,  son  of  Duane  and 
Mary  (Morse)  Pierce,  was  born  February 
22,  1853.  He  was  educated  in  the  Buffalo 
high  school  and  Williams  Academy.  His  pro- 
fessional education  was  obtained  at  the  Eclec- 
tic Medical  Institute,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  gradu- 
ated, M.  D.,  class  of  1875,  and  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  New  York,  Medical 
College,  class  of  1878.  He  practiced  medicine 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  from  1875  to  1886, 
except  one  year  spent  at  University  Medical 
College,  New  York,  and  in  hospitals  practic- 
ing medicine  and  surgery.  From  1886  to 
1900  he  conducted  a  private  sanitarium  at 
Union  Springs,  New  York.  From  1900  to 
1903  he  practiced  medicine  in  Syracuse,  New 
York.  In  the  latter  year  he  located  in  Jack- 
son county,  Alabama,  and  engaged  in  the  de- 
velopment of  coal  and  timber  lands,  and  is 
now  (1911)  so  engaged,  being  vice-president 
and  manager  of  the  Pierce  Development  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  member  of  the  Unitarian 
church,  and  of  Warren  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Union  Springs,  New  York. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics;  he  has  never 
sought  public  office.  He  married  (first)  April 
17,  1876,  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  Ida  J.  Con- 
stantine,  born  in  Hamilton,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1854,  died  June  5,  1877,  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  daughter  of  James  and  Helen 
Constantine;  her  father  was  a  veteran  of  the 
civil  war..  Other  children  of  James  and 
Helen  Constantine  are:  Charles,  Frederick, 
Nellie,  Lafayette  and  Myrtie  May,  who  mar- 
ried Professor  Frank  Fosdick.  Franklin 
Duane  Pierce  married  (second)  May  26,  1879, 
in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Alice  Baker,  born 
in  Connecticut,  May  3,  1854,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Anna  Baker,  whose  children  are: 
William  N.,  Alice,  Caroline,  Amanda  and  Ida 
Louise.     Daniel  Baker  was  a  veteran  of  the 


civil  war,  serving  from  New  York  state. 
Child  of  Mr.  Pierce  by  first  marriage :  Frank- 
lin Duane  Pierce  (2),  born  May  31,  1877; 
was  graduated  from  Oakwood  Seminary, 
Union  Springs,  New  York,  at  about  the  age 
of  sixteen,  and  from  Union  Springs  high 
school  a  year  later.  He  entered  the  Medical 
Department  of  Syracuse  University,  whence 
he  was  graduated  M.  D.,  class  of  1904,  and 
later  from  New  York  Post-Graduate  Medical 
School.  He  specializes  in  ear,  nose  and  throat 
diseases,  and  has  taken  post-graduate  and 
special  courses  in  different  noted  institutions. 
In  1904  he  became  connected  with  the  World's 
Dispensary  Medical  Association  at  the  In- 
valid's Hotel,  of  which  he  is  now  (1911)  in 
charge.  He  is  director  of  the  Pierce  Develop- 
ment Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional and  State  Eclectic  .Medical  ,  Society, 
member  of  the  Liberal  Club  and  other  organi- 
zations. He  is  an  enthusiastic  sportsman,  de- 
voted to  the  sports  of  the  forest  and  stream. 
His  passion  is  for  firearms  of  improved  makes 
and  kinds,  of  which  he  has  an  unusually  fine 
collection.  He  is  an  independent  Republican, 
and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  married,  July  21,  1904,  Louise  Julia, 
daughter  of  George  W.  Boxall,  retired,  of 
Buffalo.  Child:  Duane  Boxall,  bom  at  Buf- 
falo May  12,  1907. 

XVIII)  Dr.  Ray  Vaughn  Pierce,  son  of 
Duane  and  Mary  (Morse)  Pierce,  was  born  at 
Stark,  Herkimer  county.  New  York,  August 
6,  1840. 

His  preliminary  education  was  obtained  in 
private  and  public  schools,  after  which  he 
entered  the  Eclectic  Medical  College  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
M.  D.,  class  of  1862.  He  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Titusville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  remained  four  years.  In 
1867  he  removed  to  Buffalo,  New  York,  where 
he  embarked  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
proprietary  medicines.  He  was  remarkably 
successful  in  business  and  later,  as  a  logical 
outgrowth  of  his  large  business,  established 
in  Buffalo  The  Invalids'  Hotel  and  Surgical 
Institute.  The  entire  business  is  now  com- 
bined, and  is  known  everywhere  as  the 
World's  Dispensary  and  Medical  Association, 
of  which  Dr.  Pierce  is  president.  He  has 
written  and  published  several  household  medi- 
cal works,  and  innumerable  essays  and  treat- 
ises on  medicine  and  health.  He  has  not  only 
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reaped  honors  in  civil  life.  In  1877  he  was 
elected  state  senator  from  the  Thirty-first 
district,  Erie  county,  serving  as  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Public  Health,  canals  and 
railroads.  At  the  expiration  of  this  term  in 
the  state  senate  he  was  elected  representative 
in  Congress,  serving  in  the  Forty-sixth  Con- 
gress. Politically,  Dr.  Pierce  is  a  Republi- 
can. 

He  has  many  other  business  interests,  in- 
cluding the  Pierce  Development  Company  of 
Jackson  county,  Alabama,  heavily  interested 
in  timber  and  mining  properties.  He  owns 
three  hundred  acres  of  the  original  tract  in 
the  Berkshires,  to  which  his  ancestor  Levi 
came  nearly  a  century  and  a  half  ago  with 
his  family  and  household  effects,  drawn  by  an 
ox  team.  This  farm  has  not  been  in  the 
family  continuously,  but  was  purchased  by 
Dr.  Pierce,  who  takes  great  pride  in  possess- 
ing a  part  at  least  of  the  ancestral  acres.  He 
married  Mary  Jane  Smith.  Children:  Valen- 
tine Mott,  of  whom  further.  Hugh  C.  and 
Ralph  Waldo,  both  further  mentioned  below; 
Ida  Belle,  died  aged  eighteen  years;  Oakley 
Pierce  and  Franklin,  both  of  whom  died  in 
infancy. 

(IX)  Dr.  Valentine  Mott  Pierce,  eldest  son 
of  Dr.  Ray  Vaughn  and  Mary  J.  (Smith) 
Pierce,  was  born  in  Chapmanville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  7,  1865. 

He  was  educated  in  the  Buffalo  Qassi- 
cal  School,  Harvard  University  (A.  B., 
class  of  i8i88),  Buffalo  University  Medical 
Department,  M.  D.,  1891.  He  practiced  in 
the  hospitals  two  years  and  in  the  Surgical 
Institute,  Buffalo,  and  in  1893  became  man- 
ager of  the  World's  Dispensary  and  Medical 
Association,  and  is  also  secretary  of  that  cor- 
poration. He  is  also  president  of  the  Pierce 
Glass  Company;  president  of  the  Charter 
Bond  Company  of  New  York  City;  president 
of  the  Pierce  Development  Company  of  Jack- 
son county,  Alabama,  a  corporation  devoted 
to  coal  mining  and  lumbering.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  was  especially  active 
in  the  McKinley  and  Roosevelt  campaigns. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  of 
Theta  Delta  Chi.  His  clubs  are:  The  Hasty 
Pudding  of  Harvard;  Buffalo,  ElHcott,  and 
Harvard,  of  Buffalo ;  Automobile,  Advertisers, 
Yacht  and  Launch,  of  Buffalo;  the  Genesee 
Association  of  New  York  City ;  Harvard  Club 
of  New  York  City;  and  Western  New  York 
Medical  Association.     He  married,  February 


5,  1910,  at  New  York  City,  Matilda  Louise, 
daughter  of  John  Kamerer. 

(IX)  Hugh  C,  second  son  of  Dr.  Ray 
Vaughn  and  Mary  J.  (Smith)  Pierce,  was 
bom  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  May  8,  1875.  He 
attended  Heathcote  School  of  Buffalo,  Peeks- 
kill  Military  Academy,  Lawrence  Scientific 
School  and  Harvard  University,  graduating 
therefrom  as  an  electrical  engineer.  In  1905 
he  was  elected  president  of  the  American  En- 
gine Company  of  Boundbrook,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  now  resides,  being  an  extensive 
dealer  in  real  estate.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Plainfield  Hunt 
Club  and  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York 
City.  He  married,  March  i,  1907,  Jessie  Per- 
kins, of  Brooklyn,  New  York.     No  children. 

(IX)  Ralph  Waldo,  third  son  of  Dr.  Ray 
Vaughn  and  Mary  J.  (Smith)  Pierce,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  November  6,  1883. 
He  was  educated  in  Heathcote  School  of  Buf- 
falo, Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pennsylvania, 
Phillips  Andover  Academy,  Massachusetts, 
and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College, 
Buffalo.  In  1902  he  became  associated  with 
his  father  in  business,  entering  the  advertis- 
ing department,  later  in  the  accounting  de- 
partment of  the  World's  Dispensary  and 
Medical  Association.  In  1904  he  was  elected 
treasurer  and  director  of  the  corporation  and 
chosen  advertising  manager.  He  is  also 
treasurer  of  the  Pierce  Development  Company 
of  Jackson  county,  Alabama,  and  treasurer 
of  the  Pierce  Coal  and  Lumber  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Natural 
Science,  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  Buffalo 
Poultry  Association,  the  Buffalo  Business 
Men's  Club,  Buffalo  Club,  Country  Club,  Au- 
dubon Club  and  Automobile  Club.  He  mar- 
ried, July  27,  1904,  Florence  M.,  daughter  of 
John  C.  Kingston,  of  Buffalo.  Children :  Ray 
Vaughn  and  Mary  Jane  Pierce. 


Thomas  Woodford,  immi- 
WOODFORD     grant   ancestor,   was  born 

in  Lincolnshire,  England, 
and  came  among  the  early  settlers  to  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  He  was  in  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  in  1632.  In  1633  he  was  one 
of  the  party  led  by  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  to 
Hartford,  of  which  he  became  one  of  the 
founders.  During  his  stay  there  he  took  an 
active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  colony,  serv- 
ing at  various  times  as  town  crier,  fence 
viewer   and    in    other   offices.      He   married. 


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March  4,  1635,  Mary  Blott.  In  1654  he  moved 
to  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  be- 
came a  proprietor,  and  where  he  died  March 
6,  1667.  He  is  mentioned  among  the  settlers 
of  Springfield  in  1636  in  the  Compact.  His 
will  was  dated  April  26,  1665,  and  proved 
March  26,  1667.  He  bequeathed  to  daughter 
Mary  and  her  children;  daughters  Hannah 
and  Sarah;  sons-in-law  Isaac  Sheldon  and 
Nehemiah  Allen.  Children :  Hannah,  married 
Samuel  Allen;  Joseph,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  married  Nehemiah  Allen;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Sheldon. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Woodford, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1636. 
He  moved  to  Farmington,  Connecticut,  where 
he  acquired  a  large  tract  of  land.  He  died 
there  in  1701  and  was  buried  in  what  was 
known  as  Cider  Brook  cemetery.  He  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Re- 
becca (Olmstead)  Newell.  Children:  Mary, 
died  in  1723;  Rebecca,  married  John  Porter; 
Esther,  died  in  1742;  Sarah,  died  in  1750; 
Hannah,  married  Thomas  North;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  born  1682;  Su- 
san, married  Deacon  Anthony  Judd;  Abigail, 
born  1685. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Wood- 
ford, was  born  in  1677  in  Farmington,  in 
the  Society  of  Northington,  now  Avon,  Con- 
necticut, and  settled  in  what  is  known  as 
Nod,  where  he  owned  a  large  tract  of  land 
and  was  a  farmer.  He  died  in  1760  and  was 
buried  in  Cider  Brook  cemetery.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  and  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  church.  He  married  (first)  in 
1699,  Lydia  Smith;  married  (second)  Sarah 
Garrett,  widow,  born  in  1668,  died  in  1769, 
over  a  hundred  years  old.  Children:  Child, 
died  in  infancy,  1702;  Lydia,  born  1702,  died 
1723;  Mary,  1704,  died  in  childhood;  Jo- 
seph, 1705.  Children  of  second  wife:  Eliza- 
beth, 1707;  Mary,  1709;  Rebecca,  171 1;  Sam- 
uel, 1712;  Sarah,  1714;  Rebecca,  1716;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Susanna;  William,  1722. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Woodford, 
was  born  in  Northington,  Connecticut,  in 
1718.  He  married,  July  i.  1723,  Sarah,  born 
June  23,  1729,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Sarah 
(Pettibone)  Phelps.  Amos  Phelps  was  born 
at  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  in  1708,  died  June 
II,  1777,  served  in  revolution  for  three  months 
in  1776,  Fourth  Regiment;  his  wife  Sarah 
was  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Buell)  Pet- 
tibone; his  father  was  Joseph  Phelps,  born 


at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  August  20,  1667. 
Joseph  Phelps,  father  of  Joseph  Phelps,  was 
born  in  England  in  1629  and  lived  at  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  and  Windsor ;  he  mar- 
ried, September  20,  1660,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Roger  Newton ;  William  Phelps,  immigrant 
and  father  of  Joseph  Phelps,  was  baptized  at 
Tewksbury  Abbey  Church,  England,  August 
19,  1599,  son  of  John  and  Dorothy  Phelps. 
John  Woodford  died  in  1802  at  Avon.  He 
was  called  captain. 

(VI)  James  Woodford,  grandson  of  John 
Woodford,  was  born  about  1786  in  Connecti- 
cut. (In  1790  Elijah,  Joseph,  William  Jr.,  Dud- 
ley, Samuel,  Selah,  William  and  Isaac  were 
heads  of  families  in  Farmington,  Hartford 
county,  Connecticut,  and  one  of  them  was 
father  of  James.)  James  Woodford  settled 
early  in  life  in  Onoridago  county.  New  York, 
and  followed  farming.  He  married  Cynthia 
Edson.  Children :  Harriet,  Laura,  Eliza,  Es- 
ther, Grove,  Alanson,  William,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  William,  son  of  James  Woodford, 
was  born  February  18,  1807,  at  Onondaga 
Hill,  Onondaga  county,  New  York,  died  April 
2,  1885,  at  Millville,  Orleans  county.  New 
York.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools,  and  for  a  time  followed 
fanning  on  his  father's  homestead.  After- 
ward he  settled  at  East  Shelby,  Orleans 
county,  where  he  bought  a  farm.  He  married 
(first)  Margaret  Bent.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Dolly  Ann  (Smith)  Wood,  a  widow,  in 
1843.  She  was  born  in  Saratc^a  county,  and 
died  in  Millville,  New  York.  Children  by 
first  wife:  i.  George,  born  September,  1834, 
died  in  1902.  2.  James,  bom  in  December, 
1837.  Children  by  second  wife:  3.  Celia  J., 
born  May  12,  1844;  married  Lorenzo  D.  Gif- 
ford  and  had  Frances  C,  married  Anson  G. 
Wilbur,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  An- 
son E.  Gifford,  who  died  aged  eight  years. 
4.  Ella  A.,  born  October  12,  1845;  married 
John  Wood,  of  Savannah,  New  York.  5. 
Charles  J.,  born  October  7,  1847;  living  in 
California.  6.  Eugene  E.,  mentioned  below. 
7.  Myrta  M.,  born  March,  1856,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(VIII)  Eugene  E.,  son  of  William  Wood- 
ford, was  born  March  4,  1851,  at  Millville, 
Orleans  county.  New  York.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools.  He  assisted 
his  father  on  the  farm  until  1870,  when  he 
became  a  clerk  in  the  general  store  of  George 


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Smith  at  Knowlesville,  New  York.  After  six 
years  in  this  position  he  returned  to  assist  his 
father  and  continued  on  the  homestead  until 
April,  1883.  From  that  date  until  1903  he 
conducted  a  general  store  on  his  own  account 
at  Knowlesville.  Since  1903  he  has  lived  at 
Knowesville,  retired  from  active  business.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  from  1886  to 
1890  he  was  postmaster  of  Knowlesville  by 
appointment  of  President  Cleveland.  He  at- 
tends the  Presbyterian  church  of  Knowles- 
ville. He  is  a  member  of  Medina  Lodge,  No. 
336,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  and  of  the 
City  Club  of  Medina. 

He  married  (first)  March  28, 1878,  Carrie  M. 
daughter  of  Andrew  Stanley.  She  died  June 
25,  1898.  He  married  (second)  December 
13,  1899,  Cora  A.,  born  November  5,  1864, 
daughter  of  Ezra  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Warren) 
Perry,  of  Knowlesville,  granddaughter  of 
Abel  Perry,  and  descendant  of  a  revolutionary 
soldier  and  pensioner.  Her  father  was  an 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  By  his  first 
wife  Mr.  Woodford  had  one  child,  Laura  E., 
born  at  Millville,  New  York,  February  12, 
1882,  now  teaching  at  Knowlesville  union 
school,  graduate  of  the  Medina  high  school 
and  of  Nebraska  University,  of  Lincoln,  Ne- 
braska, class  of  1903. 


Samuel  Joseph  Morris,  immi- 
MORRIS  grant  ancestor,  was  bom  in 
Wales.  He  married,  in  Wales, 
and  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man. 
The  public  records  reveal  little  of  his  his- 
tory. In  1790  the  census  of  Rhode  Island 
shows  that  the  family  had  left  Rhode  Island, 
for  the  only  head  of  a  family  of  this  name  was 
Charles  Morris,  of  Warwick.  William  Mor- 
ris, perhaps  a  son  of  Charles,  married,  July 
5,  1798,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Amos  Greene, 
of  Warwick;  William  Morris  lived  at  East 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island.  Elizabeth  Morris 
married,  August  30,  1798,  Samuel  Bennett, 
at  Warwick.  According  to  family  tradition  the 
Morris  family  was  all  killed  by  the  Indians. 
One  account  states  that  the  massacre  was  by 
Narragansetts  near  Nantucket.  It  seems  more 
likely,  however,  that  the  family  had  gone  to 
western  New  York  before  or  during  the  revo- 
lution and  that  the  family  was  killed  there 
during  the  revolution,  when  the  Indians  were 
fighting  on  the  British  side. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Joseph  Morris,  is 
said  to  have  been  the  only  one  of  the  family 


to  escape  from  the  Indians.  He  was  saved, 
we  are  told,  by  white  settlers  who  concealed 
him  in  the  woods.  He  was  brought  up  on  a 
farm  near  the  New  York-Pennsylvania  line. 
He  worked  at  farming  in  his  youth  and  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools.  He  finally 
located  at  Olean,  New  York,  and  engaged 
in  business  as  a  tavern  keeper.  He  used  to 
tell  of  seeing  his  mother's  scalp  among  others 
the  Indians  had  taken  during  the  massacre, 
recognizing  it  by  the  red  hair.  His  birth- 
place was  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  but  the 
records  show  no  trace  of  the  family,  and 
doubtless  they  lived  but  a  short  time  in  New- 
port.     He   married    (first)    Matilda   Decker. 

He  married    (second)   .     Children   by 

first  wife:  John;  Samuel  Dexter,  mentioned 
below;  Matilda.  Child  by  second  wife: 
Emma,  married Jones  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Waverly,  Kansas. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Samuel  Dexter  Morris,  son  of 
John  Morris,  was  born  July  28,  181 5,  died 
January  24,  1887.  He  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  Olean,  New  York.  His  parents 
were  then  living  on  a  boat  on  the  Allegheny 
river.  He  received  his  education  in  the  dis- 
trict schools.  He  was  converted  early  in 
life,  joined  the  church,  and  disliking  the  na- 
ture of  the  tavern  business  for  various  rea- 
sons, he  left  his  father  and  engaged  in  farm- 
ing, studying  at  night  and  in  spare  time  to 
Qualify  himself  as  a  preacher.  He  taught 
school  in  various  places,  working  on  a  farm 
during  the  summer.  At  length  he  was  li- 
censed to  preach  by  the  Baptist  denomination. 
He  traveled  extensively  and  preached  in  many 
localities.  He  had  charges  in  Smethport,  Port 
Allegany,  Eldred,  and  in  several  smaller  towns 
of  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  widely  and  affectionately  known  as  Elder 
Morris.  For  many  years  his  home  was  at 
Eldred,  Pennsylvania,  later  at  Delevon,  then 
Holland,  New  York,  where  his  last  years 
were  spent,  but  he  died  at  Olean  after  an  ill- 
ness of  only  a  few  weeks.  He  was  a  staunch 
Whig  and  afterward  a  Republican. 

He  married,  in  May,  1837,  Elizabeth  Knapp, 
bom  November  12,  1818,  died  September  2. 
1902.  Children:  i.  Matilda,  born  August 
19,  1838,  died  February  9,  1910;  married 
Henry  Cohoon.  Their  son  Vinton  married 
Anna  Everett  and  had  children :  Robert,  Win- 
throp,  Claude,  Mary,  Gertrude,  Hazel  and 
Angie  Cohoon;  their  daughter  Effie  married 
Myron  Love  and  had  children :  Edith,  Charles 


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and  Gladys  Love,  2.  Ann  Elizabeth,  born 
November  4,  1841,  died  March  13,  1885; 
married  David  Hull.  Their  son  Frank  mar- 
ried Edith  Phendorf  and  has  children:  Gen- 
eva, Dudley,  Catherine  and  Chrystal;  their 
son  Guy  William  had  three  children.  3.  John, 
born  May  4,  1844;  at  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  engaged  in  the  civil  war,  joined  the  fam- 
ous Pennsylvania  Bucktails  and  participated 
in  sixteen  battles;  died  in  1865  from  exposure 
and  hardship.  4.  Mary  Margaret,  born  Jan- 
uary 23,  1847;  niarried  (first)  Sylvanus 
Oviatt  and  had  children :  Myrtie,  married  Dan- 
iel Fisher  and  had  Raymond  and  Roydon 
Fisher;  Dolly,  married  Laverne  Palmer  and 
had  Frank,  Mercy,  Arthur,  Allie  and  Doris 
Palmer;  Grace;  Will.  She  ixiarried  (second) 
Peter  Creighton.  5.  Emma,  born  September 
18,  1849;  niarried  John  Feller  and  had  a 
daughter  Emma  Feller.  6.  Annette,  born 
April  3,  1852;  married  Charles  Bishop  and 
had  children:  Lena,  Morris,  Bessie,  Eugene, 
Earl,  Leona  and  Alowena  Bishop.  7.  Jacob 
Eugenio  Kincaid,  mentioned  below.  8.  Car- 
rie, born  September  18,  i860;  married,  May 
5,  1886,  Martin  Ferrin,  born  August  3,  1862, 
and  had  Elizabeth,  born  July  2,  1903. 

(IV)  Jacob  Eugenio  Kincaid  Morris,  M.  D., 
son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Dexter  Morris,  was  born 
November  23,  1856,  at  Eldred,  Pennsylvania. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  Friendship  Academy.  He  studied 
his  profession  at  the  University  of  Buffalo 
and  in  1879  received  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine.  He  practiced  medicine  for  seven 
years  in  Eldred,  and  then  removed  to  Olean, 
New  York,  where  he  continues  in  general 
practice,  making  a  specialty,  however,  of  surg- 
ery, and  in  later  years  has  devoted  himself 
entirely  to  surgical  cases.  He  has  taken  an 
active  interest  in  public  affairs.  In  1886 
he  was  health  officer  of  Eldred  for  two  years. 
For  several  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  at  Eldred,  and  for  fifteen 
years  of  the  board  of  education  of  Olean  and 
its  president  for  two  years.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  County  and  State  Medical  societies,  and 
American  Medical  Association.  He  is  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and 
superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  He  is 
a  member  also  of  Olean  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  various  Masonic 
bodies  including  the  thirty-second  degree  of 
Scottish  Rite  Masonry;  also  of  Lodge  No. 
471,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


He  married,  July  2,  1881,  Sarah  F.  Gilling- 
ham,  born  May  22,  1858,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Caroline  (Ault)  Gillingham,  and  grand- 
daughter of  John  Gillingham.  Her  father 
died  August  29,  1905;  her  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  Ault.  Charles  Gilling- 
ham, only  brother  of  Mrs.  Morris,  was  born 
October  26,  1862,  and  was  associated  with 
his  father  in  business  after  he  left  school. 
Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Morris:  i.  Charles 
Dexter,  born  January  22,  1883;  graduate  of 
the  Olean  high  school,  and  of  Yale  College, 
A.  B.,  1906,  and  after  holding  a  fellowship 
one  year  at  Yale  entered  the  newspaper  busi- 
ness in  New  York  City  and  now  holds  an 
important  position  with  the  Associated  Press ; 
he  married,  November  26,  1908,  Araminta 
Miles  and  has  one  child,  Richard  Miles,  born 
November  22,  1910.  2.  Raymond  Bartlett, 
born  March  19,  1885;  graduate  of  Olean  high 
school  and  Yale  College,  A.  B.,  1907,  graduate 
of  Johns  Hopkins  Medical  School,  Baltimore, 
1910;  interne  one  year  in  the  hospital  of  the 
United  Protestant  Infirmary  of  Baltimore; 
now  a  partner  in  his  father's  business  under 
the  firm  name  of  Morris  &  Morris.  3.  Caro- 
line Elizabeth,  born  December  19,  1893.  4. 
Margaret,  August  7,  1895. 

Thomas  Jewell,  immigrant  an- 
JEWELL    cestor,   was   born    in    England 

about  1600,  and  it  is  thought 
that  he  was  of  the  same  stock  as  Bishop  John 
Jewell,  who  was  born  in  the  north  of  Devon- 
shire in  1522,  died  in  1571.  The  surname 
was  formerly  written  Jule,  Joyell,  Jewell,  and 
in  various  other  ways.  Thomas  Jewell  came 
over  in  the  ship  "Planter''  in  April,  1635, 
when  he  gave  his  age  as  twenty-seven  in  the 
ship  register.  He  settled  at  Mount  Wollaston, 
now  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
granted  land  there  for  three  heads,  twelve 
acres,  upon  the  covenant  of  three  shillings 
per  acre,  April  24,  1639.  He  died  in  1654. 
His  will  was  proved  July  21,  1654,  bequeath- 
ing to  his  wife  and  children.  Administration 
was  granted  to  Grisell,  widow  of  Thomas, 
July  21,  1654,  but  October  5,  1655,  she  being 
about  to  marry  Humphrey  Griggs,  William 
Needham  and  Thomas  Foster  were  appointed 
executors  and  Griggs  agreed  to  bring  up  the 
Jewell  children.  She  was  soon  left  again  a 
widow  and  was  appointed  administratrix  of 
Humphrey  Griggs,  August  18,  1657.  She 
married  afterward  John  Gurney  Sr.,  Henry 


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Kibbe  and  John  Burge,  having  at  least  five 
husbands.  Children:  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Thomas,  twin,  February  2j,  1643  J  Han- 
nah, twin  of  Thomas;  Nathaniel,  April  15, 
1648;  Grisell,  March  19,  1651 ;  Mercy,  April 
M,  1653. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Jewell,  was 
born  at  Braintree,  April  24,  1642.  He  settled 
in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  and  bought  land 
there,  July  17,  1694,  of  Richard  Cheever,  of 
Boston.  He  deeded  this  farm  to  his  son, 
November  27,  1719.  He  kept  the  ferry  at 
Charlestown  for  a  time,  and  his  son  Joseph 
assisted  him.  He  had  a  grist  mill,  known 
afterward  as  Jewell's  mill,  at  Stow-on-the- 
stream  dividing  that  town  from  Sudbury.   He 

married   (first)   Martha  ,  about   1670; 

(second)  Isabel ,  who  lived  to  be  over 

one  hundred  and  three  years  old.  Joseph  died 
before  September  2,  1736.  Children:  Joseph, 
mentioned  below ;  Martha,  born  July  25,  1675  i 

daughter,  married  Townsend;  Mary, 

married  William  Skinner,  of  Stow ;  John,  died 
at  Stow;  James,  settler  of  Winchester,  New 
Hampshire. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Jewell, 
was  born  June,  1673,  died  in  1766,  at  Dudley. 
He  was  married,  by  the  famous  Rev.  Cotton 
Mather,  September  14,  1704,  in  Boston,  to 
Mary  Morris.  Children:  Mary,  died  at 
Thompson,  Connecticut ;  Joseph,  born  Septem- 
ber I,  1708;  Elizabeth,  May  31,  171 1 ;  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below ;  Archibald,  April  8,  1716 ; 
Martha,  March  12,  17 18. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Jewell, 
was  born  in  1713  at  Sudbury,  Massachusetts, 
died  aged  about  eighty  at  Dudley,  Worces- 
ter county,  Massachusetts.  He  and  some  of 
his  brothers  settled  in  Dudley.  He  married, 
March  20,  1738,  Elizabeth  Webster.  Children, 
born  at  Dudley:  i.  John  Morris,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1739,  died  at  Cherry  Valley,  New 
York.  2.  Aaron,  born  December  23,  1742, 
died  at  Guilford,  New  York.  3.  Moses,  born 
April  5,  1744,  died  at  Dudley.  4.  Phebe,  twin 
of  Moses,  died  young.  5.  Nathaniel,  born 
May  17,  1746,  died  at  Hartwick,  New  York. 
6.  William,  born  September  18,  1747,  died 
young.  7.  Jesse,  mentioned  below.  8,  Adoni- 
jah,  born  November  9,  1750,  died  young.  9. 
Susanna,  baptized  February  2,  1752,  died 
young.  10,  Elizabeth,  baptized  December  9, 
1753,  died  young.  II.  Benjamin,  baptized 
July  23,  1755,  died  young.  12.  Joseph,  born 
January  20,  1758,  died  at  Dudley.     13.  Benja- 


min, May  25,  1759,  died  at  Whitingham,  Ver- 
mont. 

(V)  Jesse,  son  of  Nathaniel  Jewell,  was 
born  at  Dudley,  Massachusetts,  March  8,  1749, 
died  at  Franklinville,  New  York,  December 
10,  1837.  He  married,  at  Dudley,  June  i, 
1775,  Zerviah  Corbin.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution  from  Dudley  in  Captain  Lem- 
uel Corbin's  company.  Colonel  Jacob  Davis' 
regiment,  in  1780.  He  also  appears  as  a  pri- 
vate from  East  Hoosick,  New  York,  in  the 
Massachusetts  records,  in  Captain  Samuel 
Sloane's  company  of  militia,  from  April  19, 
i775>  to  August  of  that  year.  Children  born 
at  Dudley:  Lucretia,  July  2,  1777;  Stephen, 
May  2^,  1779,  died  young;  Phila,  August  i, 
1781,  married  Benjamin  Talbot;  Charles  P., 
mentioned  below;  Abel,  December  9,  1785; 
Sarah,  September  15,  1789;  Moses,  February 
26,  1 791 ;  Charles  L.,  April,  1793,  died  at 
Smyrna,  New  York;  Pardon  Taylor,  June  2, 
1795;  Zerviah,  April  3,  1798,  married  Albee 
Briggs. 

(VI)  Charles  Proctor,  son  of  Jesse  Jewell, 
was  born  November  2,  1783,  at  Dudley,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  settled  in  Franklinville,  New 
\ork.  He  followed  farming  throughout  his 
active  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  staunch 
Democrat.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church.  He  married  (first) 
in  1805,  Sally  Hutchinson,  (second)  in  March, 
1807,  Jane  Inches.  Children  of  first  wife: 
I.  Harriet  A.,  born  January  5,  1806;  married 
Harmon  Stilwell  and  had  children;  Pardon 
Jewell,  born  January,  1829,  died  at  Franklin- 
ville, December,  1847;  Chauncey,  November, 
1835,  died  in  Illinois,  September  28,  1854; 
^Vnn,  July,  1837.  2.  Charles,  born  December 
19,  1808,  died  young.    3.  Sally  H.,  born  March 

5,  1810,  died  August  10,  1814.  4.  Jerome 
Buonaparte,  mentioned  below.  5.  Sally  Jane, 
born  May  7,  181 5;  married  Isaac  B.  Edson, 
November  22,  1831,  and  had  children:  Sylvia 
Moore  Edson,  born  May  25,  1833;  Alonzo 
Rawson  Edson,  September  2,  1835 ;  Orrin, 
September  12,  1839;  Henry,  June  10,  1841 ; 
Lorentus,  February  26,  1844;  Amy,  August 
19,  1847;  Helen,  January  25,  1850;  Delpha, 
July  17,  1851 ;  Ella  and  Eva,  July  14.  1853. 

6.  Orrin  Gordon,  born  July  23,  181 7,  lived  at 
Elgin,  Illinois. 

(VII)  Jerome  Buonaparte,  son  of  Charles 
Proctor  Jewell,  was  bom  at  Franklinville, 
New  York,  March  8,  1813,  died  at  Machias, 
New  York,  in  April,  1865.    He  was  a  farmer 


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by  occupation,  but  was  versed  in  law,  and 
though  never  admitted  to  the  bar  tried  many 
law  suits  in  justice's  courts  throughout  Cat- 
taraugus, Erie,  Allegany  and  Chautauqua 
counties  and  was  very  successful  as  a  trial 
lawyer.  He  was  a  loyal  supporter  of  the 
government  during  the  civil  war  and  active 
in  securing  enlistments  for  the  service.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat  and  from  time  to 
time  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor 
in  the  county.  He  married,  July  7,  1839, 
Charlotte  Warner,  born  at  Franklinville,  died 
at  Machias,  New  York,  in  1873.  Children, 
bom  at  Machias:  i.  Joseph  R.,  April  15, 
1842;  resided  in  Olean,  where  he  was  an  at- 
torney, and  died  in  1901.  2.  Jane  J.,  August 
4,  1844.  3.  Jerome  Buonaparte,  July  18,  1848. 
4.  Jenny  Lind,  1850,  died  in  1853.  5.  Rovilla, 
June  6,  1852.  6.  Cassius  Monroe,  July  26, 
1856.    7.  Marcius  B.,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Marcius  B.,  son  of  Jerome  Buona- 
parte Jewell,  was  born  November  7,  1858,  at 
Machias,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York.  He 
attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  Ten  Broeck  Free  Academy  at 
Franklinville.  During  his  boyhood,  when  not 
in  school,  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  In 
1879  h^  began  to  read  law  in  the  office  of 
A.  J.  Knight  at  Arcade,  New  York,  and  pur- 
sued the  study  of  law  for  one  year.  He  came 
to  Olean,  New  York,  in  1880,  and  continued 
his  studies  in  the  law  office  of  Cary  &  Jewell 
until  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  April  3, 
1883.  The  Mr.  Jewell  of  this  firm  was  the 
Joseph  R.  spoken  of  above.  Marcius  B.  Jew- 
ell immediately  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Olean,  in  association  with  his  brother,  Jo- 
seph R.  Jewell,  under  the  firm  name  of  J.  R. 
&  M.  B.  Jewell.  The  partnership  was  dis- 
solved in  1894,  and  since  then  Mr.  Jewell  has 
practiced  alone  with  offices  in  Olean.  He  has 
taken  a  prominent  position  among  the  lawyers 
of  this  section  and  has  tried  many  cases  not 
only  in  Olean,  but  throughout  Western  New 
York,  in  Erie,  Monroe,  Wyoming,  Cattarau- 
gus and  Allegany  counties.  He  has  tried  a 
large  number  of  criminal  cases  in  these  coun- 
ties and  has  carried  many  of  them  to  the 
higher  courts,  securing  a  reversal  in  many 
instances  on  points  of  law,  and  has  achieved 
a  wide  reputation  as  a  criminal  lawyer.  He 
was  appointed  city  attorney  of  Olean,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1 91 2,  by  the  council  of  the  city,  con- 
sisting of  eight  Republicans  and  eight  Demo- 
crats.   In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  believing. 


as  he  says,  that  the  high  tariff  gives  one  class 
of  people  an  advantage  over  others,  and  that 
equal  privilege  cannot  exist  under  a  high  tar- 
iff system.  He  was  supervisor  of  the  town 
of  Olean  seven  years,  up  to  1894,  when  he 
declined  to  run.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
John's  Commandery,  No.  24,  and  the  Oasis, 
of  Buffalo;  Olean  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks ;  Heptasophs ;  the  Tribe  of  Ben  Hur  and 
the  Elks  Club  of  Olean.  He  attends  the  Bap- 
tist church  of  Olean;  his  wife  is  a  communi- 
cant of  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  Church  of 
Olean. 

He  married,  November  10,  1886,  Elizabeth 
B.  Hazlitt,  born  in  Olean,  April  4,  1865, 
daughter  of  George  F.  and  Augusta  Hazlitt. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jewell  have  one  child,  Robert 
H.,  born  July  16,  1894,  at  Olean,  now  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Olean  high  school. 


The    Shedd    family    of    James- 
SHEDD     town  are  descendants  of  Simeon 
and  Lavina   (Rhelts)    Shedd  of 
the  state  of  Vermont. 

(II)  Lewis,  son  of  Simeon  and  Lavina 
(Rhelts)  Shedd,  was  born  in  Vermont,  De- 
cember 19,  1817,  died  at  Ellery,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  March  16,  1853.  He  set- 
tled for  a  time  at  Youngsville,  Warren  county, 
Pennsylvania,  later  locating  in  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business,  having  a  general  store  at 
Ellery  Center.  He  was  an  energetic,  capable 
business  man,  and  was  held  in  the  highest 
esteem.  He  was  a  Universalist,  and  took  deep 
interest  in  religious  matters.  He  married,  in 
1845,  Phoebe,  born  April  26,  1826,  died  in 
1881,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Louisa  (Mor- 
gan) Strong.  Children:  William  Darwin,  of 
whom  further;  Charles  Eugene,  born  August 
20,  1850;  Merritt  Jones,  March  10,  1854, 
died  1880. 

(III)  William  Darwin,  son  of  Lewis  and 
Phoebe  (Strong)  Shedd,  was  born  in  Youngs- 
ville, Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1846.  His  parents  removed  to  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  when  he  was  yet 
a  child.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Ellery  and  Jamestown,  and  after 
finishing  his  studies  entered  the  drug  business. 
He  was  employed  for  five  years  in  the  drug 
store  of  Hall  &  Moore,  Jamestown,  but  after 
being  granted  a  license  and  diploma,  engaged 
in  business  for  himself.    He  was  at  first  asso- 


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ciated  with  Dr.  Frank  Ormes  as  partner,  later 
purchasing  his  interest  and  conducting  a  suc- 
cessful business  alone  until  1886,  when  he  dis- 
posed of  his  business.  In  that  year  he  began 
the  manufacture  of  patent  medicines,  continu- 
ing until  1893,  when  he  sold  out  and  retired 
from  active  business  life.  He  was  well  known 
throughout  his  city  and  state  and  commanded 
universal  respect  and  esteem.  He  was  public- 
spirited  and  aided  materially  in  the  develop- 
ment of  his  city.  While  not  an  aspirant  for 
political  honors  he  was  keenly  interested  in 
public  affairs  and  an  ardent  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party.  His  handsome  residence 
on  West  Third  street  he  erected  in  1872,  and 
it  is  yet  the  home  of  his  family.  He  was  an 
attendant  of  the  Presbyterian  and  Universalist 
churches,  and  of  the  Masonic  Order,  belong- 
ing to  Lodge,  Chapter  and  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar.  He  was  interested  in  the 
volunteer  fire  department,  and  at  one  time  was 
a  member  of  Jamestown  Hook  and  Ladder 
Company.  He  married,  ^t  Chestertown,  War- 
ren county,  Pennsylvania,  Jennie,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Eliza  K.  (Baker)  Fowler.  She 
was  born  at  Chestertown,  August  9,  1848,  and 
survives  her  husband,  a  resident  of  James- 
town. She  is  an  active  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  and  interested  in  the  Needle 
Work  Guild  and  Missionary  societies  of  the 
church;  the  New  Century  Art  and  Mozart 
clubs,  and  the  Young  Women's  Christian  As- 
sociation of  Jamestown.  Children:  i.  Lewis 
Fowler,  of  whom  further.  2.  Elizabeth  Fow- 
ler, born  in  Jamestown,  August  8,  1875 »  i^em- 
ber  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Presbyterian 
church,  the  Guild,  Agnes  Home  Association, 
Mozart  and  New  Century  Art  clubs.  She  re- 
sides at  home  with  her  mother. 

(IV)  Lewis  Fowler,  only  son  of  William 
Darwin  and  Jennie  (Fowler)  Shedd,  was 
born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  August  28, 
1872.  He  was  educated  in  the  city  schools 
and  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  patent  medicines,  later  in  the  coal  and  lum- 
ber business  in  Jamestown.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.  He  married,  at  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  Julia  Lawrence. 


Dwight  Perrin,  son  of  Walter 
PERRIN     and  Lucy  (Dorset)  Perrin,  was 

born  in  the  town  of  Stockton, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  July  13,  1847, 
died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  April  14,  1900. 


He  was  educated  in  the  Stockton  public 
schools  and  Fredonia  Academy.  He  was 
reared  to  fann  labor  and  followed  that  occu- 
pation  until  five  years  after  his  marriage,  when 
he  came  to  Jamestown,  and  in  association  with 
Gilbert  W.  Klock,  purchased  a  planing  mill, 
which  they  operated  for  several  years.  Mr. 
Perrin,  after  retiring  from  the  planing  mill 
engaged  in  the  retail  shoe  business  in  James- 
town, until  he  was  compelled  by  failing  health 
to  seek  a  change  of  climate.  He  spent  some 
time  in  North  Dakota,  then  returned  to 
Jamestown,  which  was  his  home  until  his 
death.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  public  af- 
fairs, served  as  assessor,  and  was  for  several 
years  chairman  of  the  Republican  county  com- 
mittee. He  was  fraternally  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows  and  Maccabees.  While 
a  resident  of  Stockton  he  was  connected  with 
the  Baptist  church,  but  after  his  removal  to 
Jamestown  was  a  regular  attendant  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was 
a  faithful,  consistent  supporter.  ,He  was  a 
man  of  fine  business  ability  and  strict  integ- 
rity. He  made  many  friends  and  retained 
their  confidence  always. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  April  7,  1868. 
R.  Maila  Klock,  born  in  Stockton,  New  York, 
September  14,  1847,  daughter  of  Hiram  and 
Margaret  (Quinn)  Klock.  She  was  educated 
at  Jamestown  and  Fredonia  academies,  and  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  of  Jamestown,  the  Clotho  Society, 
Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  societies,  and 
other  church  and  benevolent  •  work,  the  Mo- 
zart Club  and  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  Her  grandfather,  David  Klock, 
was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812.  He  lived 
in  the  Mohawk  Valley,  New  York,  later  set- 
tling in  the  town  of  Ellery,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York.  Hiram,  a  son  of  David 
Klock,  was  born  June  6,  18 16,  in  the  Mohawk 
Valley,  died  February  29,  1866,  in  Portland, 
Chautauqua  county.  He  came  to  Chautauqua 
county  with  his  parents  when  young,  and  be- 
came a  successful  farmer  of  Stockton,  where 
he  owned  a  good  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  an  ac- 
tive, influential  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  married  Margaret  Quinn,  born  at 
Poultney,  near  Burlington,  Vermont,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1823;  came  with  her  parents  when 
young  to  what  is  now  Portland,  Chautauqua 


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county.  She  was  well  educated,  and  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  years  taught  the  public  school 
of  Ellery.  She  received  as  salary  for  her  first 
term  twenty  dollars  for  twenty  weeks'  teach- 
ing, and  boarding  around  among  the  patrons 
of  the  school.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert and  Jane  (Allen)  Quinn.  Robfert  Quinn 
was  born  January  25,  1798,  died  at  the  age 
of  seventy-eight;  his  wife,  -Jane  (Allen) 
Quinn,  was  born  September  15,  1797,  died  at 
the  age  of  sixty ;  they  were  married  March  i , 
1822,  at  Fintona,  Ireland,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Samp- 
son. Children  of  Hiram  and  Margaret 
(Quinn)  Klock:  i.  R.  Maila,  bom  Septem- 
ber 14,  1847;  married  Dwight  Perrin,  whom 
she  survives,  without  issue,  resident  of  Jajnes- 
town.  New  York.  2.  Gilbert  W.,  born  March 
8,  1852,  resides  in  Buffalo.  3.  Eudora  E., 
born  November  28,  1854;  married,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1883,  Myron  W.  Pardee,  died  Novem- 
ber 22,  1889.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Jamestown 
high  school,  after  which  she  went  to  college. 
She  taught  school  in  early  life  and  later  took 
up  music,  voice  culture,  while  at  college.  She 
went  to  New  York  City,  where  she  spent  a 
year  in  vocal  music  and  afterward  taught  vo- 
cal music  in  the  public  schools  and  gave  pri- 
vate lessons  in  Norwich,  New  York,  and  af- 
terward at  Chamberlain  Institute,  Randolph, 
New  York.  Mrs.  Pardee  was  soloist  at  the 
Chautauqua  Assembly  Grounds.  She  also 
sang  at  Florida  Chautauqua,  De  Tuwick 
Springs,  Florida.  She  sang  in  the  principal 
churches  of  Jamestown  many  years.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  active  in  church  and  charitable  work. 
Member  of  Jamestown  Chapter,  Daughters  of 
American  Revolution;  Needle  Work  Guild; 
Agnes  Home;  board  of  directors  bf  Young 
Women's  Christian  Association;  and  Warner 
Home  Society. 

William  Baird,  the  first  member 
BAIRD    of  this  family  of  whom  we  have 

definite  information,  was  born  in 
Virginia  and  died  in  Ohio,  about  1850.  He 
was  a  farmer  at  Red  Oak,  Brown  county, 
Ohio.  The  family  were  Presbyterians.  He 
was  an  active  Abolitionist;  some  of  his  fam- 
ily were  financial  agents  and  supporters  of 
the  underground  railway.  He  married  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  Charles  Campbell,  who  was 
bom  in  Scotland.  Child,  Samuel,  referred  to 
below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  and  Rebecca 


(Campbell)  Baird,  was  born  at  Red  Oak,  in 
1826,  died  at  Baird  Furnace,  November  2, 
1878.  He  was  an  iron  manufacturer  in  south- 
ern Ohio.  He  was  a  Presbyterian  in  religion, 
and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married 
Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  William  and  Polly 
(Burkett)  Steece.  Children:  i.  Frank  Bur- 
kett,  referred  to  below.  2.  Mary  Eliza,  mar- 
ried Frank  Searles  Gordon;  lives  at  Los  An- 
geles, California;  children:  Theodore,  Helen. 
3.  Chester  Raymond,  married  May  Culbert- 
son;  lives  in  New  York  City.  4.  Samuel 
Hamilton,  married  Emeline  Bell;  lives  in 
Philadelphia;  child,  Marjorie.  5.  Faith  D., 
married  William  Cameron;  child,  Eleanor. 

(Ill)  Frank  Burkett,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Jane  (Steece)  Baird,  was  born  at  Ma- 
rietta, Ohio,  November  24,  1852.  He  went 
into  business  with  his  father  at  Hocking  Val- 
ley, Ohio.  In  1888  he  came  to  Tonawanda, 
Erie  county,  New  York,  and  bought  the  Ton- 
awanda Furnace,  which  he  changed  the  next 
year  into  a  coke  furnace.  He  built  a  furnace 
in  Buffalo,  and  became  in  1891  vice-president 
of  the  Buffalo  Furnace  Company.  In  1898 
he  built  the  Union  Iron  Works,  of  which  he 
was  president,  and  in  the  following  year  he 
organized  the  Buffalo  Charcoal  Company,  of 
which  he  was  also  president.  These  three 
companies  were  consolidated  in  1900  as  the 
Buffalo  Union  Furnace  Company,  Mr.  Baird 
being  president.  He  is  also  vice-president  of 
the  East  Jordan  Furnace  Company,  in  Michi- 
gan. He  is  a  Mason  and  belongs  to  the  Buf- 
falo Club,  Country  Qub,  Park  Club  and  Auto- 
mobile Qub,  all  of  Buffalo.  Mr.  Baird  has 
been  for  several  years  a  vestryman  of  St. 
Paul's  Episcopal  church,  and  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  November  21,  1900,  Flora, 
daughter  of  William  and  Flora  (Berry)  Cam- 
eron, of  Waco,  Texas.  Her  moth^  was  of 
Little  Rock,  Arkansas,  daughter  of  J.  R. 
and  Flora  (Murphy)  Berry,  granddaughter 
of  Governor  Isaac  Murphy,  of  Arkansas. 
Isaac  Murphy  was  born  near  Pittsburg,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1802,  died  at  Huntsville,  Arkansas, 
September  8,  1882.  He  had  a  classical  edu- 
cation, and  afterward  taught  school  in  Ten- 
nessee for  several  years;  he  continued  teach- 
ing at  Fayetteville  and  Mount  Comfort,  Ar- 
kansas. His  labors  and  influence  awakened 
great  interest  in  education  in  that  part  of 
Arkansas.  Having  studied  law  as  opportuni- 
ties were  afforded,  he  was  admitted  to  the 


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bar  in  1835,  after  which  he  both  practiced 
law  and  taught.  He  was  also  engaged  in  civil 
engineering,  and  took  part  in  public  land  sur- 
veys in  Arkansas.  In  1848  he  was  a  member 
of  the  state  legislature,  but  the  following  year 
he  joined  one  of  the  first  caravans  proceed- 
ing to  California,  where  he  remained  four 
years.  Returning  to  Arkansas,  he  with  his 
daughters  conducted  a  high  school  at  Hunts- 
ville,  Madison  county,  for  two  years.  He  was 
again  a  member  in  the  state  legislature  in 
1856.  He  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the  state 
convention  called  in  1861  to  act  on  secession; 
when  the  ordinance  was  passed,  in  May,  he 
alone  voted  no.  Feeling  against  him  becom- 
ing threatening,  the  following  year  he  fled 
from  Hunts ville  and  joined  the  Federal  forces 
in  Missouri,  under  General  Curtis;  he  was 
made  a  staff  officer,  and  his  son  Frank  a 
major.  In  1863  ^^  joined  the  commands  of 
Steele  and  Davidson,  which  captured  Little 
Rock.  In  January,  1864,  he  was  made  pro- 
visional governor,  and  in  March  of  the  same 
year  elected  to  that  office  for  a  term  of  four 
years.  His  administration  was  moderate  and 
pacific,  and  Arkansas  was  largely  spared  the 
sufferings  of  the  reconstruction  era.  Find- 
ing an  empty  treasury,  he  succeeded  in  paying 
all  the  debts  of  his  administration  and  leav- 
ing a  surplus.  After  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  office,  he  returned  to  his  home  at 
Huntsville,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  married,  in  Tennessee,  July  31, 
1830,  Angeline  A.  Lockhart,  daughter  of  a 
soldier  of  the  war  of  1812,  and  granddaughter 
of  a  revolutionary  soldier.  Children  of  Frank 
Burkett  and  Flora  (Cameron)  Baird:  Frank 
Burkett,  born  August  25,  1902;  Cameron, 
July  17,  1905;  William  Cameron,  April  30, 
1907. 


•  Among  those  foreigners  of  Ger- 
HAAS  man  birth  who  have  contributed 
so  much  to  the  prosperity  of 
America,  introducing  to  this  country  the 
strong  habits  of  thrift  and  industry  which 
are  so  peculiarly  the  possession  of  the  Ger- 
man people,  may  be  mentioned  Peter  Haas, 
an  old  resident  of  Jamestown,  and  a  veteran 
of  the  civil  war.  Mr.  Haas  was  a  native  of 
Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany,  where  he 
was  born  in  September  of  the  year  1827. 
Coming  to  America  when  he  was  about  eigh- 
teen years  of  age,  he  settled  at  Watertown, 
New    York,    afterwards    removing    to    Erie, 


Pennsylvania ;  from  there  he  returned  to  New 
York  state,  residing  for  brief  periods  at  sev- 
eral places  in  this  county,  and  finally  locating 
in  Jamestown.  This  was  about  fifty  years  ago. 
Mr.  Haas  engaged  as  a  mason,  in  which  call- 
ing he  proved  very  successful,  doing  contract- 
ing work  on  an  extensive  scale,  and  becom- 
ing well  known  in  the  community. 

During  the  civil  war  Mr.  Haas  did  good 
service  in  the  cause  of  his  adopted  country, 
enlisting  for  a  year  in  the  Ninth  New  York 
Cavalry,  at  Ellicott;  he  was  mustered  in  Au- 
gust 31,  1864,  *^s  a  private  in  Company  G; 
mustered  out  at  Winchester,  Virginia,  June  6, 
1865.  The  remainder  of  his  long  life  was 
passed  in  this  city,  where  he  died  on  the 
morning  of  May  16,  1910,  at  his  home,  No. 
1 102  North  Main  street,  nearly  eighty-three 
years  of  age.  His  health  had  been  failing  for 
some  time  prior  to  his  last  illness  which  was 
of  brief  duration,  and  he  was  buried  with 
military  honors,  having  been  a  member  of 
James  M.  Brown  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  The  impressive  ritual  service  was 
conducted  by  the  Rev.  Oliver  E.  Williams, 
pastor  of  Grace  United  Brethren  church,  and 
the  members  of  the  James  M.  Brown  Post 
attended  in  a  body  to  do  him  honor;  George 
A.  S.  Kent  acting  as  commander ;  C.  W.  Lord 
as  chaplain;  F.  E.  Pennock,  Adams  Ports, 
and  C.  W.  Whitmore  as  first,  second  and  third 
comrades;  William  Callahan  as  color  bearer, 
and  A.  C.  Jones  as  officer  of  the  day.  Major 
E.  P.  Putnam,  Chapin  Tiffany,  J.  C.  Staf- 
ford, A.  H.  Stafford,  W.  O.  Orter,  and  S.  L. 
Willard,  all  members  of  the  Post,  acted  as 
bearers,  and  amid  many  floral  offerings  he 
was  laid  to  rest  in  Lakeview  cemetery. 

Mr.  Haas  was  a  widower  at  his  death;  his 
wife  was  a  Miss  Elizabeth  May,  who  died  in 
1905.  Six  children  survive  their  parents,  two 
sons  and  four  daughters.  They  are :  William 
and  Charles  C.  Haas,  of  Jamestown;  Mrs. 
Francis  Lavery,  of  Warren,  Pennsylvania; 
Mrs.  Kate  Lilley,  of  Geneva,  Ohio;  Miss  Mar}- 
Haas,  of  Gowanda,  Pennsylvania,  and  Miss 
Nellie  Haas,  of  Jamestown.  Charles  C.  Haas 
is  a  builder  and  contractor. 


The  progenitor  of  this  branch 
BISHOP    of    the    Bishop    family    in    the 

United  States,  John  Bishop, 
was  born  in  England,  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1852,  settling  in  Buffalo,  New  York. 
He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  followed  it  both 


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in  England  and  in  Buffalo.  He  married,  in 
England,  Martha  Pierce,  who  accompanied 
him  to  the  United  States.  Their  children 
were  all  born  at  Tunbridge  Wells,  Kent 
county,  England:  John  P.,  of  further  men- 
tion; Stephen,  William,  Edwin,  Jane,  Caro- 
line and  Emily. 

(II)  John  P.,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Mar- 
tha (Pierce)  Bishop,  was  born  at  Tunbridge 
Wells,  Kent,  England,  August  6,  1822.  He 
was  educated  in  the  English  common  schools. 
He  did  not  come  to  the  United  States  with 
the  family,  but  early  in  life  engaged  in  fish 
and  sea  food  dealing.  For  over  sixty  years 
he  continued  in  that  business,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing retired  in  the  town  of  his  birth,  with  a 
son.  He  married  Harriet  Haycot.  Children : 
J.  Pierce,  of  further  mention;  Mary  Ann, 
born  1846,  married  James  Stuart,  and  resides 
in  England;  Qara,  born  1848;  Edwin;  Mar- 
tha, unmarried;  Ernest,  resides  in  England. 

(III)  J.  Pierce,  eldest  son  of  John  P.  and 
Harriet  (Haycot)  Bishop,  was  born  at  Tun- 
bridge Wells,  Kent,  England,  September  6, 
1844.  He  came  to  the  United  States  with 
his  grandfather  in  1852,  and  lived  with  him  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  until  1862.  In  that  year 
he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  navy  and 
saw  active  service  under  Admiral  Porter  on 
the  Mississippi,  Cumberland,  Tennessee  and 
Yazoo  rivers.  He  was  first  assigned  to  a 
revenue  cutter  of  the  Upper  Mississippi 
Squadron ;  then  at  Cairo,  under  Admiral  Por- 
ter; then  on  the  gunboat  "Rob,"  on  the  Ten- 
nessee; then  on  the  gunboat  "Chillicothe ;" 
thence  to  the  receiving  ship  at  Cairo.  At  the 
taking  of  Vicksburg  he  was  assigned  to  the 
gunboat  "New  Era,"  and  later  served  on  the 
same  boat  in  the  engagements  on  the  Cum- 
berland and  Tennessee  rivers.  He  was  also 
engaged  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Heinman,  Ar- 
kansas; then  up  the  Yazoo  river  at  the  tak- 
ing of  Fort  Pemberton.  After  a  season  of 
guard  duty  at  Island  No.  10  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged  in  August,  1864.  He  re- 
turned to  Buffalo  where  he  learned  the  coop- 
er's trade.  He  worked  with  an  uncle  at  St. 
Catherines,  Canada,  until  1866,  then  removed 
to  Lockport,  New  York,  where  he  worked 
at  coopering  for  nine  years  as  a  journeyman, 
then  engaged  in  business  for  himself.  He 
started  in  a  small  shop,  but  his  business  has 
so  expanded  that  it  has  become  the  largest 
of  the  kind  in  Lockport.  He  is  a  careful, 
capable  business  man,  and  has  won  his  suc- 


cess through  his  own  merit.  He  is  an  ardent 
Democrat,  and  has  for  many  years  been  prom- 
inently identified  with  his  party  in  town, 
county  and  state  politics;  is  a  frequent  dele- 
gate to  state  and  district  conventions,  and  is 
a  strong  local  leader.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Lockport  Board  of  Trade,  and  a  director 
of  the  Lockport  Board  of  Trade,  and  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Lockport  City  Brewing  Company. 
He  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  be- 
longing to  Niagara  Lodge,  No.  375,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Ames  Chapter,  No.  88, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  Bruce  Council,  No.  15, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Genesee  Comman- 
dery.  No.  10,  Knights  Templar;  and  IsmaiHa 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He 
belongs  to  the  Congregational  church,  of 
Lockport. 

He  married,  in  1866,  at  St.  Catherines, 
Anna  Mary  Begy,  bom  there,  1847,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Begy.  Children:  Carrie  E., 
married  Harvey  J.  Smith,  of  Rochester,  New 
York;  Alice  G.,  deceased;  Lottie  E.,  resides 
at  home;  Edwin  S.,  married  Elizabeth  Ded- 
inger,  and  resides  in  Rochester;  children:  J. 
Pierce   (2)  and  Marion. 

The  family  of  Fiske  flourished  for 
FISK    a  very  long  period  in  England,  in 

the  county  of  Suffolk.  So  early  as 
the  eighth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  John, 
A.D.  1208,  we  find  the  name  of  Daniel  Fisc, 
of  Laxfield,  appended  to  a  document  issued 
by  the  King,  confirming  a  grant  of  land  in 
Digneveton  Park,  made  by  the  Duke  of  Lo- 
raine  to  the  men  of  Laxfield.  The  name  Fisk 
is  simply  an  older  form  of  Fish.  In  Anglo- 
Saxon  times  the  termination  "sh"  was  regu- 
larly sounded  hard,  like  "sk."  Symond  Fiske, 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Stadhaugh,  held  lands 
in  Laxfield  Parish,  and  was  probably  grand- 
son of  Daniel  Fisc.  He  bore  for  his  arms, 
chequey,  argent  and  gules,  upon  a  pale,  sable, 
three  mullets  pierced,  or.  The  motto  was: 
Made  virtute  sic  itur  ad  astra — "So  to  the 
stars  we  go,  For  doing  as  we  ought  below;" 
this  motto  was  evidently  taken  from  the  ninth 
book  of  Virgil's  Aeneid,  the  640th  and  641st 
lines.  The  Fiskes  of  America  are  descended 
from  this  ancient  family,  the  name  being  va- 
riously spelled  Fisk,  Fiske,  etc.,  as  shown. 
Robert  Fiske,  of  Laxfield,  son  of  Simon,  and 
fourth  in  descent  from  Symond  Fiske,  of  the 
same,  married  Sibyl  Gold,  and  had  sons  Will- 
iam,  Jeffrey,   Thomas   and   Eliezer.      These 


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parents  were  the  progenitors  of  all  the  Fiskes 
that  settled  in  New  England,  so  far  as  known, 
before  1640.  In  considering  their  posterity 
they  must  be  considered  as  descended  from 
two  distinct  groups,  coming  over  about  the 
same  time,  1637,  ^^^  group  settling  in  Wen- 
ham  and  the  other  in  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(I)  Lord  Symond  Fiske,  grandson  of  Dan- 
iel, was  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Stadhaugh, 
parish  of  Laxfield,  county  of  Suffolk,  Eng- 
land, and  lived  in  the  reigns  of  Henry  IV. 
and  VI.  (1399-1422);  he  married  Susannah 
Smyth;  she  died,  and  he  married   (second) 

Katherine  .     Simon  Fiske,  of  Laxfield, 

will  dated  December  22,  1493,  .  .  .  be- 
queaths his  soul  to  God,  the  Virgin  Mary, 
and  all  the  saints  in  heaven;  and  to  each  of 
his  sons  twenty  pounds,  mentioning  his 
daughter.  Children:  William,  born  in  Eng- 
land (see  below)  ;  Jeffrey,  married  Margaret 

;  John,  married ;  Edmund,  married 

Margery ;  Margaret,  married  a  Dowsing 

or  Dowling.    Symond  died  February,  1464. 

(II)  William  Fiske,  son  of  Lord  Symond 
Fiske,  was  born  at  Stadhaugh,  England,  mar- 
ried Joan  Lynne,  of  Norfolk.  He  lived  dur- 
ing the  reigns  of  Henry  VI.,  Edward  IV., 
Richard  III.,  and  Henry  VII.  He  died  about 
about  1504,  before  his  wife.  He  also  resided 
at    Laxfield.      Children:     Thomas,    married 

Anne    ;    William,    married    Joan    ; 

Augustine,  married  Joan  ;   Simon   (see 

below)  ;  Robert,  married and  Joan ; 

John,  married ;  Margery;  Margaret. 

(III)  Simon,   son   of  William   Fiske,  was 

born  in  Laxfield ;  married  Eilzabeth ,  who 

died  in  Halesworth,  1558;  Simon  died  June, 
1538.  Children:  Simon  (see  below);  Will- 
iam; Robert,  married  Alice ;  Joan,  mar- 
ried    Iverton;  Jeffrey;  Gelyne,  married 

Warner;   Agnes;   Thomas;    Elizabeth; 


John. 

(IV)   Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Fiske, 

was   born   in   Laxfield;   married   ;   died 

1505;  in  his  will  left  legacies  to  all  of  his 
children,  all  young,  and  to  his  brother.  Mas- 
ter John  Fiske,  ten  marks,  bequesting  that  he 
sing  for  his  soul  for  one  year.  Children: 
Robert  (see  below)  ;  John,  married  Thomas- 

ine   Pinchard;  George,  married   Anne  ; 

Nicholas,     married     Joan     Crispe;     Jeffrey; 

Jeremy,  married ;  William,  married ; 

Richard,  married  Agnes  Crispe ;  Joan ;  Gelyne ; 
Agnes. 


(V)  Robert,  son  of  Simon  (2)  Fiske,  was 
born  in  Stadhaugh,  England,  about  1525; 
married  Mrs.  Sybil  (Gould)  Barber;  for  some 
time  he  was  of  the  parish  of  St.  James,  South 
Elmham,  England.  His  wife  was  in  great 
danger  in  the  time  of  the  religious  persecu- 
tion, 1553-58,  as  was  her  sister  Isabella,  orig- 
inally Gould,  who  was  confined  in  the  Castle 
of  Norwich  and  escaped  death  only  by  the 
power  of  her  brothers,  who  were  men  of  great 
influence  in  the  county.  Robert  fled  for  re- 
ligion's sake  in  the  days  of  Queen  Mary  to 
Geneva,  but  returned  later  and  died  at  St. 
James. 

Of  his  four  sons,  Eliezer  had  no  issue, 
but  the  progeny  of  the  other  three,  in  whole 
or  in  part,  settled  in  New  England;  about 
this  time  was  a  season  of  great  religious  per- 
secution. Children,  bom  in  England:  i. 
William  (see  below) ;  2.  Jeffrey,  married 
Sarah  Cooke.  3.  Thomas,  married  Margery 
.  4.  Eliezer  or  Eleazer,  married  Eliza- 
beth   ;  he  died  s.  p.  in  Metfield,  England, 

in  July,  161 5,  leaving  property  and  legacies 
to  his  widow  and  the  children  of  his  brothers ; 
his  widow  died  in  1629.  5.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Robert  Bernard,  a  farmer  of  the  estate 
of  Custrick  Hall,  in  Wecky,  county  Essex, 
which  he  held  of  Sir  Edward  Coke,  the  lord 
chief  justice ;  a  daughter  of  this  Bernard  mar- 
ried a  Locke,  and  was  the  mother  of  John 
Locke,  who  was  thus  a  grandson  of  Robert 
Fiske. 

(VI)  William  (2),  son  of  Robert  Fiske, 
was  born  in  Laxfield,  England,  in  1566;  mar- 
ried Anna  Anstye,  daughter  of  Walter,  of 
Tibbenham,  Long  Row,  in  Norfolk ;  she  died, 
and  he  married  (second)  Alice  .  Will- 
iam is  described  as  of  St.  James,  in  South 
Elmham,  and  it  is  said  of  him  that  he  fled 
with  his  father  for  religion's  sake.  Children, 
born  in  South  Elmham,  England,  all  but  the 
youngest  by  his  first  wife:  i.  John,  mar- 
ried Anne  Lantersee.  2.  Nathaniel  (see  be- 
low). 3.  Eleazer,  married  and  settled  in  Nor- 
wich; female  issue  only.  4.  Eunice,  died  un- 
married. 5.  Hannah,  married.  May  4,  1603, 
William  Candler ;  he  was  schoolmaster  at  Tof- 
ford;  their  son.  Rev.  Matthias  Candler,  was 
author  of  the  celebrated  Candler  Manuscript 
on  file  in  the  British  Museum ;  other  children 
were  John  and  Mary  Candler.  6.  Hester, 
married  John  Chalke,  or  Challie,  of  Rednall 
or  Road  Hall,  England.  7.  Mary,  married 
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county  Suffolk,  England;  their  descendants 
settled  in  America. 

(VII)  Nathaniel,     son    of    William     (2) 

Fiske,  born  in  England ;  resided  at  Wey- 

bred,  England;  married  Mrs.  Alice  (Hend 
or  Henel)  Leman.  Children,  born  at  Wey- 
bred,  England:  Nathaniel  (see  below);  Sa- 
rah, married  Robert  Rogers. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel 
( I )  Fiske,  was  born  at  Weybred,  Suffolk 
county,  England;  resided  at  Weybred;  there 
is  a  tradition  that  he  died  on  the  passage  to 
New  England.  He  married  Dorothy,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Symonds,  of  Wendham.  Chil- 
dren, bom  in  England:    i.  John  (see  below) ; 

2.  Nathan,  married  Susanna .    3.  Esther. 

4.  Martha,  married  Martin  Underwood;  he 
was  a  weaver,  coming  to  New  England. 

(IX)  John,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Fiske, 
was  bom  in  England,  about  161 9,  came  to 
America  with  his  brother  Nathan  and  father 
Nathaniel,  the  latter  dying  on  the  passage 
over;  the  mother  probably  died  in  England. 
John  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1652;  he  pur- 
chased land  in  Watertown  and  resided  there, 
where  he  died  October  28,  1684,  aged  sixty- 
five  years. 

He  married,  December  11,  165 1,  Sarah,  only 
child  of  Nicholas  Wyeth,  by  his  first  wife. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  February  i,  1652. 
2.  John,  1654;  died  1655.  3.  John,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1655  (see  below).  4.  Margaret,  born 
November  28,  1658;  died  unmarried,  aged 
ninety-one,  January  15,  1750.  5.  Mary,  born 
July  5,  165 1 ;  married  Joseph  Mason;  died 
1723,  leaving  children. 

(X)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Fiske,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1655  J  he  was  a  husbandman,  made  a 
freeman  in  1690;  died  January  6,  1718.  He 
married  (first)  Abigail  Parks,  December  9, 
1679,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Dix) 
Parks,  born  March  3,  1658.  He  married 
(second)  January  7,  1699,  Hannah  Richards, 
who  died  17 14.  He  resided  at  Watertown 
and  Waltham.  Children,  all  but  last  by  his 
first  wife:  i.  Abigail,  born  1684;  married 
John  Stearns,  of  Watertown.  2.  Elizabeth, 
born  1685,  married  Benjamin  Whitney.  3. 
John  (see  below).  4.  Jonathan,  bom  1688; 
died  in  infancy.  5.  Jonathan,  baptized  1689; 
married  Lydia  Bemis.  6.  Hepzibah,  born 
1693;  married  George  Harrington.  7.  A 
daughter,  born  November  19,  died  November 
20,  1695.    8.  David,  born  1697;  married  Eliz- 


abeth Durkee.  9.  Hannah,  baptized  1704,  died 
1714. 

(XI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Fiske, 
known  as  Lieutenant  John  Fiske,  was  born 
at  Watertown,  May  15,  1687;  he  resided  at 
Waltham  and  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  dy- 
ing November  2,  1756;  married  (first)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Bemis)  Whit- 
ney, June  7,  171 1 ;  (second)  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Chinery,  December  14,  1727.  His 
first  wife  died  February  27,  1726.  Children, 
four  first  by  first  wife,  three  last  by  second: 

1.  Mary,  born  1711;  married  Samuel  Hagar. 

2.  Abigail,  born  1714;  married  Stephen 
Sawin.  3.  John  (see  below).  4.  Sarah,  born 
1718.  5.  Jonathan,  bom  1729;  married  Abi- 
gail   .     6.  David,  born  1734.     7.  Daniel, 

born  about  1730;  married  Sarah  Kendall. 

(XII)  John  (4)  Fisk,  son  of  John  (3) 
Fiske,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, June  10,  1716;  married,  at  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  June  i,  1748,  Azubah  Moore. 
He  resided  at  Worcester,  dying  about  1797. 
Children:     i.  John   (see  below).     2.   Mary, 

born    December    22,    175 1-2;    married    

Fisk.  3.  Samuel,  born  1753;  died  young.  4. 
James,  born  1755;  died  young.  5.  James, 
born  1757;  married  Azubah  Moore.  6.  Sam- 
uel, born  1759;  married  Olive and  Pris- 

cilla .     7.  Elizabeth,  born  1761 ;  married 

Daniel  Chaddick,  of  Worcester.  8.  Sarah, 
born  1764.  9.  Azuba,  born  1768;  married 
James  Goulding,  of  Worcester. 

(XIII)  John  (5),  son  of  John  (4)  Fisk, 
was  born  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 16,  1749;  was  a  commissary  in  the  United 
States  army  during  the  revolutionary  war, 
his  family  residing  at  Crown  Point,  New 
York;  his  house  was  burned  by  the  enemy 
just  before  the  close  of  the  war,  after  which 
he  sold  out  the  place  and  moved  east,  set- 
tled in  Connecticut,  and  lived  there  until  1797, 
then  moved  back  to  New  York  state  with  his 
family,  and  resided  in  Brookfield.  Here  he 
was  killed  by  a  tree  falling  upon  him  on  his 
premises,  in  1802.  He  married  Irena  or  Irene 
Buck,  born  1754,  died  1850.  Children:  i. 
David  (see  below^.  2.  John,  born  1778;  mar- 
ried Eunice  Bugbee.  3.  James,  born  1780; 
married    Hannah    Green.     4.    Azubah,    born 

1785;  married  Faulkner;  died  in  1869, 

in  Brookfield,  New  York,  leaving  a  large  fam- 
ily- 5-  Jonathan,  bom  1790;  died  in  infancy. 
6.  Sally,  born  1792;  died  in  1825.  7.  Olive, 
born    1788;    married   Fairbanks;    resi- 


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dence,  Ellington,  New  York;  had  a  large 
family. 

(XIV)  David,  son  of  John  (5)  Fisk,  was 
born  November  12,  1782,  in  Worcester,  Mas- 
sachusetts; was  a  farmer,  residing  in  Brook- 
field  and  Ellington,  New  York;  died  in  El- 
lington, in  1862;  married,  in  Brookfield,  De- 
cember 18,  1803,  Lydia  Bugbee,  born  March 
— ,  1784,  died  July  10,  1838.  Children:  i. 
Dennison,  born  1807;  married  Polly  P.  Bush. 

2.  John,  born  1821 ;  married  Clarinda  Main. 

3.  Friend  Lyman,  born  September  24,  1804; 
married  Perley  Farman,  died  1868.  4.  Da- 
vid, born  1812;  married  Mary  Maria  L. 
Wentworth.  5.  Sally,  born  1809;  married 
Robert  Golding;  died  1861 ;  resided  at  Elling- 
ton. 6.  James  (see  below).  7.  Charles,  born 
October  17,  1823;  residence  Ellington;  mar- 
ried and  has  children.  8.  Irena,  born  1818; 
married  George  Pierce,  and  has  children. 

(XV)  James,  son  of  David  Fisk,  was  born 
in  Brookfield,  New  York,  August  3,  181 5.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  resident  of  Ellington, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  He  came 
from  Brookfield,  Madison  county,  New  York, 
in  a  sled  drawn  by  oxen;  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  an 
old  line  Whig;  married  Harriet  Larkins. 
Children:  i.  George,  drowned  in  well  at  age 
of  four  years.  2.  Harriet  OHve,  died  aged 
about  ten  years.  3.  Irving,  born  September 
3,  1848;  resident  of  Ellington.  4.  Chauncey. 
5.  LeRoy,  born  October  14,  1856;  a  resident 
of  Jamestown.  6.  Charles  Edward  (see  be- 
low). 

(XVI)  Charles  Edward,  son  of  James  and 
Harriet  (Larkins)  Fisk,  was  born  in  Janu- 
ary, 1841,  in  Ellington,  New  York,  where  he 
was  educated,  and  where  he  farmed.  He  en- 
listed in  1862  in  Company  B,  112th  New  York 
Volunteers,  as  a  private  in  the  civil  war.  He 
was  taken  prisoner  at  Chapin  Farm  and  sent 
first  to  Libby  Prison,  afterwards  to  Ander- 
sonville,  where  he  died  and  was  buried  with 
the  others  who  shared  his  terrible  fate. 
Though  a  young  man,  he  offered  all  that  he 
had,  his  life,  upon  the  altars  of  his  country, 
and  his  memory  will  be  perpetuated  in  the 
hearts  of  his  fellow-citizens  as  one  who  died 
for  what  he  believed  to  be  the  right;  it  is  of 
such  stuff  that  heroes  are  made.  He  married 
Sarah  Falconer,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Falconer ; 
she  was  born  at  Randolph,  in  1843. 

(XVII)  Charles  Edward  (2),  son  of 
Charles  Edward   (i)   and  Sarah    (Falconer) 


Fisk,  was  born  at  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  February  21,  1863.  He 
spent  the  first  seven  years  of  his  life  on  the 
old  farm,  when  the  family  removed  to  a  farm 
two  and  a  half  miles  north  of  Fluvanna,  New 
York;  they  remained  at  this  place  until  a 
later  move  was  made  to  the  town  of  Gerry. 
Charles  Edward's  education  being  conducted 
in  the  primary  schools  and  the  Academy  of 
Ellington.  Upon  leaving  school  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Strong  Veneer  Company  at 
Gerry,  and  by  the  intelligent  performance  of 
his  duties  and  the  interest  which  he  took  in 
his  work,  rose  rapidly  in  the  business,  and 
prospering,  built  himself  a  comfortable  resi- 
dence in  the  town  where  he  remained  for  over 
twelve  years.  In  the  year  1897  he  assisted 
in  founding  the  Jamestown  Veneer  Works,  in 
which  he  later  became  a  partner  in  company 
with  Nathan  M.  Willson,  George  B.  Peter- 
son, and  A.  J.  Thayer,  and  of  which  he  is 
now  the  manager.  This  business  represents 
to-day  one  of  the  chief  industries  of  the  city 
of  Jamestown;  the  plant  is  located  on  Steel 
street,  the  firm  occupying  a  building  of  three 
floors  and  containing  a  space  of  225x65  feet; 
hfty  persons  are  employed,  including  the 
members  of  the  firm ;  Griffith  &  Cadwell,  who 
were  interested  in  the  beginning  of  the  con- 
cern, as  early  as  1895,  sold  out  their  interest 
entirely  to  Messrs.  Peterson,  Thayer  &  Pratt, 
who  also  retired  later  from  the  business.  All 
of  the  members  of  the  firm  are  eminently 
practical  men,  giving  their  entire  time  and 
attention  to  the  work.  Messrs.  Peterson  and 
Willson  were  both  born  in  Jamestown,  while 
Mr.  Thayer  is  a  native  of  Brocton.  The  busi- 
ness of  the  firm  is  the  manufacture  of  every 
variety  of  veneer  from  the  plain  to  the  beau- 
tiful, bird's-eye  blister  and  curl  maple,  plain 
and  fancy  birch,  oak,  ash,  and  other  native 
woods.  The  work  of  cutting  the  wood  into 
strips  almost  as  thin  as  paper,  and  of  any 
length,  is  most  interesting.  The  firm's  trade 
embraces  all  the  first-class  furniture  makers 
in  the  country,  and  has  a  very  large  follow- 
ing among  the  manufacturers  of  Jamestown, 
being  one  of  the  standard  commercial  institu- 
tions of  the  city. 

Mr.  Fisk  has  been  a  resident  of  Jamestown 
since  1901,  residing  since  the  year  1905  at 
Ac.  82  Barrett  avenue,  which  he  then  pur- 
chased and  which  is  one  of  the  most  modern 
and  convenient  homes  in  the  city.  He  occu- 
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ity,  and  is  a  leading  man  in  all  public  affairs ; 
in  politics  he  is  an  adherent  of  the  Republi- 
can party,  and  belongs  to  the  organization  of 
the  Sons  of  Veterans.  He  and  his  family  also 
are  members  of  the  Seventh  Adventist  church, 
Mrs.  Fisk  taking  a  very  active  interest  in 
church  affairs. 

Mrs.  Fisk,  to  whom  Mr.  Fisk  was  married 
at  Gerry,  New  York,  September  30,  1886,  was 
a  Miss  Minnie  Waite,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  LoviUa  (Starr)  Waite,  born  April  'Z'j, 
1866,  and  a  most  delightful  and  capable 
woman ;  they  have  one  daughter,  Mabel  Cleo, 
born  at  Gerry,  New  York,  June  22,  1888,  and 
now  married  to  Mr.  Ralph  G.  Sage,  residing 
in  Jamestown,  New  York. 


(Ill)  William  Armour,  son  of 
WILSON     Alexander    (2)     <q.    v.)     and 

Eunice  (Seeley)  Wilson,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Ballston,  Saratoga  county. 
New  York,  April  21,  1808.  He  settled  with 
his  father  in  the  town  of  Wilson,  Niagara 
county.  New'  York,  at  an  early  date  in  the 
history  of  that  town,  which  was  named  after 
Reuben  Wilson,  the  original  settler,  but  of 
another  branch  of  the  Wilson  family.  Will- 
iam A.  Wilson  was  a  farmer,  and  a  promin- 
ent member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
a  man  of  high  standing  in  his  community. 
He  married  (first)  in  1840,  Almira  Tappan, 
who  died  in  1861.  He  married  (second) 
Mary  Sinsel,  of  Niagara  county.  Children 
by  first  wife:  i.  George  E.  2.  Juliet,  mar- 
ried John  Hill.  3.  John  S.  4.  William  T. 
5.  Charles  A.,  of  whom  further.  6.  Ruth 
Almira,  married  George  Campbell.  7.  Ste- 
phen, died  in  infancy.  8.  Stephen.  Children 
of  second  marriage:  9.  Benjamin  F.  10. 
Eleanor,  married  William  Capen.  11.  Frank. 
12.  Walter.  13.  Henry.  14.  Luther.  15. 
George. 

(IV)  Charles  A.,  son  of  William  Armour 
and  Almira  (Tappan)  Wilson,  was  born  in 
Wilson,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  August 
I,  1849.  ^^  obtained  his  education  in  the 
Lockport  schools,  and  after  completing  his 
studies  j'eturned  home  and  assisted  his  father 
in  the  cultivation  of  his  farm.  After  a  few 
years  he  purchased  a  farm  of  his  own  and 
since  that  time  has  devoted  all  his  energies 
to  general  farming  and  fruit  growing.  He 
now  owns  two  farms,  the  one  on  which  he 
resides  consists  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 


five  acres,  and  is  situated  in  the  town  of  Wil- 
son, about  fifteen  miles  from  Lockport.  It  is 
well  furnished  with  suitable  buildings  and 
stocked  with  improved  breeds  of  cattle  and 
horses.  His  orchards  are  mostly  apple  and 
peach  trees  in  full  bearing  and  very  produc- 
tive. In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  has 
served  in  important  capacities.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Methodist,  belonging  to  the  First  Meth- 
odist church,  of  which  he  is  a  trustee.  He 
is  a  man  of  high  principle,  and  universally 
respected  in  his  community.  He  is  interested 
in  matters  genealogical,  and  is  vice-president 
of  the  Wilson  Association  of  Niagara  county. 
Air.  Wilson  married  (first)  December  8, 
1875,  Frances  E.  Reed,  born  October  18,  1851, 
died  April  13,  1895,  daughter  of  Orson  Reed, 
of  Somerset  Corners,  Niagara  county.  He 
married  (second)  November  i,  1895,  Eliz- 
abeth Rehring,  born  February  21,  1877.  Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage:  i.  Lelia  E.,  born 
September  4,  1876;  married  Andrew  Steers, 
of  New  York  City.  2.  Orson  Floyd,  born 
June  29,  1887;  educated  in  Niagara  Falls 
Academy  and  Wilson  University;  now  his 
father's  assistant.  Children  by  second  mar- 
riage:   3.  Hazel  Ruth,  born  August  i,  1896. 

4.  \Villiam  Alexander,  born  January  3,  1898. 

5.  Myrtle  L.,  born  September  25,  1899,  died 
September  19,  1900.  6.  Garnett  M.,  born 
January  15,  1902.  7.  Harold  Seymour,  born 
July  7,  1905. 


This  is  an  old  English^  family 
THORN  of  high  standing.  The  name 
has  been  an  honored  one  in 
England  for  centuries.  Robert  Thorn,  161 5, 
was  mayor  of  Bristol,  and  in  1523  represented 
his  borough  in  parliament.  He  is  buried  in 
Temple  Church,  London,  where  a  monument 
stood,  bearing  in  part  the  following:  "By 
will  devised  certain  property  for  the  erection, 
foundation,  continuance  and  supportation  of 
a  free  school  of  grammar  to  be  established 
in  Bristol."  He  left  two  sons,  Robert  and 
Nicholas.  Robert  (2)  was  a  man  of  great 
wealth  and  on  terms  of  intimacy  with  the  most 
scientific  seamen  and  geographers  of  his  day. 
To  advance  the  interest  of  science  he  advanced 
one-seventh  of  the  cost  of  fitting  Cabot  for 
his  famous  expedition  to  the  Rio  de  la  Plata 
in  1526.  On  his  coat-of-arms  is  a  Latin  dis- 
tich to  this  effect:  *T  am  called  a  thorn.  The 
glory  be  given  to  God  who  giveth  the  good 
things  that  the  Thornes  dispense  to  the  poor." 


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(I)  This  branch  of  the  family  descends 
from  Thomas  Thorn,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  with  his  wife  and  three  sons. 

(II)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  Thorn,  was 
born  May  2,  1802,  in  Brenchly,  county  Kent, 
England,  died  August  16,  1878.  He  came  to 
the  United  States  with  the  family  and  set- 
tled in  Utica,  New  York.  He  was  extensively 
engaged  in  business  in  that  city  and  also  was 
engaged  in  the  oil  business.  He  married,  in 
Albany,  New  York,  November  16,  1825, 
Mary  Ann  Bennett,  born  August  21,  1807, 
in  the  Bermuda  Islands,  West  Indies,  died 
January  11,  1875,  daughter  of  Joseph  Ben- 
nett, of  Albany,  New  York.  Children:  An 
infant,  born  and  died  August  8,  1826;  Ste- 
phen Springate,  born  September  7,  1827; 
James  Edward,  June  10,  1829;  Samuel  Sprin- 
gate, September  22,  1831 ;  William  Bennett, 
July  14,  1833;  Ann  Elizabeth,  June  3,  1836; 
Joseph  Clifford,  May  26,  1838,  died  March 
8,  1839;  Francis  Shaw,  of  whom  further;  Sa- 
rah E.,  born  February  3,  1844,  died  Novem- 
ber 28,  1856. 

(III)  Francis  Shaw,  sixth  son  of  Stephen 
and  Mary  Ann  (Bennett)  Thorn,  was  born 
July  26,  1841,  in  Utica,  New  York.  He  spent 
his  life  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and 
is  now  living  retired  in  Buffalo  with  his  son- 
in-law,  Dr.  Charles  Van  Bergen.  He  mar- 
ried, January  25,  1869,  Georgianna,  born  Oc- 
tober 24,  1846,  died  July  31,  1896,  daughter 
of  George  Piatt  and  Mary  Ann  (Thayer) 
Stevenson,  of  Buffalo,  New  York.  Children: 
I.  Amelia  Louise,  married  Dr.  Charles  Van 
Bergen.  2.  Georgianna,  bom  September  25, 
1876;  married  (first)  James  B.  Fenton,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1900;  child,  GtOTge  Stevenson  Fenton, 
born  December  19,  1901 ;  she  married  (sec- 
ond) December  31,  1910,  Richard  L.  Wood. 


The  surname  Taylor  is  an  an- 
TAYLOR     cient  family  name  in  England, 

and  is  derived  from  an  occu- 
pation or  trade,  like  Smith,  Mason,  Carpen- 
ter, etc.  The  name  is  also  found  in  Ireland 
quite  frequently.  A  branch  of  the  family  set- 
tled in  the  north  of  Ireland  at  the  time  of  the 
grants  to  the  Scotch  and  English  Protestants, 
from  whom  the  hardy,  virile  Scotch-Irish  race 
descend. 

Many  Taylors  landed  in  New  England 
in  the  seventeenth  century,  and  families 
were  founded  in  every  colony  prior  to  1700. 
Several  branches  of  the  family  settled  in  Con- 


necticut, and  many  of  the  earlier  families  are 
also  found  in  New  Hampshire. 

The  English  Taylors,  some  of  whose  de- 
scendants now  live  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
were  of  Norman  stock.  The  name  is  a  cor- 
ruption of  Taliaferro,  and  came  to  England 
with  William  the  Conqueror. 

(I)  The  first  one  in  America  was  John 
Taylor,  who  came  from  Haverhill,  Suffolk- 
shire,  England,  with  Governor  Winthrop, 
June  12,  1636.  His  first  wife  died,  also  their 
child.  He  married  (second)  a  widow  with 
two  or  more  daughters.  He  moved  to  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  in  August,  1639.  ^^  Janu- 
ary, 1646,  leaving  two  sons,  he,  together  with 
other  prominent  men,  sailed  for  England,  sent 
by  the  colony  to  endeavor  to  secure  for  Con- 
necticut as  good  a  charter  as  that  held  by  the 
Massachusetts  colony.  The  ship  was  never 
more  heard  from,  but  is  famous  in  poetry 
and  prose  as  "The  Phantom  Ship."  His 
widow  married  a  Mr.  Hoyt,  and  accompanied 
by  her  youngest  son,  they  moved  to  Norwalk, 
Connecticut.  The  sons  of  John  and  Rhoda 
Taylor  were:  John,  born  1641 ;  settled  in 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  was  captain  of 
a  troop  of  horse  and  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians at  Northampton  in  1704,  leaving  a  large 
family.    Thomas,  see  forward. 

(II)  Thomas,  youngest  son  of  John  and 
Rhoda  Taylor,  was  born  in  1643.  He  settled 
at  Norwalk,  CTonnecticut.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1668,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Edward 
Ketcham,  and  moved  to  Danbury,  Connecticut, 
one  of  the  first  settlers,  and  his  death  occurred 
there,  January  17,  1735.  Children:  i. 
Thomas,  born  November  26,  1668;  ancestor  of 
Presidents  Seelye,  of  Amherst  and  Smith  col- 
leges. 2.  Deborah,  born  June,  1671 ;  married 
Daniel  Betts.  3.  Jephthah,  born  December, 
1673.  4.  John,  twin  of  Jephthah.  5.  Daniel, 
born  October,  1676;  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Noah 
Porter.  6.  Timothy,  born  1678.  7.  Nathan, 
born  February  7,  1682;  ancestor  of  P.  T. 
Barnum,  the  celebrated  showman.  8.  Re- 
becca, born  1684;  married  Daniel  Benedict. 
9.  Theophilus,  see  forward.  10.  Eunice,  born 
1689;  married  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Starr. 

(III)  Theophilus,  youngest  son  of  Thomas 
and  Rebecca  (Ketcham)  Taylor,  was  born  in 
1687,   died  at  Danbury,   Connecticut,   at   the 

age  of  ninety  years.    He  married  (first)  

Benedict,  who  bore  him  two  children.  He 
married  (second)  Sarah  Gregory.  Children: 
Lydia,    married   Lemuel   Beebe;  Theophilus; 


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Sarah,  married  Abraham  Andrews;  Benja- 
min, see  forward;  Rebecca,  jnarried  Robert 
Andrews. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Theophilus  and  Sa- 
rah (Gregory)  Taylor,  married  Rebecca  Dib- 
ble. Children:  Timothy,  born  August  13, 
^753 y  colonel  in  the  revolutionary  war;  Theo- 
philus, see  forward;  Rebecca,  married  Seth 
Hall;  Elizabeth. 

(V)  Theophilus  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Rebecca  (Dibble)  Taylor,  was  born  in  Con- 
necticut, January  28,  1760,  died  November 
24,  1 83 1,  at  Murray,  Orleans  county,  New 
York,  whence  he  removed  from  New  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  in  181 7.  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation.  He  married  Azubah,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Ward)  Hoyt;  she 
died  April  16,  1830.  Children:  Benjamin 
Dibble,  born  October  19,  1786;  Lucy,  May  23, 
1789;  Jonathan  Hoyt,  see  forward;  Sarah, 
June  26,  1797. 

(VI)  Jonathan  Hoyt,  son  of  Theophilus 
(2)  and  x\zubah  (Hoyt)  Taylor,  was  born 
in  New  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  March  7, 
1792,  died  in  Westfield,  New  York,  April  28, 
1846.  He  served  with  the  state  militia  at 
New  London,  Connecticut,  during  the  block- 
ade of  that  port  by  the  British  in  1814,  hold- 
ing a  commission  as  lieutenant  from  Governor 
John  Cotton  Smith,  of  Connecticut.  He 
moved  to  Murray,  Orleans  county,  New  York, 
in  1 81 7,  thence  to  Westfield,  New  York,  in 
1832,  where  he  erected  the  first  foundry  built 
in  the  town,  and  manufactured  the  first  cook- 
ing stoves  made  in  that  section.  He  was  an 
elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
his  wife  was  also  a  member.  He  married 
(first)  November  28,  181 1,  Lucy,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Bearss,  now  spelled  Beers.  She 
died  January  9,  181 5,  leaving  two  daughters: 
Mary  (Polly)',  born  October  30,  1812;  mar- 
ried Dr.  S.  G.  Peck,  died  September,  1879; 
Lucy  B.,  born  November  23,  1814;  mar- 
ried Henry  Howard,  who  died  August  7, 
1871.  He  married  (second)  October  11,  1815, 
Polly  Hendrick,  of  New  Fairfield,  Connecti- 
cut, who  died  in  Westfield,  New  York,  i860, 
aged  sixty-six  years.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Sarah,  born  December  i,  1817,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Macomber,  died  January  13, 
1864;  David  Hendrick,  see  forward. 

(VII)  David  Hendrick,  only  son  of  Jona- 
than Hoyt  and  Polly  (Hendrick)  Taylor,  was 
born  in  Murray,  Orleans  county,  New  York, 
September  4,  1822,  died  in  Westfield,  Chau- 


tauqua county.  New  York,  May  11,  1895.  His 
parents  resided  in  Murray  until  1832,  then 
moved  to  Chautauqua  county,  where  David 
H.  was  educated  in  the  public  school  and  at 
Westfield  Academy.  On  arriving  at  manhood 
he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  later  was 
purser  on  a  steamboat  navigating  the  Great 
Lakes.  In  i860  he  began  farming  operations, 
his  farm  of  fifty  acres  near  the  village  of 
Westfield  being  devoted  exclusively  to  the  cul- 
ture of  grapes.  He  used  the  best  and  latest 
methods  in  caring  for  his  vineyard  and  reaped 
abundant  returns.  He  also  engaged  exten- 
sively and  very  successfully  in  oil  production 
in  the  Pennsylvania  fields.  His  residence  was 
always  in  the  village  of  Westfield,  where  he 
was  held  in  high  esteem  as  an  honorable,  sub- 
stantial, enterprising  and  liberal  minded 
citizen. 

He  married,  November  22,  1852,  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  Harriet  Phidelia  Campbell, 
born  in  Westfield,  November  22,  1833,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Thomas  Burns  Campbell  (see 
Campbell  III).  Children,  born  in  Westfield: 
I.  Mary,  married  Dr.  Charles  G.  Stockton, 
of  Buffalo,  New  York;  children:  Harriet, 
married  Maulsby  Kimball,  of  Buffalo,  and 
has  three  children:  Stockton,  Maulsby  Jr., 
Emily;  Mary,  died  unmarried,  aged  twenty- 
two  years;  Lucy;  Dorothy.  2.  Kate,  died  in 
infancy.  3.  Fanny,  died  unmarried,  aged 
twenty-two  years.  4.  Annie,  married  Henry 
W.  Harter,  of  Canton,  Ohio ;  children :  Henry 
W.  Jr. ;  David  Taylor,  died  in  infancy ;  Stock- 
ton. 5.  Thomas  Burns  Campbell,  married 
Charlotte  Flower,  of  St.  Lawrence  county, 
New  York;  child,  Thomas  Campbell. 

(The  Campbell  Line). 

This  is  a  name  famous  in  Scotch  history 
and  one  that  has  contributed  in  no  small  man- 
ner to  the  honor  and  glory  of  America.  It 
is  widely  and  creditably  known  throughout 
the  United  States  and  was  well  represented 
in  New  Hampshire,  from  which  state  the  fam- 
ily herein  recorded  first  settled.  Sir  John 
Campbell,  as  Duke  of  Argyle,  assisted  at  the 
coronation  of  James  the  First,  of  Scotland. 
He  was  an  officer  of  William,  Prince  of  Or- 
ange, in  1690,  and  participated  in  the  battle 
of  Boyne  Water,  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  He 
later  settled  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  where 
he  married  and  became  the  head  of  a  family 
of  seven. 

(I)  Thomas  Campbell,  undoubtedly  a  de- 
scendant of  Sir  John  Campbell,  Duke  of  Ar- 


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gyle,  was  a  scholar  of  note,  a  graduate  of 
Glasgow  University,  Scotland.  He  removed 
from  Argyleshire,  Scotland  to  America,  and 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Londonderry, 
New  Hampshire,  and  there  married  Jane  Da- 
vidson, who  bore  him  three  sons :  John,  Na- 
thaniel, Hugh,  see  forward. 

(H)  Hugh,  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane 
(Davidson)  Campbell,  was  born  in  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  about  1750,  died  in 
Scipio,  New  York,  in  1810.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war  from  New  Hampshire 
and  received  a  disability  that  prevented  his 
doing  manual  labor  of  a  severe  nature.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  tailor  after  the  war  and 
followed  that  as  a  business.  He  settled  in 
Cherry  Valley,  New  York,  about  the  year 
1800,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Scipio.  He 
married  Mary  Smith,  of  New  Hampshire, 
whose  parents  came  from  Scotland  and  set- 
tled at  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  where 
a  large  number  of  Scotch-Irish  families  set- 
tled when  conditions  in  the  north  of  Ireland 
became  unbearable. 

(Ill)  Judge  Thomas  Bums  Campbell,  son 
of  Hugh  and  Mary  (Smith)  Campbell,  was 
born  in  Alexander,  Grafton  county.  New 
Hampshire,  May  19,  1788,  died  in  Westfield, 
New  York,  March  4,  1885,  lacking  only  three 
years  of  completing  a  century.  He  was 
twelve  years  of  age  when  the  family  moved 
to  Cherry  Valley,  New  York,  and  had  just 
reached  his  majority  when  his  father  died.  In 
181 5  Thomas  B.  (Tampbell  purchased  a  mill 
a  few  miles  west  of  the  village  of  Batavia, 
Genesee  county.  New  York,  which  he  oper- 
ated until  181 7,  then  moved  to  Westfield  (then 
Portland),  Chautauqua  county.  He  erected 
a  saw  and  grist  mill  there,  which  he  op- 
erated, also  a  distillery,  and  the  present 
Campbell  homestead  on  the  old  Por- 
tage road.  Here  his  daughter  Harriet 
was  born,  here  her  children  were  born  and 
here  her  life  has  been  passed.  He  purchased 
other  lands  in  the  vicinity,  including  a  farm 
of  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  the  south 
part  of  the  village,  which  he  sold  for  the  fair 
grounds.  He  carried  on  general  farming  with 
his  milling  and  distilling,  marketing  his  pro- 
ducts in  New  York  and  other  cities.  He  was 
far  seeing,  energetic,  possessed  of  sound 
judgment  and  prospered  abundantly.  WTiile 
a  resident  of  Batavia  he  held  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  filled  the  same  office 
in  Westfield.    In  1819  he  was  appointed  clerk 


of  Chautauqua  county;  in  1826  associate 
judge,  and  in  1845  ^^st  judge,  holding  until 
the  election  of  judges  under  the  constitution 
of  1846.  He  was  elected  to  the  state  legis- 
lature in  1822  and  again  in  1836.  He  was 
supervisor  eight  years,  serving  first  in  1819 
when  the  town  was  yet  Portland.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  commission  that  erected  the 
first  court  house,  and  was  prominent  in  all 
public  affairs  of  his  county.  He  was  a  staunch 
Democrat  and  held  all  his  offices  through  that 
party.  He  was  originally  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  but  in  later  years  joined 
St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church  of  Westfield; 
was  a  vestryman  and  gave  freely  of  his  time 
and  means  to  the  upbuilding  of  this  church 
and  congregation.  He  joined  the  Masonic 
order  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  was 
both  active  and  prominent  in  that  fraternity. 
He  was  buried  by  his  brethren  with  the  sol- 
emn and  impressive  ceremony  of  the  Masonic 
ritual. 

Judge  Campbell  married,  in  Scipio,  New- 
York,  in  1814,  Phidelia  Terry,  born  in  Ge- 
noa, New  York,  died  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
November  5,  1853,  daughter  of  Gamaliel 
Terry,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary 
war;  his  widow,  Susanna  (Moore)  Terry, 
drew  a  pension  of  $2,000;  her  father,  Roger 
Moore,  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  revolution- 
ary war,  was  taken  prisoner  and  sent  to  Eng- 
land with  Ethan  Allen;  his  wife  was  a  Miss 
Spencer,  daughter  of  Judge  Ambrose  Spen- 
cer. Children  of  Judge  Campbell:  i.  Ma- 
ria Louisa,  died  unmarried,  aged  twenty-seven 
years.  2.  Robert  Emmett.  3.  Thomas  B., 
died  at  the  age  of  nineteen.  4.  Mary,  died 
at  the  age  of  eleven  years.  5.  Harriet  Phi- 
delia, born  on  the  old  homestead  in  West- 
field,  which  is  yet  her  residence;  she  married 
David  Hendrick  Taylor,  whom  she  survives 
(see  Taylor  VII). 


This  family  can  be  definitely 
WRIGHT  traced  in  England  for  four  gen- 
erations prior  to  the  immigra- 
tion to  America  of  Thomas  Wright,  w'ho  came 
hither  some  time  before  the  year  1640.  In 
old  England,  when  family  names  were  first 
assumed,  he  who  wrought  metals  was  called 
Smith,  and  he  who  wrought  in  wood  was 
called  Wright,  hence  both  are  classed  with 
our  English  patronymics  derived  from  occupa- 
tions. It  cannot  be  claimed  that  the  Wrights, 
either  of  mother  countrv  or  of  America,  are 


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descended  from  a  common  ancestor,  however 
remote  may  have  been  his  origin,  but  it  may 
be  assumed  that,  wherever  the  surname 
Wright  is  found,  the  ancestor  of  him  who 
bears  it  was  in  the  remotest  generations  an 
artificer  or  worker  in  wood.  In  New  Eng- 
land there  are  several  distinct  families  of  the 
surname  Wright  who  date  from  the  early  col- 
onial period,  but  they  are  not  supposed  to 
be  of  one  kin. 

(I)  John  Wright,  born  in  England,  pur- 
chased the  Manor  of  Kelvedon  Hall,  at  Kelve- 
don,  county  Essex,  in  1538,  and  there  resided 
until  his  death,  in  1551.  He  is  buried  in 
Kelvedon  Hatch  churchyard.  The  christian 
name  of  his  wife  was  Olive;  she  died  in  1560. 
Children :  i.  John,  of  Kelvedon  Hall,  married 
Joane.  2.  Robert,  mentioned  below.  3.  John, 
of  Wright's  Bridge,  married  Alice  Wood.  4. 
John,  of  Wealdside,  married  Joan  Page.  5. 
Katherine.    6.  Alice.    7.  Elizabeth. 

(H)  Robert,  son  of  John  and  Olive  Wright, 
died  in  1587.  He  lived  in  Brook  Hall  (called 
the  Moat  House),  of  Brook  street,  in  South 
Weald,  and  is  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  that 
place.  He  married  Mary  Green.  Children: 
John,  died  unmarried;  Olive,  married  Rich- 
ard Thresher;  Katherine,  married  William 
Kent;  Dorothy,  married  John  Hatch;  Robert, 
baptized  June  30,  1542;  Thomas,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Thomas,  youngest  child  of  Robert  and 
Mary  (Green)  Wright,  lived  in  Brook  Hall, 
in  South  Weald.  He  married  Roberdye  Pake. 
Children:  John,  mentioned  below;  Robert, 
married  Ann .  William,  baptized  Oc- 
tober, 22  1578;  Matthew;  ]\Iary,  baptized 
jNIarch  20,  1568;  Olive,  baptized  February  28, 
1569;  Joane,  baptized  January  i,  1571 ;  Thom- 
azine. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  Thomas  and  Rober- 
dye (Pake)  Wright,  was  a  native  of  England, 
and  lived  on  the  old  family  homestead.  Brook 
HaH.  He  married  Grace,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Grace  Glasscock,  of  High  Easter.  Two 
sons,  Anthony  and  Thomas,  immigrated  to 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  prior  to  1640.  Chil- 
dren: John,  married  xA.nne  Pigott;  Martha, 
married  Robert  St.  Hill;  Anthony,  baptized 
January  23,  1608;  Robert,  baptized  June  16, 
1609;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Grace,  bap- 
tized in  February,  1612;  Anne,  married  John 
Drayton;  Ignatius,  baptized  in  April,  1621, 
died  in  1623. 

(V)  Thomas    (2),   son  of  John    (2)    and 


Grace  (Glasscock)  Wright,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, November  19,  1610,  and  died  at  Weth- 
ersfield, Connecticut,  in  1670.  He  was  the 
original  immigrant  of  this  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily to  America.  ^'Stiles'  Ancient  Wethers- 
field," vol.  I,  page  317,  states  that:  "Thomas 
Wright,  the  settler,  came  from  Watertown  be- 
fore 1639.  He  had  one  homestead,  three  and 
a  half  acres,  west  side  of  High  street,  on  which 
his  house  was  built,  probably  before  1639; 
Robert  Abbott,  north,  and  Samuel  Clark, 
south.  Another  homestead  received  1654,  a 
house,  barn  and  five  acres  of  land,  bought  of 
Samuel  Hale,  on  west  side  of  Back  street,  be- 
tween Luke  Hitchcock,  north,  and  land  be- 
longing to  Matthew  Griswold,  south.  He 
bought  the  Richard  Belden  lot  of  twenty  and 
a  half  acres  in  Westfield  in  1654.  He  became 
by  purchase  the  owner  of  a  large  part  of  the 
Great  Island,  thereafter  known  as  "Wright's 
Island"  and  which  he  mostly  gave  to  his  sons, 
Thomas  and  James,  who  bought  other  parcels 
of  the  Island.  Thomas  had  the  north  part 
and  James  the  south  part."  Vol.  II,  page  851, 
of  the  same  work,  states:  "Thomas  Wright 
came  first  probably  to  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts. Was  of  the  Massachusetts  court  of  as- 
sistants before  the  colonial  government  was 
established  in  Boston,  and  removed  to  Weth- 
ersfield, probably  about  1639.  He  was  recog- 
nized as  a  man  of  influence  and  high  standing. 
A  house  lot  of  three  acres  is  recorded  to  him 
in  Wethersfield,  December  11,  1640,  but  his 
principal  estate  was  an  island  in  the  river 
called  by  the  Indians  *Mannahannock'  (Great 
Laughing  Place)  ;  the  Indians  used  to  meet 
there  and  have  games  and  wrestling,  part  of 
which  ever  since  and  is  now  owned  by  his 
lineal  descendants." 

Thomas  Wright  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  of  Connecticut  in  1643,  selectman  in 
1658,  and  later  commissioner  on  town  lines. 
He  was  made  freeman  May  11,  1654,  was  con- 
stable in  1668-9,  and  on  the  court  jury  at 
Hartford  during  the  latter  year.  He  also 
seems  to  have  had  prominence  in  the  church 
fight  which  resulted  in  a  number  of  the  mem- 
bers removing  to  Hadley.  He  brought  with 
him  from  England  a  wife,  name  unknown,  and 
five  children.  The  wife  died,  time  and  place 
unknown,  and  he  married,  May  2,  1647,  Mar- 
garet, widow  of  John  Elsen,  who  had  been 
killed  by  Indians  in  the  Wethersfield  massacre 
of  1637.  Before  her  marriage  to  Elsen  she 
was  the  wife  of  Hugh  Hilliard,  or  Hillier,  by 


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whom  she  had  three  children — Ben,  Job  and 
John.  She  died  1670-71  without  issue  by 
Wright.  Her  will,  dated  January  19,  1670, 
mentions  her  grandson  William,  son  of  Job 
Hillier,  deceased;  Margaret  Woustan  and 
Sarah  Holamouth,  daughters  of  her  son,  Ben- 
jamin Hillier,  and  the  wife  of  her  son  Thomas 
Wright.  Children  of  Thomas  Wright  by  first 
wife :  James ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Thom- 
as, Samuel,  Lydia. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Wright 
by  his  first  wife,  was  born  about  1639,  ^^^ 
died  December  17,  1714,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years.  He  married  (first)  December  10, 
1663,  Mary  Stoddard,  who  died  August  23, 
1683,  and  (second)  Mercy,  Mary's  sister.  Chil- 
dren of  Joseph  and  Mary  (baptismal  dates)  : 
I.  Mary,  April  15,  1665;  married  a  Mr.  Gris- 
wold.  2.  Elizabeth,  November  18,  1667 ;  mar- 
ried John  Curtis.  3.  Joseph,  February  14, 
1669;  married  Mary  Dudley,  of  Guilford.  5. 
Thomas,  January  19,  1676;  married  (first) 
Prudence  Deming,  (second)  Abigail  Church- 
ill. 6.  John,  May  19,  1679;  married  Mercy 
Boardman.  7.  Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  Joseph  and  Mercy:  i.  Benjamin, 
December,  1686;  married  Hannah  Holmes.  2. 
Nathaniel,  October  16,  1688;  married  Ann 
Deming. 

(VH)  Jonathan,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Stoddard)  Wright,  was  baptized  June  18, 
1681,  and  died  about  1770.  The  only  record 
of  importance  concerning  him  to  be  found  is 
a  will  dated  March  29,  1740,  in  which  he  dis- 
poses of  his  real  and  personal  property  to  his 
family  and  relatives.  He  married  Hannah 
Rand,  or  Hand,  of  Guilford,  Connecticut, 
March  26,  1706.  Children:  i.  Abigail,  may 
have  died  young.  2.  Jonathan,  born  February 
17,  1709,  died  March  31,  1712.  3.  Judah,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Jane,  bom  January  13,  1713; 
married  James  Tryon,  June  17,  1735.  5.  Jo- 
siah,  born  September  19,  1714,  died  February 
22,  1799.  6.  Thankful,  born  June  2,  17 16; 
married  Nathan  Judd,  February  3,  1743.  7. 
Anne.    8.  Elizabeth.    9.  Mary. 

( V'^ni)  Judah,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
Wright,  was  born  June  7,  1710,  and  died 
probably  in  1782.  His  first  marriage  was  to 
Mary  Judd,  of  Farmington,  who  was  the 
mother  of  all  his  children.  His  second  wife 
was  Zurvieh  (Loveland)  Crowfoot.  He  lived 
where  his  son  Reuben  built  north  of  Halfway 
Hill,  New  Britain.  In  1752  he  bought  of 
Thomas  Stanley,  at  Halfway,  a  piece  of  land 


of  eight  acres,  called  the  Flag  Swamp,  which 
lay  southwest  of  the  house.  In  1762  he  sold 
to  John  Lusk,  for  ninety-four  pounds,  his 
house,  barn  and  home  lot  of  seventeen  acres ; 
lying  in  Farmington.  In  1772  his  taxable  es- 
tate was  thirty  pounds  and  fifteen  shillings. 
His  trade  was  that  of  carpenter  and  joiner. 
Inventory  of  estate  January  i,  1783,  was 
thirty-seven  pounds.  Children:  Daniel  (or 
David),  killed  in  old  French  war;  Amos; 
Simeon;  Joseph,  born  October  11,  1741 ;  Lois, 
September  17,  1744;  Reuben,  mentioned  be- 
low; Ashael. 

(IX)  Reuben,  son  of  Judah  and  Mary 
(Judd)  Wright,  was  born  at  New  Britain, 
Connecticut,  in  1748,  and  died  April  17,  1841. 
He  was  a  wheelwright,  and  built  a  home  with 
workshop  adjoining  on  the  Farmington  road. 
He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  enlisting 
in  1780  in  the  Seventh  regiment,  Connecticut 
militia.  He  was  highly  esteemed  in  his  com- 
munity, and  as  a  skilled  workman  was  con- 
stantly in  demand.  In  1803  he  removed  to 
Redfield,  Oneida  county.  New  York.  There 
he  built  and  operated  saw  mills,  continuing  in 
the  lumber  business  until  181 7.  He  was  very 
successful  and  accumulated  a  modest  fortune. 
In  the  last  named  year  he  disposed  of  his 
Oneida  county  interests  and  settled  in  the  town 
of  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county,  where  he  in- 
vested his  monev  in  lands  for  the  benefit  of  his 
two  sons,  James  and  Martin.  He  was  a  man 
of  unusual  mental  ability  for  his  day  and  of 
most  powerful  physique.  He  stood  over  six 
feet  and  was  large  in  proportion.  He  mar- 
ried, March  12,  1780,  Martha  Gridley,  born 
April  10,  1756;  she  survived  him  only  three 
months,  never  having  recovered  from  the 
shock  of  his.  death.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Gridley,  of  Kensington  and  Farm- 
ington Plains,  Connecticut,  and  his  wife, 
Zubah  Orvice.  Children:  i.  Gad,  bom  Sep- 
tember 30,  1780,  died  in  Virginia,  unmarried. 
2.  Martin,  born  September  5,  1782;  married 
Mary  Tryon,  February  22,  1812,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 23,  1865.  3.  Reuben,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Hannah,  -born  January  23,  baptized 
July  7,  1787;  married  Henry  Brooks,  January 
25,  1807.  5.  James,  born  October  25,  1791, 
baptized  July  7,  1793;  married  Julia  Strong, 
January  16,  1823,  and  died  May  12,  1864.  6. 
Mary,  born  February  13,  1794,  baptized  April 
6,  1794;  married  James  Bacon,  April  28,  1819, 
and  died  July  20,  1864.  7.  Nancy,  born  April 
21,   1796,  baptized   May  22,    1796,  and  died 


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August  22,  1839.  8.  John,  born  November  4, 
1798,  died  in  1879,  at  Prairie  Center,  Kansas. 

(X)  Reuben  (2),  son  of  Reuben  (i)  and 
Martha  (Gridley)  Wright,  was  born  in  New 
Britain,  November  17,  1784.  He  died  in  West- 
field,  October  13,  1847.  ^^  was  baptized  July 
17,  1793.  He  accompanied  his  father  to  Red- 
field,  New  York,  in  1803,  and  in  1812,  after 
some  correspondence  with  Colonel  Austin,  of 
Austinburg,  Ohio,  who  was  anxious  to  have 
him  come  to  Ohio  .and  build  and  operate  a 
carding  and  cloth-dressing  factory,  he  started 
west  with  an  ox  team  and  all  his  possessions 
in  a  covered  wagon.  Winter  overtaking  him 
at  Batavia,  New  York,  he  was  obliged  to  stop 
there  until  spring.  At  Batavia  his  first  child 
was  born.  The  journey  was  resumed  as  early 
in  the  spring  as  was  practicable.  In  Ohio  the 
country  was  new  and  the  life  difficult.  Many 
hardships  were  endured,  the  wife  cooking  by 
a  stump  while  he  was  building  a  cabin  which 
was  minus  a  floor  and  chimney  for  some  time, 
as  he  was  anxious  to  get  his  factory  in  condi- 
tion for  work  by  the  time  the  wool  should  be 
ready  for  carding.  Both  worked  heroically, 
but  he  began  to  feel  the  effects  of  the  malarial 
climate,  and  in  the  spring  of  181 7  they  decided 
to  go  to  Westfield,  where  his  two  brothers, 
James  and  Martin,  had  settled  while  he  was 
in  Austinburg.  Here  he  took  up  the  same 
business,  building  his  factory  and  his  house 
on  the  creek  flat,  just  above  where  the  Rorig 
bridge  now  stands.  The  house  is  still  (1912) 
standing,  and  is,  of  the  two  there  now,  the  one 
farthest  south.  In  this  house  Charlotte,  Reu- 
ben and  Martha  were  born.  In  1826  his 
health  began  to  fail,  he  having  had  three  se- 
vere attacks  of  pleurisy  in  three  successive 
winters,  induced  by  the  high  temperature  of 
the  carding  room,  and  he  was  advised  to 
change  his  occupation.  In  the  spring  of  1827 
he  sold  his  mill  to  Norton,  of  Fredonia,  New 
York,  taking  obligations  which  he  traded  for 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  one 
mile  east  of  the  village,  now  owned  by  heirs 
of  J.  O.  Guild.  He  afterwards  added  seventy- 
five  acres  to  the  first  purchase.  About  1840 
his  health  utterly  failed,  and  although  he  lived 
several  years  longer  he  was  a  great  sufferer. 
He  is  buried  in  Westfield. 

He  married,  March  10,  181 1,  Betsey  Sey- 
mour, born  April  13,  1787,  died  in  1880.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Betsey  Maria,  born  February  18, 
1813,  died  March  13,  1814.  2.  Allyn  Seymour, 
born  April  14,  1814;  married  Emily  Persons, 


and  died  in  1887.  3.  Betsey  Maria  (2),  born 
February  28,  181 7;  married  Thomas  Knight, 
March  19,  1836,  and  died  in  1901.  4.  Char- 
lotte, bom  December  10,  1820;  married  Reu- 
ben Bradley,  and  she  died  at  Lesueur,  Minne- 
sota. 5.  Reuben  Gridley,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Martha  Milla,  born  February  8,  1826;  mar- 
ried a  Mr.  WaYren.  7.  Franklin  Martin,  born 
March  20,  1834;  married  Elizabeth  Royce  in 
1864. 

(XI)  Reuben  Gridley,  fifth  child  of  Reu- 
ben (2)  and  Betsey  (Seymour)  Wright,  was 
born  at  Westfield,  New  York,  July  i,  1824, 
and  died  there  January  12,  1906.  He  received 
a  public  school  education  at  Westfield,  and 
later  attended  the  Westfield  Academy.  After 
leaving  school  he  secured  a  position  ks  clerk 
in  a  grocery  store  belonging  to  Hungerford  & 
Knight.  When  gold  was  discovered  in  Cali- 
fornia in  1849,  h^  organized  a  company  of  ten 
and  on  May  28  that  year  left  for  the  gold  fields. 
The  company  journeyed  ^by  stage  to  Pitts- 
burg, from  there  by  boat  down  the  Ohio  river, 
and  up  the  Missouri  to  Council  Bluffs,  thence 
striking  across  the  country  by  mule  team. 
After  a  long,  hard,  perilous  journey,  which 
only  farmer  boys  and  mules  could  endure, 
they  reached  California  in  safety,  and  it  is  a 
matter  of  record  that  theirs  was  the  only  party 
that  crossed  that  year  without  loss  of  man  or 
animal.  The  gold  fever  was  strong  in  the 
blood  of  all  of  them,  and  they  immediately 
turned  their  attention  to  mining.  After  three 
years  of  this,  with  but  indifferent  success,  Mr. 
Wright  began  to  supply  the  town  in  which  he 
lived,  which  stood  on  the  site  now  occupied 
by  the  city  of  Sacramento,  with  water.  The 
business  grew  to  some  magnitude  and  proved 
to  be  profitable.  However,  in  1855,  deciding 
to  return  home,  he  sold  out  his  business  and 
started  for  Westfield,  New  York,  where  he 
arrived  New  Year's  Day,  1856.  His  Califor- 
nia venture  had  been  successful,  and  he  was 
now  possessed  of  what  for  those  times  was 
looked  upon  as  considerable  capital.  After  a 
short  period  of  inactivity  he  was  drawn  into 
the  lumber  business  in  Clarion  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  continued  actively  in  this  busi- 
ness until  1866,  when  he  sold  out  at  consid- 
erable profit  all  of  his  timber  and  mill  proper- 
ties and  returned  to  Westfield,  New  York, 
which  thereafter  he  considered  his  home.  For 
the  next  few  years  he  devoted  most  of  his 
time  to  the  location  and  purchase  of  Michigan 
and  Wisconsin  timber  lands,  some  of  which 


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were  sold  almost  at  once,  and  some  of  which 
were  held  for  a  long  time.  In  1870  he  married 
and  confined  his  active  business  interests  to 
the  operation  of  farm  properties,  of  which  he 
owned  more  or  less  from  that  time  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  physique, 
strong  character  and  strong  convictions,  and 
had  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was  a  staunch  and  active  Re- 
publican but  had  no  office-holding  ambitions, 
the  only  nomination  which  he  ever  accepted 
being  the  purely  honorary  one  of  presidential 
elector.  He  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-one 
years,  and  up  to  his  last  illness  was  possessed 
of  unusual  activity,  both  mental  and  physical. 
Although  not  a  member,  he  regularly  attended 
the  Presbyterian  church  and  served  for  many 
years  as  one  of  its  trustees. 

He  married,  June  22,  1870,  Emma  Cora, 
daughter  of  Elisha  C.  Pierce,  born  November 
26,  1840,  in  Victor,  New  York.  (See  Pierce). 
She  survives  her  honored  husband,  and  resides 
at  Westfield,  in  191 2.  Her  usual  signature 
is  Cora  Pierce  Wright.  Children :  Paul  Darl- 
ing, Ralph  Glenn,  and  Ross  Pier,  all  of  whom 
are  mentioned  below. 

(XH)  Paul  Darling,  son  of  Reuben  G.  and 
Cora  (Pierce)  Wright,  was  born  at  West- 
field,  New  York,  March  9,  1872.  He  re- 
sides (1912)  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
is  president  of  the  Reed  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. He  has  been  twice  married.  April 
30,  1 90 1,  he  married  Lillian  Gillen,  who  died 
August  4,  1905.  July  16,  1908,  he  married 
Charlotte  Augusta  Mehl,  who  w^as  born  Jan- 
uary 23,  187 — .  Children  of  Paul  and  LiUian : 
Campbell,  born  March  23,  1903;  and  Reuben 
Gridley,  born  February  8,  1905. 

(XH)  Ralph  Glenn,  second  son  of  Reuben 
G.  and  Cora  (Pierce)  Wright,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1873.  He  is  vice-president  of  the 
Reed  Manufacturing  Company,  at  Erie,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  is  sole  proprietor  of  the  firm  of 
R.  G.  Wright  &  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  New  York, 
where  he  maintains  his  home.  He  is  unmar- 
ried, in  1912. 

(XH)  Ross  Pier,  youngest  son  of  Reuben 
G.  and  Cora  (Pierce)  Wright,  was  born  at 
Westfield.  New  York,  August  22,  1874.  He 
is  associated  with  his  brothers  in  the  owner- 
ship and  management  of  the  Reed  Manufac- 
turing Company,  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  and 
is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  that  concern. 
June  19,  1903,  he  married  Mabel  Eliza  Wood- 
ward, who  was  born  May  5,   1879.  and  they 


reside  at  Erie.  Children :  Theron  Woodward, 
born  August  2,  1905;  Allyn  Seymour,  born 
December  26,  1907;  and  Robert  Pier,  bom 
September  4,  1909. 

(The   Pierce   Line). 

There  is  a  tradition  extant  in  this  family 
that  the  earliest  settler  in  America  was  named 
John,  and  that  he  came  hither  about  1660 
from  Wales.  In  the  proceedings  of  the  town 
meeting  held  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island, 
July  5,  1666,  is  the  following  record:  **John 
Pearce,  admitted  this  day  a  free  inhabitant 
of  this  town."  (The  name  was  subsequently 
changed  by  some  of  the  lineal  descendants  of 
John  to  "Pierce/'  the  early  spelling  having 
been  "Pearce.")  John  Pearce  may  have  been 
one  of  the  Baptist  congregation  of  John  Myles, 
of  Swansea,  Wales,  these  people  having  come 
from  Wales  to  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  in 
1666-67,  ^s  a  result  of  religious  persecution. 
In  his  testimony  given  May  7,  1673,  as  to  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Rebecca  Cornell,  he  calls  him- 
self forty-one  years  of  age,  therefore  he  was 
born  in  1632.  His  trade  was  that  of  a  mason, 
but  he  was  not  identified  by  that  designation 
until  John  Pearce,  son  of  Richard,  had  come 
of  age,  in  1668.  Therefore  there  were  two 
of  the  name  "John  Pearce,"  inhabitants  of  the 
town.  The  following  public  records  have  been 
found  concerning  him.  April  14,  1668,  John 
Pearce  (Mason)  bought  a  dwelling  house  and 
thirty-eight  acres  of  land  of  William  Corry 
(Corey).  September  29,  1668,  John  Pearce 
(Mason)  took  a  lease  of  William  Corey  of 
sixty-eight  acres  for  a  period  of  seven  years. 
May  4,  1675,  John  Pearce  (mason)  was  made 
a  freeman  of  the  colony,  from  Portsmouth. 
October  31,  1677,  John  Pearce  (mason)  was 
included  by  the  general  assembly  in  the  list  of 
grantees  of  the  lands  at  East  Greenwich.  June 
12,  1678,  John  Pearce  (mason)  was  allowed 
by  the  general  assembly  to  dispose  of  his  East 
Greenwich  rights  to  Henry  Matthewson. 
March  16,  1685,  J<^hn  Pearce  (mason)  and 
John  Pearce,  probably  his  eldest  son,  drawn 
on  jury  of  *Tryalls"  at  Newport.  After  John 
Pearce,  son  of  Richard,  went  to  Pocasset  or 
Tiverton,  about  1683,  John  Pearce  (mason) 
seems  to  have  been  styled  John  Pearce  Sr. 
March  5,  1686,  John  Pearce  Sr.,  a  member  of 
a  coroner's  inquest  held  at  the  house  of  James 
Sweet  Jr.,  on  Prudence  Island.  February  23. 
1 69 1,  Major  John  Green  deeds  land  in  Natick 
to  "John  Pearce  (mason),  inhabitant  of  Pnid- 


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ence  Island."  August  20,  1691,  John  Pearce 
and  Mary,  his  wife,  deed  this  land  to  their 
loving  son  Daniel.  John  Pearce  Sr.  made  his 
will  September  23,  1689,  and  it  was  proved 
in  Portsm6uth,  April  26,  1692.  In  this  will 
he  styles  himself  John  Pearce  Sr.,  of  Prud- 
ence Island,  makes  his  wife  Mary  sole  execu- 
trix and  residuary  legatee,  after  dividing  small 
legacies  between  his  three  children — John 
Pearce  Jr.,  Daniel  Pearce,  and  Mary,  wife  of 
Robert  Hill.  The  widow  Mary  Pearce  made 
her  will  September  17,  171 1,  and  the  same  was 
proved  October  15,  171 1.  She  left  first  "forty 
shillings  to  the  poor  brethren  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  to  whom  I  doe  belong."  The  re- 
mainder she  divided  amongst  her  three  chil- 
dren, John  Pearce,  Daniel  Pearce  and  Mary 
Sweet.  Children  of  John  Pearce  ( mason  (  and 
his  wife,  as  far  as  known :  i.  John,  born  about 
1658;  married  Martha  Brayton.  2.  Daniel, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  born  about  1666; 
married  (first)  Robert  Hill,  (second)  James 
Sweet.  The  father  died  about  1692,  and  his 
wife  Mary  passed  away  in  171 1. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Pearce, 
was  born  about  1662,  and  there  are  reasons 
for  believing  that  he  did  not  die  until  after 
1744.  Few  family  records  can  be  found  of 
him,  and  the  names  of  his  children  have  been 
recovered  from  deeds  and  other  legal  papers. 
The  records  of  his  public  services  are  quite 
full  and  cover  the  period  from  1694  to  1731. 
He  was  made  freeman  of  the  town  of  Ports- 
mouth June  6,  1692.  He  resided  in  that  place 
up  to  1720,  and  for  the  two  years  following 
was  more  or  less  at  Kingston,  but  took  up  a 
permanent  residence  at  North  Kingstown  in 
the  summer  of  1723.  In  1694-5-7  he  was  con- 
stable in  Portsmouth;  1 698- 170 1-5- 10- 11 -20- 
23-31,  he  was  deputy  to  general  assembly  from 
Portsmouth.  In  1700,  Daniel  Pearce  Sr.,  of 
Prudence  Island,  bought  of  Benjamin  and 
Jonathan  Viall  and  John  Thomas,  of  Swan- 
zey,  seven  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
at  Aquidnesitt.  In  1707-8- 11-20  he  was  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  in  Portsmouth.  In  1720  he 
was  grand  juryman  and  deputy  for  Kingston. 
In  1 72 1  he  and  his  wife  conveyed  by  deed  of 
gift  to  their  two  sons,  Daniel  Pearce  Jr.  and 
John  Pearce,  of  Portsmouth,  in  common,  four 
hundred  acres  of  land  at  Aquidnesitt.  July 
8,  1722,  Daniel  Pearce,  of  Kingston,  sold  to 
his  son  and  daughter  a  mulatto  man,  by  name 
Ephraim  Smith.  March  17,  1723,  Daniel 
Pearce  Jr.  and  wife  Patience,  and  John  Pearce 


and  wife  Martha,  sold  to  their  honored  father, 
Daniel  Pearce,  of  Kingston,  four  hundred 
acres  of  land  conveyed  to  them  in  1721.  In 
1724  Daniel  Pearce  was  grand  juryman  and 
overseer  of  the  poor  in  North  Kingstown. 
August  II,  1724,  Daniel  Pearce,  of  North 
Kingstown,  executed  a  free  deed  of  gift  to 
the  town  of  land  for  a  road  from  Fones  Bridge 
to  the  sea,  for  a  drift  way  for  public  use. 
March  16,  1726,  Daniel  Pearce,  of  North 
Kingstown,  and  Elizabeth,  sold  lands  to  sons 
Daniel  and  John,  of  Prudence  Island.  March 
17,  1726,  Daniel  and  John  Pearce  gave  a  bond 
to  their  brothers,  Nathan  and  William  Pearce, 
that  they  would  give  them  a  part  of  their 
father's  estate  when  they  came  of  age.  No- 
vember 12,  1736,  Daniel  Pearce,  before  the 
town  council  of  North  Kingstown,  agreed  to 
bring  a  certificate  from  Portsmouth  concern- 
ing his  daughter  and  her  two  children.  (This 
was  his  daughter  Mary.)  Daniel  Pearce  was 
twice  married,  but  the  name  of  his  first  wife 
is  unknown.  His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth 
Tucker,  of  Prudence  Island,  and  the  marriage 
occurred  December  13,  1733.  Children  by  first 
wife:  I.  Daniel  Jr.,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Margaret,  born  about  1689;  married  (first) 
Ephraim  Smith,  (second)  Immanuel  Clark. 
3.  John,  born  about  1691 ;  married  Martha 
Sweet.  4.  Mary,  born  about  1693;  married 
John  Moss,  in  171 5.  Children  by  second  wife : 
I.  Benoni,  born  about  1704;  married  Sarah 
Rhodes.  2.  Nathan,  born  1706;  married  Abi- 
gail  Spink.     3.  William,  born  about   1709. 

(Ill)  Daniel  Pearce  Jr.,  son  of  Daniel 
Pearce  Sr.,  by  his  first  wife,  was  born  about 
1687,  and  died  probably  in  1758.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  of  the  town  of  Portsmouth, 
June  6,  171 5,  and  resided  on  Prudence  Island. 
In  February,  1724,  he  was  made  a  freeman 
of  the  colony  from  Portsmouth.  After  1737 
he  seems  to  have  lived  in  North  Kingstown. 
In  Febniary,  1727,  Daniel  Pearce  Jr.  and  Pa- 
tience, his  wife,  sold  lands  in  North  Kings- 
town to  John  Pearce,  of  Prudence  Island. 
About  the  same  time  he  sold  lands  in  North 
Kingstown  to  Nathan  Pearce  for  the  sum 
of  one  thousand  pounds.  In  1722-3  Daniel 
Pearce  Jr.  was  deputy  to  the  general  assem- 
bly for  Portsmouth.  August  30,  1737,  he  was 
petit  jouryman  for  Portsmouth.  April  17, 
1738,  he  deeded  to  his  son,  Daniel  Pearce, 
glazier,  eighty  acres  of  land  in  North 
Kingstown.  In  January,  1739,  he  sold 
land  to  Nathaniel   Pearce,  of  North   Kings- 


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town,  the  same  being  bound  easterly  by 
land  of  Daniel  Pearce  (3).  June  26, 
1744,  Daniel  Pearce  Jr.  and  Nathaniel  Pearce 
assisted  in  taking  inventory  of  estate  of  John 
Pearce,  of  Prudence  Island.  In  October,  1705, 
Daniel  Pearce  Jr.  married  Patience  Hill.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Sarah,  born  March  6,  17 10.  2. 
Nathaniel,   born   January   20,    1715;  married 

Meribah .    3.  Daniel,  born  October  22, 

171 7;   married   Mary  .     4.   Jonathan, 

born  April  6,  171 9.  5.  Deliverance,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1720;  married  Elisha  Tillinghast. 
6.  Thomas,  born  May  31,  1723;  married  Mar- 
tha Pearce  (first  cousin).  7.  William,  born 
May  8,  1725;  married  Meribah  Pearce 
(Nathaniers  widow).  8.  Patience,  born  No- 
vember 21,  1728;  married  a  Mr.  Wall.  9. 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Daniel  and  Patience 
(Hill)  Pearce,  was  born  February  17,  1731. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  revolutionary  soldier, 
and  is  supposed  to  have  spent  his  early  life 
at  Prudence  Island,  Rhode  Island.  In  the  cen- 
sus of  1774  he  had  in  his  family  at  North 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  one  male  and  two 
females  over  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  two 
females  under  sixteen.  This  would  appear  to 
indicate  himself,  wife,  twin  boys,  two  daugh- 
ters, and  perhaps  his  mother.  In  1790  he  had 
in  his  family  in  Hancock,  Massachusetts,  three 
males  and  one  female  over  sixteen  years  of 
age.  This  would  indicate  himself,  wife,  and 
sons  Daniel  and  Benjamin,  the  other  three 
children  having  married.  He  constructed 
roads  for  the  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
and  in  1801  received  some  land  in  payment 
for  wopk ;  for  this  land  he  also  remitted  a  few 
dollars.  The  land  was  mortgaged  and  in  the 
latter  part  of  1803  he  sold  it.  Early  in  1804 
he  removed  with  his  sons  to  Fabius,  New 
York.  He  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  whose  last 
name  is  not  known,  had  five  children:  i. 
Daniel,  mentioned  below.  2.  Caleb,  born  Jan- 
uary 29,  1768  (twin  of  Daniel),  married  (first) 
Zeviah  Chase,  (second)  Lucy  Wadsworth.  3. 
Catherine,  married  Robert  Ellis.  4.  Phoebe, 
married  Eben  Williams.  5.  Benjamin,  born 
after  1774. 

(V)  Daniel  Pierce,  son  of  Ebenezer  and 
Elizabeth  Pearce,  was  born  at  Prudence  Is- 
land or  North  Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1768,  and  died  December  2,  1847.  ^^ 
moved  in  his  youth  with  his  parents  from 
Rhode  Island  to  Hancock,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  married.     In  the  early  part  of  1804 


his  family,  his  brothers,  and  perhaps  his  par- 
ents and  sisters,  moved  from  Hancock  to 
Fabius,  New  York.  His  father  seems  to  have 
spelled  the  name  either  "Pearce"  or  "Pierce," 
but  Daniel  and  his  brother  Caleb  adopted  the 
spelling  **Pierce."  Daniel  and  Caleb  were  twin 
brother.  The  climate  at  Fabius  was  malarial, 
and  Caleb  removed  to  Rice,  now  Ischua,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York.  Daniel  was  a 
very  active  and  robust  man,  quick  tempered, 
above  medium  height,  a  Democrat,  very  jolly 
and  fond  of  horses.  He  lived  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  town  of  Fabius  until  his  death, 
but  was  a  helpless  invalid  for  twenty  years. 
He  purchased  a  farm  of  ninety  acres  in  the 
vicinity  of  Fabius.  It  adjoined  the  estate  of 
his  brother  Caleb,  was  considered  the  best 
farm  in  the  town,  and  was  fenced  with  cedar 
rails.  His  niece,  Zeviah,  tells  that  he  had 
one  blue  eye  and  one  brown.  Near  Hancock, 
Massachusetts,  he  married  Betsey  (Elizabeth) 
Coats,  born  December  9,  1775,  died  April  22, 
1850.  Daniel  and  wife  are  buried  at  Delphi 
Falls,  New  York.  Children  :  i.  Caleb  D.,  born 
June  3,  1793;  married  Lucia  Beach.  2.  Rob- 
ert E.,  born  October  11,  1795;  married  Annis 
Hammond.  3.  Benjamin,  born  December  15, 
1797;  married  Minerva  Weaver.  4.  Eliza,  born 
March  6,  1800;  married  John  Snyder.  5. 
Anna,  born  February  26,  1802 ;  married  Daniel 
Lansing.  6.  Hiram,  born  February  27,  1804, 
died  August  22,  1824,  unmarried.  7.  Esther, 
born  February  27,  1806;  married  Almon  Fox. 
8.  Lyman,  born  February  8,  1808;  married 
Phebe  Dean.  9.  Alzina,  born  January  23, 
1810;  married  Humphrey  Fosmer.  10.  Elisha 
C,  mentioned  below.  11.  Lucy,  born  Decem- 
ber I,  1814;  married  (first)  Jacob  Fosmer, 
(second)  Nathaniel  Waters. 

(VI)  Elisha  C,  son  of  Daniel  and  Betsey 
(Coats)  Pierce,  was  born  on  a  farm  near 
Fabius,  New  York,  February  17,  1812,  and 
died  at  Phelps,  New  York,  August  17,  1896; 
he  is  buried  at  Phelps.  Elisha  Pierce,  although 
descended  from  a  long  line  of  farmers,  was 
apparently  born  with  an  antipathy  toward 
anything  connected  with  a  farm.  In  his  youth 
he  learned  the  harness  business,  and  subse- 
quently was  employed  as  a  traveling  salesman 
for  a  hardware  firm  in  Syracuse,  New  York. 
Eventually  he  located  at  Phelps,  New  York, 
where  he  owned  and  operated  a  hardware 
store  until  his  death.  He  was  fond  of  music 
and  had  a  fine  tenor  voice.  In  his  youth  he 
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and  dancing  school.  In  appearance  he  was 
about  medium  height,  thin  and  spare,  with 
small  hands  and  feet,  and  gray  eyes.  He  was 
lithe  and  active  until  eighty  years  of  age.  He 
married  (first)  at  Victor,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1834,  Georgiana  Charters  Campbell, 
born  August  23,  1812,  died  at  Victor,  June 
7,  1841,  and  is  buried  at  Westfield,  New  York ; 
she  was  a  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
and  Jane  (Davidson)  Campbell,  who  are  men- 
tioned elsewhere.  For  his  second  wife  Mr. 
Pierce  married,  December  9,  1848,  Nancy 
Yale,  born  in  1824,  died  February  11,  1907. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Emmet  Butler,  born 
in  Victor,  New  York,  September  20,  1836, 
died  November  8,  1839.  2.  Emma  Cora,  men- 
tioned below.  Children  by  second  wife:  i. 
Ida  Gertrude,  born  in  Delphi,  New  York,  in 
185 1,  died  in  August,  1868.  2.  George  Mc- 
Clellan,  born  in  Delphi,  New  York,  December 
9>  ^863;  married  Lillian  White;  they  reside 
in  Washington,  D.  C. ;  have  no  children. 

(VII)  Emma  Cora,  daughter  of  Elisha  C. 
Pierce  by  his  first  wife,  was  born  at  Victor, 
New  York,  November  26,  1840.  Her  mother 
having  died,  from  the  after  effects  of  scarlet 
fever,  when  Emma  Cora  was  six  months  old, 
she  was  taken  into  the  family  of  her  mother's 
brother,  Nathaniel  Campbell,  who  had  lived 
near  her  home  in  Victor,  New  York.  He 
later  removed  to  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  where 
he  died  after  a  few  years.  She  was  then  sent 
east  to  live  with  her  paternal  aunt,  Dolly 
(Coats)  Hill,  in  Fabius,  New  York,  where  she 
went  to  public  school  and  later  pursued  a 
three-year  course  of  study  in  Cazenovia  Sem- 
inary. After  completing  her  education  she 
taught  for  one  year  in  Hamilton,  Ohio,  and 
for  one  year  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana.  In  the 
spring  of  1865  she  came  to  Westfield,  New 
York,  where  she  taught  for  three  years  in 
the  family  of  her  cousin,  Mrs.  Harriet  Tay- 
lor, and  for  two  years  in  the  public  school, 
from  which  she  resigned  in  order  to  marry. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Westfield,  and  for  a  number  of  years  she 
served  as  superintendent  of  the  primary  de- 
partment of  the  Sunday  school.  She  is  still 
living  (1912)  at  Westfield,  New  York,  where 
she  has  resided  ever  since  her  marriage.  She 
married,  June  22,  1870,  Reuben  Gridley 
Wright,  who  was  born  July  i,  1824,  and  who 
died  January  12,  1906.  Children:  Paul  Darl- 
ing Wright,  born  March  9,  1872;  married 
(first)     Lillian    Gillen,     (second)     Charlotte 


Mehl.  2.  Ralph  Glenn  Wright,  born  February 
20,  1873,  is  unmarried,  in  1912.  3.  Ross  Pier 
Wright,  born  August  22,  1874,  married  Eliza 
Woodward. 


The  surname  Hart  seems  to  be 
HART     common   to    several    nationalities, 

England,  Scotland  and  Ireland  all 
having  families  of  that  name.  The  origin  of 
the  name  is  not  known ;  perhaps  from  David's 
beautiful  animal  that  panted  for  the  water 
brooks.  The  variety  in  spelling  is  not  great, 
the  prevailing  form  being  Hart,  occasionally 
Hartt,  Harte,  Heart  and  Hearte.  The  patriot- 
ism oif  the  family  is  shown  by  the  great  num- 
ber found  in  the  ranks  of  the  armies  in  the 
wars  of  the  revolution,  of  1812,  and  the  great 
rebellion,  or  civil  war.  John  Hart  was  a 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
from  New  Jersey,  and  a  member  of  the  con-, 
tinental  congress. 

(I)  Deacon  Stephen,  founder  of  the  Hart 
family  of  Connecticut,  was  born  in  Braintree, 
Essex  county,  England,  about  1605,  died  1683. 
He  came  to  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in 
1632,  and  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  with  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker's  company,  in,  1635,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  proprietors.  He  had  been 
a  deacon  of  Rev.  Hooker's  church  in  New- 
town (Cambridge),  Massachusetts,  and  natur- 
ally accompanied  his  friend  and  pastor  to 
Hartford.  Later  he  settled  in  the  fertile  val- 
ley of  Farmington,  where  he  purchased  large 
tracts  of  land  from  the  Indians.  He  continued 
active  in  the  church  there,  also  holding  the  of- 
fice of  deacon.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  fifteen  years.  His  eldest  son,  John, 
built  a  house  at  Farmington  that  was  burned 
by  the  Indians  and  his  entire  family  destroyed 
except  a  son  John  (2),  who  was  absent;  John 
(2)  had  three  sons  who  married  three  Hooker 
sisters,  great-granddaughters  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker. 

(II)  Captain  Thomas  Hart,  son  of  Deacon 
Stephen  Hart,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  in 
1644,  died  August  27,  1727.  He  was  captain, 
speaker  of  the  general  court,  commissioner, 
member  of  council,  representative  from  Farm- 
ington in  the  general  court  twenty-nine  ses- 
sions, and  a  man  of  wealth  and  usefulness. 
He  owned  an  estate  of  two  thousand  acres, 
and  was  buried  with  military  honors.  He 
married  Ruth  Hawkins. 

(III)  Deacon  Thomas  (2)  Hart,  son  of 
Captain  Thomas   (i)   Hart,  was  born  April, 


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1680,  died  at  Kensington,  Connecticut,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1773.  He  was  a  man  of  influence  and 
wealth,  was  representative  six  sessions,  and 
deacon  of  the  church  at  Kensington.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Thompson. 

(IV)  Elijah,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  (2) 
Hart,  was  born  at  Kensington,  Connecticut, 
January  18,  171 1,  baptized  August  12,  171 1, 
died  in  New  Britain,  Connecticut,  August  3, 
1772.  He  settled  in  New  Britain,  in  the  "Hart 
quarter,"  a  near  neighbor  of  Judah  Hart  ( i ) . 
He  was  an  industrious,  prosperous  farmer  and 
land  owner,  very  strong,  yet  in  carrying  a 
piece  of  fencing  timber  on  his  shoulder  he 
stepped  in  a  hole  in  the  ground,  the  weight 
crushing  and  injuring  him  so  greatly  that 
death  resulted.  The  record  says:  "Sergeant 
Elijah  Hart  was  chosen  and  appointed  deacon 
at  a  meeting  of  the  church  soon  after  its  in- 
corporation." His  epitaph  reads:  "In  mem- 
ory of  Deacon  Elijah  Hart,  who  provided  for 
his  own  and  served  his  generations  with  great 
diligence  and  fidelity  even  to  the  last  day 
of  his  life;  was  taken  suddenly  to  the  inheri- 
tance above  on  the  3rd  day  of  August,  1772, 
in  the  6ist  year  of  his  age."  He  married, 
December  26,  1734,  Abigail  Goodrich,  born 
December  14,  1714,  died  January  21,  1809,  at 
Simsbury,  Connecticut,  aged  ninety-five  years, 
daughter  of  Allen  and  Elizabeth  Goodrich. 
They  had  nine  children. 

(V)  Joseph,  seventh  child  of  Deacon  Elijah 
Hart,  was  born  May  17,  1750,  died  in  New 
Durham,  Greene  county.  New  York.  He  built 
a  home  in  the  "Hart  quarter"  near  his  father, 
which  he  later  sold  to  Oliver  Gridley,  and 
moved  to  New  York  state.  There  is  a  "Hart's 
Village"  in  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  where 
several  families  of  Harts  from  Rhode  Island 
and  Connecticut  settled,  and  it  is  very  prob- 
able that  Joseph  settled  here  for  a  time.  He 
is  next  found  in  New  Durham,  Greene  county. 
New  York,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  November  5,  1772,  Huldah  Smith, 
born  January  4,  1749,  daughter  of  Jedediah 
and  Susanna  (Cogswell)  Smith.  Children: 
Joseph  (2),  of  whom  further;  Luther,  Hul- 
dah, and  Selah,  all  baptized  September  11, 
1785 ;  a  daughter,  name  unknown,  who  accom- 
panied the  family  to  Durham. 

(VI)  Deacon  Joseph  (2)  Hart,  son  of  Jo- 
seph (i)  Hart,  was  born  in  Berlin,  Connecti- 
cut, November  20,  1773,  died  in  Albion,  Or- 
leans county.  New  York,  July  22,  1853.  ^^ 
1779  his  parents,  with  their  three  sons  and 


two  daughters,  moved  from  Connecticut  to 
Durham,  Greene  county,  New  York.  Here 
Joseph  lived  until  after  his  marriage  at  the 
age  of  twenty-five.  He  then  moved  with  his 
bride  to  Phelps,  Ontario,  where  he  remained 
six  years.  In  181 2  he  settled  in  what  was  then 
Genesee,  now  Orleans  county,  New  York, 
then  an  almost  untrodden  wilderness.  He  pur- 
chased two  hundred  and  forty  acres  from  the 
Holland  Land  Company,  paying  three  dollars 
and  twenty-five  cents  per  acre.  On  this  tract 
he  built  a  log  house  and  began  clearing  a 
farm.  Here  he  resided  until  his  death,  seeing 
the  forest  give  way  before  the  fields  and  a 
thriving  village  springing  up  on  the  borders 
of  his  farm,  a  part  of  which  is  now  included 
within  the  village  limits  of  Albion.  He  pros- 
pered and  became  one  of  the  prominent  men 
of  his  town.  He  served  in  the  war  of  181 2, 
and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  of  Albion,  always  being  known 
as  "Deacon  Joseph,"  or  "Deacon  Hart."  Part 
of  the  tract  which  he  purchased  from  the 
Holland  Land  Company  and  brought  under 
cultivation  has  since  changed  hands  at  eight 
hundred  dollars  per  acre.  He  was  a  thrifty, 
industrious  and  energetic  pioneer,  founding  a 
family  that  has  numbered  some  of  the  fore- 
most men  in  civil  and  political  life  in  Orleans 
county.  He  married.  May  3,  1798,  Lucy  Kirt- 
land,  born  in  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  Novem- 
ber II,  1778,  died  at  Albion,  January  4,  1867; 
she  came  with  her  parents  and  their  family 
to  Greene  county,  New  York,  where  they  set- 
tled at  Windham,  a  village  not  far  from  Dur- 
ham. Children  :  i.  William,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Elizur,  (q.  v.).  3.  John  L,  born  April  8, 
1805,  died  May  24,  1818.  4.  Benjamin  K., 
July  2,  1807,  died  August  30,  1864.  5.  Chris- 
topher,  October  25,    1809,   died  January  28, 

1810.  6.  Lovica  L.    (or  Louise),  April  27, 

181 1,  died  April  9,  1892.  7.  Lucy  K.,  January 
22,  1814,  died  July  18,  1904;  married  Ambrose 
Berry.  8.  Mary  A.,  June  2,  1817,  died  March 
8,  1849;  "tarried  Langford  Berry.  9.  Joseph 
S.,  (q.  v.).  10.  Samuel  E.,  August  13,  1823, 
died  October  22,  1893. 

(VII)  William,  eldest  son  of  Deacon  Jo- 
seph (2)  Hart,  was  born  in  Durham,  Greene 
county.  New  York,  February  23,  1801,  died 
in  Albion,  New  York,  December  30,  1879. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
grew  up  a  farmer,  an  occupation  he  followed 
all  his  life.  After  coming  to  Orleans  county 
he  purchased  a  farm  of  his  father,  which  now 


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lies  within  the  corporate  limits  of  Albion,  now 
owned  by  his  son,  John  W.  He  was  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  a 
liberal  contributor  to  its  support  and  charities. 
Politically  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married 
Pamelia  Wells,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
born  1807,  died  January  25,  1865.  Child, 
John  W.,  of  whom  further. 

(VIH)  John  Wells,  only  child  of  William 
Hart,  was  born  on  the  original  Hart  home- 
stead, Albion,  New  York,  September  11,  1836. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Al- 
bion Academy.  He  was  associated  with  his 
father  in  farm  management  until  1892,  when 
he  retired  from  active  life,  having  from  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years  been  in  charge  of  the 
homestead  farm  which  he  inherited  upon  the 
death  of  his  father.  He  was  one  of  the  in- 
corporators of  the  Albion  Shoe  Company  in 
1890,  and  one  of  the  principal  stockholders 
of  the  Blanchard  Vinegar  Company,  also  being 
actively  connected  with  other  Albion  enter- 
prises. He  has  been  a  lifelong  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  one  of  its  most  zeal- 
ous, liberal  members,  and  for  many  years 
served  on  the  board  of  trustees.  He  lends  his 
support  and  influence  to  every  good  cause, 
and  is  rated  one  of  the  prominent,  substantial 
and  influential  men  of  his  town  and  county. 
Politically  he  is  an  Independent  and  has  served 
as  trustee  of  the  village  corporation  of  Al- 
bion. 

He  married,  October  28,  1869,  ^^  Albion, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Russell  Smith,  a  farmer 
of  Gaines,  Orleans  county.  New  York,  who 
came  to  the  county  from  Heath,  Massachu- 
setts, son  of  Moses  Smith.  Russell  Smith 
married  Lydia  Warren.  Children  of  John 
Wells  and  Sarah  L.  Hart:  i.  Pamelia 
Wells,  born  September  26,  1870 ;  married  Au- 
gustus W.  Behrend;  children:  Marion  H., 
born  June  30,  1894;  Fredericka,  January  16, 
1898,'  Maynard,  March  19,  1900;  Sarah  L., 
June  10,  1906.  2.  Grace,  born  March  30,  1874 ; 
married  (as  second  wife)  John  J.  Larwood, 
whose  first  wife  was  her  sister  Gertrude  L.  3. 
Gertrude  L.,  born  June  27,  1882,  died  April 
20,  1908 ;  married  John  J.  Larwood ;  children : 
John  Hart,  born  March  10,  1905;  Gertrude 
Jane,  April  i,  1908. 


(VH)  Elizur  Hart,  second  son  of 

HART     Deacon  Joseph  (2)  Hart  (q.  v.), 

was    born    in    Durham,     Greene 

county.  New  York,  May  22,  1803,  died  while 


on  a  visit  to  his  relatives  at  Jonesville,  Sara- 
toga county,  New  York,  August  13,  1870. 
He  acquired  such  education  as  advantages  at 
that  early  day  and  locality  afforded,  which  at 
the  best  were  very  limited.  He  assisted  in 
clearing  the  farm,  developing  a  robust  con- 
stitution and  acquiring  habits  of  industry  and 
frugality.  In  1827  he  was  elected  constable, 
an  office  he  held  two  years,  and  was  often  nec- 
essarily called  to  the  village  of  Albion  on  of- 
ficial business.  Here  he  first  began  to  invest 
in  good  promissory  notes,  using  his  own  small 
capital  and  a  like  sum  placed  in  his  hands  by 
his  brother  William.  He  sold  his  one  hundred 
acres  deeded  him  by  his  father,  to  his  brother, 
William  Hart,  and  with  the  proceeds  con- 
tinued his  investments  in  local  securities,  also 
in  bonds,  mortgages  and  articles  issued  by  the 
Holland  Company  for  land.  In  1852  he  was 
appointed  receiver  of  the  Orleans  Insurance 
Company,  and  upon  the  failure  of  the  old 
Bank  of  Orleans  was  appointed  receiver  of 
that  institution.  He  closed  up  the  affairs  of 
these  two  concerns  with  such  general  satis- 
faction that  his  reputation  as  a  sound,  able 
financier  was  fully  established.  February  17, 
1859,  he  organized  the  Orleans  County  Bank 
with  himself  as  president  and  Joseph  M.  Cor- 
nell as  cashier.  They  began  business  in  Feb- 
ruary, i860,  with  a  capital  of  $50,000,  which 
was  soon  increased  to  $100,000.  August  9, 
1865,  ^his  bank  was  reorganized  as  the  Or- 
leans County  National  Bank,  of  which  Mr. 
Hart  was  president  and  principal  stockholder 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  most  successful 
business  man,  and  from  an  humble  beginning 
became  one  of  the  wealthiest  bankers  of  his 
day.  He  was  widely  known  and  highly  re- 
spected for  his  unquestioned  integrity.  He 
was  an  active  member  of  the  First  Presbyte- 
rian Church  of  Albion,  and  in  his  will  gave 
$50,000  to  that  society  to  erect  a  house  of  wor- 
ship, and  $5,000  as  an  endowment  to  the  Sun- 
day school.  This  bequest  was  used  in  the 
erection  of  a  most  beautiful  church  in  the  vil- 
lage, a  fitting  monument  to  the  memory  of  a 
good  man.  He  took  no  part  in  public  af- 
fairs officially,  being  essentially  the  man  of 
business.  He  married,  May  11,  1835,  Lor- 
raine A.  Field,  who  died  February  11,  1847. 
He  married  (second)  October  16,  1849,  Cor- 
nelia King,  who  died  February  2,  1907,  in 
Albion.  Children :  Frances  E.,  married  Oliver 
C.  Day ;  Jennie  K.,  married  Henry  L.  Smith ; 
E.  Kirke,  of  whom  further. 


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(VIII)  E.  Kirke,  only  son  of  Elizur  Hart, 
was  born  in  Albion,  New  York,.  April  8,  1841, 
and  died  there  February  18,  1893.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Albion 
Academy.  After  completing  his  studies  he 
spent  two  years,  1856-58,  in  Adrian,  Mich- 
igan, and  Alton,  Illinois,  joining,  at  the 
latter  place.  General  Harvey's  expedition 
against  the  Mormons.  Returning  to  Albion, 
he  became  in  February,  i860,  bookkeeper  in 
the  newly  established  Orleans  County  Bank, 
of  which  his  father  was  president.  He  con- 
tinued until  1865,  when  he  became  teller  of 
the  newly  organized  Orleans  County  National 
Bank,  that  superseded  the  state  bank.  After 
the  death  of  Elizur  Hart,  Joseph  M.  Cornell 
succeeded  him  as  president,  Mr.  Hart  advanc- 
ing to  cashier.  In  July,  1890,  Mr.  Cornell  died, 
and  Mr.  Hart  was  elected  president,  a  posi- 
tion he  held  until  his  death,  having  been  con- 
nected with  the  bank  thirty-three  years.  In 
1882,  with  George  Elwanger,  he  founded  the 
Rochester  (New  York)  Post  Express,  was 
president  of  the  company  for  several  years 
and  a  principal  stockholder  until  late  in  1891. 
He  was  also  a  director  of  the  Niagara  Falls 
International  Bridge  Company.  He  gave 
much  time  to  the  public  service  of  his  town, 
village  and  state.  Originally  a  Republican,  he 
was  elected  in  1871  a  member  of  the  house 
of  assembly,  serving  on  the  committees  of 
ways  and  means  and  on  banks.  In  1872  he 
became  identified  with  the  Liberals,  and  sup- 
ported Horace  Greeley  for  president,  ever 
afterward  acting  with  the  Democratic  party. 
In  1876  he  was  nominated  for  congress  by 
the  Democrats  of  the  Thirtieth  Congressional 
district,  comprising  the  counties  of  Orleans 
and  Monroe.  This  district  had  a  normal  Re- 
publican majority  of  four  to  five  thousand, 
but  Mr.  Hart  was  elected  by  nearly  one  thou- 
sand majority.  He  served  while  in  congress 
on  the  committees  on  banking  and  currency 
and  revision  of  the  laws,  making  a  creditable 
record  and  forming  warm  friendships  with 
leading  statesmen  of  both  parties.  In  Albion 
he  was  for  many  years  village  trustee,  member 
of  the  board  of  education,  commissioner  of 
beautiful  Mt.  Albion  cemetery  (where  he  is 
buried) ;  was  instrumental  in  giving  the  vil- 
lage electric  lights;  and  was  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  House 
of  Refuge  for  Women,  which  was  located 
at  Albion  solely  through  his  influence  and  per- 
sonal effort.     When  a  young  man  he  joined 


the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Albion,  and 
for  many  years  served  as  trustee.  Through 
the  eflForts  of  himself  and  his  cousin,  John 
Wells  Hart,  both  giving  liberally,  the  erection 
of  the  present  brick  parsonage  was  made  pos- 
sible. He  also  liberally  supported  many  other 
charitable  and  philanthropic  societies.  A  gen- 
uine lover  of  books,  he  possessed  one  of  the 
finest  private  libraries  in  Western  New  York. 
He  was  the  first  signer  on  the  petition  to  es- 
tablish a  public  library  in  Albion,  and  always 
took  deep  interest  in  its  welfare.  He  was  a 
man  with  warm  attachments  and  faithful 
friendships,  with  a  keen  sense  of  justice  and 
with  a  warm  sympathy  for  the  unfortunate. 

He  married,  June  10,  1863,  Louise  Sander- 
son, of  Alton,  Illinois,  who  survives  him. 
Children:  Charles  E.,  of  whom  further; 
Emma  Brown,  graduate  of  Vassar  College  and 
a  director  of  the  Orleans  County  National 
Bank;  Loraine  Field;  E.  Kirke  (2),  graduate 
of  Harvard  University;  Louise  Sanderson; 
Mary  Ann,  died  May  3,  1875,  aged  four  years. 

(IX)  Charles  E.,  eldest  son  of  E.  Kirke 
Hart,  was  born  near  Alton,  Illinois,  May  31, 
1865.  He  was  educated  in  the  Albion  public 
schools  and  Albion  Academy.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  spent  four  years  in  the 
west  engaged  in  mining  and  real  estate  enter- 
prises. On  his  return  to  Albion  he  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  business,  and 
on  the  death  of  the  latter  succeeded  him  as 
president  of  the  Orleans  County  National 
Bank.  He  retained  the  presidency  from  1893 
to  1903,  when  he  resigned  and  retired  to  pri- 
vate life.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  village  board  of  education,  and 
treasurer  of  the  Swan  Library  in  Albion. 

He  married,  February  10,  1898,  Eulalie 
Reynolds,  born  December  27,  1874,  died 
March  26,  1910,  daughter  of  Cassius  M.  and 
Jane  (Ough)  Reynolds,  of  Albion.  Children: 
Eulalie,  born  November  29,  1899;  Cha'rles  E. 
(2),  July  21,  1901 ;  Jane  H.,  February  8, 
1906;  John  R.,  March  4,  1908;  Beatrice,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1910. 


(VII)  Joseph  S.  Hart,  ninth  child 
HART  of  Deacon  Joseph  (2)  Hart  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  Albion,  New  York, 
February  2,  1820,  died  October  30,  1904.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  re- 
mained his  father's  assistant  on  the  farm  until 
coming  to  manhood  he  received  as  a  gift 
from  the  latter  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and 


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twenty-four  acres  that  is  now  partly  within 
the  limits  of  Albion  and  still  owned  by  his 
widow  (1912).  He  was  a  man  of  high  stand- 
ing, possessing  the  qualities  that  made  him 
universally  loved  and  respected.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  took  little  part 
in  public  affairs,  finding  his  greatest  enjoy- 
ment in  his  home  and  the  operation  of  his 
large  and  finely  cultivated  farm. 

He  married,  May  30,  1861,  at  Albion,  Har- 
riet A.  Cole,  born  March  17,  1834,  daughter 
of  William  and  Asenath  (Williams)  Cole,  of 
Barre,  New  York.  She  survives  her  husband, 
a  resident  of  Albion,  a  lady  of  splendid  quali- 
ties and  greatly  beloved.  Children:  i.  Lucy 
Kirtland,  born  October  i,  1862;  married  John 
Edgerton;  child:  Ruth  Hart,  married  La 
Verne  Hey,  and  has  a  son,  William  Hart,  born 
October  31,  1910.  2.  Alice  Josephine,  born 
Augxist  12,  1865  J  married  Dennis  W.  Evarts.  3. 
Harriet  Cole,  born  August  26,  1867.  4.  Jen- 
nie S.,  January  6,  1870.  5.  Kitty  Louise,  May 
9,  1 871;  married  Myron  Billings;  child:  Cath- 
erine Hart. 


The  Jones  family  appear  in  the 
JONES  early  records  of  several  New 
England  colonies,  emigrants  of 
the  name  coming  from  England,  Wales  and 
Ireland.  The  name  is  an  honored  one  in 
American  history  and  figures  prominently  in 
the  present  day.  In  Jamestown,  New  York, 
the  name  is  gratefully  remembered  by  the 
Jones  Memorial  Hospital  and  by  the  thousands 
of  men  and  women  who  sat  under  the  in- 
struction of  these  two  noble  sisters.  Miss 
Calista  S.  Jones  and  Mrs.  Sarah  L.  (Jones) 
Hall.  The  former  was  connected  with  Chau- 
tauqua county  schools  for  sixty  years,  as  a 
tablet  in  Jamestown  high  school  testifies;  the 
latter  a  teacher  for  fifty-three  years,  forty-nine 
of  which  were  spent  in  the  Jamestown  schools. 
Besides  his  gift  of  a  site  for  the  hospital  Or- 
sino  E.  Jones  presented  Jamestown  with  a 
site  for  a  public  park.  The  above  mentioned 
were  children  of  Ellick  Jones  by  his  first  wife. 

(I)  Thomas  Jones,  a  native  of  Oxfordshire, 
England,  came  with  wife  and  children  in  ship 
"Confidence,"  landed  at  Hull,  Massachusetts, 
1638.  Sons:  Joseph,  John,  Abraham,  Benja- 
min, Robert  and  others. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Jones,  came  to 
Nantucket,  Massachusetts,  as  a  fisherman,  and 
remained  there  several  years,  then  removed 
to  Mendon,  Massachusetts.    He  married  Sarah 


Howard   and   had   issue,   among   whom   was 
Abraham. 

(III)  Abraham,  son  of  Joseph  Jones,  was 
born  in  a  fort  or  garrison  house  at  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  in  1702,  died  there  in  1787. 
He  married  Keziah,  daughter  of  Jotham  Whit- 
ney, of  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  Abra- 
ham Jones  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  and 
noted  for  his  piety  and  liberality.  He  was  a 
farmer  in  easy  circumstances.  Three  of  his 
children  died  in  one  week  during  an  epidemic 
of  typhoid  fever.  Only  two  of  his  sons  grew 
to  maturity:  John  and  Abraham. 

(IV)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Jones,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Milford,  Wor- 
cester county,  Massachusetts,  May  3,  1746. 
After  the  revolution  he  settled  in  Wardsboro, 
Vermont,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution.  He  married,  October  30, 
1765,  Olive  Bates,  born  in  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  22,  1743,  died  aged  eighty- 
five  years,  a  descendant  of  Clement  Bates,  who 
came  from  Kent,  England,  in  1635,  settling  in 
Hingham.  Children:  Susan,  born  September 
25,  1766,  married  Daniel  Hazeltine;  Laban, 
September  10,  1768,  married  Fanny  Dean; 
Neoma,  March  17,  1770,  died  in  childhood; 
Whitney,  March  22^  1771,  married  Betsey 
Hazeltine;  Jonas,  September  13,  1773,  mar- 
ried Frances  Monatt;  Solomon,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Olive,  October  29,  1778,  married  Elisha 
Winslow;  Lucretia,  February  3,  1783,  mar- 
ried David  Boyd;  Abraham,  December  13, 
1786. 

(V)  Solomon,  fourth  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Jones,  was  born  in  Milford,  Worcester  county, 
Massachusetts,  August  7,  1775,  died  in  James- 
town, New  York,  August  2,  1862.  He  early 
settled  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  with  his 
father,  and  in  1810  came  to  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  settling  first  in  the  town 
of  Ellicott,  later  at  Carroll,  now  Kiantone. 
At  one  time  he  kept  a  house  of  entertainment 
in  Jamestown  at  the  corner  of  Third  and  Main 
streets,  where  his  two  youngest  children  were 
born.  For  about  forty  years  he  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  first  Masonic  Lodge  in  Jamestown  and 
a  man  much  respected.  He  married  Clarissa, 
eldest  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Hayward. 
She  was  born  in  Worcester  county,  Massachu- 
setts, January  15,  1781.  Children:  i.  Ellick, 
born  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  May  5,  1800; 
married  (first),  July  4,  1822,  Louisa,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Betsey  Walkup.     Children :  i. 


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Calista  Selina,  for  sixty  years  an  honored 
and  highly  useful  teacher  in  the  Jamestown 
schools,  ii.  Rufus  Alonzo.  iii.  Elvira  Statira. 
iv.  Orsino  E.,  gratefully  remembered  by  his 
gifts  to  his  city.  v.  Sarah  Louisa,  born  March 
30,  1832;  married,  December  i,  1852,  Samuel 
\V.  Hall,  who  died  in  1866.  Mrs.  Hall  sur- 
vives her  husband,  a  resident  of  Jamestown, 
greatly  beloved  and  highly  respected.  For 
fifty-three  years  she  taught  in  the  public 
schools  where  the  good  she  accomplished  in 
molding  the  lives  of  the  thousands  of  chil- 
dren who  passed  under  her  care  eternity  only 
will  tell.  By  a  second  wife  Ellick  Jones  had 
thirteen  children.  2.  Laura,  born  May  4,  1801. 
3.  Julia,  May  31,  1802.  4.  Clara,  December 
23,  1803.  5-  Abraham,  of  whom  further.  6. 
Olive,  December  i,  1806.  7.  Rufus,  July  29, 
1808.  8.  Selina,  August  8,  18 10.  9.  Whitney 
(the  first  born  in  Chautauqua  county)  May 
2,  1812.  10.  Solomon,  February  21,  1814.  11. 
Louisa,  May  18,  1816.  12.  Ezra,  October  13, 
1819.  13.  Mary,  November  14,  1821.  14.  Sid- 
ney, July  27,  1823. 

(VI)  Abraham  (3),  second  son  of  Solomon 
and  Clarissa  (Hay ward)  Jones,  was  born  in 
Wardsboro,  Vermont,  August  i,  1805,  died 
May  8,  1875,  and  is  buried  in  Lakeview  ceme- 
tery, Jamestown,  with  his  wife.  He  came  to 
Chautauqua  county  with  his  parents  in  1810, 
being  then  a  child  of  five  years.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  blacksmith  and  also  carried  on 
farming  operations.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  church.  He  suffered  from 
paralysis  and  was  helpless  for  more  than 
twenty  years.  He  married,  April  13,  1828, 
Rebecca  Fenton,  born  in  Otsego  county.  New 
York,  July  3,  1804,  died  in  Jamestown,  1890, 
third  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Lois  Fenton,  who 
survived  him  fifteen  years  (see  Fenton  IV). 
Children :  Marshall,  deceased ;  Mary,  deceased, 
married  Thomas  Gifford;  Emory,  of  whom 
further;  Laura,  died  unmarried;  Wilbur,  a 
soldier  in  the  rebellion,  died  in  the  army ;  Ma- 
tilda, married  George  W.  Jones;  Louisa,  un- 
married; Ellen,  married  E.  H.  Day;  Francis 
S.,  deceased.  Children  born  in  Jamestown, 
New  York. 

(VII)  Rev.  Emory  Jones,  second  son  of 
Abraham  (3)  and  Rebecca  (Fenton)  Jones, 
was  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  January 
9,  1833,  died  in  Syracuse,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1886.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
blacksmith,  but  feeling  called  to  preach  entered 
college   at   Adrian,    Michigan,   and   after   his 


graduation  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  church.  He  was  an  earn- 
est, faithful  servant  of  God  and  did  a  great 
deal  of  good.  He  preached  in  different  places 
and  for  the  six  years  previous  to  his  death 
was  pastor  of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church 
in  Syracuse.  He  was  a  tireless  worker,  con- 
sistent in  his  preaching  and  practice  and  en- 
tirely consecrated  to  his  Master's  service.  No 
undertaking  was  too  great  or  too  disagreeable 
for  him  to  engage  in  if  he  could  gain  a  good 
result.  He  was  known  far  and  wide  through- 
out Western  New  York  for  his  unselfishness, 
his  devotion  to  christian  duty,  his  purity  of 
character  and  his  devotion  to  his  calling.  He 
was  particularly  severe  in  his  onslaught  on 
intemperance  and  infidelity,  but  so  honest  and 
so  earnest  and  so  consistent  that  he  gained 
the  respect  of  all,  even  those  who  totally  dif- 
fered with  him,  and  died  sincerely  lamented. 

He  is  buried  with  his  father,  mother  and 
sister  Laura  in  Lakeview  cemetery,  at  James- 
town. 

He  married,  October  8,  1856,  Marcia  A. 
French,  born  June  11,  1839,  daughter  of  Jar- 
vis  and  Alida  (Wample)  French,  who  sur- 
vives him,  a  resident  of  Springfield,  Illinois 
(1912).  Children,  i.  Emma  L.,  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1857;  married  Rev.  Wilson  T. 
Hoagland,  bishop  of  the  Free  Methodist 
church,  of  Evanston,  Illinois.  2.  Cyrus  Emory, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Harvey  Wilbur,  of  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.  4.  Ernest,  of  New  York 
City. 

(VIII)  Cyrus  Emory,  eldest  son  of  Rev. 
Emory  and  Marcia  A.  (French)  Jones,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Ellicott,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  March  16,  1863.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  reared  on 
the  farm.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years  his 
parents  removed  to  Syracuse,  New  York, 
where  he  lived  until  the  age  of  seventeen 
years,  when  he  went  to  New  York  City,  enter- 
ing the  employ  of  Charles  E.  Bentley,  a  man- 
ufacturer and  importer  of  fancy  goods.  Two 
years  later  Mr.  Jones  was  appointed  manager, 
later  becoming  a  partner.  He  remained  in 
this  business  seventeen  years  in  New  York 
City.  The  firm  established  branch  stores  in 
Brooklyn  and  Baltimore  and  was  a  most  suc- 
cessful one.  In  1897  he  came  to  Jamestown 
having  disposed  of  his  business  interests  in 
New  York  City.  He  purchased  the  interest 
of  W.  J.  Maddock,  in  the  Maddock,  Bailey 
Company,    later   incorporated   as   the   Bailey, 


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Jones  Company.  In  1906  he  became  one  of 
the  incorporators  of  the  Jamestown  Table 
Company,  of  Jamestown,  of  which  he  is  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  directors.  He  became 
also  interested  in  the  banking  business  and 
until  1910  was  a  director  and  first  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Union  Trust  Company,  of  James- 
town. His  connection  with  journalism  in 
Jamestown  has  been  as  one  of  the  incorpora- 
tors and  first  president  of  The  Morning  Post 
Publishing  Company.  In  1902  he  associated 
with  William  S.  Bailey  and  John  H.  Wiggins 
and  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  state 
of  New  York  the  Chautauqua  School  of  Nurs- 
ing, with  general  offices  at  Jamestown,  for 
the  training  of  nurses  through  correspond- 
ence methods.  This  institution  has  had  ten 
successful  years,  enrolling  over  twelve  thou- 
sand students  and  solving  the  problem  of  a 
vocation  for  thousands  of  ambitious  women 
and  brought  expert  helpers  to  the  aid  of  phy- 
sicians ;  given  the  hospitals  trained  nurses  and 
brought  to  the  wife,  mother  and  sister  knowl- 
edge that  has  enabled  them  to  intelligently 
care  for  the  sick  in  their  own  households.  Mr. 
Jones  is  president  of  the  school;  William  S. 
Bailey,  secretary  and  treasurer;  Dr.  J.  M. 
Brooks,  medical  director. 

Mr.  Jones  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Allied  Real  Estate  Company,  of  New  York 
City;  president  of  the  Manufacturers'  Asso- 
ciation, of  Jamestown,  of  which  association 
he  has  been  a  member  since  its  formation  and 
in  which  he  takes  the  greatest  interest;  vice- 
president  of  the  Allen  Square  Real  Estate 
Company.  He  is  interested  in  Kansas  prop- 
erties and  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and 
builders  of  the  Coffeeville  &  Independence 
Traction  Company,  in  the  southern  part  of 
that  state.  He  has  a  fine  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  on  Chautauqua  Lake  oppo- 
site the  grounds  of  the  Chautauqua  Institu- 
tion, and  a  beautiful  city  home  near  the  *'Rose 
Gardens,"  consisting  of  five  acres  of  ground 
laid  out  with  the  best  possible  landscape  ef- 
fects. He  is  a  member  of  the  Jamestown 
Club,  of  which  he  is  an  ex-president.  Mr. 
Jones  is  a  member  of  New  York  State  Grange 
and  much  interested  in  that  order.  About 
ten  years  ago  he  erected  a  beautiful  building 
on  the  assembly  grounds  at  Chautauqua  and 
presented  it  to  the  grange  to  be  used  as  their 
headquarters.  This  building  was  erected  as 
a  memorial  to  his  father,  Rev.  Emory  Jones, 
and  was  dedicated  August  22,  1903.     In  poli- 


tics he  is  a  Republican;  delegate  to  the  na- 
tional convention  that  nominated  William  H. 
Taft  for  the  presidency  and  one  of  his  orig- 
inal supporters  from  New  York  state. 

Cyrus  E.  Jones  married,  March  26,  1891, 
at  JJayonne,  New  Jersey,  Mary  Ella  Beebe, 
born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  June  25,  1868, 
daughter  of  General  Ira  Love  joy  and  Zilpah 
I.  (Hartt)  Beebe.  General  Ira  L.  Beebe  was 
a  paper  manufacturer,  born  in  Ghent,  Colum- 
bia county,  New  York,  son  of  Roderick  (2) 
Beebe  and  grandson  of  Captain  Roderick  (1) 
Beebe,  an  officer  of  the  revolutionary  army, 
through  whose  patriotic  service  his  great- 
granddaughter,  (Mrs.)  Mary  Ella  (Beebe) 
Jones,  gains  admission  to  the  Daughters  of 
the  Revolution.  The  name  Beebe  is  one  of 
great  antiquity,  being  found  in  various  forms 
of  spelling  as  far  back  as  Bebi,  an  Egyptian 
King  of  the  second  Dynasty,  3000  years  B.  C. 
In  Roman  history  Quintius  Baebius  figures 
534  A.  D.  The  tradition  in  the  family  of 
French  origin  is  very  plausible.  Richard  and 
William  de  Boebe  were  of  the  Royal  Guard 
of  William  the  Conqueror  and  passed  over  to 
England  with  him  and  were  granted  manors 
in  Warwickshire  where  the  family  lived  up 
to  the  close  of  the  Commonwealth.  At  East 
Farndon,  England,  John  Beby  was  pastor  of 
the  Church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  prior  to 
the  year  141 1.  One  branch  of  the  English 
family  has  the  right  and  titles  to  a  coat-of- 
arnis:  A  blue  shield  with  golden  chevron 
and  three  gold  bees.  Crest :  A  golden  bee- 
hive (indicative  of  industry,  vigilance  and  per- 
sistence of  purpose).  Motto:  Suo  De- 
fendo.  The  church  register  of  St.  Andrews, 
in  the  village  of  Broughton,  Northampton- 
shire, England,  dating  from  1560,  contains 
the  names  of  John  Beebe  and  his  children  who 
emigrated  to  America  about  the  year  1650. 
John  Beebe  is  the  American  ancestor,  al- 
though he  never  saw  the  shores  of  this  coun- 
try, dying  on  shipboard.  His  three  sons, 
John,  Samuel  and  James,  landed  in  Boston, 
worked  their  way  westward,  were  prominent 
in  the  early  settlement  of  Connecticut,  and 
from  there  branched  out  in  all  directions.  In 
New  York  they  settled  in  Columbia  county 
about  1760,  and  from  there  came  to  Albany 
county.  They  are  of  frequent  mention  in  the 
annals  of  the  early  wars  of  the  colonies. 
John  Beebe  with  his  men  marched  through 
the  wilderness  to  the  relief  of  Major  Talcott 
during  King  Philip's  war.    They  were  among 


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the  minute-men  of  1776,  and  in  the  armies  of 
the  revolution  as  privates  and  officers.  They 
fought  from  Bunker  Hill  to  Yorktown,  and 
James  Beebe  was  an  original  member  of  the 
Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  The  pension  rolls 
of  the  revolution  contain  a  number  of  names 
of  the  family.  It  is  spelled  Bebe,  Beby, 
Beeby  and  Beebe.  Children  of  Cyrus  E.  and 
Mary  E.  Jones:  Madelyn,  born  January  11, 
1892;  Margaret,  September  14,  1893;  Cyrus 
Emory  (2),  October  2,  1895;  Ursula,  June 
14,  1897;  Beebe,  March  7,  1899;  Roderick 
Beebe,  March  14,  1903;  Lois  Mary,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1907. 

(The  Fenton  Line). 

Rebecca  Fenton,  grandmother  of  Cyrus  E. 
Jones,  was  a  descendant  of  Robert  Fenton, 
who  is  first  of  record  in  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts. Nothing  can  be  told  of  his  parentage, 
birthplace  or  nationality.  There  is  a  tradi- 
tion that  he  came  from  Wales.  He  settled 
in  Windham,  Massachusetts,  about  1694,  in 
the  "North  End"  now  Mansfield.  He  is  of 
mention  there  in  1694,  was  on  committee  to 
lay  out  lots  and  "Fence  Viewer."  He  built 
the  first  bridge  across  the  Natchang  river,  so 
probably  was  a  carpenter.  He*  purchased  a 
large  tract  of  land  and  in  1702  his  property 
was  appraised  at  ninety  pounds.  He  was  one 
of  the  patentees  of  Mansfield  which  was  set 
oflf  from  Windham  in  1703.  Between  1712 
and  1730  he  left  Mansfield  and  settled  in  the 
then  new  town  of  Willington,  where  he  died 
at  the  home  of  his  son,  at  an  advanced  age. 
His  wife  Dorothy  (written  in  the  records  as 
"Dorritty")  was  a  member  of  both  the  Wind- 
ham and  Mansfield  churches.  Children :  Rob- 
ert, Francis,  Samuel,  Bridget,  Jacob,  Dorothy, 
Anne,  Violata,  Ebenezer,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  Ebenezer,  youngest  son  of  Robert 
Fenton,  the  first  settler,  was  born  in  Mans- 
field, Massachusetts,  August  29,  1710.  He 
married  (first)  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than Tuttle,  February  11,  1740-41;  (second) 
Lydia,  eldest  daughter  of  Malachi  Conant, 
August  26,  1762.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Jonathan,  Ebenezer,  Nathan,  Solomon,  Lydia, 
Elijah.  Children  by  second  wife:  Colonel 
Nathaniel,  Jacob,  of  whom  further ;  Mehitable, 
Abigail,  Robert,  Justin  or  Justus  Malachi, 
Robert. 

(HI)  Jacob,  second  son  of  Ebenezer  Fen- 
ton and  his  second  wife,  Lydia  (Conant) 
Fenton,  was  born  November  5,  1765.  He  mar- 


ried; at  Milford,  and  soon  after  removed  to 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  stoneware.  In  1801 
he  moved  to  Burlington,  New  York,  where 
he  carried  on  the  pottery  business  for  several 
years.  In  181 2  he  moved  to  Mayville,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  and  the  next  year 
to  Jamestown  in  the  same  county.  In  181 7 
he  moved  to  Fluvanna,  where  he  died  Janu- 
ary 21,  1822.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he 
enlisted  in  the  continental  army  and  served 
until  the  war  ended.  He  married  Lois  Hurd, 
of  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  September  13, 
1790.  Children,  born  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut: William,  died  young;  Henry,  Will- 
iam A.,  Anna,  born  in  Mansfield,  Connecti- 
cut. Children,  born  in  Burlington,  New  York  : 
Seneca,  Sabrina,  Rebecca,  of  whom  further; 
Marcus  A. 

(IV)  Rebecca,  third  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Lois  (Hurd)  Fenton,  was  born  in  Burling- 
ton, Otsego  county.  New  York,  July  3,  1804, 
died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  1890.  She 
married,  April  13,  1828,  Abraham  Jones  (see 
Jones  VI). 

Governor  Reuben  Eaton  F'enton,  born  July 
4,  1819,  governor  of  New  York,  was  a  son 
of  Cieorge  W.  Fenton,  an  early  settler  of 
(Thautauqua  county  in  1807,  son  of  Roswell 
Fenton,  of  Mansfield,  Massachusetts;  Han- 
over, New  Hampshire;  Broadalbin,  New 
York;  and  near  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where 
he  died  September  16,  1806,  supposedly  mur- 
dered, son  of  Jacob  Fenton,  of  Mansfield  and 
Norwich,  Vermont,  fourth  son  of  Robert 
Fenton,  the  first  settler. 


The  name  Fillmore  is  of 
FILLMORE  English  origin  and  at  dif- 
ferent periods  has  been  vari- 
ously written  as  Filmer,  Filmore,  Fillamore, 
and  Phillmore.  Robert  Filmer  lived  in  the 
county  of  Herts  in  the  time  of  Edward  II. 
A  descendant  of  the  same  name  was  prothono- 
tary  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  in  the  time 
of  Elizabeth  and  in  1570  was  granted  a  coat 
of  arms — sable,  three  bars,  three  cinque  foils 
in  chief,  or.  He  died  in  1585.  His  son.  Sir 
Edward  Filmer,  of  Little  Charlton,  bought 
an  estate  in  East  Sutton,  county  of  Kent.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Argall,  whose  father,  Thomas  Argall,  was 
the  heir  of  Sutton. 

(I)  John   Fillmore,  or  Phillmore,  first  of 
the  name  in  this  country,  was  a  mariner,  and 


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was  probably  the  ancestor  of  all  the  Ameri- 
can Fillmores.  He  bought  an  estate  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and  later,  November  24, 
1704,  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  Apparently 
between  1708  and  171 1,  while  on  a  voyage 
homeward  bound  from  the  West  Indies,  his 
ship  was  taken  by  a  French  frigate,  this  be- 
ing the  time  of  Queen  Ann's  war.  He  was 
carried  to  Martinique,  where  he  suffered  the 
hardships  of  a  close  imprisonment.  He  was 
ultimately  redeemed,  but,  according  to  the  nar- 
rative of  his  son,  he  was  poisoned  by  the 
French  during  the  homeward  voyage.  The 
basis  for  this  assertion  appears  to  be  the  fact 
that  nearly  all  of  the  prisoners  died  before 
reaching  home.  He  married,  June  19,  1701, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Deliver- 
ance Tilton,  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  His 
widow  married  (second)  Robert  Bell,  and  re- 
moved to  Noirwich,  Connecticut,  where  she 
and  her  husband  bought  a  tract  of  forty  acres 
from  John  Elderkin  Jr.  Robert  Bell  died  Au- 
gust 23,  1727,  and  Abigail,  November  13, 
1727.  Children:  John,  mentioned  below; 
Eben-ezer,  born  in  Beverly,  baptized  in  Wen- 
ham,  July  21,  1706;  married  Thankful  Car- 
rier, in  Norwich,  Connecticut;  Abigail,  born 
in  Beverly  and  baptized  in  Wenham,  died 
young. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Abi- 
gail (Tilton)  Fillmore,  was  born  in  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  March  18,  1702.  He  must 
have  been  under  nine  years  of  age  when  his 
father  died.  His  mother  apprenticed  him  to 
a  carpenter,  but  his  ambition  was  to  go  to 
sea,  and  a  few  years  after  his  father's  death 
he  shipped  on  the  fishing  sloop  "Dolphin," 
Captain  Mark  Haskell,  of  Cape  Ann.  After 
arriving  at  the  fishing  grounds  the  sloop  was 
overhauled  by  the  notorious  pirate,  Captain 
Phillips.  He  sent  a  boat's  crew  on  board  the 
"Dolphin,"  and  among  the  number  young  Fill- 
more was  astonished  to  recognize  a  youth 
named  William  White,  whom  he  had  known 
at  home  as  a  tailor's  apprentice,  and  who  had 
gone  to  sea  some  time  before.  The  pirate 
captain  found  nothing  to  arouse  his  cupidity 
on  board  the  fishing  sloop,  but  he  was  short- 
handed  and  was  informed  by  White  that  Fill- 
more was  just  the  kind  of  resolute  lad  whom 
he  needed.  He  accordingly  sent  word  to  Cap- 
tain Haskell  that  if  young  Fillmore  were  sent 
to  him,  the  sloop  with  the  remainder  of  the 
crew  might  go  free.  Fillmore  refused,  but, 
upon  a   second  demand  being  made,  with  a 


threat  that  the  sloop  and  all  on  board  would 
be  sunk  unless  he  complied,  he  concluded  to 
sacrifice  himself  to  save  his  companions,  on 
a  promise  that  he  should  be  set  at  liberty  in 
two  months.  He  was  firmly  resolved  how- 
ever that  he  never  would  sign  articles  on 
board  the  pirate.  At  the  outset  he  was  not 
pressed  hard  on  this  point,  and  was  assigned 
to  the  helm  of  the  ship,  which  relieved  him 
from  any  piratical  duty.  At  the  expiration 
of  the  two  months  he  demanded  his  release 
from  Phillips,  who  promised  on  his  honor  that 
if  Fillmore  would  stay  three  months  longer 
he  should  be  set  at  liberty.  This  promise  was 
not  kept,  and  his  treatment  thereafter  was 
much  worse.  Gradually  the  number  of  pris- 
oners taken  from  diflferent  prizes  increased. 
Among  them  were  an  American  whom  Fill- 
more had  known  at  home,  a  ship's  carpenter, 
named  James  Cheeseman;  Captain  Harridon, 
a  young  man  of  twenty-two,  son  of  a  Boston 
merchant ;  and  a  Spanish  Indian,  all  of  whom, 
like  Fillmore,  refused  to  sign  the  pirate's  ar- 
ticles. These  five  conspired  to  seize  the  ves- 
sel and  eflfect  their  release.  The  pirate  cap- 
tain, suspecting  the  design,  killed  the  young 
American  who  was  Fillmore's  friend,  and 
threatened  Fillmore,  even  discharging  a  pistol 
point-blank  at  his  breast,  but  happily  it  missed 
fire.  The  prisoners  continued  to  plot,  and 
their  looked-for  opportunity  came  about  nine 
months  after  Fillmore  had  gone  on  board  the 
pirate,  when  the  crew,  having  taken  a  prize, 
engaged  in  a  drunken  carouse.  The  four  pris- 
oners consulted  together,  but  Harridon  re- 
fused to  join  in  their  desperate  venture,  say- 
ing his  spirit  was  broken  and  his  courage 
gone  as  a  result  of  the  ill  treatment  he  had 
received.  This  left  only  Fillmore,  Cheeseman 
and  the  Spanish  Indian  to  engage  the  entire 
crew,  and  they  felt  much  doubt  of  the  Indian, 
although,  as  the  event  proved,  he  carried  out 
his  part  manfully.  Fillmore  contrived  to  burn 
the  feet  of  two  of  the  pirates  while  they  lay 
drunk,  so  that  they  could  do  nothing.  This 
left  only  four  of  the  original  gang,  the  re- 
mainder having  joined  by  compulsion  since 
Fillmore  had  been  on  board.  The  carpenter  . 
left  some  a,kes  and  hammers  on  deck  where 
they  would  be  handy  for  weapons.  When  the 
pirates  came  up  next  morning,  Fillmore, 
Cheeseman  and  the  Indian  killed  Phillips,  his 
boatswain,  master  and  quartermaster.  Fill- 
more led  the  attack,  personally  killing  two  of 
the  pirates,  besides  delivering  the  first  blow 


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at  Phillips.  The  remainder  of  the  crew  sur- 
rendered and  Fillmore  and  his  companions 
took  the  vessel  to  Boston  and  delivered  it  to 
the  authorities.  Six  of  the  pirate  prisoners 
were  executed.  Fillmore,  as  a  reward  for  his 
courage,  was  presented  by  the  court  with 
Phillips'  gun,  silver-hilted  sword,  silver  shoe 
and  knee  buckles,  a  curious  tobacco  box,  and 
two  gold  rings.  Captain  Fillmore's  own  nar- 
rative of  this  remarkable  adventure  was  pub- 
lished by  A.  M.  Clapp,  at  Aurora,  New  York, 
in  1837,  and  was  long  in  the  possession  of  his 
great-grandson,  Millard  Fillmore.  It  was  re- 
published by  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society  in 
1907.  Captain  Fillmore  removed  from  Bev- 
erly to  Norwich  (now  Franklin)  Connecticut, 
where  he  bought  seventy  acres  of  land  in 
1724.  Here  he  joined  the  church  in  1729  and 
lived  many  years.  In  May,  1750,  he  was  com- 
missioned captain  in  the  Second  military  com- 
pany of  Norwich.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 28,  1724,  Mary  Spiller,  of  Ipswich; 
(second)  about  1734,  Dorcas  Day,  of  Pom- 
fret,  who  died  March  16,  1759;  (third)  Mary 
Reach,  a  widow.  He  died  in  Norwich,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1777.     Children  by  first  wife:     i. 

John,  married  Leah ,  and  settled  in  Nova 

Scotia.  2.  Abigail,  married  Nathaniel  Kim- 
ball Jr.  3.  Mary,  born  1731 ;  married  John 
Taylor,  and  lived  in  Norwich.  4.  Henry,  bap- 
tized 1733;  married  Thankful  Downer;  emi- 
grated to  New  York.  By  second  wife:  5. 
Dorcas,  born  February  13,  1735-6;  married 
Abel  Page;  Hved  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
6.  Jeremiah,  born  1737;  died  1741.  7.  Mi- 
riam, born  1738;  married  Nathan  Colgrove; 
settled  in  Middletown,  Vermont.  8.  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below.  9.  Comfort,  born  1742; 
married,  1763,  Zerviah  Bosworth;  lived  in 
Norwich.  10.  Amaziah,  born  1743;  joined  the 
expedition  against  Havana  in  1762,  and  died 
there  of  fever.  11.  Mimee,  born  January  3, 
1745-6;  married  Nathan  Dillings.  12.  Lydia, 
born  1747;  married  Jacob  Pember;  lived  in 
Norwich.  13.  Luther,  born  January  14,  1749- 
50;  married  Eunice ;  emigrated  to  Mid- 
dletown, Vermqpt.  14.  Calvin,  born  1752; 
died  1753.  15.  Deborah,  born  1755.  16.  De- 
liverance, born  1757. 

(Ill)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Dor- 
cas (Day)  Fillmore,  was  bom  March  20, 
1739.  In  early  manhood  he  removed  to  Ben- 
nington, Vermont,  then  called  the  Hampshire 
Grant,  where  he  resided  the  remainder  of  his 
life.    He  inherited  the  sword  which  his  father 


won  from  the  pirate  Phillips,  and  used  it  va- 
liantly in  both  the  French  and  the  revolution- 
ary wars.  During  the  French  war  he  was 
wounded  and  left  in  the  woods,  where  he  sub- 
sisted for  nearly  a  week  on  a  few  kernels  of 
corn  and  upon  his  shoes  and  a  part  of  his 
blanket  which  he  roasted  and  ate.  He  was 
finally  discovered  and  rescued.  He  was  a  lieu- 
tenant under  Stark  at  the  battle  of  Benning- 
ton, August  16,  1777.  He  married,  October 
20,  1767,  Hepzibah  Wood.  He  died  at  Ben- 
nington in  1814.  Children:  Simeon;  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below;  Philippa,  bom 
March  22,  1773;  Calvin,  below;  Elijah,  born 
April  8,  1778;  Darius,  born  September  28, 
1781. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
and  Hepsibah  (Wood)  Fillmore,  was  born  in 
Bennington,  April  19,  177 1.  He  removed  to 
Locke,  Cayuga  county,  New  York,  thence  to 
Sempronius,  in  the  same  county,  and  finally 
to  Aurora  (now  East  Aurora),  Erie  county. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  for  many  years  a  civil 
magistrate.  He  married  (first)  Phoebe, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Abiathar  Millard,  of  Ben- 
nington, who  died  May  2,  183 1 ;  (second) 
Eunice  Love,  widow.  He  died  in  East  Au- 
rora, March  28,  1863.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  I.  Olive  Armstrong,  born  December 
16,  1797;  married,  March  7,  1816,  Henry  S. 
Johnson,  of  Sempronius,  farmer;  removed  to 
Dexter,  Michigan;  five  children.  2.  Millard, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Cyrus,  born  December 
22,  1801 ;  married.  May  19,  1825,  Laura  Mo- 
rey,  of  Holland,  New  York;  removed  to 
Greenfield,  Indiana;  farmer;  six  children.  4. 
Almon  Hopkins,  born  April  13,  1806;  stu- 
dent at  law;  died  January  17,  1830.  5.  Cal- 
vin Turner,  born  July  9,  1810;  married,  1830, 
Miranda  Waldo ;  lived  in  Scio,  Michigan ;  car- 
penter. 6.  Julia,  born  August  29,  1812;  mar- 
ried, October  2y,  1840,  A.  C.  Harris,  lawyer; 
removed  to  Toledo,  Ohio.  7.  Darius  Ingra- 
ham,  born  November  16,  1814:  student  at  law ; 
died  in  East  Aurora,  March  9,  1837.  8. 
Charles  De  Witt,  born  September  23,  1817; 
married,  February  11,  1840,  Julia  Etta  Green; 
mason ;  removed  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota ;  died 
July  27,  1854.  9.  Phoebe  Maria,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1819. 

(V)  Millard,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  and 
Phoebe  (Millard)  Fillmore,  was  born  in 
Locke,  New  York,  January  7,.  1800.  Cayuga 
county  was  then  a  western  wilderness,  and 
the  schools  of  the  region  were  very  poor.    Mr. 


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Fillmore  says  in  an  autobiographical  sketch 
of  his  early  life  that  until  he  was  ten  years  of 
age  he  never  had  seen  a  dictionary.  Though 
he  was  drilled  thoroughly  in  Webster's  spell- 
ing book,  he  had  little  idea  of  the  meaning 
of  the  words  he  learned.  At  about  that  age 
his  services  on  his  father's  farm  became  too 
valuable  to  admit  of  his  going  to  school  ex- 
cept for  two  or  three  months  during  the  win- 
ter. He  never  saw  a  map  or  an  atlas  until 
he  was  nineteen  years  old.  His  father  occu- 
pied a  leased  farm,  having  lost  his  own 
through  a  defective  title,  and  this  gave  him 
a  prejudice  against  farming  which  decided 
him  to  have  his  sons  taught  trades.  Millard, 
at  fifteen,  after  being  dissuaded  from  a  boy- 
ish ambition  to  become  a  soldier,  was  sent  to 
learn  the  trade  of  wool  carding  and  cloth 
dressing  with  Benjamin  Hungerford,  of 
Sparta,  Livingston  county.  He  made  the 
journey  of  one  hundred  miles  mostly  on  foot. 
He  became  dissatisfied  with  his  employer  be- 
cause he  was  kept  at  cutting  wool  and  simi- 
lar work,  instead  of  being  taught  the  trade. 
Mr.  Hungerford  threatened  to  chastise  him, 
and  young  Millard  replied  by  menacing  the 
man  with  his  axe.  After  about  three  months 
he  returned  to  his  home.  He  was  next  ap- 
prenticed to  Zaccheus  Cheney  and  Alvan  Kel- 
logg, who  carried  on  the  business  of  carding 
and  cloth-dressing  at  Newhope,  near  his 
father's  home.  This  trade  occupied  his  time 
from  June  until  about  the  middle  of  Decem- 
ber, for  which  he  received  $50  a  year.  He 
had  leisure  during  the  winter  to  continue  his 
studies.  His  father's  library  consisted  only 
of  the  Bible,  a  hymn  book  and  an  almanac, 
with  an  occasional  weekly  newspaper,  but  Mil- 
lard gained  access  to  a  small  circulating  li- 
brary which  considerably  broadened  his  field 
of  study.  By  the  time  he  was  eighteen  he 
had  begun  to  teach  a  country  school  during 
the  winter  season.  In  May,  1818,  he  shoul- 
dered his  knapsack  and  made  a  journey  to 
BuflFalo  to  visit  friends.  At  that  time  he 
could  and  did  walk  forty  miles  in  a  day. 
About  this  time  his  father  removed  to  Mont- 
ville,  Cayuga  county,  where  Judge  Walter 
Wood  was  a  leading  citizen.  Without  Mil- 
lard's knowledge,  his  father  made  arrange- 
ments with  Judge  Wood  to  receive  the  young 
man  into  his  office  as  a  student.  Millard 
was  so  overjoyed  when  his  mother  told  him 
the  news  that  he  broke  down  and  cried.  He 
was  set  to  reading  '*Blackstone,"  to  which  he 


offered  some  objection  because  he  could  not 
see  why  he  should  study  the  laws  of  England 
instead  of  these  of  New  York.  Nevertheless, 
he  made  such  progress  that  .when  the  time 
came  to  return  to  his  apprenticeship,  the 
Judge,  who  was  a  Friend,  said  to  him:  "If 
thee  has  an  ambition  for  distinction,  and  can 
sacrifice  everything  else  to  success,  the  law  is 
the  road  that  leads  to  honors;  and  if  thee  can 
get  rid  of  thy  engagement  to  serve  as  an  ap- 
prentice, I  would  advise  thee  to  come  back 
again  and  study  law."  Millard  replied  that  ' 
he  had  no  means  of  paying  his  way,  where- 
upon the  Judge  offered  to  give  him  some  em- 
ployment and  to  lend  him  such  necessary 
money  as  he  could  not  earn  during  his  clerk- 
ship. Accordingly  he  made  an  arrangement 
with  his  employers  to  buy  the  remainder  of  his 
time  for  $30,  and  the  following  winter  he 
resumed  his  law  studies,  teaching  school  at 
the  same  time.  Within  two  years,  however, 
he  quarreled  with  Judge  Wood  because  the 
Judge  objected  to  his  undertaking  pettifog- 
ging practice  before  justices  of  the  peace. 
Millard  pleaded  his  poverty,  but  the  Judge 
was  inexorable,  declaring  he  must  promise 
not  to  take  any  more  pettifogging  cases  or 
they  must  separate.  Suspecting,  perhaps  un- 
justly, that  Judge  Wood  was  more  anxious 
to  keep  him  in  a  state  of  dependence  to  look 
after  his  tenants  than  to  make  a  lawyer  of 
him,  Millard  determined  to  leave.  He  gave 
the  Judge  his  note  for  $65  which  had  been 
advanced  to  him,  afterward  paying  it  with 
interest.  This  was  the  only  help  he  ever  re- 
ceived in  obtaining  his  profession.  His  father 
had  then  removed  to  Aurora,  Erie  county. 
Thither  Millard  went  and  again  to  teach 
school  and  to  practice  in  justice's  courts.  In 
the  spring  of  1822  he  removed  to  Buffalo, 
where  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  Asa 
Rice  and  Joseph  Qary.  He  continued  to 
teach  school  and  to  carry  on  a  pettifogging 
practice  to  support  himself,  and  in  1823,  by 
the  especial  solicitation  of  some  older  mem- 
bers of  the  bar,  he  was  formally  admitted. 
He  opened  his  first  office  in  East  Aurora, 
where  he  practiced  until  May,  1830,  when  he 
removed  to  Buffalo,  forming  a  partnership 
with  Joseph  Clary.  He  was  admitted  as  an 
attorney  in  the  supreme  court  in  1827  and  as 
counselor  in  1829.  The  partnership  with  Mr. 
Clary  was  soon  succeeded  by  the  firm  of  Fill- 
more, Hall  &  Haven  (Nathan  K.  Hall  and 
Solomon   G.   Haven).     This  firm   continued 


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until  1847,  ^^d  becamjs  the  most  prominent  in 
western  New  York. 

Mr.  Fillmore's  political  career  began  with 
the  birth  of  thie  Whig  party  and  ended  with 
its  extinction.  He  was  elected  to  the  assem- 
bly as  a  Whig  in  1828,  and  continued  to 
serve  in  the  sessions  of  1830  and  1831.  Most 
of  his  legislative  work  was  local,  but  he  was 
chiefly  responsible  for  one  important  law  of 
general  interest — an  act  abolishing  imprison- 
ment for  debt.  He  was  one  of  a  committee 
of  eighteen  citizens  who  drew  up  the  first 
charter  for  the  city  of  Buffalo,  which  was 
incorporated  in  1832.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  was  elected  to  congress.  After  serving 
through  the  Twenty-third  Congress  he  retired 
for  a  term,  but  was  re-elected  in  1836  to  the 
Twenty-fifth  Congress,  and  continued  to  serve 
through  the  Twenty-sixth  and  Twenty-sev- 
enth. Until  the  Twenty-seventh  Congress  he 
was  one  of  the  minority  party.  He  took 
sufficient  part  in  the  debates,  however,  to  gain 
for  himself  a  position  of  leadership.  He  was 
proposed  as  a  minority  candidate  for  speaker 
of  the  Twenty-sixth  Congress,  and  when  the 
Whigs  came  into  power  in  the  Twenty-sev- 
enth Congress  he  was  made  chairman  of  the 
ways  and  means  committee.  The  great  act  of 
this  session,  for  which  Mr.  Fillmore  was 
chiefly  responsible,  was  the  tariff  of  1842. 
The  national  treasury  was  virtually  bankrupt, 
and  the  tariff  was  in  the  nature  of  an  emer- 
gency measure.  Nevertheless,  it  was  vetoed 
by  the  president  because  of  a  duty  on  tea  and 
coffee.  A  subsequent  bill  became  a  law  with- 
out these  duties.  Mr.  Fillmore  retired  from 
congress  by  his  own  wish  after  the  end  of 
this  session.  As  early  as  1836  Mr.  Fillmore 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Whig  state  convention, 
and  he  was  again  a  delegate  in  1838,  when 
William  H.  Seward  was  nominated  for  gov- 
ernor. In  1842  he  was  proposed  as  a  suitable 
candidate  for  vice-president  on  the  ticket  when 
Henry  Clay  was  expected  to  head  two  years 
later.  The  choice,  however,  fell  upon  Theo- 
dore Frelinghuysen,  of  New  Jersey.  Mr. 
Fillmore  was  made  his  party's  nominee  for 
governor.  He  conducted  an  energetic  canvass, 
but  was  defeated  by  Silas  Wright,  the  vote 
being  231,057  for  Mr.  Fillmore  to  241,090  for 
Mr.  Wright.  In  1846  his  name  was  again  put 
before  the  state  convention  and,  although  it 
was  known  that  he  would  not  accept,  he  re- 
ceived 65  votes  to  44  for  John  Young.  He 
declined  and  Mr.  Young  was  nominated  and 


elected.  The  following  year  he  consented  to 
accept  the  nomination  for  state  comptroller 
and  was  elected.  In  his  report  for  1849  he 
suggested  the  organization  of  national  banks 
with  currency  secured  by  deposits  of  national 
bonds — the  system  which  was  adopted  during 
the  civil  war  and  is  still  in  force.  The  Whig 
national  convention  at  Philadelphia,  on  June 
9,  1848,  after  naming  General  Zachary  Taylor 
for  president,  nominated  Mr.  Fillmore  on  the 
second  ballot  for  vice-president.  He  was 
elected,  and  inaugurated  on  March  5,  1849. 
He  presided  over  the  senate  during  the  excit- 
ing controversy  over  Clay's  omnibus  bill,  and 
also  distinguished  himself  by  enforcing  order, 
contrary  to  precedents,  during  a  slavery  de- 
bate. On  July  9,  1850,  President  Taylor  died, 
and  on  the  following  day  Mr.  Fillmore  took 
the  oath  of  office  as  president.  His  adminis- 
tration is  rather  national  than  personal  history. 
His  cabinet  included  Daniel  Webster,  secre- 
tary of  state;  Thomas  Corwin,  secretary  of 
the  treasury;  Alexander  H.  H.  Stuart,  secre- 
tary of  the  interior;  John  J.  Crittenden,  at- 
torney-general; Nathan  K.  Hall,  of  Buffalo, 
his  former  law  partner,  postmaster-general, 
and  later  Edward  Everett.  Mr.  Fillmore's 
temper  was  conciliatory  and  his  guide  was  the 
written  law  of  the  constitution,  rather  than 
the  higher  law  of  the  anti-slavery  men.  This 
explains  his  approval  of  the  celebrated  com- 
promise measures  of  1850,  including  the  fugi- 
tive slave  law,  which  cost  him  the  support  of 
most  of  his  party  in  the  North.  He  sought 
a  peaceful  solution  of  the  great  controversy 
over  slavery.  His  last  message  to  congress, 
as  originally  written,  contained  a  plan  for  the 
colonization  of  negroes  in  Africa,  similar  to 
the  one  later  favored  by  Mr.  Lincoln.  By 
advice  of  his  cabinet  it  was  suppressed,  but 
Mr.  Fillmore  was  personally  proud  of  it.  He 
was  also  much  criticised  for  the  appointment 
of  Brigham  Young  as  governor  of  Utah,  but 
on  that  point  it  should  be  said  that  the  doc- 
trine of  polygamy  had  not  then  been  declared 
by  the  Mormon  church.  The  majority  in  con- 
gress was  hostile  to  him  throughout  his  ad- 
ministration, but  the  country,  nevertheless, 
owes  him  thanks  for  a  number  of  acts  of 
great  importance.  Chief  of  these  was  the  send- 
ing of  Commodore  Perry  to  Japan  and  the 
opening  of  that  country  to  trade.  He  also 
sent  the  Lynch  expedition  to  Africa,  the  Ring- 
gold expedition  to  China,  and  the  Herndon 
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Lopez  insurrection  in  Cuba  called  for  rigid 
measures  to  suppress  filibustering,  and  the 
visit  of  Kossuth  to  this  country  required  a 
declaration  against  interference  with  foreign 
affairs,  despite  the  President's  personal  sym- 
pathy with  the  Hungarion  patriot.  Postal 
rates  were  lowered  and  the  capitol  was  en- 
larged. Mr.  Fillmore's  estrangement  from 
his  former  friend,  Thurlow  Weed,  was  an- 
other famous  incident.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  renomination  at  the  Whig  national  con- 
vention in  1852,  but  could  command  only 
twenty  votes  from  the  free  states,  although 
his  policies  were  indorsed  by  a  vote  of  227 
to  60.  After  his  retirement  he  made  a  tour 
through  the  south,  speaking  frequently  in  the 
hopes  of  calming  the  political  animosity  then 
raging.  Later,  in  1855-6,  he  made  a  tour  of 
Europe.  It  was  while  he  was  abroad  in  1856 
that  he  was  nominated  again  for  president  by 
the  American  party,  to  which  many  of  the 
former  Whigs  had  gone  at.  that  time.  The 
remnants  of  the  Whig  party  met  at  Baltimore 
in  September  and  indorsed  Mr.  Fillmore.  He 
received,  however,  only  the  eight  electoral 
votes  of  the  state  of  Maryland.  Returning 
to  Buffalo,  he  lived  in  the  Fillmore  mansion, 
now  the  Castle  Inn,  on  Niagara  Square.  His 
lack  of  sympathy  with  the  northern  cause  sub- 
jected him  to  some  unpleasant  experience  in 
the  early  stages  of  the  civil  war.  Neverthe- 
less, he  entertained  President  Lincoln  at  his 
house  during  Mr.  Lincoln's  visit  to  Buffalo 
in  1861,  and  he  headed  the  citizens'  commit- 
tee which  met  Mr.  Lincoln's  funeral  train  in 
1865.  He  was  chosen  as  the  first  captain  of 
the  Union  Continentals,  an  organization  of 
well-known  Buffalo  men  whose  chief  func- 
tion was  to  arouse  enthusiasm,  encourage  re- 
cruiting and  act  as  an  escort  for  departing 
volunteers.  Mr.  Fillmore  personally  marched 
in  full  uniform  with  this  organization.  He 
was  also  chairman  of  the  committee  of  public 
safety.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Buffalo  General  Hospital  and  of  the  Buffalo 
Historical  Society,  chancellor  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Buffalo,  and  aided  in  establishing  the 
Fine  Arts  Academy  and  the  Society  of  Na- 
tural Sciences. 

He  married  (first)  February  5,  1826,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Abigail  (New- 
land)  Powers,  born  in  Stillwater,  New  York, 
March,  1789.  Her  father  was  a  Baptist 
clergyman  at  Moravia,  New  York,  at  the  time 
of  the  marriage.     Ill  health  and  mourning  for 


a  deceased  sister  prevented  her  from  taking 
a  very  active  part  in  social  affairs  during  her 
husband's  administration,  and  soon  after  the 
close  of  his  term  she  died  at  the  City  Hotel 
(Willard's)  in  Washington,  March  30,  1853. 
She  was  buried  in  Forest  Lawn  Cemetery, 
Buffalo.  For  his  second  wife  Mr.  Fillmore 
married,  February  10,  1858,  at  Albany,  New 
York,  Caroline  C.  Mcintosh,  widow,  daughter 
ot  Charles  and  Temp«  (Blachly)  Carmichael 
of  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  She  died  August 
II,  1 88 1.  Mr.  Fillmore  suffered  a  stroke  of 
paralysis  February  13,  1874,  and  died  on 
March  8th  following.  He  was  buried  in  For- 
est Lawn  Cemetery.  Children,  by  first  wife: 
I.  Millard  Powers,  mentioned  below.  2.  Mary 
Abigail,  born  in  Buffalo,  March  27,  1832 ;  she 
was  educated  in  the  Buffalo  Normal  School, 
and  taught  for  a  time  in  one  of  the  public 
schools.  She  was  a  talented  musician,  playing 
the  harp  and  the  piano,  and  was  very  attract- 
ive. She  was  a  great  social  favorite  at  the 
White  House  during  her  father's  administra- 
tion. She  started  on  a  visit  to  East  Aurora 
on  the  morning  of  July  26,  1854,  and  died  the 
next  day  of  cholera,  aged  22, 

(VI)  Millard  rowers,  son  of  Millard  and 
Abigail  (Powers)  Fillmore,  was  born  in  East 
Aurora,  April  25,  1828.  He  became  a  law- 
yer, and  served  as  his  father's  private  secre- 
tary during  Mr.  Fillmore's  term  as  president. 
He  remained  a  bachelor,  making  his  home  in 
Buffalo,  and  died  November  15,  1889. 

(IV)  Simeon,  son  of  Nathaniel  (i)  and 
Hepzibah  (Wood)  Fillmore,  was  born  in  Ben- 
nington, Vermont,  December  13,  1768.  He 
removed  to  Paris  (now  Kirkland)  New  York, 
and  later  to  Clarence,  Erie  county.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Susanna  Glezen,  (second)  Lucy 
Pelton.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Gle- 
zen, born  1789;  married,  September  20, 
1809,  Levina  Atwill;  became  a  Methodist 
clergyman,  and  later  presiding  elder  of  the 
Niagara  district;  lived  at  Clarence,  Erie 
county,  and  died  there  January  26,  1875;  his 
wife  died  September  3,  1893,  at  the  age  of 
106,  the  oldest  resident  of  Erie  county.  2. 
Sherlock,  born  1793;  married  (first)  1817, 
Lois  Slosson,  who  died  in*  1844;  (second) 
Orra  Hamlin;  was  a  lieutenant  and  captain 
in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  of  Infantry  during 
the  war  of  1812;  lived  at  Clarence  as  a 
farmer.  3.  Hiram,  born  1801 ;  married,  1838, 
Julia  Webster,  widow;  lived  in  Michigan.  4. 
Asahel    Norton,   born    1807;   "larried    (first) 


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Lydia  A.  Webster,  of  Buffalo,  who  died  in 
1836;  (second)  1837,  Lovina  F.  Atwill;  be- 
came a  Methodist  clergyman,  and  presiding 
elder  of  the  Seneca  Lake  district;  lived  at 
Waterloo,  Seneca  county.  5.  Harriet,  born 
181 1 ;  married,  1827,  John  Conly. 

(IV)  Calvin,  son  of  Nathaniel  (i)  and 
Hepzibah  (Wood)  Fillmore,  was  born  in 
Bennington,  Vermont,  April  30,  1775.  He 
removed  to  Cayuga  county,  New  York,  with 
his  brother  Nathaniel  (2)  and  later  to  East 
Aurora.  In  the  war  of  181 2  he  was  made  a 
captain  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  of  Infan- 
try and  was  engaged  in  several  actions  on  the 
Niagara  frontier,  notably  one  near  Fort 
George,  in  which  he  was  successful  and  took 
some  prisoners.  He  was  promoted  to  major 
and  to  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  same  regiment, 
and  was  in  command  during  the  latter  part  of 
the  war.  He  became  coroner  of  Erie  county 
and  a  deputy  United  States  marshal,  and  in 
1824  was  elected  to  the  assembly.  He  mar- 
ried, December  12,  1797,  Jerusha  Turner,  who 
died  in  East  Aurora,  January  4,  1852.  Cal- 
vin Fillmore  died  in  East  Aurora,  October  22, 
1865. 


This  family,  originally  from 
BAILEY    England,  settled  in  Connecticut 

where  the  name  is  yet  common. 
The  American  ancestor  came  prior  to  the 
revolution.  Benjamin,  of  the  third  genera- 
tion, settled  in  Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania, 
while  Milton,  of  the  fourth,  founded  the  pres- 
ent family  in  Jamestown,  New  York.  The 
record  made  by  the  family  is  an  enviable  one 
and  continues  so  up  to  the  present  day. 

(I)  Jeremiah  Bailey  was  born  in  England 
and  came  to  the  American  colonies  early  in 
the  eighteenth  century,  being  then  a  young 
man.  He  settled  in  the  state  of  Connecticut, 
where  he  married  and  had  issue.  Little  more 
can  be  told  of  him. 

(II)  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  (1) 
Bailey,  was  born  in  Preston,  Connecticut, 
about  1740.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade, 
carrying  on  his  business  for  many  years  in 
Preston.  He  was  a  man  of  great  industry 
and  strict  integrity  in  all  his  business  deal- 
ings. Intellectually  he  was  far  above  the  av- 
erage man  of  his  day  but  not  successful  In 
accumulating  property.  He  married  a  lady  of 
education,  formerly  a  school  teacher,  who  bore 
a  most  enviable  reputation.  Children :  i . 
Samuel,  born  1764,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty- 


three  years ;  married  Cynthia  Meach.  2.  Asa, 
born  1767;  was  a  seafaring  man,  mate  of  a 
merchant  vessel;  he  was  lost  at  sea  leaving 
a  widow  and  one  son,  Erastus,  who  married 
and  settled  in  the  west.  3.  Benjamin,  of 
whom  further.  4.  Benajah,  born  1770;  was 
a  practicing  physician  of  northern  New  York 
or  Canada.  5.  Elizabeth,  the  only  daughter, 
was  born  1780;  she  married  John  Brigden 
and  lived  in  Norwich,  Connecticut;  children: 
Benajah,  Cynthia,  George  P.,  Sally  M. 

(Ill)  Benjamin,  third  son  of  Jeremiah  (2) 
Bailey,  was  born  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 7,  1768,  died  May  2,  1858.  With  lim- 
ited opportunities  and  early  thrown  upon  his 
own  resources,  he  yet  succeeded  in  obtaining 
a  good  education,  giving  much  attention  to 
music,  both  vocal  and  instrumental.  He  was 
fond  of  his  books  and  a  student  all  his  life. 
At  various  times  he  taught  school  and  was 
also  a  leader  and  teacher  of  ordinary  church 
music.  By  trade  he  was  a  tanner  and  cur- 
rier, also  learning  his  father's  trade  of  shoe- 
maker. He  carried  on  business  in  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  until  1804,  when  he  moved  with 
his  family  to  the  Wyoming  Valley  of  Penn- 
sylvania, settling  in  the  township  of  Wilkes- 
Barre  on  a  tract  of  twelve  acres  lying  two 
and  one-half  miles  north  of  the  court  house 
in  the  city  of  Wilkes-Barre.  As  he  prospered 
additional  lands  were  purchased  until  he 
owned  a  valuable  property  on  which  he  erected 
a  commodious  residence.  Here  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  leather  and  at  times 
(during  the  winter  season)  taught  in  the  vil- 
lage school.  Here  he  passed  his  remaining 
years,  honored  and  respected  by  all.  He  was 
elected  treasurer  of  Luzerne  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, handling  a  large  amount  of  public 
money,  all  of  which  was  faithfully  accounted 
for.  The  site  of  his  farm  is  now  covered  by 
a  thriving,  incorporated  borough,  while  un- 
derneath a  rich  vein  of  anthracite  coal  has 
brought  great  wealth  to  his  successors  in  own- 
ership, a  deposit  one  hundred  feet  thick  (of 
which  he  was  totally  unaware)  underlying  the 
entire  farm.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  in  good  standing  for  over  fifty 
years  preceding  his  death.  His  home,  near 
Wilkes-Barre,  was  always  a  home  for  minis- 
ters of  that  church,  nor  was  the  latch  string 
drawn  in  upon  the  approach  of  ministers  of 
other  evangelical  churches.  It  was  his  regu- 
lar practice  to  give  personal  attention  to  see- 
ing that  the  house  of  worship  was  in  com- 


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fortable  order  before  service  began,  whether 
the  minister  was  or  was  not  of  his  own  par- 
ticular faith.  The  covenant  meetings  of  his 
church  were  usually  held  at  his  residence. 

He  married,  November  2,T,  i794>  Lydia 
Gore,  born  May  7,  1768,  died  July  25,  1854 
(see  Gore  VI).  She  was  a  woman  of  quiet 
manners,  small  in  stature  and  attractive  in  ap- 
pearance, a  true  helpmeet  and  faithful  mother. 
She  was  baptized  with  her  husband  and  ad- 
mitted to  the  Baptist  church  in  1808.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Sidney  Smith,  born  November  22, 
1795,  died  September,  1858.;  married,  in  181 8, 
Laura,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Shaw.  He  was 
a  manufacturer  of  leather,  boots  and  shoes; 
dealt  in  merchandise,  lumber,  cattle  and  was 
exceedingly  active  in  business  operations.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  2.  Benja- 
min F.,  died  December  i,  1839;  married.  May 
20,  1 82 1,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  Stark.  He  settled  in  Abington,  near 
Factor>'ville  (now  Wyoming  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania) where  he  successfully  engaged  in  busi- 
ness. He  filled  several  public  offices  of  trust 
and  late  in  life  joined  the  Baptist  church.  3. 
Benajah  P.,  born  November  26,  1799,  died 
March  22,  185 1 ;  he  was  largely  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  lumber  and  in  merchan- 
dising. He  was  an  officer  of  the  civil  war, 
serving  as  colonel  of  the  Eighty-sixth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteers;  at  the  second 
battle  of  Bull  Run  he  was  wounded  and  re- 
tired from  the  army  in  shattered  health,  dy- 
ing not  long  afterward.  He  married  (first) 
January  4,  1821,  Parma,  eldest  daughter  of 
Captain  Hezekiah  Parsons.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) 1836,  Martha  Pierce.  4.  Caroline,  born 
February  10,  1802,  died  September  28,  1855; 
married  Jeremiah  Smith.  5.  Hannah,  born 
October  8,  1803,  died  December  i,  1839;  niar- 
ried  Samuel  Wilcox.  6.  Harriet,  born  De- 
cember 2,  1805,  died  March  22y  1851 ;  mar- 
ried Cornelius  Courtright  and  settled  in 
Newark,  Illinois.  7.  Avery  W.,  bom  July  7, 
1808,  died  March  9,  1856;  married  Lydia  At- 
water.  8.  Milton,  of  whom  further.  9.  Dan- 
iel Gore,  born  April  22,  1815;  married  Maria 
Scott,  of  English  parentage. 

Lydia  Gore,  wife  of  Benjamin  Bailey,  was 
a  descendant  of  John  (i)  Gore,  of  England, 
who  came  to  America  in  1635.  Obadiah 
Gore,  of  the  fourth  generation,  was  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  regular  continental  army  and 
at  the  massacre  of  Wyoming,  being  old,  was 


left  in  the  fort  (Forty  Fort)  to  help  protect 
the  women  and  children.  Seven  members  of 
the  Gore  family  were  in  the  battle  of  Wyom- 
ing, one  only  escaping  unhurt  and  five  lay 
dead  on  the  field  of  battle.  Children  of  Oba- 
diah Gore:  Obadiah,  Samuel,  Daniel,  Silas, 
George,  Asa,  and  John,  also  two  daughters. 
Silas,  George  and  Asa  and  the  two  sons-in- 
law  were  slain  at  Wyoming,  July  3,  1778, 
Daniel  losing  an  arm.  Captain  Daniel,  son 
of  Lieutenant  Obadiah  Gore,  after  his  escape 
at  Wyoming  with  the  loss  of  an  arm,  ren- 
dered important  service  to  the  government 
during  the  revolution  and  became  one  of  the 
most  noted  characters  of  western  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  married  a  Miss  Parks  and  had 
Daniel,  Obadiah,  George,  Polly,  Rachel,  Ly- 
dia and  Thirza  (or  Theresa).  Lydia  Gore 
married  Benjamin  Bailey. 

(IV)  Milton,  eighth  child  of  Benjamin 
Bailey,  was  born  February  13,  181 2.  He 
early  attended  the  public  district  school,  and 
when  ten  and  one-half  years  of  age  became 
an  inmate  of  the  home  of  his  brother,  Sidney 
S.,  at  Ulster,  Bradford  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  finished  his  studies  under  the  teach- 
ing of  Miss  Betsey  Starks.  As  he  grew  to 
manhood  he  learned  the  trade  of  tanner,  cur- 
rier and  shoemaker.  At  the  age  of  eighteen 
he  often  accompanied  his  brother  on  business 
trips  to  distant  points.  On  one  of  these  trips 
he  traveled  over  the  entire  length  of  the  rail- 
road from  Frenchtown  to  Newcastle,  Dela- 
ware, the  first  railroad  ever  built  in  this  country 
for  passenger  travel  upon  which  a  locomotive 
was  used  for  motive  power.  Also  traveled 
over  the  road  from  Mauch  Chunk  to  the  great 
Summit  coal  mines,  a  distance  of  nine  miles. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  taught  school 
and  traveled  the  following  years  as  a  cattle 
and  lumber  salesman  to  eastern  and  southern 
markets  in  Pennsylvania.  In  1835  ^^  mar- 
ried and  became  associated  in  business  with 
his  brother.  He  was  elected  justice  of  the 
peace,  serving  some  eight  years  until  his  re- 
moval from  Bradford  county.  In  1840,  he 
with  his  wife  and  two  children  were  baptized, 
the  parents  uniting  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  Soon  after  he  was  made  an 
official  member  and  from  that  time  until  his 
death  held  official  position  in  that  church,  of 
which  they  were  both  devoted  members.  He 
was  postmaster  at  Ulster  several  years  and 
a  school  director.  In  1844  he  closed  out  his 
business  in  Ulster,  which  city  had  been  his 


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home  for  twenty-two  years,  and  moved  to 
Newark  Valley,  Tioga  county,  New  York, 
where  he  established  a  boot  and  shoe  busi- 
ness, but  met  with  indifferent  success.  His 
health  becoming  impaired  he  acted  on  the  ad- 
vice of  his  physician  and .  made  an  extended 
trip  as  agent  for  the  sale  of  Bibles  and  relig- 
ious books.  He  next  obtained  a  position  as 
bookkeeper  at  Tamaqua,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  removed  his  family  after  disposing  of  the 
Newark  Valley  property.  In  1850  he  was 
ordained  a  local  preacher  by  Bishop  Elijah 
Hedding,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
at  Philadelphia,  on  March  31.  In  1855  he  ^^st 
his  wife  and  in  1856  married  a  second  wife. 
While  living  in  Tamaqua  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  borough  council  which  con- 
summated the  bringing  to  that  town  of  an 
abundance  of  pure  water  from  distant  springs. 
After  twelve  years  in  Tamaqua  he  joined  his 
brother,  Benajah  P.  Bailey,  at  Cory  don,  War- 
ren county,  Pennsylvania,  as  partner  in  the 
management  of  a  large  lumber  manufacturing 
plant,  removing  to  Corydon,  December  i, 
1859.  Here  he  was  postmaster,  member  of 
the  school  board,  and  owing  to  the  infrequency 
of  ministerial  services,  buried  the  dead,  per- 
formed marriages  and  other  ministerial  work. 
He  was  ordained  an  elder  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  by  Bishop  Simpson,  July  19, 
1859.  During  his  five  years  in  Corydon  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  and 
a  main  pillar  of  the  church. 

In  the  fall  of  1864  Mr.  Bailey  sold  his  in- 
terests in  Corydon,  where  he  had  been  very 
successful,  and  came  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  where  he  bought  an  established  gro- 
cery business  at  38  Main  street.  This  he  op- 
erated for  several  years,  then  sold  out  and 
accepted  a  general  fire,  life  and  accident  in- 
surance agency,  to  which  later  he  added  a  loan 
department.  He  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  establishment  of  the  Chautauqua  Lake 
Camp  Meeting  Association,  in  1870-71,  and 
built  the  first  cottage  within  the  grounds  at 
Fairpoint.  In  1875  he  joined  with  Rev.  Theo- 
dore I.  Flood  in  the  publication  of  The  Chau- 
tauqua Assembly  Herald  under  an  arrange- 
ment with  the  authorities  of  the  Chautauqua 
Sunday  School  Assembly.  Rev.  Flood  was 
the  editor,  Mr.  Bailey  the  business  manager. 
The  paper  met  with  marked  success  and  af- 
ter four  years  a  monthly  magazine  The  Chau- 
tauquan  was  established  under  the  same  man- 
agement, the  initial  number  being  published 


in  August,  1880.  At  about  this  time  Mr. 
Bailey  sold  his  interest  in  the  Chautauqua 
publications  to  Dr.  Flood  and  entered  into 
partnership  with  Charles  L.  Jeffords  and  Lu- 
ther S.  Lakin  for  the  manufacture  of  furni- 
ture. On  the  night  of  December  7,  1883, 
their  factory  burned  to  the  ground,  the  work 
of  an  incendiary.  For  the  succeeding  eight 
years  Mr.  Bailey  was  employed  as  traveling 
salesman,  quitting  the  road  in  the  spring  of 
1890.  While  a  resident  of  Jamestown  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
of  the  Jamestown  union  school  and  Collegiate 
Institute,  serving  eight  years,  ^e  also  con- 
tinued his  public  ministerial  work,  preaching 
in  the  surrounding  towns,  baptizing  and  per- 
forming much  other  work  as  his  license  al- 
lowed. He  led  a  long,  active  and  useful  life, 
rearing  a  large  family  and  rendering  efficient 
service  in  religious  and  public  life.  He  died 
universally  loved  and  respected  by  aU.  On  a 
memorial  window  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  at  Tamaqua,  Pennsylvania,  is  inscribed 
the  name  of  Milton  Bailey  and  his  wife  Mary. 
This  was  placed  there  thirty  years  after  his 
removal,  by  the  trustees,  in  remembrance  of 
his  active  interest  in  church  and  Sunday 
school  during  his  twelve  years  residence  in 
that  village. 

He  married  (first)  September  10,  1835, 
Lodoiska  M.  Lent,  adopted  daughter  of  James 
Elliott.  She  died  at  Tamaqua,  Pennsylvania, 
December  20,  1855,  after  a  married  life  of 
over  twenty  years,  the  mother  of  foqr  chil- 
dren. He  married  (second)  December  24, 
1856,  Fanny  G.,  daughter  of  Dr.  Daniel  An- 
drews, one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Smithfield, 
Bradford  county,  Pennsylvania,  going  there 
when  young  from  Canaan,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  physician  of  long  practice  and  of  great 
influence  in  the  community  and  in  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church.  Children  of  first  mar- 
riage: I.  Maria  Louise,  born  July  29,  1836; 
married  Conrad  F.  Shindel,  a  veteran  of  the 
civil  war;  children:  Ella,  Clarence,  Elizabeth, 
Charles,  Louise.  2.  Katherine  Elliot,  bom 
August  25,  1838;  married,  June  28,  i860, 
William  R.  Allen.  Children:  Anna,  Louise, 
and  two  who  died  in  infancy.  3.  Emma  Ma- 
tilda, born  February  20,  1841,  died  June  29, 
1842.  4.  Clarence  Edward,  bom  April  8,  1843, 
died  December  13,  1862;  enlisted  in  1862  in 
Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-ninth 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers.  He  saw^ 
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and  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1862,  was  shot  through  the  heart.  His 
body  was  never  found,  having  been  buried  by 
the  enemy.  Children  of  second  marriage :  5. 
Colonel  Charles  Austin,  born  June  21,  1859; 
appointed  cadet  at  the  military  academy,  West 
Point,  1876,  after  a  competitive  examination; 
was  graduated  June  21,  1880,  eighth  in  his 
class.  He  was  at  once  attached  to  the  First 
Regiment,  United  States  Artillery ;  took  post- 
graduate course  of  two  years  at  Fortress  Mon- 
roe; in  1890  traveled  six  months  in  Europe 
visiting  military  stations;  in  1893  was  post 
quartermaster  located  at  New  York ;  now  col- 
onel of  a  regiment  in  the  coast  artillery.  He 
married,  in  San  Francisco,  California,  Novem- 
ber 4,  189 — ,  Mollie  Dodge,  of  that  city. 
Children:  Ormira,  Polly.  6.  Benjamin  Mil- 
ton, born  April  29.  1861 ;  educated  at  James- 
town union  school  and  Eastman's  Business 
College,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York;  was 
treasurer  of  the  Woolson  Spice  Company,  To- 
ledo, Ohio ;  manager  of  the  Andrews  Oil  Com- 
pany, of  Bradford,  Pennsylvania;  manager, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Bradford  Hard- 
wood Lumber  Company;  now  (1911)  one  of 
the  proprietors  of  the  Bailey  Table  Company, 
of  Jamestown,  New  York.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1888,  Emily  May,  daughter  of  Frank 
W.  Andrews,  of  Bradford,  Pennsylvania. 
Children:  Frances,  Helen,  Milton,  Roger, 
Mary,  Carol.  7.  Mary  Lodeska,  born  August 
23,  1863,  di^d  July  20,  1887;  unmarried.  She 
was  educated  at  Jamestown  union  school  and 
afterward  engaged  in  teaching.  8.  Emma 
Bird,  born  October  24,  1866,  died  young.  9. 
William  S.,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  William  Shindel,  son  of  Milton  Bailey, 
was  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  January 
7,  1869.  ^^  W21S  educated  at  Jamestown 
union  school  and  Collegiate  Institute,  leaving 
school  at  the  age-  of  fourteen  years,  owing  to 
trouble  with  his  eyes.  He  entered  the  employ 
of  The  Jamestown  Journal,  as  office  boy,  and 
worked  his  way  up  to  a  partnership.  He  was 
connected  with  The  Journal  for  fifteen  years, 
the  last  years  being  treasurer  of  the  company 
and  in  charge  of  the  editorial  department. 
In  1889  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  The 
Journal  and  became  director  of  publications 
for- the  Chautauqua  Assembly,  now  the  Chau- 
tauqua Institution.  He  continued  in  this  po- 
sition four  years,  removing  his  residence  to 
Qeveland,  Ohio,  where  the  assembly  general 
office  was  located.    He  was  in  entire  manage- 


ment of  the  Chautauqua  publications  and  edi- 
torial manager  of  The  Assembly  Daily  Herald, 
at  Chautauqua.  His  long  years  of  training 
and  experience  with  The  Journal  had  fully 
qualified  him  for  this  important  post,  which 
he  filled  with  great  credit  to  himself  and 
profit  to  the  Chautauqua  Institution.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1902,  he  resigned  and  in  association 
with  Cyrus  E.  Jones  and  John  H.  Wiggins, 
incorporated  the  **  Chautauqua  School  of 
Nursing'*  at  Jamestown,  of  which  he  is  sec- 
retary and  treasurer.  The  following  resolu- 
tion was  adopted  by  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Chautauqua  Institution,  at  the  close  of  the 
last  year  of  its  department  of  publications,  at 
which  time  Mr.  Bailey  severed  his  relation 
with  the  institution : 

The  committee  to  whom  were  referred  the  re- 
port of  William  S.  Bailey,  director  of  publica- 
tions, would  respectfully  report  that  we  have  ex- 
amined and  discussed  the  document.  We  hnd 
that  Mr.  Bailey  has  displayed  marked  ability, 
loyalty  to  his  institution  and  intelligent  compre- 
hension of  the  needs  of  the  publication  depart- 
ment. To  our  personal  knowledge  he  has  la- 
bored unceasingly  in  the  interest  of  Chautauqua, 
and  we  consider  the  exhibit  that  he  has  been 
able  to  make  highly  creditable  to  him  as  head  of 
one  of  the  important  departments  of  the  Insti- 
tution, and  we  recommend  that  the  secretary  of 
the  board  transmit  to  Mr.  Bailey  a  copy  of  this 
report  coupled  with  the  hearty  thanks  and  ap- 
preciation of  the  board. 

Respectfully, 

Fred   W.    Hyde. 

Ira   M.   Miller. 

W.    A.    Duncan,    Committee. 

The  Chautauqua  School  of  Nursing  re- 
ceived more  extended  notice  in  sketch  of  Cyrus 
E.  Jones.  The  particular  work  of  Mr.  Bailey 
is  in  connection  with  the  educational  litera- 
ture of  the  school,  which  is  of  the  very  highest 
order. 

Mr.  Bailey  enlisted  in  the  Fenton  Guards 
(now  Thirteenth  Separate  Company,  New 
York  National  Guards)  in  1887,  and  was  hon- 
orably discharged  in  October,  1892.  For  five 
years  he  was  secretary  of  the  civil  organiza- 
tion of  the  "Guards."  For  six  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Ellicott  Hook  and  Ladder 
Company  of  the  Jamestown  Volunteer  Fire 
Department,  and  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  company.  He  belongs  to  the  Jamestown 
Qub,  and  the  Chadakoin  Boat  Club,  which  he 
served  as  commodore  in  1908-09.  During  his 
fidministration  the  club  removed  from  their 
old  quarters  at  Greenhurst  to  the  new  club 
house  and  beautiful  harbor  at  Lakewood,  one 


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of  the  very  best  locations  on  Chautauqua 
Lake.  He  is  an  independent  Republican  in 
politics,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  James- 
town board  of  education,  1908-11. 

He  married,  October  14,  1896,  at  James- 
town, Sagrid  Wilhelmina,  born  there  June  28, 
1875,  daughter  of  Elof  and  Minnie  (Burlin) 
Rosencrantz,  both  born  in  Sweden  but  mar- 
ried in  Jamestown.  Her  father  was  one  of 
the  earliest  Swedish  settlers  and  is  one  of 
Jamestown's  prominent,  substantial  citizens. 
Mrs.  Bailey  is  a  graduate  of  Jamestown  high 
school,  belongs  to  the  First  Congregational 
Church  and  the  Mozart  Club.  Children: 
William  Shindel,  born  October  2,  1898; 
Aleric  Rosencrantz,  June  26,  1909. 

(The  Gore  Line). 

(I)  The  immigrant  ancestor,  John  Gore,  and 
Rhoda,  his  wife,  came  from  England  to  Amer- 
ica in  1635,  settling  at  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Gore,  married 
Elizabeth  Wells. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Gore,  married  Hannah  Draper. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Obadiah  Gore,  son  of 
Samuel  (2)  Gore,  married  Hannah  Park. 

(V)  Captain  Daniel  Gore,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant Obadiah  Gore,  married  Mary  Parks. 

(VI)  Lydia,  daughter  of  Captain  Daniel 
Gore,  married  Benjamin  Bailey  (see  Bailey 
III). 


The  Fuller  family  in  America 
FULLER  traces  its  ancestry  back  to  Rob- 
ert Fuller,  of  Redenhall,  Eng- 
land, a  butcher,  who  in  the  beginning  of  the 
seventeenth  century  lived  in  comfortable  cir- 
cumstances with  his  wife,  Frances,  and  some 
six  or  eight  children,  sons  and  daughters,  for 
whom  he  provided  amply  at  his  death,  in  ac- 
cordance with  his  will  which  is  on  record  and 
which  is  reproduced  in  the  Genealogy  of  the 
Fuller  Family.  Among  the  sons  of  Robert 
Fuller  of  Redenhall  were  Edward  and  Sam- 
uel, who  came  over  to  this  country  in  the 
''Mayflower'*  in  1620.  Samuel,  known  as  Dr. 
Samuel  Fuller,  was  a  physician,  eminent  in 
his  profession,  pious,  and  wise  in  counsel;  he 
was  one  of  the  band  of  Pilgrims,  persecuted 
on  account  of  his  religious  convictions,  who 
escaped  from  England  to  Holland  in  1608, 
and  settled  in  Leyden,  emigrating  to  Amer- 
ica  in    1620.     Edward,   his   brother,   who   it 


seems  had  remained  in  England,  inheriting 
house  and  lands  from  his  father,  sailed  direct 
from  Southampton,  where  the  **Speedwell,'' 
with  the  emigrants  from  Holland,  joined  the 
"Mayflower;''  the  "Speedwell,"  proving  un- 
seaworthy,  returned  after  the  two  vessels  had 
started  on  the  long  journey  across  the  Atlan- 
tic, and  the  "Mayflower"  proceeded  on  the 
voyage  alone. 

(I)  Edward  Fuller,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  line  of  the  family  in  America,  was  the 
son  of  Robert  Fuller,  butcher,  and  was  bap- 
tized September  4,  1575,  in  the  parish  of  Re- 
denhall, county  of  Norfolk,  England.  As  no 
trace  of  him  has  been  found  to  indicate  that 
he  was  with  the  other  Pilgrims  in  Holland, 
it  would  seem  that  he  joined  the  others  at 
Southampton,  as  stated  above,  coming  over 
in  the  "Mayflower"  in  1620,  and  landing  at 
Cape  Cod  in  November.  As  stated  by  Gov- 
ernor Bradford,  "Edward  Fuller  and  his  wife 
died  soon  after  they  came  on  shore."  Ed- 
ward died  at  Plymouth,  between  January  11 
and  April  10,  1621 ;  his  wife,  whose  name  is 
sometimes  given  as  Ann,  but  is  really  wholly 
unknown,  died  early  in  1621,  after  January 
nth.  Their  only  child  was  Samuel,  who 
came  over  with  them  in  the  "Mayflower." 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Edward  Fuller,  was 
born  about  161 2,  at  some  place  in  England 
not  yet  determined,  no  record  of  his  birth 
or  baptism  having  been  discovered.  He  grew 
up.  under  the  care  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  Samuel 
Fuller,  at  Plymouth.  He  had  three  acres  at 
the  division  of  lands  in  1623,  receiving,  it  is 
thought,  those  of  his  father  and  mother,  and 
one  for  himself;  this  is  not  quite  certain, 
however,  as  it  would  seem  to  indicate  that 
he  must  have  been  at  least  sixteen  years  of 
age  at  that  time,  and  his  birth  therefore  some 
years  previous  to  the  date  which  has  been  as- 
sumed. The  land  assigned  to  him  was  on 
the  south  side  of  the  town  brook,  "to  the 
woodward,"  and  included  what  is  now  Wat- 
son's Hill.  His  neighbors  were  John  How- 
land,  Stephen  Hopkins,  Edward  Winslow, 
Gilbert  Winslow,  and  the  Indian  Hobomok. 
At  the  death  of  his  uncle,  of  whose  house 
he  was  an  inmate,  he  was  left  certain  cattle, 
swine,  and  personal  effects,  and  having 
reached  man's  estate,  being  from  twenty^one 
to  twenty-five  years  of  age,  started  out  to 
seek  a  home.  He  became  a  freeman  of  the 
colony  in  1634,  and  settled  in  the  nearby  town 
of  Scituate,  where  on  April  8-18,    1635,   he 


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married  Jane,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Lathrop, 
the  pastor  of  the  Scituate  Church.  He  joined 
this  church,  receiving  a  letter  of  dismissal 
from  the  church  at  Plymouth.  In  1636  he 
built  for  himself  the  fifteenth  house  in  Sci- 
tuate, on  Greenfield  street,  **a  small  plaine 
pallizadse  House;"  the  walls  were  made  of 
poles  filled  between  with  stones  and  clay,  the 
roof  thatched,  the  chimney  to  the  mantel  of 
rough  stones  and  above  of  cob-work,  the  win- 
dows of  oiled  paper,  and  the  floors  of  hand 
sawed  planks.  The  kind  of  house  has  been 
described  as  "meane,"  but  all  the  houses  in 
the  village  were  alike.  He  had  about  twenty 
acres  of  land,  probably  a  grant  from  the  town. 
In  1639  th^  Rtv.  Mr.  Lathrop  and  many  of 
the  members  of  his  church  removed  and 
founded  the  town  of  Barnstable,  probably  at 
the  time  the  most  easterly  settlement  on  Cape 
Cod.  If  Samuel  Fuller  and  his  young  wife 
did  not  at  once  follow  him  thither,  they  did 
so  in  a  few  years.  Captain  Matthew  Fuller, 
Samuel's  cousin,  appears  to  have  removed 
from  Plymouth  at  about  the  same  time,  and 
together  they  bought  of  Secunke,  an  Indian, 
that  portion  of  Scorton  or  Sandy  Neck  which 
lies  within  the  town  of  Barnstable.  Samuel 
also  bought  other  lands,  and  lived  in  the 
northwest  angle  of  the  town  in  a  secluded 
spot,  where  few  had  occasion  to  pass.  He 
had  been  a  constable  at  Scituate  in  1641,  and 
his  name  appears  a  few  times  as  juryman,  or 
on  committees  to  settle  difficulties  with  the 
Indians.  He  was  the  only  one  of  the  pas- 
sengers of  the  "Mayflower"  who  settled  per- 
manently at  Barnstable,  and  one  of  the  late  sur- 
vivors of  that  company.  He  died  October  31 
(November  10),  1683,  at  Barnstable,  Massa- 
chusetts; and  was  buried,  if  not  on  his  own 
estate,  in  the  ancient  burial  place  at  Lathrop's 
Hill  in  Barnstable,  near  the  site  of  the  first 
meeting  house.    No  gravestone  now  exists. 

After  his  marriage  to  Jane  Lathrop,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  John  Lathrop,  "at  Mr.  Cudworth*s 
house  in  Scituate,  by  Captain  Miles  Standish, 
magistrate,  'on  ye  fourthe  daye  of  ye  weeke,' 
April  8-18,  1635,"  there  is  perhaps  only  one 
mention  to  be  found  of  her;  this  in  1650, 
when  her  consent  is  appended  to  a  deed  of 
sale  by  her  husband.  Her  death,  however, 
seems  to  have  preceded  her  husband's.  Their 
children  were:  i.  Hannah,  born  in  Scituate; 
married,  January  i,  1658-59,  Nicholas  Bon- 
ham,  of  Barnstable.  2.  Samuel,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary   II,    1637,   at   Scituate.     3.    Elizabeth. 


married  Joseph  (?)  Taylor.  4.  Sarah,  bap- 
tized August  I,  1 641,  by  Rev.  John  Lathrop; 
died  about  1651-54.  5.  Mary,  baptized  June 
16,  1644,  by  Rev.  John  Lathrop;  married,  in 
1674,  Joseph  Williams,  son  of  John  Williams, 
of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  6.  Thomas, 
born  May  18,   1651,  died  young.     7.  Sarah, 

bom  December  10,  1654;  married Crowe 

(probably  John  Crowell  Sr.,  of  Yarmouth).  8. 
John,  see  further  mention.  9.  Infant,  born 
February  8,  1658,  died  fifteen  days  after. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  and  Jane  (Lath- 
rop) Fuller,  was  born  at  Barnstable  in  about 
the  year  1656.  He  was  called  "Little  John," 
to  distinguish  him  from  his  cousin.  Dr.  John 
Fuller.  He  lived  on  his  father's  estate  at 
Scorton  Neck  until  1694,  when  he  removed 
to  East  Haddam.  Here  he  seems  to  have 
prospered  in  worldly  estate;  about  1721  he 
conveyed  to  each  of  his  seven  sons  ample  lands 
and  farming  implements ;  the  signature  of  his 
will  is  very  poor,  showing  extreme  age  or  in- 
firmity. He  died  at  East  Haddam,  Connecti- 
cut, between  February  28  and  May  20,  1726. 
About  the  year  1678  he  married  Mehitabel, 
daughter  of  Moses  Rowley;  she  was  born  at 
Barnestable,  Massachusetts,  January  11,  1660- 
61,  died  in  East  Haddam  about  1732.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Thomas,  see  further  mention.  2. 
Samuel,  born  about  1682,  in  Barnstable.  3. 
Shubael,  born  about  1684,  in  Barnstable.  4. 
Thankful,  born  about  1688,  in  Barnstable; 
married  Jabez  Crippen,  son  of  Thomas  Crip- 
pen,  of  Falmouth.  5.  Deborah,  born  about 
1689;  married,  in  1716,  John,  son  of  Moses 
and  Mary  Rowley;  died  in  1752,  leaving  chil- 
dren. 6.  Edward,  born  about  1691,  at  Barn- 
stable. 7.  Elizabeth,  born  about  1693,  at 
Barnstable;  married  Samuel  Rowley,  her 
cousin,  of  East  Haddam  and  Hebron,  Con- 
necticut; was  living  in  1766.  8.  John,  born 
November  10,  1697,  at  East  Haddam.  9. 
Joseph,  born  March  i,  1699- 1700,  ^^  East 
Haddam.  10.  Benjamin,  born  October  20, 
1701,  at  East  Haddam.  11.  Anne,  born  about 
1703-04;  married  in  1727,  Jonathan  Rowley, 
of  East  Haddam  and  Sharon.  12.  Mehitabel, 
born  April  6,  1706,  at  East  Haddam;  married 
Benjamin  Kneeland. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Mehitabel 
(Rowley)  Fuller,  was  born  about  1679,  *" 
Barnstable,  died  April  9,  1772,  in  East  Had- 
dam, Connecticut.    He  married  Elizabeth , 

born  about  1689,  died  November  5,  1784,  at 
East  Haddam.     Children:     i.  Ebenezer,  see 


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further  mention.  2.  Thomas,  born  April  5, 
1717;  married  (first)  Martha  Rowley,  (sec- 
ond)  Mary  Hosmer.     3.  Nathan,  born  April 

20,  1 719;  married  Abigail .    4.  Hannah, 

born  March  21,  1720;  married,  in  1743,  Cap- 
tain William  Church,  of  East  Haddam.  5. 
Jabez,  born  February  19,  1722;  married  Lois 
Hubbard.  6.  Jonathan,  born  January  12,  1725, 
died  1758,  unmarried.  7.  Elizabeth,  born 
March,  1727;  married  Samuel  Church,  of 
East  Haddam. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth Fuller,  was  born  October  27,  171 5,  in 
East  Haddam,  died  September  30,  1749,  in 
Hebron,  Connecticut.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1738,  Mary  Rowley,  probably  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  and  Martha  (Porter)  Rowley, 
of  Colchester  and  East  Haddam,  born  Decem- 
ber 5,  1708,  at  Colchester,  died  at  Hebron, 
Pebruary  5,  1798.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer, 
born  May  8,  1739,  at  Hebron.  2.  Dimmis, 
bom  October  i,  1742,  at  Hebron;  married 
Solomon  Huntington,  of  Hebron;  died  at 
East  Haddam  in  1800.  3.  Mary,  born  Au- 
gust 25,  1743;  married  John  Filer.  4.  Ozias, 
born  September  25,  1745.  5.  Roger,  born 
July  21,  1747.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  April  5, 
1750;  married,  in  1769,  Joshua  Phelps  Jr. 
All  the  above  children  born  at  Hebron. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
and  Mary  (Rowley)  Fuller,  was  born  May 
8,  1739,  at  Hebron,  Connecticut.  He  enHsted 
May  8,  1762,  in  Captain  Timothy  Northam's 
company  in  the  service  of  the  Province  of 
New  York  (see  muster  rolls  in  New  York 
Historical  Society  Collection,  1891).  He  mar- 
ried Abigail  Hendee,  March  20,  1764.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hebron:  i.  Rowena,  born 
March  3,  1765;  married,  in  1784,  Jared 
Phelps,  son  of  John  and  Deborah  (Dewey) 
Phelps.  2.  Abigail,  born  November  25,  1766, 
died  1853,  in  Becket,  Massachusetts;  married 
Nathan  Phelps,  son  of  John  and  Deborah 
(Dewey)  Phelps.  3.  Mehitabel,  born  Febru- 
ary 13,  1770,  died  December  6,  1773.  4. 
Ebenezer,  see  further  mention.  5.  Mehitabel, 
born  May  26,  1775,  died  April  17,  1869,  in 
Becket,  Massachusetts;  married,  January  9, 
1800,  Jesse  Rudd.  6.  Elizabeth,  born  May  i, 
1778.  7.  Sally,  born  June  28,  1782;  married 
Elihu  Watrous,  in  1812.  8.  Arethusa,  born 
April,  1785,  died  April  17,  1869;  married, 
April  3,  1807,  Isaiah  Kingsley,  died  in  Becket, 
Massachusetts. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 


and  Abigail  (Hendee)  Fuller,  was  born  No- 
vember 8,  1772,  in  Hebron,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  cheerful,  energetic,  active  and  industri- 
ous man,  having  many  friends.  He  married, 
in  March,  1801,  Hannah  House,  born  July  25, 
1782,  died  April  16,  1847;  they  settled  in 
Cazenovia,  New  York,  about  1802,  and  here 
Ebenezer  Fuller  died  !May  10,  1858.  Their 
children,  all  born  in  Cazenovia,  were:  i. 
Polly,  bom  March  19,  1802,  died  February 
7,  1854.  2.  Erastus,  born  November  25,  1803 ; 
married  Lucretia  Gilbert.  3.  Harriet,  born 
October  25,  1804,  died  January  25,  1876,  at 
Corning,  New  York;  married  David  Smith, 
who  died  in  1864,  and  had  son  James,  who 
died  in  1902.  4.  Emily,  born  July  27,  1806, 
died  February,  1858;  married  Orange  Hill 
and  had  one  daughter.  5.  John  H..  born  Janu- 
ary 9,  1809;  married  (first)  Wilhelmina 
Tucker,  (second)  Susan  Carder.  6.  Terrell, 
born  August  18,  1813;  married  (first)  Char- 
lotte Frizell,  ( second)  Jane  Card.  7.  Dwight 
A.,  born  January  27,  181 5;  married  Jane  E. 
Merrick.    8.  George  Washington,  born  March 

11,  1818;  married  Adeline  Bradley.  9.  Ralph 
D.,  see  further  mention. 

(VIII)  Ralph  D..  son  of  Ebenezer  (3)  and 
Hannah  (House)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Caze- 
novia, New  York,  February  26,  1820.  He  was 
the  earliest  of  this  branch  of  the  Fuller  fam- 
ily to  settle  in  Chautauqua  county,  New  York. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  school,  and 
lived  in  Cazenovia  until  1840  when  he  re- 
moved to  Portland,  Chautauqua  county,  and 
for  thirty  years  engaged  in  merchandising, 
for  four  years  in  company  with  William  Barn- 
hart,  and  the  remaining  twenty-six  years  alone. 
In  1866,  while  still  in  Portland,  he  purchased 
a  wine  cellar  and  wine  making  plant,  and 
thereafter  was  also  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  wine.  In  September,  1879,  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  J.  A.  H.  Skinner,  which 
continued  until  Mr.  Fuller's  death,  in  1886. 
He  was  a  prominent  politician  in  the  town, 
being  a  Democrat,  and  holding  the  appoint- 
ment of  supervisor  and  various  other  public 
offices  in  Portland.  He  died  possessed  of  a 
large  estate  accumulated  through  his  own  un- 
tiring industry  and  ability,  having  inaugurated 
the  wine  making  business  in  the  village.  His 
death  occurred  May  20,  1886.  He  married,  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  December  22,  1859, 
Adeline   Coney,  born  in  Portland,   February 

12,  1830,  and  who,  in  1911,  still  survived  him. 
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(Fales)  Coney,  who  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children:  Lucius  Coney,  married  Diana 
Lowry;  Dexter  F.  Coney,  married  Thirza 
Burley;  DeWitt  Clinton  Coney,  married  Car- 
rie   ;  Jeremiah  Coney,  a  veteran  of  the 

civil  war  from  Colorado,  who  died  unmarried ; 
Adeline  Coney,  married  Ralph  D.  Fuller; 
John  R.  Coney,  married  Mary  Young;  Alice 
Coney,  died  young ;  Oliver  Coney,  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty-two  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ralph 
D.  Fuller  had  but  one  child,  George  Washing- 
ton, see  further  mention. 

(IX)  George  Washington,  son  of  Ralph  D. 
and  Adeline  (Coney)  Fuller,  was  bom  in  Port- 
land, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 26,  i860. 

He  received  an  excellent  practical  education 
at  the  public  schools  and  at  Westfield  Academy. 
After  completing  his  studies  he  became  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  father,  and  under 
his  expert  teaching  grew  thoroughly  versed 
in  grape  culture  and  the  art  of  making  wine. 
Upon  his  father's  death  he  became  manager 
of  the  business  in  partnership  with  J.  A.  H. 
Skinner.  The  firm.  Fuller  &  Skinner,  con- 
tinued the  manufacture  of  wines  ulitil  1907, 
when  Mr.  Fuller  purchased  his  partner's  in- 
terest and  continued  the  business  alone  until 
poor  health  compelled  him  to  dispose  of  the 
manufacturing  plant.  Since  then  he  has  de- 
voted himself  exclusively  to  grape  culture  and 
the  management  of  his  vineyards.  He  is  one 
of  Portland's  business  men,  and  a  leading  and 
prosperous  citizen.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat and  is  greatly  interested  in  the  public  wel- 
fare, though  he  has  never  sought  nor  held 
office  of  any  kind. 

George  W.  Fuller  is  a  member  in  high 
standing  of  the  following  organizations :  King 
Solomon's  Lodge,  No.  219,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Westfield;  Westfield  (Thapter,  No. 
239,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Dunkirk  Council, 
No.  25,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Dunkirk 
Commandery,  No.  40,  Knights  Templar ;  Buf- 
falo" Consistory,  thirty-second  degree,  Ancient 
and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite.  Mr.  Fuller  mar- 
ried, May  5,  1891,  Berneda  Fay,  at  Portland, 
New  York;  she  is  the  daughter  of  Elisha  H. 
and  Ada  Dodge  Fay,  and  was  born  March  i, 
1869  (see  Fay  VHI).  The  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Fuller,  all  born  in  Portland,  are  as 
follows:  Viola  Beatrice,  March  13,  1893; 
Ralph  D.,  August  26,  1897;  Donald  (T.,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1899;  Gertrude  L.,  January  i,  1904; 
George  Winston,  March  6,  1907. 


(The   Fay   Line). 

(H)  David  Fay,  son  of  John  Fay,  the  im- 
migrant (q.  V.)  was  born  in  Marlborough, 
Massachusetts,  April  23,  1679,  died  April  10, 
1738.  He  inherited  the  homestead  in  Marl- 
borough and  settled  in  that  part  of  the  town 
apportioned  as  Southborough.  About  1731 
he  built  a  grist  mill  on  Stony  Brook;  he  was 
constable  and  selectman  of  Southborough,  and 
his  house  was  one  of  those  chosen  as  a  garri- 
son for  protection  against  the  Indians.  On 
April  2,  1 710,  he  became  a  member  of  the 
church.  He  married,  May  i,  1699,  Sarah  Lar- 
kin.    There  were  twelve  children. 

(HI)  Captain  Aaron  Fay,  tenth  child  of 
David  Fay,  was  born  in  Southborough,  Mas- 
sachusetts, April  18,  1 719,  died  very  suddenly 
in  his  carriage  near  the  Stony  Brook  station 
in  his  native  town,  in  January,  1798.  He 
built  a/nill  near  Stony  Brook,  afterward  re- 
moved to  the  old  homestead  of  his  grand- 
father. He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war;  and  was  a  tithingman,  overseer  of  the 
poor,  and  captain  of  militia.  He  married 
(first)  Thankful  Newton,  born  July  27,  1719, 
died  1756,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Bethia 
(Rice)  Newton.  There  were  ten  children. 
He  married  (second)  Eunice  Brandish.  There 
were  ten  children. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  fourth  child  of  Captain 
Aaron  Fay  by  his  first  wife,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1747,  died  in  Southborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  10,  1812.  He  married  Ruth 
Rice.  Sons:  Elijah,  Elisha,  Nathaniel  and 
Hollis,  all  of  whom  were  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  the  town  of  Portland,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York.  Elijah  and  Elisha  have 
further  mention.  Nathan  Fay,  not  a  brother, 
also  settled  early  in  the  town. 

(V)  Deacon  Elijah  Fay,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Fay,  was  born  in  Southborough,  Massachu- 
setts, September  9,  1781,  died  in  Portland, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  August  23, 
i860.  He  married,  prior  to  181 1,  Lucy  Bel- 
knap, of  Westborough,  Massachusetts,  who 
died  January  18,  1872.  In  181 1  he  came  with 
his  wife  to  Portland  in  a  wagon  drawn  by  a 
yoke  of  oxen  and  a  horse ;  forty-one  days  were 
consumed  in  making  the  journey  from  Massa- 
chusetts. He  settled  on  lot  No.  20,  township 
No.  5,  one  hundred  and  seventy-nine  acres; 
his  first  log  cabin  was  built  and  ready  for  oc- 
cupancy, January  i,  181 2.  The  next  year  he 
built  a  better  house,  using  the  first  as  a  barn 
and  enclosing  the  space  between  for  a  thresh- 


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ing  floor.  Three  years  later  a  still  better  house 
was  built,  which  the  family  occupied  in  183 1, 
when  the  present  residence  was  built.  Mr. 
Fay  was  a  man  of  prominence  in  the  town ;  he 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Baptist  church 
and  one  of  its  early  deacons.  He  is  the  father 
of  the  grape  industry  in  western  New  York; 
and  in  1830  made  the  first  wine  ever  made  in 
Chautauqua  county,  ten  gallons,  all  of  which 
was  used  for  sacramental  purposes.  Children : 
Clinton  S.,  married  Almira  A.  Clark;  Lydia 
E.,  married  Laurance  E.  Ryckman;  Joseph  B., 
married  (first)  Maria  M.  Sage,  (second) 
Martha  Haywood. 

(V)  Elisha,  son  of  Nathaniel  Fay  and  bro- 
ther of  Deacon  Elijah  Fay,  was  lx)rn  in  Fram- 
ingham,  Massachusetts,  June  2,  1783.  He 
came  to  Portland  in  June,  1806,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  was  the  oldest  actual  settler  in 
Portland.  He  settled  on  lot  No.  25,  on  which 
he  lived  about  seventy  years.  In  1807  he  re- 
turned to  Massachusetts,  and  married,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1807,  coming  back  with  his  bride,  Sophia 
Nichols.  He  then  built  a  new  log  house,  which 
he  occupied  until  1828,  when  he  built  a  stone 
house,  which  is  now  standing.  He  served  in 
the  war  of  18 12,  and  was  in  battles  at  Black 
Rock  and  Buffalo.  He  was  an  early  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  later  join- 
ing the  Wesley  an  Methodist.  His  wife,  So- 
phia, died  October,  1850;  and  after  her  death 
he  continued  to  reside  on  the  old  farm  with 
his  son.  Children:  Lincoln,  of  further  men- 
tion; Edward,  died  aged  twenty-three  years; 
Charles,  married  Lydia  A.  Hall ;  Otis  N.,  mar- 
ried Emmeline  Van  Tassel. 

(VI)  Lincoln,  son  of  Elisha  Fay,  was  born 
in  Portland,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
about  1808.  He  became  owner  of  the  home- 
stead located  in  1806  by  Nathan  Fay  (not  an 
uncle).    He  married  Sophronia  Peck. 

(V^II)  Elisha  II.,  son  of  Lincoln  Fay,  was 
born  in  Portland,  New  York,  June  21,  1844. 
died  October  23,  1910.  lie  married  Ada 
Dodge. 

(VIII)  Berneda,  daughter  of  Elisha  H. 
Fay,  was  born  March  i,  1869.  She  married, 
Mav  5,  1891,  George  W.  Fuller  (see  Fuller 
IX). 


The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
WARING     Warings  and  Warrens,  of  Con- 
necticut, was  Richard  Waring, 
who  arrived  in  Boston  on  the  ship  "Endeavor" 
in  1664,  accompanied  by  his  young  son  Rich- 


ard. Shortly  afterward  he  settled  on  Long 
Island.  He  spelled  his  name  Waring,  and  as 
such  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Brookhaven,  Long  Island,  in  1665.  His  de- 
scendants use  both  Waring  and  Warren  as  a 
surname,  although  in  England  they  are  two 
separate  and  distinct  families,  as  their  ancient 
armorial  bearings  conclusively  prove.  Richard 
Waring,  the  immigrant,  owned  large  tracts  of 
land  on  Long  Island.  Edmund,  his  son,  set- 
tled at  Nor  walk,  Connecticut,  and  is  the  an- 
cestor of  the  Warrens  of  Troy,  also  of  the 
Warings,  of  Stamford,  Connecticut,  and  of 
New  York  state. 

(I)  William  Waring,  a  descendant,  of  Rich- 
ard Waring,  was  born  in  Stamford,  Connecti- 
cut. He  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  later 
lived  in  New  York  City,  settling  in  Franklin- 
ville,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  in  1820. 
His  wife,  Catherine,  bore  him  eight  children. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Waring,  was 
born  October  7,  1817,  died  February  20,  1890. 
He  was  a  child  of  three  years  when  his  father 
settled  in  Franklinville,  New  York,  where,  ex- 
cept for  a  few  years  spent  in  Ontario,  Canada, 
his  after  life  was  spent.  He  was  educated  in 
the  district  school,  and  after  his  marriage  pur- 
chased a  good  farm  one  mile  north  of  Frank- 
linville, on  which  he  lived  until  his  death.  He 
married,  in  1836,  Catherine  Hogg,  born  in 
Scotland.  Sons :  James  Henry,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; William  W.,  an  attorney,  married  Lucy 
Flagg  Thayer ;  Melvin  T.,  of  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri; Samuel  Hogg,  of  Franklinville,  New 
York. 

(III)  James  Henry,  eldest  son  of  John  War- 
ing, was  born  in  Farmersville,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  February  3,  1848,  died 
July  6,  1906.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school,  and  at  Ten  Broeck  Academy,  where 
he  completed  a  full  course  and  was  graduated 
in  1870,  a  member  of  the  first  class  graduated 
from  that  institution.  In  his  years  of  minority 
he  was  engaged  in  farming  with  his  father. 
In  1871-72  he  attended  the  Law  School  of 
Michigan  University.  After  his  return  he 
read  law  with  Scott,  Laidlaw  &  McVey,  of 
Ellicottville,  later  with  Judge  Samuel  S. 
Spring,  of  Franklinville.  In  1875  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Franklinville,  Cattaraugus 
county,  alone:  later  practiced  with  his  brother, 
William  W.,  the  firm  being  J.  H.  and  W.  W. 
Waring.  In  1884  he  came  to  Olean,  New 
York,  and  entered  into  a  law  partnership  with 


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Judge  D.  H.  Bolles,  continuing  as  Bolles  & 
Waring  until  1894,  when  Mr.  Waring  with- 
drew and  ever  afterward  practiced  alone.  In 
1889  he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Cat- 
taraugus county,  served  three  years,  and  in 
1892  was  re-elected  for  another  term  of  three 
years.  He  became  the  foremost  leader  of 
the  Cattaraugus  county  bar  and  the  best 
known  man  in  the  county.  He  was  an  earnest, 
active,  forceful,  party  worker,  and  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Republican  party  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  county  was  due  to  his  popularity 
and  efficient  leadership.  He  was  learned  in 
the  law — probably  no  member  of  the  bar  of 
Cattaraugus  county  equalled  him  in  that  re- 
spect, while  in  his  knowledge  of  pleading  and 
practice  he  was  unsurpassed.  He  was  very 
successful  as  a  public  prosecutor  and  made  an 
enviable  record  during  his  six  years  in  that 
office. 

In  his  private  practice  he  held  the  con- 
fidence of  a  large  clientage  among  the  leading 
men  of  the  county,  who  rehed  implicitly  upon 
his  counsel  and  advice.  He  was  elected  mayor 
of  Olean  in  1900,  and  re-elected  in  1904.  His 
health  then  becoming  impaired,  he  refused  a 
reelection.  His  administration  of  the  mayor's 
office  was  most  admirable  and  is  yet  referred 
to  as  a  model  of  efficiency,  economy  and  hon- 
esty. He  was  so  well  known  and  highly  re- 
garded that  he  was  spoken  of  for  the  supreme 
bench  of  the  state,  but  poor  health  defeated 
that  intention.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state 
and  county  bar  associations ;  member  of  lodge, 
chapter  and  commandery  of  the  Masonic  or- 
der ;  member  of  the  City  Club,  and  a  supporter 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  July  19,  1876,  Agnes  Little, 
born  September  12,  1848,  who  survives  him, 
a  resident  of  Olean,  New  York.  She  has  no 
children.  Mrs.  Waring  is  a  daughter  of  John 
Little,  a  prominent  public  man  of  Franklin- 
ville,  where  he  held  the  office  of  postmaster 
twenty-nine  years,  1861-90,  until  his  death. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Shearer.  Children:  i. 
James,  married  Mary  Oakes ;  children :  Orrin 
J.,  Reuben  B.,  J.  Frank,  Guy,  and  David.  2. 
Margaret,  married  Stephen  Andrews :  chil- 
dren: John  Frank  and  Creighton  S.,  of 
Olean.  3.  Elizabeth,  married  Reuben  C.  But- 
ton. 4.  Catherine,  married  P.  T.  B.  Button. 
5.  John,  married  Christine  McVey;  children: 
Elizabeth  Margaret,  Carrie  M.,  Mason  W., 
Katherine  and  Archie  Mc\'ey.  6.  Agnes,  mar- 
ried James  Henry  Waring.    7.  Mary  Frances. 


.The  ancestors  of  the  Huntons 
HUN  TON     of     Salamanca,     New     York, 

were  of  English  birth.  The 
family  was  founded  in  America,  simultane- 
ously in  Massachusetts,  Maine  and  Northern 
Virginia. 

The  founder  of  the  branch  herein  re- 
corded was  William  Hunton,  born  in  Eng- 
land, came  to  America  and  soon. after  settled 
in  New  Hampshire,  where  he  had  a  grant  of 
land  in  1643.  Nothing  is  known  with  certainty 
of  his  family,  but  it  is  supposed  that  Philip, 
the  ancestor  of  the  Huntons  and  Huntoons  of 
New  England,  was  his  son.  From  William 
and  Philip  Hunton  the  family  spread  over 
New  England,  this  particular  branch  going 
first  to  Maine,  later  settling  in  New  York 
state.  The  first  definite  record  is  of  William 
Hunton,  as  stated. 

(II)  Philip,  son  of  William  Hunton,  mar- 
ried Betsey  Hall,  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire. 
He  was  captured  by  the  Indians,  July  22,  1710, 
his  son  Samuel  being  mortally  wounded  at 
the  same  time.  Philip  was  taken  to  Canada 
and  sold  to  the  French.  He  purchased  his 
freedom  by  erecting  a  saw  mill,  and  returned 
home  after  two  years. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Philip  and  Betsey 
(Hall)  Hunton,  was  born  about  1690.  He 
married  Mary  Rundlett  and  had  twelve  chil- 
dren. 

(IV)  There  is  no  record  found  of  these 
twelve  children  by  which  the  true  head  of  this 
generation  can  be  determined. 

(V)  John  (2),  grandson  of  John  (i)  and 
Mary  (Rundlett)  Hunton,  was  a  resident  of 
the  state  of  Maine.  He  was  born  about  1750, 
married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Hunton, 
of  Maine,  was  bom  in  that  state  about  1788, 
died  1834,  at  Fores tville,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
school,  and  followed  farming  all  his  life.  In 
1827  he  was  living  in  Orleans  county,  New 
York,  later  removed  to  Cattaraugus.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  as  a  drummer  boy, 
and  was  a  man  of  good  reputation.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  but  held  no  public  of- 
fice. He  married,  at  Holley,  Orleans  county. 
New  York,  Anna,  born  in  Mendon,  New 
York,  1800,  daughter  of  David  Day,  a  farmer 
and  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  18 12.  He  mar- 
ried Polly  Lee.  Children:  Charles,  married 
Clarissa  Mitchell ;  children :  Lewis,  George 
and  Mary :  Anna,  married  John  Hunton.  Chil- 


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dren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Huntpn:    Gfeorge,  of 
whom  further;  Mary  M.,  Ozro,  John. 

(VII)  George,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Anna 
(Day)  Hunton,  was  born  in  HoUey,  Orleans 
county,  New  York,  September  19,  1827.  His 
father  removed  to  New  Albion,  Cattaraugus 
county,  where  George  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  He  worked  at  farming  in  New 
Albion,  and  later  learned  the  trade  of  wagon 
and  carriage  maker.  He  is  now,  in  his  eighty- 
fourth  year,  a  resident  of  Walterboro,  South 
Carolina,  and  furnished  in  his  own  handwrit- 
ing data  for  this  record.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics.  Was  town  clerk  of  New  Albion 
three  years,  and  held  the  office  of  justice  of 
the  peace  twenty-eight  years,  by  successive 
elections,  from  1863  to  1891,  making  seven  full 
terms  of  four  years  each.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1849, 2it  New  Albion,  Philenia  Mack- 
ey,  bom  at  Milford,  Otsego  county.  New 
York,  March  11,  1828,  daughter  of  David 
Mackey,  a  farmer  and  town  collector,  and  his 
wife,  Laura.  David  and  Laura  Mackey  had 
children:  Philenia,  Rachel,  Oscar.  Children 
of  George  and  Philenia  Hunton:  Eugene 
Oscar,  of  whom  further ;  Cora  M.,  born  Janu- 
ary 19,  1854,  died  young;  Jessie,  born  April 
25,  1864,  married  J.  R.  Lawrence,  and  resides 
at  Walterboro,  South  Carolina. 

(VIII)  Eugene  Oscair,  eldest  son  of  George 
and  Philenia  (Mackey)  Hunton,  was  bom  in 
New  Albion,  tattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
May  21,  1853,  died  in  New  Albion,  same 
county,  March  i,  1901.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  leamed  the  trade  of 
carriage  maker  with  his  father.  He  was  an 
all-round  wood  worker,  built  houses  and  did 
carpenter  work  in  summer,  made  barrels  and 
did  wagon  work  in  winter.  He  held  to  the 
Spiritualistic  belief  in  religion,  and  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married  Cora,  daugh- 
ter of  Albert  and  Theresa  (Boardman)  Eddy; 
she  died  in  1880.  Albert  Eddy  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  New  Albion.  Children :  ^1- 
bridge  Gerry,  of  whom  further;  Nellie,  bom 
November  20,  1875,  "ow  a  trained  nurse  in 
Denver,  Colorado. 

(IX)  Elbridge  Gerry,  only  son  of  Eueene 
Oscar  and  Cora  (Eddy)  Hunton,  was  born 
in  New  Albion,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  May  10,  1874.  He  was  named  for  El- 
bridge Gerry,  "the  signer."  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Cattaraugus,  attended 
the  high  school,  Cattaraugus,  two  years,  then 
finished  his   studies  in  the   Salamanca   high 


school.  After  leaving  school  he  taught  five 
years  in  the  schools  of  New  Albion.  He  was 
next  engaged  in  the  drug  business  with  J.  C. 
Kreiger,  going  from  there  to  the  University 
of  Buffalo,  where  he  took  a  course  in  phar- 
macy, graduating  in  class  of  1902.  On  the  for- 
mation of  the  Kreiger  Drug  Company,  Mr. 
Hunton  was  elected  secretary,  continuing  un- 
til 1907,  when  he  resigned  and  spent  a  year 
in  Denver,  Colorado.  Returning  in  1908  he 
resumed  his  office  of  secretary  of  the  Kreiger 
Drug  Company,  of  Salamanca,  New  York, 
which  office  he  now  fills  (1912).  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to 
lodge  and  chapter  in  Salamanca.  He  also  be- 
longs to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. In  religious  faith  he  is  an  Episcopalian, 
member  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  Salamanca. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  served  two 
years  as  village  trustee. 

He  married,  August  18,  1897,  Bertha  May, 
born  August  21,  1878,  daughter  of  James  Mc- 
Guire,  bom  June  2,  1838,  died  May  21,  1894, 
married,  October  2,  1866,  Flora  Horth,  born 
August  22,  1845,  died  September  18,  1893. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McGuire:  i.  Sarah, 
born  December  9,  187 1 ;  married,  October  25, 
1899,  Willett  E.  Hazard ;  children :  James  M., 
born  September  15, 1903 ;  Maurice  H.,  June  15, 
1905;  Walter  L.,  July  11,  1907.  2.  Belle  M., 
born  November  6,  1876;  married,  April  12, 
1899,  John  E.  Mabie.  3.  Bertha  May,  mar- 
ried Elbridge  Gerry  Hunton.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hunton:  i.  Eugene  Willis,  bom 
November  27,  1902.  2.  Marie  Gertrude,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1906.  3.  Flora  Bell,  October  22, 
1910. 


This    family    descends    from    a 
BEYER    German    ancestor,    who    at    the 

date  this  record  begins  was  a 
physician,  practicing  in  Alsace-Lorraine,  then 
a  province  of  Germany,  as  it  is  now.  Dr. 
Frederick  Beyer,  of  Alsace,  Germany,  married 
and  had  a  son. 

(II)  Frederick  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Frederick 
(i)  Beyer,  was  born  in  Alsace,  Germany, 
where  he  married  and  had  children  bom.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  with 
his  family  in  Albany,  New  York,  July  3,  1841. 
While  a  resident  of  Albany,  Mr.  Beyer  met 
with  a  serious  accident  that  so  injured  his  leg 
as  to  leave  him  a  cripple.  Later  he  removed 
to  Buffalo,  New  York,  making  his  journey 
by  canal.      He  was  a  man  of  some  means, 


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largely  in  cash,  with  which  he  intended  to 
purchase  a  large  tract  of  land.  After  examin- 
ing Erie  county  farms,  and  deciding  that  the 
price  was  higher  than  he  wanted  to  pay,  he 
took  passage  on  the  vessel  "Erie"  for  Chicago, 
where  he  was  told  land  in  plenty  could  be 
bought  for  one  dollar  per  acre.  He  left  with 
his  wife  one  thousand  four  hundred  dollars, 
taking  with  him  the  balance  of  his  capital  to 
purchase  a  large  tract  wherever  price  and  loca- 
tion suited  him.  The  **Erie"  caught  fire  and 
was  totally  destroyed,  ]\Ir.  Beyer  perishing  in 
the  wreck,  it  is  supposed,  as  he  was  never 
again  heard  from.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
German  Lutheran  church,  and  identified  with 
the  Whig  party.  He  married,  in  Germany, 
Barbara  Hahn,  who  survived  him,  and  after 
becoming  a  widow  purchased  a  farm  in  the 
town  of  L-ancaster,  which  she  operated  with 
the  assistance  of  her  older  sons.  She  kept  the 
family  together  on  the  farm  until  they  were 
self-supporting,  they  in  turn  caring  for  her 
in  her  old  age.  Only  one  of  the  children  ever 
married.  There  were  seven  in  the  family: 
John  Frederick,  John,  Mary  Barbara,  Philip, 
Christian,  of  whom  further,  Magdalena  and 
David. 

(HI)  Christian,  fifth  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Frederick  (2)  and  Barbara  (Hahn)  Beyer, 
was  born  in  Alsace,  Germany,  June  9,  1837, 
died  in  Erie  county.  New  York,  December  12, 
1909.  He  was  brought  to  the  United  States 
by  his  parents  in  1841,  and  received  a  good 
education  in  the  public  schools  and  Williams- 
ville  Academy.  He  worked  with  his  brothers 
on  the  Lancaster  farm  until  he  arrived  at  a 
suitable  age  for  learning  a  trdde.  For  several 
years  he  followed  carpentering,  teaching  in 
the  district  schools  during  the  winter  terms. 
He  was  a  good  singer,  and  understood  music 
so  well  that  he  organized  singing  classes,  after 
the  style  of  the  old-fashioned  "Singing 
School."  He  became  a  well-known  contractor 
and  builder,  erecting  many  barns,  dwellings, 
etc.,  in  the  neighborhood.  He  wanted  to  en- 
list during  the  civil  war,  but  was  prevented  by 
his  mother.  After  marriage  he  settled  in  the 
town  of  Lancaster,  where  he  remained  four 
years,  and  in  1868  purchased  a  farm  and  re- 
moved to  Blossom,  town  of  West  Seneca,  Erie 
county.  He  was  tax  collector  of  his  town,  and 
served  as  school  trustee.  In  early  life  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church,  with  his 
family,  but  later  in  life  became  a  Christadel- 
phian.    In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  a  Re- 


publican. His  acquaintance  was  a  very  large 
one,  his  duties  as  school  teacher  and  singing 
master  bringing  him  in  contact  with  the 
young,  while  as  contractor  and  farmer  he  met 
their  elders.  He  was  highly  respected  by 
young  and  old,  and  died  loved  and  sincerely 
mourned. 

He  married,  January  14,  1863,  Lucy  E., 
bom  in  Nova  Scotia,  October  23,  1845,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Weir)  Tray- 
nor,  and  maternal  granddaughter  of  Samuel 
Weir.  The  Traynors  and  Weirs  were  of 
English,  Scotch  and  Irish  descent.  Children: 
I.  Frank  A.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Edward 
F.,  born  June  8,  1866;  married,  June  26,  1900, 
Alice  Lindsay;  children:  Winifred  F.,  born 
April  20,  1906;  Robert  L.,  born  January  29, 
1910;  Gertrude  T.,  born  August  12,  191 1.  3. 
James  M.,  born  April  7,  1869,  died  January 
I,  1893.  4.  Ruby  E.,  bom  December  13,  1872; 
married,  August  30,  1905,  Almon  B.  Farwell, 
born  January  19,  1870.  5.  Pearl  E.,  bom 
October  24,  1880. 

(IV)  Frank  A.,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Christian  and  Lucy  E.  (Traynor)  Beyer,  was 
bom  in  the  town  of  Alden,  Erie  county,  New 
York,  September  i,  1864.  I"  1868  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Blossom,  West  Seneca,  Erie 
county,  where  his  boyhood  years  were  spent 
and  public  school  education  acquired.  After 
completing  his  studies  there,  he  began  clerk- 
ing for  Adam  Beckel,  continuing  until  he  had 
saved'  money  enough  to  pay  for  ,a  course  in 
business  training  at  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Busi- 
ness College  in  Buffalo,  from  whence  he  was 
graduated.  His  first  business  engagement  in 
Buffalo  was  with  L.  F.  W.  Arend,  a  dry  goods 
merchant  on  Main  street.  In  about  half  a 
year  this  was  purchased  by  Barnes,  Bancroft 
&  Company,  which  later  became  "The  William 
Hengerer  Company,"  a  large  department 
store.  Mr.  Beyer  remained  through  these 
changes  and  had  so  established  himself  in 
favor,  as  a  capable  and  trustworthy  young 
man,  that  he  was  made  manager  of  the  credit 
department,  a  position  he  held  for  eleven 
years.  During  the  last  two  years  of  this 
period  he  was  interested  with  his  brother,  Ed- 
ward F.,  in  the  firm  of  Beyer  &  Company, 
grocers,  Buffalo,  a  business  later  sold  to  Frank 
J.  Eberl'e.  In  1884  opportunities  so  presented 
themselves  to  Mr.  Beyer  that  he  resigned  his 
position,  removed  to  Red  House,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  where  he  opened  a  general 
store.    Here  he  also  made  his  first  venture  in 


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the  lumber  business,  a  line  in  which  he  was 
destined  to  become  notably  identified.  In 
1902  the  growing  importance  of  the  lumber 
trade  demanded  so  much  of  his  time  that  he 
disposed  of  his  store  and  removed  to  Sala- 
manca, New  York,  which  he  made  his  head- 
quarters during  his  residence  in  Cattaraugus 
county.  In  1904  he  returned  to  Buffalo  and 
at  once  assumed  a  leading  position  in  the  lum- 
ber trade.  He  organized  the  firm  of  Beyer, 
Knox  &  Company  in  1904,  and  in  1907  the 
Pascola  Lumber  Company,  of  which  he  was 
chosen  president.  Besides  being  a  large  deal- 
er and  closely  identified  with  large  lumber  en- 
terprises, he  labored  successfully  to  bring 
about  a  spirit  of  co-operation  among  lumber- 
men and  dealers,  and  in  fostering  a  unanimity 
of  sentiment  and  natural  helpfulness  that 
greatly  benefited  the  trade.  In  1908  he  was 
chosen  president  of  the  Hardwood  Lumber 
Exchange  of  Buffalo.  In  1907  he  was  chosen 
treasurer  of  the  Manufacturers*  Club,  1908-00 
he  was  president  of  the  same,  and  in  the 
same  years  vice-regent  snark,  Western  Dis- 
trict of  New  York,  of  the  Hoo  Hoo's,  a 
lumber  organization.  He  is  also  a  director 
of  the  National  Hardwood  Lumber  Associa- 
tion of  Chicago,  Illinois.  In  1910  he  was 
elected  treasurer  of  Erie  county,  assuming  the 
duties  of  that  office,  January  i,  191 1. 

Progressive  and  public-spirited,  high-mind- 
ed and  honorable,  energetic  and  ambitious, 
there  seems  no  qualification  that  Mr.  Beyer 
lacks  to  carry  him  onward  and  upward  in 
public  or  business  life.  He  stands  as  a  leader 
in  civic  and  industrial  progress;  his  opinions 
carry  weight  with  his  fellows  and  his  advice 
is  sought  on  important  matters  relating  to  the 
public  good.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  an  attendant  of  the  Park  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Manufac- 
t^irers'  Club,  of  which  he  was  president,  1908- 
09,  and  president  of  the  Otovega  Club.  He 
has  been  identified  with  the  Masonic  Order 
for  several  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Queen 
City  Lodge,  No.  358,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons; Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  362,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Lake  Erie  Commandery,  No. 
20,  Knights  Templar ;  Buffalo  Consistory,  No. 
320,  and  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine.  He 
is  also  a  director  and  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. 

He  married,  August  20,  1890,  Elizabeth  G., 
born  August  2,  1866,  daughter  of  Samuel  S. 


Rolls,  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth (Walker)  Rolls.  She  is  the  third  of  five 
children,  Joseph  W.,  Louise,  Elizabeth  G., 
George  and  Jennie  A.  Children  of  Frank  A. 
and  Elizabeth  G.  Beyer:  i.  Florence  A.,  born 
December  5,  1892.  2.  Marguerite  A.,  June 
20,  1894.  3.  Lillian  Vera,  September  9,  1896. 
4.  Frank  A.  Jr.,  May  5,  1903. 


The  great  mass  of  the  English 
HALL  Halls  undoubtedly  are  the  posterity 
of  the  men  of  Halle,  Saxony,  who 
came  in  the  successive  Saxon  invasions  of 
England.  They  were  called  De  la  Halle, 
which  became  a  surname  and  is  now  simply 
Hall.  It  is  said  the  Halls  of  Great  Britain 
exceed  in  number  any  other  name  except 
Smith,  Jones,  Brown  and  Robinson.  There 
were  many  Hall  emigrants  to  New  England 
prior  to  1700  settling  in  all  colonies. 

The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Halls  of  Port- 
land, Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  is  Ed- 
ward Hall,  who  is  probably  the  Edward  made 
freeman  at  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1636. 
He  was  at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts.  July  7, 
1636  ;at  Bridgewater,  1640;  at  Taunton^  1641 ; 
at  Duxbury,  1642-43;  at  Bridgewater,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1644,  where  land  was  allotted  him 
March  28,  1645.  ^^  owned  a  one  fifty-fourth 
part  of  the  town  from  1645  to  1650,  when  he 
withdrew  and  had  land  apportioned  him  in 
Rehoboth.  Edward  Hall  had  a  family  in 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  where  he  resided 
from  1650  to  1655.  He  moved  to  Rehoboth 
in  1655,  where  he  was  number  41  out  of  for- 
ty-nine persons  in  order  of  the  settlers'  estates 
for  meadow  lands.  Lots  were  also  drawn, 
May  26,  1668  for  meadow  lands.  The  name 
of  Edward  Hall  appears  in  both  drawings. 
He  made  his  will,  November  23,  1670,  and 
died  November  27,  1670.  His  wife,  Hester, 
survived  him.  Children,  born  in  Rehoboth, 
except  the  first  two,  born  in  Braintree:  John, 
Esther,  Samuel,  Jeremiah,  Thomas,  Pre- 
served, Andrew,  Benjamin  (of  whom  fur- 
ther). 

(II)  Benjamin,  youngest  child  of  Edward 
Hall,  "the  emigrant,"  was  born  in  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  August  7,  1668,  died  in  Wren- 
tham,  Massachusetts,  August  26,  1726.  He 
was  absent  from  Wrentham  a  year  or  two  be- 
fore 1699  ^^^  ^  y^*^^  o*"  ^^^  after  17 10.  He 
married,  in  Wrentham,  January  9,  1691,  Sarah 
Fisher,  died  November  2,  1756.  Children : 
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Jeremiah,  Benjamin,  twin  of  Jeremiah,  Pre- 
served, Sarah  and  possibly  two  other  children 
not  born  in  Wrentham. 

(III)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  Hall, 
was  born  in  Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  in 
March,  1698.  He  was  a  proprietor  of  that 
town  in  1734  and  1742.  He  died  between 
November,  1764,  and  1765.  He  was  a  ser- 
geant, ensign  and  lieutenant,  commissioned  by 
the  English  crown,  and  was  in  the  colonial 
service.  He  removed  to  Uxbridge,  where  he 
purchased  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  pay- 
ing two  thousand  pounds.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruai:y  7,  1721,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Eleazer 
Fisher,  of  Wrentham.  Children:  Ezekiel, 
Edward  (of  whom  further),  James,  Hezekiah, 
Hannah,  Mary  and  Seth. 

(IV)  Edward  (3),  son  of  Edward  (2) 
Hall,  was  born  in  Wrentham,  Massachusetts, 
July  18,  1727,  died  in  Croydon,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  28,  1807.  He  settled  in  Croy- 
don before  1774  with  a  family  of  ten  children 
and  his  niece,  Elizabeth  Hall.  He  lived  near 
his  father's  farm  in  Massachusetts,  and  it  is 
said  kept  a  tavern.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in 
the  colonial  service,  commission  by  the 
crown,  and  was  a  Royalist  from  principle.  He 
was  highly  esteemed,  serving  as  selectman, 
1784-85-86;  also  was  constable,  collector  and 
moderator.  His  children  were  all  born  in 
Uxbridge,  Massachusetts,  four  of  his  sons 
serving  in  the  continental  army.  He  married, 
in  1748,  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Taft)  Brown,  of  Uxbridge,  or  Leicester, 
Massachusetts.  She  was  born  1730,  died  18 19. 
Children:  i.  Hannah,  married  Ezekiel  Pow- 
ers. 2.  Ezekiel.  3.  Abijah,  held  the  offices  of 
constable,  collector,  selectman  and  captain.  4. 
James,  of  whom  further.  5.  Edward,  held  the 
offices  of  captain,  constable,  collector,  modera- 
tor, representative  and  proprietor's  clerk,  1794- 
1810;  a  man  of  large  property  in  Croydon. 
6.  John,  married  Jerusha  Woodbury.  7. 
Lydia,  married  Timothy  Eggleston.  8.  Betty, 
married  John  Leverin.  9.  Ezra,  married 
Molly  Leland.  10.  Darius,  married  Betty 
Brown.  All  died  in  Croydon,  New  Hamp- 
shire, except  Ezekiel,  Ezra  and  Darius. 

(V)  James,  third  son  of  Edward  (3)  Hall, 
was  born  in  Uxbridge,  Massachusetts,  April 
19,  1757,  died  in  Croydon,  New  Hampshire, 
July  29,  1835.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life 
and  owned  a  large  trace  of  land.  He  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war  and  fought  under 
the  direct  command  of  General  Washington. 


He  was  in  receipt  of  a  revolutionarj^  pension 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  and  a  man  of  great  influ- 
ence. He  married,  November  30,  1775,  (then 
in  his  nineteenth  year)  Huldah  Cooper,  of 
Croydon,  who  died  February  19,  1847,  aged 
eighty-eight  years,  and  is  buried  in  Croydon. 
She  was  a  niece  of  Roger  Sherman,  one  of  the 
signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Children,  five  born  in  Croydon,  New  Hamp- 
shire, five  in  Richmond,  Vermont,  and  two 
in  Peru,  New  York:  i.  Abijah,  born  Novem- 
ber 7,  1777.  2.  Sarah  Cooper,  July  12,  1779, 
died  young.  3.  Delia  Ann  Ward,  August  31, 
1782;  married  Benjamin  White.  4.  Ahira, 
of  whom  further.  5.  Chloe,  born  May  19, 
1787 ;  married  Manasseh  Sawyer.    6.  Huldah. 

July  21,    1789;  married  Darling,   of 

Croydon.  7.  James,  born  July  22,  1792;  mar- 
ried (first)  his  cousin,  Ruth  Hall;  (second) 
Mrs.  Sarah  Dustin;  settled  in  Newport,  New 
Hampshire,  and  represented  that  town  in  the 
state  legislature,  1845-46.  8.  Asaph  Sherman, 
born  August  2,  1794,  died  1813.  9.  Carlton, 
born    February    17,     1797;    married     (first) 

;   (second)   Mrs.  Catherine  Hall.     10. 

Albina,  born  October  16,  1800;  student  of 
the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege and  prepared  the  herbarium  used  in  the 
college  for  many  years,  being  the  best  botanist 
in  college.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Berkshire 
Medical  Institute,  1823,  and  practiced  his  pro- 
fession successfully  in  LandoflF,  New  Hamp- 
shire; Sedgwick,  Maine;  Fredonia,  New 
York;  Newport,  New  Hampshire;  Wisconsin 
and  Croydon,  New  Hampshire,  dying  in  the 
latter  place.  He  represented  Croydon  in  the 
state  legislature  in  1868-69;  ^'^^  candidate 
for  state  senator  in  1871,  and  served  as  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  many  years.  He  was  the  last 
survivor  of  his  large  family.  He  married 
Livia  Powers,  December  18,  1823 ;  no  chil- 
dren. II.  Lyman,  bom  in  Peru,  New  York, 
December  9,  1808;  studied  medicine  and  set- 
tled in  Cornish,  New  Hampshire :  married  and 
had  issue.     12.  An  infant,  died  unnamed. 

(VI)  Ahira,  second  son  of  James  Hall,  was 
born  in  Croydon,  New  Hampshire,  December 
26,  1784,  died  in  the  town  of  Portland,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  February  24,  1858. 
He  worked  on  the  home  farm  in  New  Hamp- 
shire until  attaining  legal  age,  then  went  to 
Charlotte,  Vermont,  where  he  remained  a  few 
years  before  removing  to  Messina,  St.  Law- 
rence county.  New  York,  where  he  took  up 


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a  tract  of.  land.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  second 
war  with  Great  Britain,  in  1812,  he  was 
among  the  first  drafted  for  service  and  fought 
through  the  entire  war  on  the  Niagara  fron- 
tier. His  wife  determined  not  to  remain 
alone  on  their  wilderness  farm,  and,  after 
packing  all  she  could  upon  a  horse,  buried  the 
remainder  of  their  household  effects,  started 
with  her  three  children  for  her  father's  home 
in  Vermont,  which  she  reached  in  safety. 
After  peace  was  declared,  Ahira  located  in 
Chautauqua  county;  where  he  began  his  resi- 
dence with  his  family  in  a  log  house  owned 
by  Alfred  Palmer,  in  October,  1815,  in  the 
town  of  Portland.  Here  his  after  life  was 
spent  in  prosperity  and  honor,  enjoying  the 
confidence  of  his  community.  He  was  of 
uncommon  ability,  and  occupied  high  position 
in  town  and  church.  He  held  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace  for  fourteen  consecutive 
years,  being  chosen  on  the  Whig  ticket.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  serving  on  the  official  board. 

He  married,  in  Charlotte,  Vermont,  October 
18,  1807,  Laura  Palmer,  who  died  in  Brock- 
ton, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 18,  1863,  aged  seventy-three  years.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Palmer,  born  in  Tol- 
land, Connecticut,  in  1755,  and  when  quite  a 
young  man  settled  in  Charlotte,  Vermont, 
where  he  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land  which 
he  cleared  and  cultivated  until  his  death  in 
1835.  He  served  in  the  reyolutionary  war  un- 
der General  Washington  and  was  awarded  a 
pension  for  his  services.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  was  a  dea- 
con for  many  years.  He  married  Ruth  Chap- 
man, by  whom  he  had  ten  children:  John, 
James,  William,  Chapman,  Melinda,  married 
Zemri  Hill;  Abigail,  married  Edward  Allen; 
Laura,  married  Ahira  Hall;  Ruth,  married 
Annanias  Jones ;  Charlotte  and  Lovica.  Chil- 
dren of  Ahira  and  Laura  Hall:  i.  John  Pal- 
mer, born  1809,  died  August,  187 1 ;  married, 
in  Sherman,  New  York,  October  24,  1841, 
Jane  Ann  Miller.  2.  Albina,  born  October  10, 
1810;  became  a  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church ;  married,  October  13,  1835, 
in  Portland,  New  York,  Nancy  Quigley.  3. 
Ruth,  born  June  14,  1812;  married,  in  Port- 
land, April  29,  1838,  Richard  Reynolds.  4. 
James  Ahira  (of  whom  further).  5.  Laura 
Ann,  born  October  17,  1817;  married,  in 
Portland,  November  25,  1841,  Charles  Fay. 
6.  Samuel  P.,  born  April  i,  1820;  married,  in 


Sherman,  New  York,  March,  1848,  Miranda 
Kip.  7.  Ralph  H.,  born  November  3,  1821 ; 
married,  in  Sherman,  New  York,  March  29, 
1852,  Caroline  J.,  daughter  of  James  and 
Ruth  (Hall)  Hall,  of  Newport,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  became  one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  of  his  county,  was  a  school  teacher,  cat- 
tle broker,  farmer,  bank  president  and  a  lead- 
ing member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  In  1903  he  completed  the  erection  of 
a  beautiful  white  brick  and  stone  building  on 
the  corner  of  Main  and  Fay  streets,  in  the 
village  of  Brocton,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  ten 
thousand  dollars,  and  presented  the  same  to 
the  town  of  Portland  to  be  used  as  a  public 
library  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  town.  This  is  to  be  known  as 
the  "Ahira  Memorial  Library."  This  hand- 
some gift  was  made  as  a  memorial  to  his 
father,  who  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
the  town.  The  people  so  appreciated  his  gift 
that  a  perpetual  appropriation  has  been  voted 
for  its  support  and  maintenance.  No  chil- 
dren. 8.  Nancy  Altheda,  born  February  21, 
1824;  married,  in  Portland,  May  20,  1846, 
Henry  Flint.  9.  Livia  Paulina,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1826;  married,  in  Sherman,  New 
York,  January  17,  1852,  John  T.  Green.  10. 
Lodoiska  Matilda,  born  October  i,  1828;  mar- 
ried, in  Portland,  William  Martin.  11.  Sarah 
Melinda,  born  March  24,  183 1 ;  married,  at 
Forestville,  New  York,  October  7,  1865,  John 
D.  Merritt.  12.  Laura  Jane,  bom  February 
II,  1833;  married,  at  Forestville,  September 
3,  1867,  Frank  D.  Ellis.  13.  Chloe.  born 
May  4,  1835,  died  December  4,  1836.  14. 
Ezra,  died  in  infancy. 

(Vn)  Dr.  James  Ahira  Hall,  son  of  Ahira 
Hall,  was  born  April  4,  1815,  in 'New  Hamp- 
shire, died  in  Brocton.  town  of  Portland, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  April  8,  1865. 
He  was  brought  to  Portland  when  but  a  year 
old.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
entered  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin 
College,  whence  he  was  graduated,  M.  D., 
1839.  He  began  practice  in  Sedgwick,  Han- 
cock county,  Maine,  continuing  until  his  com- 
ing to  Portland,  in  1844.  He  located  in  the 
village  of  Brocton,  where  he  was  in  practice 
until  his  death  in  1865.  He  was  commissioned 
surgeon  by  Governor  Morgan,  September  9, 
1861,  of  the  Forty-ninth  Regiment,  New  York 
Volunteers;  served  until  October  13,  1864, 
when  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Fort 
Porter,  Buffalo.    Later  he  was  appointed  sur- 


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geon  in  charge  of  the  New  York  hospitals,  lo- 
cated in  and  about  Washington,  D.  C.  He 
was  a  skillful  physician  and  surgeon,  and 
carved  out  for  himself  an  honorable,  useful 
career.  He  married,  in  January,  1839,  Caro-  ^ 
line  H.,  born  August  25,  1820,  daughter  of 
John  Herrick,  of  Brooklyn,  Maine.  Mrs.  Hall 
survives  her  husband  and  is  now  in  her  ninety- 
second  year  (191 1).  Children:  Ralph  A. 
(of  whom  further)  ;  Theodore  F. ;  Helen  A., 
married  Milton  C.  Belknap;  Alice  C,  mar- 
ried Frank  J.  Mericle ;  Ada  C.,  married  Lewis 
D.  Sullivan. 

(Vni)  Ralph  Ahira,  eldest  son  of  Dr. 
James  Ahira  and  Caroline  H.  (Herrick)  Hall, 
was  born  in  Sedgwick,  Hancock  county, 
Maine,  June  5,  1844,  his  parents  coming  to 
Brocton,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  the 
same  year.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  completing  his  studies  at  Fredonia 
Academy,  which  he  attended  in  1859  and 
i860.  He  entered  business  life  as  a  clerk  for 
John  T.  and  William  F.  Green,  in  Sherman, 
New  York,  when  he  was  seventeen  years  old. 
In  1870  he  began  business  for  himself  as 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Hall  &  Thomp- 
son. In  1871-72  the  firm  was  Hall  &  Ball. 
From  1872  to  1881  he  was  engaged  in  the 
hardware  business  under  the  firm  name  of 
Ralph  A.  Hall.  In  1883-84  he  was  traveling 
salesman  for  the  wholesale  hardware  firm  of 
Walbridge  &  Company,  BuflFalo.  From  1885 
to  1892  he  was  engaged  in  private  banking 
under  the  firm  name  of  Dean  &  Hall.  In  1892 
he  organized  the  State  Bank  of  Brocton,  was 
chosen  president  and  held  that  important  posi- 
tion continuously  until  August  i,  191 1, 
when  he  resigned.  In  1891  he  organ- 
ized the  Brocton  Land  and  Improvement 
Company  and  purchased  all  of  the  remain- 
ing property  of  the  "Harris  Community," 
some  five  hundred  acres.  This  tract 
was  divided  into  small  vineyards  of  five  and 
ten  acres  each  and  proved  a  most  successful 
business  venture.  In  1900  he  was  instru- 
mental in  organizing  the  Brocton  Fruit  Juice 
Company,  for  the  manufacture  of  native 
wines.  He  has  been  treasurer  of  this  com- 
pany since  its  beginning.  His  greatest  activ- 
ity has  been  in  the  extension  and  improvement 
of  grape  growing,  and  as  treasurer  of  several 
grape  shipping  companies  has  been  brought  into 
close  touch  with  that  important  Chautauqua 
county  industry.  He  is  a  member  and  trustee 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  is  a 


Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  highly-respected 
gentleman  and  has  passed  a  busy,  useful  life. 
He  is  a  member  of  Lake  Shore  Lodge,  No. 
851,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  Dunkirk  Commandery,  No.  40, 
Knights  Templar,  and  Ismailia  Temple,  Buf- 
falo, Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 

He  married,  in  Brocton,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1870,  Mary  Jane  Haight,  daughter 
of  Mark  and  Densy  (Knickerbocker)  Haight, 
of  Chenango  county,  New  York,  later  of 
Brocton,  Chautauqua  county.  Child :  Evelyn 
H.,  born  July  7,  1873;  married  Walter  N. 
Clark,  of  Brocton,  New  York,  and  has 
Frances  H.,  born  in  Brocton,  November  i, 
1897. 


The  Love  family  is  of  Scotch-Irish 
LOVE  stock,  and  county  Antrim,  Ire- 
land, is  the  region  from  which 
the  BuflFalo  branch  immediately  spring.  Here 
the  father  of  the  original  immigrant  was  bom 
and  died.  His  wife's  name  was  Sloan,  and  she 
was  an  aunt  of  William  Wilson  Sloan,  presi- 
dent of  the  BuflFalo  General  Electric  Company. 

(II)  David  Love,  son  of  the  parents  above 
referred  to,  was  born  in  county  Antrim,  Ire- 
land, July  12,  1825,  died  in  BuflFalo,  New 
York,  May  30,  1884.  While  still  under  twenty 
years  of  age,  he  came  to  the  United  States. 
He  was  long  engaged  in  BuflFalo,  in  the  pro- 
duce and  commission  business,  buying  out 
William  Sloan.  In  politics  he  was  an  active 
Republican,  and  both  in  public  aflFairs  and 
in  business  was  a  man  of  prominence  and  in- 
fluence. Originally  a  Presbyterian,  he  was  a 
convert  to  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and 
was  an  attendant  of  St.  Joseph's  Cathedral. 
He  married  Anna  Connor,  born  in  Dublin, 
Ireland,  in  1826,  died  in  1897.  Children :  James 
Andrew,  married  Villa  Carman;  David,  de- 
ceased, a  grocer,  in  BuflFalo,  left  a  son  and 
daughter;  Elizabeth  Eugenie,  deceased,  Anna, 
died  in  infancy ;  John,  died  at  age  of  thirteen 
years;  William  Henry,  of  whom  further; 
Rose  Gertrude,  married  John  F.  Cochrane, 
lives  in  BuflFalo. 

(III)  William  Henry,  son  of  David  and 
Anna  (Connor)  Love,  was  born  in  BuflFalo, 
New  York,  November  18,  1862,  died  there, 
November  17,  191 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  ' 
public  schools  of  BuflFalo,  and  graduated  in 
1881,  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  from  the 
Central  high  school.  In  the  same  year  he  was 
appointed  to  the  principalship  of  one  of  the 


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public  schools.  He  filled  several  positions  of 
this  character  until  1892,  holding  place  in  the 
front  rank  of  public  school  teachers  in  the 
city.  In  1892  he  was  unanimously  chosen  by 
the  appointing  board  to  fill  the  position  of 
superintendent  of  education  of  the  city  of 
BuflFalo,  in  which  capacity  he  remained  one 
year.  At  this  time  he  was  under  thirty  years 
of  age.  Though  his  tenure  was  short,  he 
established  for  the  first  time  a  system  of  kin- 
dergarten work  in  connection  with  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  otherwise  left  his  impress 
upon  the  department  of  public  instruction. 
He  had  previously,  in  1891,  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Cuddeback  & 
Kenefick.  In  1893  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  entered  into  partnership  with  Daniel 
J.  Kenefick;  he  practiced  in  association  with 
him  and  with  James  Lester  Quackenbush,  now 
of  New  York  City.  In  1909  Mr.  Love,  as 
attorney,  reorganized  the  New  York  State 
Steel  Company.  On  account  of  the  great 
ability  displayed  by  him  in  this,  he  was  two 
years  later  made  president  of  the  corpora- 
tion, one  of  the  first  importance,  capitalized 
at  about  six  million  dollars.  He  was  a  direc- 
tor in  the  Columbia  National  Bank,  the  Buf- 
falo Abstract  and  Title  Company,  the  United 
States  Fidelity  and  Guarantee  Company,  the 
Holland  Patent  Realty  Company.  Besides 
these,  he  was  largely  interested  in  the  Stadler 
Hotel,  now  under  construction  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  For  a  short  time  he  was  a  member  of 
the  park  board.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
BuflFalo  Club,  the  Country  Club,  and  the  Auto- 
mobile Club.  He  was  in  good  health  and  ac- 
tivity until  a  few  days  before  his  death,  when 
he  was  taken  ill  with  appendicitis,  was  oper- 
ated upon,  and  died  several  days  later.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Roman  Catholic,  and  an 
attendant  at  the  Cathedral  Chapel.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat. 

Mr.  Love  married,  in  BuflFalo,  June  18, 
1896,  Helen  A.,  daughter  of  Louis  and  Jose- 
phine (Hohman)  Niendorf.  Children:  Helen 
E.,  born  August  16,  1897 ;  James,  April  22, 
1899;  Virginia  Ann,  December  2^,  1907. 


John  Love,  founder  of  this  family, 
LO\'E     was    born    in    Glasgow,    Scotland. 

He  came  to  America  about  1850, 
going  first  to  Michigan,  but  soon  coming  to 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  is  buried  at  Forest 
Lawn  cemetery,  BuflFalo.  Child,  William,  of 
whom  further. 


(II)  William,  son  of  John  Love,  was  born 
at  Glasgow,  Scotland,  died  at  BuflFalo,  New 
York,  December  24,  1887.  He  was  a  ma- 
chinist, and  for  thirty  years  foreman  of  the 
John  W.  Tifts  machine  shop.  He  married 
Janet  Marr.  Among  their  nine  children  the 
sixth  was  Archibald  Stuart,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Archibald  Stuart,  son  of  William  and 
Janet  (Marr)  Love,  was  born  in  BuflFalo,  New 
York,  December  13,  1859,  died  in  BuflFalo, 
March  9,  1906.  He  was  a  machinist,  but  re- 
tired some  years  before  his  death.  At  one 
time  he  was  an  Odd  Fellow.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  married,  June  28,  1888, 
Sarah  Julia,  born  in  Brooklyn,  daughter  of 
George  Deloss  and  Sarah  Ann  (Lewis)  Shep- 
ard.  Her  father  was  born  at  Little  Falls, 
Herkimer  county,  New  York,  October  27, 
1834,  died  October  28,  1908,  at  BuflFalo,  to 
which  place  he  had  moved  in  1863.  He  was 
a  carpenter  and  builder.  He  was  a  Democrat, 
and  in  his  younger  days  quite  active.  In  Buf- 
falo he  was  a  member  of  the  Richmond  Ave- 
nue Methodist  Church.  He  married,  April 
13,  1859,  Sarah  Ann  Lewis,  born  at  Little 
Falls,  July  17,  1837,  died  in  BuflFalo,  August 
8,  1909.  Children:  i.  Sarah  Julia,  born  May 
5,  i860,  of  whom  herein.  2.  George  Dennis, 
born  August  ii,  1861,  died  June  11,  1910; 
married  Elizabeth  Guth,  and  had  eight  chil- 
dren ;  he  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  in  Buf- 
falo. 3.  Charles  Francis,  born  in  BuflFalo,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1873;  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
engaged  for  a  year  and  a  half  in  the  dyeing 
business,  but  since  1899  a  carpenter  and  build- 
er ;  he  is  independent  in  politics,  and  a  member 
of  the  Richmond  Avenue  Methodist  Church. 
Dennis  Lewis,  father  of  Sarah  Ann  (Lewis) 
Shepard,  was  born  in  Little  Falls,  New  York, 
August  I,  1 81 3 ;  he  was  a  boatman  on  the  canal 
and  moved  to  BuflFalo  about  1863,  where  he 
died  February  10,  1872.  Edward  L.  Shepard, 
father  of  George  D.  Shepard.  was  born  in 
Herkimer  county,  died  in  i86t  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  had  been  living  for  some  time. 
Edward  L.  Shepard  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder,  and  also  interested  in  the  soap  busi- 
ness, the  manufacture  of  stoves,  and  a  paper 
factory  at  Little  Falls.  Children  of  Archi- 
bald Stuart  and  Sarah  Julia  (Shepard)  Love: 
I.  William  George,  born  and  died  October  31, 
1889.  2.  Janet  Marr,  born  August  13,  1891 ; 
married,  December  18,  191 1,  Frank  Maynard, 
who  is  with  the  International  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  lives  in  BuflFalo.    3.  Mary  Julia,  born 


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May  24,    1895;   lives   in   Buffalo.     4.   Grace 
Sarah,  born  October  16,  1898. 


Edward  Livingston  Hall,  eldest 
HALL  son  of  John  Adams  Hall  (q.  v.) 
and  Emily  (Perry)  Hall,  was  born 
October  i,  1841,  in  Warren,  Pennsylvania.  In 
1849  ^^^  parents  removed  to  Busti,  New  York, 
upon  the  farm  that  had  been  originally  taken 
up  by  his  grandfather,  Samuel  Hall,  when 
he  came  from  Vermont  in  181 4.  His  common 
school  education  was  supplemented  by  courses 
of  study  in  the  academy  at  Painesville,  Ohio, 
and  in  a  business  college  at  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York.  Mr.  Hall  assisted  his  father  on 
the  farm  until  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war. 
Enlisting  then  in  the  Seventh  Company  of 
Sharpshooters,  which  went  to  the  front  in 
1862  with  the  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth  Regi- 
ment of  New  York  Volunteers,  he  was  hon- 
orably discharged  in  the  following  year  at 
Suffolk,  Virginia,  for  serious  illness,  and  was 
taken  home.  After  his  recovery  he  managed 
the  farm  for  his  father  upon  shares,  during 
the  absence  of  the  latter  in  Washington  where 
he  held  a  clerkship  in  the  house  of  representa- 
tives. 

In  1865  Mr.  Hall  was  engaged  in  the  oil 
business  in  Pennsylvania  with  his  brother 
Henri,  and  a  couple  of  years  later  was  a  part- 
ner for  a  brief  time  in  a  retail  drug  store  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  with  Delos  W.  Hatch 
and  Edward  A.  Dickinson.  The  principal 
business  of  his  life,  however,  the  purchase  of 
standing  timber  and  its  manufacture  into  lum- 
ber, which  he  took  up  in  1868,  and  for  about 
ten  years  he  and  his  business  associates  de- 
voted themselves  to  the  pine  lumber  industry, 
marketing  their  product  by  shipping  it  down 
the  Allegheny  and  Ohio  rivers  in  rafts,  gen- 
erally at  the  time  of  the  spring  freshets.  As 
the  pine  forests  disappeared  from  Western 
New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  and  water  trans- 
portation became  supplanted  by  the  newly  de- 
veloped railroads,  Mr.  Hall  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  hardwood  timber,  and  in  1878  formed 
with  Edward  Shaver  the  partnership  of  Shaver 
&  Hall,  a  business  association  unbroken  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  The  firm 
manufactured  staves  and  heading  for  the  east- 
ern market,  and  in  a  few  years  located  its 
principal  mills  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 
When  Orlando  C.  Frisbee  joined  the  firm, 
about  1888,  its  name  became  Shaver,  Hall  & 
Frisbee,  and  its  business  was  greatly  extended. 


Separating  in  1892,  Hall  &  Frisbee  engaged 
in  manufacturing  hardwood  lumber  in  Mis- 
souri, Arkansas  and  Mississippi,  while  Shaver 
&  Hall  continued  the  stave  and  heading  busi- 
ness. In  1901  Mr.  Hall  withdrew  from  the 
lumber  business,  but  continued  with  the  other 
until  191 1.  Although  Mr.  Shaver  died  in 
1904,  his  estate  remained  interested  until  the 
business  was  wound  up. 

Mr.  Hall  has  withdrawn  largely  from  active 
manufacturing  since  1900,  devoting  himself 
principally  to  landed  investments  in  the  south 
and  west,  and  becoming  interested  in  a  variety 
of  local  enterprises.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Jamestown  National  Bank,  the  Chautauqua 
County  Trust  Company  and  the  National 
Chautauqua  County  Bank,  as  each  institu- 
tion was  merged  in  the  succeeding  one.  Al- 
ways a  Republican  in  politics,  he  held  the  office 
of  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Carroll  in  1878- 
79.  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  be- 
ing a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Western  Sun  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jamestown  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar ;  Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine;  Buffalo  Consistory,  Scot- 
tish Rite  Bodies,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Jamestown  and  the  Sportsman's  clubs. 

On  February  6,  1867,  Mr.  Hall  married 
Charlotte,  born  June  14,  1845,  eldest  daughter 
of  James  and  Sabra  (Howard)  Parker,  of 
Frewsburg,  New  York.  James  Parker  was 
born  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  December  18,  1818,  died  at  Frewsburg, 
September  21,  1863.  In  1838  he  married 
Sabra,  daughter  of  Luther  Howard.  He  was 
teacher,  superintendent  of  schools  in  his  dis- 
trict for  many  years,  justice  of  the  peace  and 
town  supervisor,  being  chairman  of  the  county 
board  of  supervisors  for  two  years.  In  i860 
he  was  a  Republican  presidential  elector  of 
New  York,  and  from  1861  to  his  death  was 
assistant  clerk  in  the  house  of  representatives 
in  Washington.  As  a  prominent  free  soil 
Whig  and  Republican  political  writer  of  great 
vigor  and  independence,  he  was  editor  of  the 
Chautauqua  County  Democrat  from  1854  until 
his  appointment  in  Washington,  and  after- 
wards carried  on  a  vigorous  political  corre- 
spondence in  the  county  papers. 

The  children  of  Edward  L.  and  Charlotte 
(Parker)  Hall  were:  i.  James  Parker,  born 
in  Frewsburg,  New  York,  1871 ;  graduated 
from  Jamestown  high  school,  1890;  A.  B., 
Cornell   University,    1894;   LL.    B.,   Harvard 


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University,  1897;  professor  of  law  and  dean 
of  the  University  of  Chicago  Law  School  since 
1902;  married  Evelyn  Movius,  of  Buffalo, 
New  York,  in  1900;  children:  Livingston, 
born  1903,  and  James  Parker  Jr.,  born  1906. 
2.  Glyde,  born  in  Frewsburg,  New  York ;  edu- 
cated in  Jamestown  high  school,  with  addi- 
tional study  for  several  years  in  Europe ;  mar- 
ried Charles  S.  Grover,  of  Jamestown,  New 
York,  in  1907. 

Henry  Wait,  the  first  member  of 
WAIT  this  family  of  whom  we  have  def- 
inite information,  was  born  at 
Half  Moon,  Saratoga  county,  New  York.  He 
emigrated  in  1819  to  Owego,  Tioga  county, 
New  York,  and  settled  on  a  tract  of  nine  hun- 
dred acres,  south  of  the  Susquehanna  river, 
which  has  since  borne  the  name,  Wait's  Set- 
tlement, and  the  postoffice  is  called  Wait's 
Landing.  He  was  a  farmer.  Children :  Chris- 
tian, referred  to  below ;  William,  Henry,  John. 
(II)  Christian,  son  of  Henry  Wait,  was 
born  February  i,  1801.  He  went  with  his 
parents  to  Wait's  Settlement.  They  were 
obliged  to  cut  a  road  six  miles  through  the 
forest  to  the  place  where  the  old  homestead 
was  built,  in  which  he  married.  He  married, 
in  1830,  Rachel  Briggs,  of  Briggs  Hollow, 
New  York,  who  died  January  16,  1868.  Chil- 
dren:    I.   Martha  C,  married  Rev.  Charles 

White;  children:  Ida,  married  Shaw, 

lives  at  Salina,  Kansas;  Lillian;  Durbin; 
Henry  Oliver,  named  after  his  uncle.  2. 
Elizabeth,   married  J.   B.   Russell;   children: 

Amanda,  married Cass ;  Stella,  married 

Boardman;  Harriet,  married  Samuel 


Crater ;  children :  William  K.  and  David  G. 
3.  Henry  Oliver,  referred  to  below.  4.  David 
Gaylon.  5.  Josephine,  married  John  Mead; 
children:  Jay,  Bell. 

(Ill)  Henry  Oliver,  son  of  Christian  and 
Rachel  (Briggs)  Wait,  was  born  at  Owego, 
September  19,  1840,  died  February  27,  1904. 
He  went  to  a  district  school,  and  worked  at 
farming  and  other  things  until  1861.  He  en- 
listed, April  28,  1 861,  and  was  assigned  to 
Company  K,  Captain  James  B.  Caryl,  of  the 
Twenty-sixth  Regiment,  New  York  State 
Volunteer  Infantry.  This  enlistment  was  for 
two  years,  or  during  the  war.  May  i6th,  he 
was  enrolled  at  Elmira,  and  five  days  later 
the  regiment,  under  Colonel  William  H. 
Christian,  was  called  into  service  for  three 
months  by  the  president.    He  then  ranked  as 


corporal.  He  served  with  distinction  in  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  First  Army  Corps, 
under  General  McDowell,  and  took  part  in 
the  battles  of  Cedar  Mountain,  Bull  Run  (the 
second  battle)  and  South  Mountain.  At  An- 
tietam  he  was  severely  wounded,  and  was 
promoted  for  gallant  conduct  to  the  rank  of 
captain.  He  was  then  laid  up  by  his  wound 
for  several  months,  in  the  Queen  Street  Hos- 
pital, at  Alexandria,  Virginia.  His  enlist- 
ment expiring  in  two  years,  he  reenlisted,  and 
was  commissioned  major  hy  President  Lin- 
coln. Being  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the 
Southwest,  under  General  Sherman,  he  joined 
him  at  Chattanooga,  and  was  engaged  in  the 
battle  of  Lookout  Mountain.  After  this  he 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-col- 
onel, and  took  part  in  Sherman's  march  to  the 
sea.  After  the  surrender  of  Lee  he  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service.  He  came  to  Salamanca, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  and  entered 
the  passenger  department  of  the  Atlantic  & 
Great  Western  railroad,  which  afterward  be- 
came part  of  the  Erie;  he  remained  in  their 
employment  until  1879.  In  that  year  he  was 
elected  treasurer  of  Cattaraugus  county,  and 
being  repeatedly  reelected,  he  held  this  posi- 
tion until  1894,  when  he  declined  a  renomina- 
tion.  May  15,  1880,  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Salamanca  was  started;  he  was  active  in 
its  formation  and  was  made  its  president. 
After  retirement  from  the  county  treasurer- 
ship,  he  devoted  all  his  time  to  the  bank.  He 
was  always  interested  in  politics,  being  an 
active  Republican ;  besides  the  county  treasur- 
ership  he  was  three  times,  in  1873-74-75, 
elected  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Salamanca. 
He  was  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and 
belonged  to  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No.  239,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Salamanca,  and  Sal- 
amanca Chapter,  No.  266,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons. He  was  also  a  member  of  Sherwood 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Sala- 
manca, the  name  of  which  was  changed  after 
his  death  to  Colonel  H.  O.  Wait  Post.  He 
attended  the  Episcopal  church,  and  was  a 
very  generous  man. 

He  married.  May  6,  1874,  Bell,  born  Jan- 
uary 3,  1854,  daughter  of  David  and  Joanna 
(Armstrong)  Kirkpatrick.  (See  Kirkpatrick 
V).  She  now  lives  partly  in  her  old  home  at 
Cuba,  Allegany  county.  New  York,  which  has 
been  remodeled  and  is  now  a  fine  house,  and 
partly  in  apartments  at  Salamanca.  She  trav- 
els extensively. 


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(The    Kirkpatrick    Line). 

(I)  Alexander  Kirkpatrick,  the  founder  of 
this  family,  was  born  at  Watties  Neach,  Dum- 
friesshire, Scotland,  and  died  at  Mine  Brook, 
Somerset  county,  New  Jersey,  June  3,  1758. 
Although  a  Scotch  Presbyterian  he  was  loyal 
to  the  House  of  Stuart,  and  participated  in 
the  rising  of  the  Earl  of  Mar.  Coming  thus 
under  the  disfavor  of  the  English  govern- 
ment, he  emigrated  first  to  Belfast,  Ireland, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1736  to  America.  With 
him  came  his  brother  Andrew,  and  Andrew's 
four  children.  After  a  stormy  voyage  of 
thirteen  weeks,  he  and  his  family  landed  at 
New  Castle,  Delaware,  almost  starved  by  the 
unexpected  length  of  the  passage.  They 
crossed  the  Delaware  at  Philadelphia,  and 
wandered  up  through  New  Jersey  to  Bound 
Brook,  then  crossed  the  mountain  by  the  In- 
dian path ;  finding  a  spring  of  water,  they  set- 
tled and  built  a  log  house.  Here  he  finally 
acquired  large  tracts  of  land.     He  married, 

in    Scotland,    Elizabeth    .      Children: 

Andrew,  married  Margaret  Gaston;  David, 
referred  to  below ;  Alexander,  married  Mar- 
garet Anderson ;  Jennet,  married  Duncan  Mc- 
Eowen;  Mary,  married  John  Bigger. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Alexander  and  Eliza- 
beth Kirkpatrick,  was  born  at  Watties  Neach, 
Scotland,  February  17,  1724,  died  at  Mine 
Brook,  March  19,  1814.  He  came  to  America 
with  his  father.  Purchasing  the  property  at 
Mine  Brook  from  his  brother,  he  resided  all 
his  life  at  that  place,  and  built  a  fine  stone 
mansion.  He  served  in  the  New  Jersey  leg- 
islature. He  married,  March  31,  1748,  Mary 
McEowen,  born  in  Argyleshire,  Scotland,  Au- 
gust I,  1728,  died  at  Mine  Brook,  November 
2,  1795.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1749,  died  December  14,  1829; 
married  Sloan.  2.  Alexander,  re- 
ferred to  below.  3.  Hugh,  born  September 
2,  1753,  died  January  9,  1782.  4.  Andrew, 
born  February  17,  1756,  died  in  1831 ;  mar- 
ried, November  i,  1792,  Jane  Bayard.  He 
was  chief  justice  of  the  state  of  New  Jersey, 
and  founder  of  Princeton  Theological  Semin- 
ary. 5.  David,  born  November  i,  1758,  died 
December  11,  1828;  married  Mary  Farrand; 
he  was  a  captain  in  the  revolutionary  war.  6. 
Mary,  born  November  23,  1761,  died  July  i, 
1842;  married  (first)  Hugh  Gaston,  and  (sec- 
ond)   Todd.    7.  Anne,  born  March  10, 

1764;  married  Moses  Etsey.  8.  Jannet,  born 
July  9,   1769;  married  Dickinson  Miller. 


(III)  Alexander  (2),  son  of  David  and 
Mary  (McEowen)  Kirkpatrick,  was  born 
September  3,  1751,  died  September  24,  1827. 
He  was  a  private  in  the  New  Jersey  state 
troops,  in  the  revolution.  He  married  Sarah, 
bom  about  1760,  died  February  15,  1842, 
daughter  of  Judge  John  Carle,  of  Long  Hill, 
Morris  county.  New  Jersey.  Children,  who 
reached  adult  years:  i.  David,  born  Decem- 
ber 24,  1776;  married  Sarah  Cooper.  2. 
Mary,  born  April  25,  1781 ;  married  John  Laf- 
ferty  Cross.  3.  John,  referred  to  below.  4. 
Rev.  Jacob,  born  August  8,  1785,  died  May 
2,  1866;  married,  December  13,  1809,  Mary 
Sutfin.  5.  Sarah,  born  September  22,  1787; 
married  William  Annin.  6.  Elizabeth,  born 
September  21,  1789;  married  (first)  Alexan- 
der Vail,  and  (second)  William  Gaston.  7. 
Lydia,  born  December  20,  1791 ;  married 
Peter  Demott.  8.  Anne,  born  January  27, 
1794;  married  John  Stelle.  9.  Rebecca,  born 
June  15,  1796;  married  Squire  Terrill.  10. 
Jane,  born  May  22,  1798;  married  John  Cory. 
II.  Alexander,  born  August  10,  1800;  mar- 
ried   Tingley.  12.  Martha,  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1802;  married  Israel  Squiers.  13.  Rob- 
ert Finley,  born  July  22,  1805 ;  married  Char- 
ity Terrill. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Alexander  (2)  and  Sa- 
rah ((larle)  Kirkpatrick,  was  born  July  24, 
1783,  died  December  11,  1855.  He  was  a  mil- 
ler, and  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Seneca  coun- 
ty. New  York.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  David  Ayers.  Child,  David,  referred  to 
below. 

(V)  David  (2),  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Ayers)  Kirkpatrick,  was  born  in  Seneca 
county.  New  York,  December  24,  1820,  died 
in  1903.  He  attended  the  public  school.  He 
was  employed  by  the  Erie  railroad,  and  was 
a  contractor.  Finally  he  came  to  Cuba,  Al- 
legany county.  New  York,  renting  a  house 
on  the  spot  where  afterward  he  built  the  house 
now  occupied  by  his  daughter.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  was  active  in  politics,  being  a 
Democrat,  but  did  not  hold  office.  He  was 
a  vestryman  in  the  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  in  1849,  Joanna,  born  June  4,  1828, 
in  Coxsackie,  Greene  county.  New  York,  died 
in  1868,  daughter  of  Philip  Scarboro  Arm- 
strong. Her  father  was  the  son  of  Philip 
Scarboro  and  Arabella  (Rafter)  Armstrong, 
his  mother  being  a  daughter  of  John  Rafter, 
who    came    to    America    from    Bally    Finn, 


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Queens  county,  Ireland.  Child,  Bell,  born 
January  3,  1854;  married,  May  6,  1874,  Henry 
Oliver  Wait   (see  Wait  III). 

Caleb  Lewis,  the  first  member  of 
LEWIS     this    family   of   whom   we   have 

definite  information,  was  born  in 
1800,  died  in  1856.  He  came  to  Farmersville, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  in  1816,  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  the  county.  He  mar- 
ried Joanna  Wade,  born  January  i,  1800,  died 
in  1862,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  (Jones) 
Wade  (see  Wade  IV).  Children:  i.  Mary, 
died  in  infancy.  2.  Jacob,  moved  to  Dick- 
son, Missouri;  was  killed  in  the  civil  war; 
left  a  family.  3.  Caleb,  married;  children: 
Clarissa,  married  Andrew  Robinson,  and  Hat- 
tie,  married  George  Munger.  4.  Lovica,  mar- 
ried George  Swift,  of  New  Hudson,  Allegany 
county,  New  York;  eleven  children.  5.  Oli- 
ver; was  a  farmer;  married  Clarissa  Norton; 
children:  Duane  and  Lillie.  6.  Joanna,  mar- 
ried     Wilson;   children:   Charles   and 

Fred.  7.  Eliza,  married  John  O.  Badger; 
children;  Jennie,  married  James  Swift;  and 
Jessie,  deceased.  8.  Guy  C,  died  in  1909; 
was  a  sergeant  in  Company  D,  Sixty-fourth 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry  in  civil  war, 
enlisting  in  1861 ;  after  discharge  reenlisted, 
served  in  all  four  years;  married  Marie  Fer- 
rington ;  children :  Grant  and  Addie.  9.  Mary, 
married  De  Alton  Swift;  children:  Mrs.  John 
Giles,  living  at  Cuba,  Allegany  county;  and 
Arloene,  married  Benjamin  Lees,  of  North 
Baltimore,  Ohio.  10.  Ralph,  was  a  private 
in  Company  D,  Sixty-fourth  New  York  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  and  reenlisted  after  his  dis- 
charge; was  transferred  to  the  bureau  relief 
corps;  resides  at  fiurton,  Nebraska;  married 
Emma  Otto;  children:  Stillman,  Frank, 
Harry,  Guy,  Molly,  Ernestine.  11.  Stillman 
E.,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Stillman  E.,  youngest  child  of  Caleb 
and  Joanna  (Wade)  Lewis,  was  born  at 
Farmersville,  February  25,  1845.  He  at- 
tended the  district  school.  His  parents  both 
died  before  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age.  He 
enlisted  in  1863,  ^^  seventeen  years  of  age, 
as  a  private  in  Company  C,  Thirteenth  New 
York  Heavy  Artillery,  and  Marine,  and  later 
served  in  Company  M,  Marine  Artillery,  same 
regiment.  He  first  went  to  Salamanca,  then 
to  New  York  City,  and  then  to  active  service 
at  Norfolk  and  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  en- 
gaged in  gunboat  service,  pursuing  Confed- 


erate blockade  runners  and  hunting  guerrillas. 
He  was  first  appointed  orderly  to  the  assist- 
ant surgeon,  J.  A.  Fontane,  and  afterward 
to  Surgeon  A.  J.  Steele,  being  on  detached 
service  duty  during  his  term  of  service,  and 
was  discharged  June  28,  1865,  the  war  hav- 
ing ended.  Returning  to  Farmersville,  he 
went  to  work  on  the  farm  with  his  brother 
Ralph.  Having  saved  some  money  from  his 
arniy  service,  and  also  receiving  a  little  from 
his  mother,  he  went  to  Arcade,  Wyoming 
county.  New  York,  and  attended  the  Com- 
mercial College  and  Academy  for  a  year  and 
a  half,  graduating  in  1867,  ^^  twenty-one  years 
of  age.  Then  he  worked  for  a  farmer,  Wil- 
liam Curry,  through  haying  and  harvesting, 
for  thirty  dollars  a  month.  In  1869  ^^  began 
the  study  of  dentistry  in  the  office  of  Whipple 
&  Jackson,  in  Cuba,  New  York,  to  whom  he 
paid  $100  for  tuition  in  dental  science.  He 
remained  eight  years  and  subsequently  bought 
out  Dr.  Jackson,  later  sold  out  to  Dr.  Whip- 
ple, and  ultimately  purchased  the  business  en- 
tire. He  practiced  until  1876,  when  he  sold 
out  to  Rollin  B.  Tuller,  after  which  he  prac- 
ticed for  two  years  in  Elmira,  and  in  1878 
located  in  Olean,  where  he  has  now  been  in 
successful  practice  for  thirty-four  years,  in 
both  mechanical  and  operative  dentistry.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  City  Dental  Society,  and 
of  the  board  of  health,  having  been  chairman 
of  the  relief  committee  for  two  years.  He 
is  vice-commander  of  G.  D.  Bayard  Post,  No. 
222,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  for 
the  past  six  years  has  been  esteemed  lectur- 
ing knight  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks ;  is  a  member  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Select  Knights 
and  the  Loyal  Mystic  Legion  of  America.  In 
politics  he  is  a  strict  Democrat  and  has  twice 
made  a  splendid  run  as  a  congressional  candi- 
date in  his  district,  which  is  strongly  Repub- 
lican. Dr.  Lewis  has  been  honored  by  the 
Democratic  convention  of  the  thirty-seventh 
congressional  district  of  the  state  as  its  chair- 
man for  the  last  ten  years,  and  still  holds  that 
honorable  position. 

He  married  (first),  February  20,  1872,  at 
Angelica,  New  York,  Julia  Huntley*  who 
died  March  8,  1874;  married  (second), 
March,  1877,  Jennie  M.  Hastings.  Children, 
two  by  each  marriage:  i.  Archie,  died  at  age 
of  two  years.  2.  Stanley,  born  1873 ;  married 
Carrie  Reynolds,  of  Olean ;  child,  Stillman  H. 
3.  Maude  H.,  married  Sidney  Fish.     4.  Lina 


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W.,  born  June  17,  1884;  married,  July  17, 
1904,  Frank  P.  Hanson,  born  April  24,  1883; 
children:  Lewis  F.,  born  June  7,  1906;  Lx)- 
raine  Mary,  born  October  26,  1908;  Arloene 
T.,  born  August  i,  1910. 

(The  Wade  Line). 

(I)  Benjamin  Wade,  the  first  member  of 
this  family  of  whom  we  have  definite  in- 
formation, perhaps  the  emigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  about  1646,  died  about  1700.  He  was 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Elizabeth,  New 
Jersey,  and  by  trade  a  clothier.  He  was  an 
extensive  land  owner.  He  married,  about 
1670,  Ann,  born  in  1649,  died  July  31,  1737, 
daughter  of  William  Looker.  Children:  i. 
Robert,  referred  to  below.  2.  John,  born  in 
1688,  died  November  16,  1761 ;  married  Pa- 
tience   .     3.   Benjamin,   died   in    1738; 

married Lyon. 

(H)  Robert,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ann 
(Looker)  Wade,  died  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jer- 
sey  in    August,    1766.      He   married    (first) 

Elizabeth ,  and  (second)  Sarah . 

Children:  i.  Robert.  2.  Benjamin,  born 
about  1727,  died  May  21,  1760;  married  De- 
borah   .    3.  Patience,  born  in  1736,  died 

February  9,  1795;  married  Josiah  Woodruff. 
4.  Matthias,  born  September  i,  1738,  died  Oc- 
tober 29,  1739.  5.  Daniel,  referred  to  below. 
6.  Henry.  7.  Daughter,  married  Stephen 
Brown.    8.  Daughter,  married Cherry. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Robert  Wade,  died  at 
Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  in  July,  1793.  He 
was  a  private  in  the  Essex  county  militia  in 
the  revolution.  He  married  (first)  Eliza- 
beth   ,  born  about  17 19,  died  December 

14,  1758;  (second)  Temperance .  Chil- 
dren, all  but  first  two  by  second  marriage: 
I.  Amos,  born  about  1740;  married,  April  3, 
1763,  Elizabeth  Jewel.  2.  Daniel,  born  June 
io»  I753>  died  September  9,  1821 ;  married 
Abigail  (Tucker)  Tucker.  3.  Benjamin,  born 
in  1759,  buried  October  10,  1812.  4.  Moses, 
born  about  1760;  married  Mary  Headley.  5. 
Jacob,  referred  to  below.  6.  Robert,  born 
October  23,  1766,  died  July  18,^1799;  married 
Rebecca  Jones.  7.  Timothy,  married  Prussia 
Osborne.  8.  Patience,  married  Caleb  Wade. 
9.  Temperance,  married  David  Bonnell.  10. 
Esther,  married  David  Baker. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Daniel  and  Temperance 
Wade,  was  born  February  25,  1762,  died  in 
October,  1828.  He  sold  his  property  in  New 
Jersey  and   moved   to   Western    New   York. 


He  married  Sarah  Jones,  born  April  14,  1765, 
died  April  22,  1845.  Children:  i.  Magdalen, 
born  November  15,  1783,  died  about  1820; 
married  William  Adams.  2.  James  J.,  born 
October  23,  1785.  3.  Jonathan,  born  Febru- 
ary s,  1788,  died  about  1872;  married  (first), 
January  7,  1808,  Anna  Childs;  (second),  No- 
vember II,  1824,  Abigail  Gillette.  4.  Moses, 
born  July  2,  1792,  died  November  20,  1869; 
married  Sally  Maria  Bundy.  5.  Oliver,  born 
December  10,  1794,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Joan- 
na, born  January  i,  1800,  died  in  1862;  mar- 
ried Caleb  Lewis  (see  Lewis).  7.  C)Hver, 
bom  April  23,  1802,  died  about  1870.  8. 
Henry,  born  February  i,  1805;  married,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1826,  Samantha  Hayfird. 


The  first  member  of  this 
SHERMAN     family  about  whom  we  have 

definite  information  was  a 
native  of  Rhode  Island.  The  Sherman  family, 
which  is  of  German  origin,  has  long  been  es- 
tablished in  Rhode  Island.  Children:  Al- 
bert, of  whom  further;  Frances. 

(II)  Albert,  son  of  Sherman,  set- 
tled in  Owego,  Tioga  county.  New  York.  He 
married  Sarah  Farnham.  Children:  Mary; 
Frank  S.,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Frank  S.,  son  of  Albert  and  Sarah 
(Farnham)  Sherman,  was  born  in  Owego, 
New  York,  March  8,  1856.  He  attended  pub- 
lic school,  also  worked  on  the  farm  of  his 
grandfather,  Sylvester  Farnham;  made  spin- 
ning wheels  and  wood  products,  carded  wool, 
worked  on  a  cider  press,  and  at  other  forms 
of  labor,  in  an  old-fashioned  waterpower  mill. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered  the  lumber 
business  at  Jenkin's  Mills,  Tioga  county, 
where  he  remained  four  years.  In  1877  ^^ 
went  to  Starrucca,  Wayne  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  lumber,  afterward  keeping  a  general  store 
in  partnership  with  H.  F.  Aldrich,  under  the 
name  of  Aldrich  &  Sherman.  This  he  con- 
tinued until  1885,  being  also  postmaster  at 
Starrucca.  In  1885  M.  F.  Quinn  bought  out 
Mr.  Aldrich,  and  the  firm  became  Quinn  & 
Sherman.  They  continued  the  business  here 
for  three  years,  dealing  in  lumber  and  gen- 
eral merchandise.  They  then  removed  to  Sin- 
namahoning,  Cameron  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and  dealt  there  in  lumber  for  three  years; 
after  this  they  followed  the  lumber  and  bark 
business  near  Qermont,  and  built  a  village 
near  the  place,   which  is  called  Quinnwood. 


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For  three  years  they  were  associated  with 
Henry  Baird  &:  Company.  They  then  built 
the  mills  and  acid  plant  at  Straight  Creek, 
also  manufactured  lumber  there  fifteen  years, 
which  enterprises  have  been  exceedingly  suc- 
cessful. Mr.  Sherman  also  enters  individ- 
ually into  real  estate  transactions.  In  1909 
he  moved  to  Olean,  and  bought  one  of  the 
finest  houses  in  the  city.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  married  (first)  Iva  Mary 
Every;    (second)    Frances  N.   Cavenaugh. 

The  English  family  of  Bart- 

BARTLETT    lett  or  Barttelot  dates  back  to 

the  Norman  Conquest.  The 
ancient  coat-of-arms  is:  Sable  three  sinister 
falconer's  gloves  argent  arranged  triangularly 
two  above  and  one  below  pendant  bands 
around  the  wrist  and  tassels  or.  At  about 
the  close  of  the  fifteenth  century  the  castle 
was  granted  as  the  crest  to  John  Barttelot, 
and  in  the  sixteenth  century  the  Swan  crest, 
was  granted  in  commemoration  of  the  right 
granted  the  family  by  William  the  Conqueror 
to  keep  swans  in  the  river  Arun.  The  fol- 
lowing lineage  from  1086  to  the  present  is 
completely  established. 

(I)  Adam  Barttelot,  an  esquire,  came  with 
the  Conqueror  from  Normandy,  and  had  his 
seat  at  Ferring,  county  Sussex.  He  was 
buried  at  Stopham,  in  1 100. 

(H)  William  Barttelot  de  Stopham,  son  of 
Adam,  was  buried  at  the  Stopham  church. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  William,  was  buried  at 
the  Stopham  church. 

(IV)  Richard,  Esq.,  son  of  John,  was  bur- 
ied at  Stopham. 

(V)  Thomas  Bartlett  (the  spelling  of  the 
surname  varies  greatly,  but  for  clearness  the 
present  American  way  will  be  used  during 
the  remainder  of  this  lineage),  son  of  Rich- 
ard, Esq.,  married  Assoline,  daughter,  of  John 
Stopham.  His  brother,  Adam  Bartlett,  had 
a  seat  at  East  Preston. 

(VI)  John  Bartlett,  Esq.,  son  of  Thomas 
Bartlett,  captured  Castle  Fontenoy,  in  France, 
and  to  him  was  granted  the  crest  on  the  Bart- 
lett arms.  He  married  the  daughter  and  co- 
heir of  John  de   Stopham. 

(VII)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bartlett, 
Esq.,  was  a  member  of  parliament  from  Sus- 
sex in  1453.  He  married  Joan,  daughter  and 
heir  of  John  de  Lewknor. 

(VIII)  Richard,  son  of  John  (2)  Bartlett, 
married   Petronilla,   heir-general  of   Walton. 


(IX)  John  (3),  son  of  Richard  Bartlett, 
died  in  1493.  He  married  OUve,  daughter  of 
John  Arthur,  and  heiress  of  Sylveston. 

(X)  Richard  (2),  son  of  John  (3)  Bart- 
lett, married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
Gates.  His  brother  John  married  Catherine 
Dawtrey.  Children:  William,  died  1601,  aged 
ninety-seven  years;  Edmund,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(XI)  Edmund,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Bart- 
lett, lived  at  Ernley;  died  1591. 

(XII)  Edmund  (2),  son  of  Edmund  (i) 
Bartlett,  was  of  Ernley;  married  Elizabeth 
Gore.  Children:  John,  came  to  Newbury, 
Massachusetts ;  Richard,  mentioned  below ; 
Thomas,  settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts. 
(Authority  of  the  family  historian,  Levi  Bart- 
lett.) 

(XIII)  Richard  (3)  Bartlett,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  Wiltshire,  England,  in 
1575.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  old 
town  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  living  before  1637,  and  died  there  May 
25,  1647.  His  family  Bible — one  of  the  fam- 
ous "Breeches  Bibles"  (so-called  from  the 
translation  of  the  word  for  the  original  gar- 
ment worn  by  Adam  and  Eve)  is  now  owned 
by  William  Bartlett,  of  Lowell,  who  received 
it  from  his  father,  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Bartlett, 
late  president  of  Dartmouth  College.  The 
records  of  his  children's  births  are  given,  and 
the  statement,  "Richard  Bartlett  bought  this 
book  Anno  Domini  161 2."  Richard  Bartlett 
was  progenitor  of  Hon.  Josiah  Bartlett,  of 
New  Hampshire,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  and  foremost  citizen  of  that 
state.  Richard's  oral  will,  proved  Septem- 
ber 29,  1647,  stated  that  John  had  already 
received  his  share ;  bequeathed  to  Christopher 
and  Joane  and  each  of  her  four  daughter;  to 
Richard  and  John,  who  received  the  "Great 
Bible."  Children:  Joane,  married  William 
Titcomb;  John,  Thomas,  Richard,  mentioned 
below ;  Christopher,  Anne. 

(XIV)  Richard  (4),  son  of  Richard  (3) 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  England,  October  31, 
1621.  He  was  called  a  shoemaker  and  yeo- 
man in  various  records.  He  resided  first  in 
Oldtown,  Newbury,  removing  finally  to  Bart- 
lett's  Corners,  Deer  Island,  in  the  Merrimac 
river.  He  was  reputed  to  a  facetious,  genial 
and  intelligent  man.  He  represented  the  town 
in  the  general  court.  He  married  Abigail 
,  who  died  March  8,  1686-87.    He  died 


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in  1698.  His  will  was  dated  April  19,  1665, 
and  proved  July  18,  1698.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, Richard,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  Abi- 
gail, married,  May  27,  1700,  John  Emery; 
John,  Hannah,  Rebecca,  married,  September 
S,  1700,  Isaac  Bagley. 

(XV)  Richard  (s)  son  of  Richard  (4) 
Bartlett,  was  born  February  21,  1648-49,  died 
April  17,  1724.  He  was  called  a  yeoman,  and 
was  also  a  currier  and  cordwainer.  He  re- 
sided first  near  Oldtown  Hill,  in  Newbury, 
and  .afterwards  removed  to  a  place  now  called 
Bartlett's  Bridge,  just  above  the  chain  bridge 
in  Salisbury.  He  was  four  years  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  He  married  Hannah  Em- 
ery, November  18,  1673.  She  died  May  11, 
1705,  aged  fifty.  Children:  i.  Hannah.  2. 
Richard,  married,  April  12,  1699,  Margaret 
Woodman.  3.  John,  married  Mary  Ordway; 
resided  on  the  homestead ;  children  removed  to 
Deerfield  and  Northwood.  4.  Samuel.  5. 
Daniel.  6.  Joseph,  soldier  in  1707,  captured 
by  French  and  Indians  at  Haverhill,  August 
29,  1708,  and  ransomed  November  8,  1712; 
recovered  his  gun  from  its  hiding-place,  and 
the  same  gun  was  used  in  the  revolution  by 
a  grand-nephew,  Richard  Bartlett,  of  Ames- 
bury,  who  removed  to  Warner,  and  it  is  now 
deposited  in  the  museum  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Historical  Society,  though  it  was  partly 
blown  to  pieces  in  a  Fourth  of  July  celebra- 
tion. 7.  Hannah,  married,  December  28,  1706, 
John  Ordway.  8.  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 
9.  Deacon  Stephen,  married,  December  18, 
1712,  Hannah  Webster;  their  son,  Josiah,  was 
the  New  Hampshire  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  10.  Josiah,  resided  at  New- 
bury and  Amesbury;  married,  April  13,  1725, 
Elizabeth  Bartlett.  11.  Thomas,  married,  No- 
vember 18,  1718,  Hannah  Moody.  12.  Mary, 
married  Joseph  Hills. 

(XVI)  Samuel,  eighth  child  of  Richard 
(5)  Bartlett,  was  born  May  2,  1689.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  a  son,  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(XVII)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Bartlett,  was  born  about  1725,  died  about 
1765.  He  settled  in  what  was  then  Ulster, 
now  Orange  county.  New  York,  town  of  New 

Windsor.     He  married   Mercy  ,   who 

survived  him  and  married  a  second  husband. 
Children :  William,  Samuel,  Ebenezer, 
Haynes,  mentioned  below ;  Mercy. 

(XVIII)  Haynes,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Bart- 
lett, was  born  in  Ulster  county,  New  York, 
1757,  died  in  Romulus,  Seneca  county.  New 


York,  October  16,  1841.  He  was  a  black- 
smith and  a  farmer.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lutionary war  and  helped  to  forge  the  great 
chain  and  bolts  that  was  stretched  across  the 
Hudson  river  to  impede  the  passage  of  British 
ships.  He  was  an  old-time  Democrat.  He 
married,  in  Orange  county,  November  i,  1791, 
Hannah  Cooley.  Children:  Thomas,  Eben- 
ezer, Kezia,  John,  mentioned  below;  Aaron 
Burr  and  Benjamin. 

(XIX)  John,  son  of  Haynes  Bartlett,  was 
born  1797,  died  July  2,  1839.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  the  town  of  Belfast,  Allegany 
county.  New  York,  and  a  Democrat  of  the 
Jacksonian  type.  He  married,  in  Allegany 
county.  New  York,  in  1823,  Nancy  White. 
Eleven  children. 

(XX)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Bartlett,  was 
born  September  14,  1824,  in  Allegany  county. 
New  York,  town  of  Belfast,  died  there,  No- 
vember, 1910.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lumber- 
man; was  successful  in  business  and  retired 
about  1895.  He  married,  in  Allegany  county, 
Corintha  Angell,  who  survives  him,  a  resident 
of  Belfast,  Allegany  county.  Children :  John, 
of  Belfast,  New  York;  Silas,  of  Caneadea, 
New  York;  Frank  L.,  mentioned  below. 

(XXI)  Frank  Leveme,  youngest  son  of 
Ebenpzer  Bartlett,  was  born  in  Allegany 
county.  New  York,  December  25,  1858.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  grew 
up  on  the  farm.  In  1879  he  secured  a  position 
as  clerk  or  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Cuba,  New  York,  and  on  June  14, 
1880,  came  to  Olcan,  where  he  held  a  similar 
position  in  the  Exchange  National  Bank.  In 
five  years  he  worked  his  way  through  succes- 
sive promotions  to  the  position  of  cashier,  be- 
ing elected  to  that  office,  November  21,  1885. 
He  had  found  his  true  vocation  and  had  so 
established  his  value  as  a  financier  upon  his 
associates  that  on  January  9,  1895,  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  bank  and  so  continue 
(1911).  Under  his  wise  management,  the 
Exchange  National  Bank  has  a  most  success- 
ful history.  Handsomely  located  in  one  of 
Olean's  most  attractive  buildings  with  a 
large  combined  capital  surplus  and  undivided 
profits,  it  challenges  comparison  with  any 
bank  in  the  United  States  or  situated  in  a 
similar  locality.  This,  however,  is  but  one  of 
Mr.  Bartlett's  activities.  He  is  president  of 
the  Olean  Glass  Company;  president  of  the 
Sterling  Brick  Works  Company ;  treasurer  of 
the  Pierce  Leather  Company ;  treasurer  of  the 


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Olean  Improvement  Company,  and  officially 
connected  with  all  the  Higgins  industries.  He 
is  an  Independent  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
leader  in  public  affairs,  although  never  accept- 
ing office  himself.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  Olean;  president  of 
the  Hamilton  Country  Club  and  a  member  of 
the  City  Club  of  Olean.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to  lodge,  chap- 
ter and  commandery  in  Olean,  and  Ismailia 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Buf- 
falo. 

He  married,  July  15,  1886,  Fannie  E.,  born 
April  6,  1864,  only  child  of  John  and  Mary 
England,  of  Tidioute,  Pennsylvania.  Child, 
Nancy,  born  in  Tidioute,  August  26,  1896. 


This  is  a  branch  of  an  old  Eng- 
PORTER  lish  family  that  was  transplant- 
ed to  the  United  States  in  185 1. 
The  English  seat  was  in  Lincolnshire,  where 
John  Porter  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Balling- 
shay,  April  3,  1806.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1855,  locating  at  Webster,  New 
York,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  until 
1866,  when  he  went  west,  settling  in  Hillsdale 
county,  Michigan,  where  he  resided  for  several 
years.  He  then  returned  to  Webster,  but  in  a 
.few  years  again  located  in  Hillsdale  county, 
Michigan,  where  he  died  April  27,  1889.  He 
was  twice  married.  He  married  (first),  Oc- 
tober 24,  1826,  Jane  Hull;  she  died  Septem- 
ber 12,  1875.  Children:  William,  born  May 
24,  1827 ;  John  H.,  of  whom  further ;  Thomas, 
born  August  5,  1833 ;  Jane,  born  July  6,  1839, 
married  Henry  Leadley;  George,  born  Octo- 
ber II,  1845. 

Jane  (Hull)  Porter  was  a  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Mary  Hull,  the  former  of  whom  died 
August  22,  1824,  and  the  latter  April  30, 
1809,    aged    forty-five   years.      William    Hull 

married  (first)  Eleanor ,  who  bore  him 

three  children,  namely:  William,  born  March 
21,  1790;  Mary  Alleybon,  February  23,  1792; 
Sarah,  March  16,  1794,  died  July,  1794;  El- 
eanor Hull,  died  September  12,  1794,  aged 
twenty-three  years.  Children  of  William  Hull 
and  his  second  wife,  Mary  Hull:  Sarah,  born 
October  16,  1796;  Rebecca,  October  21,  1798; 
Jane,  February  3,  1800,  died  June  27,  1800; 
Jane,  May  5.  1801,  died  July  i,  1801 ;  Jane, 
October  12,  1802,  died  August  27,  1803;  Jane, 
March  15.  1805,  aforementioned  as  the  wife 
of  John  Porter. 

(II)  John  H.,  son  of  John  and  Jane  (Hull) 


Porter,  was  born  in  Ballingshay,  Lincolnshire, 
England,  February  23,  1830,  died  at  the  home 
of  his  son,  Charles  G.  Porter,  in  Albion,  New 
York,  May  11,  1911.  He  preceded  his  father 
to  the  United  States,  coming  in  1851.  He 
settled  first  in  the  city  of  Utica,  New  York, 
where  he  spent  two  years,  then  moved  to  Web- 
ster, New  York,  where  he  spent  sixteen  years, 
engaged  in  farming,  and  he  then  removed 
to  Hillsdale,  Michigan,  but  in  1871  re- 
turned east  and  resided  on  a  farm  in  Orleans 
county,  New  York,  three  miles  north  of  Hol- 
ley,  until  1874.  He  then  moved  to  Carlton, 
New  York,  where  he  remained  until  1875, 
when  he  purchased  another  farm  near  Carl- 
ton Station,  and  upon  which  he  remained 
until  1889,  when  he  sold  out  and  retired  from 
active  Hfe.  He  was  a  man  of  many  activities 
and  good  business  capacity.  After  his  retire- 
ment he  lived  in  Albion  for  several  years,  end- 
ing his  days  there  at  the  age  of  eighty-one 
years.  He  was  an  attendant  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Webster,  New  York,  in  1858,  Amelia 
Atchinson,  of  English  birth  and  parentage, 
born  in  England,  June  30,  1833,  died  in  Al- 
bion, New  York,  March  14,  1908,  aged  sev- 
enty-five years.  She  came  to  the  United  States 
at  the  age  of  six  years.  Children:  i.  Will- 
iam H.,  born  in  Penfield,  New  York,  March 
24,  1859.  2.  George  Thomas,  born  in  Web- 
ster, New  York,  November  5,  i860.  3. 
Charles  Grayson,  of  whom  further.  4.  John 
Leslie,  born  in  Jefferson,  Michigan,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1869.  5.  Burton  P.,  born  in  Jefferson, 
Michigan,  June  5,  187 1. 

(Ill)  Charles  Grayson,  third  son  of  John 
H.  and  Amelia  (Atchinson)  Porter,  was  born 
in  Webster,  Monroe  county.  New  York,  April 
28,  1863.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  completing  his  studies  at  Bingham- 
ton  Business  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated.  In  the  fall  of  1884  he  went  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  where  for  two  years  he 
was  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  a  firm  selling  type- 
writing machines.  He  next  took  a  position 
with  the  Hammond  Typewriter  Company  in 
New  York  City,  and  for  three  years  was  in 
their  employ  and  with  the  American  Writing 
Machine  Company.  He  then  returned  to 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  for  eleven  years,  until 
October  15,  1900,  he  was  with  the  Smith 
Premier  Typewriter  Company.  On  the  lat- 
ter date  he  came  to  Albion,  New  York, 
where  he  established  a  retail  coal  and  wood 


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yard,  which  he  conducted  for  five  years.  In 
January,  1906,  he  disposed  of  his  Albion  busi- 
ness, and  on  April  3,  1906,  purchased  what  is 
known  locally  as  the  "Old  Sanford  Farm." 
This  property,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and 
seventy-five  acres,  is  situated  four  miles  north 
of  Albion.  He  has  devoted  twenty-three  acres 
to  fruit  culture  and  the  remainder  to  general 
farming  purposes.  Mr.  Porter  resides  in  Al- 
bion, is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  since  1906  has  served  as  trustee. 
He  is  a  member  of  Renovation  Lodge,  No. 
97,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Orleans  Chap- 
ter, No.  75,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  is  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Orleans  County  Fruit 
Growers'  Association,  member  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  New  York  State  Fruit 
Growers'  Association,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Orleans  County  Pioneer  Association,  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Roch- 
ester Industrial  Exposition  Association.  He 
is  active  and  energetic  in  business,  and  one 
of  the  successful  men  of  Orleans  county. 

Mr.  Porter  married,  at  Oxford,  Connecticut, 
August  2,  1887,  Nellie  E.  Scott,  born  at  Nau- 
gatuck,  Connecticut,  May  28,  1861.  Child, 
Eleanot  Amelia,  born  June  27,  1895.  The 
Scotts,  of  Naugatuck,  were  large  land  owners 
an<l  leading  citizens.  Asahel  Scott,  grand- 
father of  Mrs.  Nellie  E.  Porter,  was  born 
there  in  1783,  died  November,  1837.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1808,  Hannah  Bouton,  also  born  in 
Naugatuck,  1793,  died  January  6,  1844.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Laura  O.,  born  September  28,  1813. 
died  March  17,  1883.  2.  Sarah  S.,  born  April 
2,  1816,  died  March  25,  1888.  3.  Mary,  bom 
November  28,  18 18.  4.  Edwin  W.,  born  No- 
vember 3,  1820.  5.  Nelson  T.,  born  Au- 
gust 10,  1821,  died  Thanksgiving  Day,  1909; 
he  was  a  carriage  manufacturer;  he  married 
Ellen  Augusta  Scott,  and  their  daughter, 
Nellie  E.,  married  Charles  Grayson  Porter. 


About  the  year  1640 
VAN  BERGEN     there     came     to     New 

Netherland,  Martinsen 
Gerretson  Van  Bergen,  or  Marte  Gerritse 
(Martin,  son  of  Gerritt)  as  he  called  him- 
self, who  is  said  to  have  been  a  cousin  or 
nephew  of  Killian  Van  Rensselaer,  of  Am- 
sterdam, and  to  have  come  to  Rensselaer- 
wyck  (Albany)  under  his  patronage.  Marte 
Gerritse  soon  became  a  man  of  note  in  the 
colony,  and  for  many  years  was  komisslries  of 
Fort  Orange    (Albany),   an  office  of  varied 


civil  function  and  considerable  profit.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  governor's  council,  one 
of  the  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  county 
of  Albany,  and  captain  of  a  company  of  foot. 
He  seems  to  have  been  a  punctual,  industrious 
man,  but  was  covetous  of  land  and  fond  of  the 
power  which  wealth  and  office  confer.  He 
gave  freely  of  his  substance  when  the  colony 
or  his  church  was  in  need.  In  1689  few  sub- 
scribed a  greater  sum  than  he  for  the  defense 
of  the  frontier.  No  man,  even  Van  Rensse- 
laer or  Livingston,  the  richest  men  of  their 
day  in  the  upper  Hudson  valley,  paid  a  larger 
sum  towards  the  support  of  Godfrey  Dellins, 
the  zealous  minister  of  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church  at  Albany.  Marte  Gerritse  died  at  his 
"bouwerie,"  an  estate  of  several  hundred  acres 
on  the  west  side  of  the  Hudson,  which  after- 
ward was  owned  by  James  Van  Rensselaer. 
It  is  a  well-fdunded  family  tradition  that 
Marte  Gerritse  was  killed  while  resisting  an 
attack  upon  his  house  by  a  party  of  Canadian 
Indians,  who  intended  to  carry  him  off  as 
prisoner.  He  left  a  large  estate  in  land,  lots 
in  Albany,  a  farm  just  below  on  the  Hudson, 
and  an  undivided  interest  in  the  Catskill  pat- 
ent, the  Coxsackie  patent  and  the  Corlaers  Kill 
patent.  He  married  (first)  Janetje  Martinse; 
(second)  at  Albany,  January  21,  1686,  Neelt- 
je,  daughter  of  Myndert  Frederickse  Van 
Iveren,  who  survived  him  and  married  a  sec- 
ond husband.  Children,  baptized  at  Albany: 
I.  Gerritt,  November  27,  1687;  married,  June 
I,  171 1,  Annatje  Meyer.  2.  Myndert,  Septem- 
ber, 1689,  died  young.  3.  Marten,  March  28, 
1692:  married,  June  7,  1715,  Catrina  Meyer. 
4.  Pieter  (Petrus),  of  whom  further.  5.  Jo- 
hannes, October  4,  1695,  died  without  issue. 
(II)  Pieter  (Petrus),  fourth  son  of  Marte 
Gerritse  Van  Bergen,  was  baptized  in  Albany, 
New  York,  February  21,  1694,  died  at  Cox- 
sackie, New  York,  January  4,  1778.  He  set- 
tled on  the  Coxsackie  Patent,  and  founded  a 
family  prominent  in  the  annals  of  Greene 
county.  He  married,  November  7,  1724, 
Christina,  born  1700,  died  December,  1777, 
daughter  of  Anthony  and  Elizabeth  (Ten 
Broeck)  Costar.  Children:  i.  Martin  Ger- 
retsen,  bom  September  9,  1725,  a  prominent 
burgher  of  Albany ;  a  magistrate  and  member 
of  the  governor's  council.  He  never  married 
and  was  familiarly  known  as  "Mart  Gers,  the 
bachelor."  2.  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy.  3. 
Anthony,  of  whom  further.  4.  Henry,  No- 
vember 6,  173T,  died  March  16,   1817;  mar- 


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ried  Neeltje  Staats.  5.  Elizabeth  (2),  born 
January  8,  1733,  died  September  4,  1814; 
married,  1771,  Hermanns  Cuyler.  6.  Myn- 
dert,  baptized  in  Coxsackie,  October  16,  1739. 
7.  Peter,  born  April  23,  1742;  married  Eliza- 
beth Fryer. 

(III)  Anthony,  second  son  of  Pieter  Van 
Bergen,  was  born  November  i,  1729.  His 
will  bears  date  of  February  10,  1792.  He  was 
a  revolutionary  soldier,  colonel  of  the  Elev- 
enth Regiment,  Albany  County  Militia.  He 
married,  at  Catskill,  New  York,  in  1762, 
Maria  Salisbury,  baptized  April  22,  1739, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Rachel  (Ten 
Broeck)  Salisbury,  granddaughter  of  Francis 
and  Maria  (Van  Gaasbeck)  Salisbury,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Silvester  Salisbury  (who 
came  to  New  Netherlands  from  England, 
1664;  married  Elizabeth  Beck,  and  had  only 
one  son  who  survived  childhood,  Francis,  born 
1679).     Children  of  Anthony  Van    Bergen: 

I.  Abraham,  born  December  3,  1761,  died  No- 
vember II,  1848.  2.  Peter  A.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 3.  Myndert,  baptized  at  Coxsackie,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1767.  4.  Catharina,  baptized  January 
17,  1767;  married  Coenradt  Hoogtilling.  5. 
Marten  Gerretsen,  born  December  17,  1768; 
married,  March  30,  1793,  Sally  Conyn.  6. 
Christina,  baptized  July  17,  1774;  married  Ar- 
thur MacCloskey.  7.  Henry  Costar,  born  1777, 
died  August  11,  1816.  8.  Rachel,  baptized 
July  16,  1780. 

(IV)  Peter  A.,  second  son  of  Anthony  and 
Maria  (Salisbury)  Van  Bergen,  was  born  July 

II,  1763,  died  August  30,  1804.  He  was  a 
large  land  owner  and  a  state  senator,  1802-04, 
dying  while  in  office.  He  married  Hester 
Hoogtilling,  baptized  at  Coxsackie,  June  5, 
1768.  She  survived  her  husband  and  married 
(second)  Dr.  James  Oliver,  of  Marbletown, 
Ulster  county,  New  York.  Child,  Anthony  A., 
of  whom  further. 

(V)  Anthony  A.,  only  son  of  Peter  A.  Van 
Bergen,  was  born  1786,  died  December  27, 
1859.  He  was  judge  of  county  court  and 
president  of  the  New  York  State  Agricultural 
Society.  He  married  Clarine,  who  died  at 
Coxsackie,  October  30,  1872,  aged  eighty- 
seven  years,  daughter  of  John  Peck,  of  Lyme, 
Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born 
July  13,  1807.  2.  Lucy  Ann,  born  1809;  mar- 
ried, January  7,  1836,  Rev.  Leonard  B.  Van 
Dyck.  3.  Peter  A.,  born  at  Coxsackie,  Janu- 
ary 12,  1812;  married,  June  20,  1849,  Lucy 
Smart,  of  Flushing,  Long  Island.    4.  John  P., 


married  Margaret  Baker,  of  New  Orleans.  5. 
James  Oliver,  married  Harriet  Lay.  6.  Es- 
ther, married  Stephen  J.  Matson.  7.  Rebecca, 
married  Roswell  Read  (2).  8.  Anthony  A., 
of  whom  further.  9.  Maria,  died  July  31, 
1879;  unmarried. 

(VI)  Anthony  A.  (2),  fourth  son  of  An- 
thony A.  (i)  and  Clarine  (Peck)  Van  Ber- 
gen, was  born  at  Coxsackie,  January  i,  1824, 
and  is  ^ill  living.  He  has  acquired  large 
business  interests  abroad,  become  very 
wealthy,  and  has  permanently  removed  his 
residence  to  Paris,  France,  where  he  has  held 
high  position,  and  was  an  officer  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor.  He  married  Julia  Peirson.  Chil- 
dren :  Charles,  of  whom  further ;  Henry,  mar- 
ried Ethel  Irving;  Alice,  married  Otto  Graf 
Grote,  of  Varchenten. 

(VII)  Dr.  Charles  Van  Bergen,  eldest  son 
of  Anthony  A.  (2)  and  Julia  (Peirson)  Van 
Bergen,  was  born  in  Paris,  France,  July  28, 
1869.  He  was  graduated  Bachelor  of  Science 
and  Bachelor  of  Arts,  University  of  Paris, 
1887,  and  Doctor  of  Medicine  from  an  Eng- 
lish University,  1896,  holding  the  last  degree 
also  from  other  European  universities,  but 
never  practiced  his  profession.  Dr.  Vafi  Ber- 
gen divides  his  time  between  his  Paris  mansion 
and  his  beautiful  Buffalo  residence.  He  mar- 
ried, December  15,  1896,  Amelia  Louise, 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Georgianna  (Stev- 
enson) Thorn,  of  Buffalo  (see  Stevenson  and 
Thorn). 


Among  the  early  New  England 
EDSON  names,  the  family  name  of  Ed- 
son  has  not  been  so  widely  dis- 
seminated as  some  others.  Its  representatives 
have,  however,  fully  sustained  the  New  Eng- 
land characteristics  of  intelligence,  industry 
and  integrity.  They  have  borne  a  part  in 
every  movement  calculated  to  develop  the  best 
interests  of  the  country.  Some  have  been  prom- 
inently identified  witii  Eastern  and  Central, 
and  some  with  Western  New  York  from  the 
first  settlement  down  to  the  present  time. 

(I)  Deacon  Samuel  Edson,  was  bom  in  Fil- 
longley,  Warwickshire,  England,  in  1612-13. 
He  was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  and  Julianna 
(Bustard)  Edson,  of  Addenburg,  Oxford- 
shire, England.  Thomas  Edson  was  the  earli- 
est identified  male  ancestor  of  the  Edsons  in 
England  and  America.  He  was  born  about 
1480,  twelve  years  before  the  discovery  of 
America,  and  died  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. 


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Samuel  Edson,  when  about  twenty-five  years 
of  age,  immediately  after  his  marriage  to  Su- 
sanna Orcutt,  then  aged  twenty-one,  embarked 
in  England  on  board  of  a  ship  with  his  young 
wife,  for  America.  He  arrived  at  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  in  July,  1639,  and  had  granted 
to  him  land  near  Catt  Cove,  where  he  first 
resided,  and  later  also  at  Mackerel  Cove.  He 
engaged,  perhaps  at  first,  in  catching  and  cur- 
ing fish,  as  did  many  of  the  immigrants  on 
first  reaching  America.  He  continued  to  re- 
side in  Salem  until  not  later  than  165 1,  when 
he  removed  to  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  one  of  the  fifty-six  original  propri- 
etors of  that  town,  and  became  one  of  the 
earliest,  if  not  its  first  settler.  Besides  his 
original  share  in  the  town  he  purchased  other 
lands  and  became  a  very  large  farmer.  He 
owned  two  saw  mills,  and  built  the  first  corn 
mill  there,  for  which  he  was  given  an  addi- 
tional share  of  the  proprietary  lands.  The 
mill  irons  were  brought  from  England.  The 
mill  was  built  upon  Town  river.  The  site  of 
his  mills  has  been  continually  occupied  by  a 
mill  ever  since.  The  site  of  his  residence  was 
south  of  Town  river,  in  what  is  now  West 
Bridgewater.  In.  1676  he  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  court  or  legislature  of 
Plymouth.  For  nine  years  he  was  selectman 
of  Bridgewater.  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  council  of  war  from  1667  to  the  end 
of  King  Philip's  war,  and  also  of  the  com- 
mittee to  distribute  contributions  made  by  the 
Irish  people  for  that  war,  and  also  to  those 
entitled  thereto  in  Bridgewater.  He  was  on 
the  committee  with  two  others  to  negotiate 
for,  and  received  from  the  Indian  Chief  Pomo- 
noho  a  conveyance  of  the  Titcut  purchase,  also 
from  the  Chief  Wampatuck  a  confirmatory 
deed  of  lands  of  the  town,  previously  con- 
veyed by  Massasoit.  In  1680  he,  with  two 
others,  was  appointed  to  settle  the  boundary 
line  between  Bridgewater  and  Middleboro,  and 
also  the  line  between  Bridgewater  and  Taun- 
ton. Samuel  Edson  had  a  large  robust  frame, 
and  a  strong  countenance.  Although  he  had 
not  received  the  liberal  education  for  his  day, 
he  had  a  keen  intelligence,  was  enterprising 
and  in  every  sense  was  a  man  of  aifairs.  He 
had  a  strong  individuality  and  an  unblemished 
character.  When  he  spoke  at  the  town  meet- 
ings he  carried  great  influence,  and  was 
chosen  to  fill  many  ofiices  in  the  town  of 
Bridgewater.  He  was  one  of  the  first  dea- 
cons of  the  Bridgewater  Church,  elected  in 


1664,  and  so  continued  until  his  death.  His 
wife,  Susanna,  had  a  happy  disposition,  mod- 
est deportment,  dignified  presence  and  grace- 
ful manners.  Her  education  and  natural  abili- 
ties were  said  to  be  fully  equal  to  his.  He 
died  July  19,  1692.  She  died  February  20, 
1699.  In  the  old  burying  ground  at  Bridge- 
water,  the  oldest  monument  of  the  kind  is  that 
standing  over  their  graves.  They  had  three 
sons  and  five  daughters.  Susanna,  their  eld- 
est daughter,  married  Rev.  James  Keith,  the 
first  minister  in  Bridgewater. 

(II)  Samuel  (2) „  eldest  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Edson,  was  born  in  1645,  ^^  Salem,  and  died 
in  Bridgewater  in  1719.  In  August,  1667,  he 
and  eighteen  other  settlers  of  Bridgewater, 
while  on  their  way  to  join  Captain  Church,  in 
King  Philip's  war,  surprised  a  party  of  Indian 
warriors,  killed  some,  and  captured  seventeen. 
Upon  being  reinforced,  they  pursued  the  In- 
dians, and  finally  returned  to  Bridgewater, 
having  killed  and  captured  173  of  them.  Sam- 
uel Edson  was  a  prominent  and  highly  re- 
spected citizen  of  Bridgewater.  He  was 
chosen  in  1697  to  represent  that  town  in  the 
general  court  of  Boston,  and  again  17 13,  and 
was  elected  town  selectman  in  1709- 12- 19. 
He  was  regarded  as  wealthy  by  his  townsmen. 
He  owned,  in  different  parcels,  1,500  acres  of 
land,  much  personal  property,  and  also  two 
negro  servants,  or  slaves,  George  and  Sarah. 
In  1678  he  married  Susannah,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Susannah  (Shaw)  Byram.  They 
had  one  son  and  two  daughters. 

(III)  Samuel  (3),  only  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
and  Susannah  (Byram)  Edson,  was  born 
January  14,  1690,  in  Bridgewater,  where  he 
died  in  1771.  He  was  the  first  of  the  family 
to  affiliate  with  the  English  Church,  and  gave 
a  deed,  January  23,  1747,  of  fourteen  acres 
of  land  to  the  society  for  the  propagation  of 
the  gospel  in  foreign  parts.  This  applied  to 
the  use  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Bridge- 
water,  and  was  leased  for  a  period  of  nine 
hundred  years  at  twenty-one  dollars  per  year. 
The  religious  faith  of  the  people  of  his  town 
and  of  the  colony  generally  being  intensely 
Puritan,  he  and  his  excellent  and  intelligent 
wife  were  subjected  to  the  criticisms  that  such 
differences  in  religious  faith  would  invite,  and 
he,  although  an  intelligent  citizen  of  irre- 
proachable character,  took  little  part  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town.  His  numerous  posterity 
are  scattered  wide  over  the  United  States,  are 
largely  of  the  Episcopalian  faith,  and  are  rep- 


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resented  by  many  ministers  of  that  denomina- 
tion. He  married,  in  1707,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Dean,  of  Taunton,  born  1687, 
died  1770.  Children:  Susannah,  bom  1708; 
Bethiah,  1710;  Mary,  1712;  Samuel,  1714; 
Nathan,  1716;  Abel,  1718;  Obed,  mentioned 
below;  EUzabeth,  1722;  Sarah,  1724;  Silence, 
1726;  Ebenezer,  1727;  John,  1729;  Ezra,  1730. 

(IV)  Obed,  fourth  son  of  Samuel  (3)  and 
Mary  (Dean)  Edson,  was  born  December  31, 
1720,  in  Bridgewater,  and  died  in  Richfield, 
New  York,  September  8,  1804.  He  was  a 
sergeant  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  having 
served  against  the  French  in  several  expedi- 
tions in  Nova  Scotia  and  against  Crown  Point. 
He  probably  went  to  Richfield  in  his  old  age 
to  join  his  son  and  namesake.  He  married 
(first),  November  11,  1741,  Katurah,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Abigail  (S  tough  ton) 
Willis,  of  Bridgewater,  born  1722,  died  1750. 
He  married  (second),  about  1750,  Martha, 
whose  surname  is  not  preserved.  Children  of 
first  marriage:  Jesse,  born  1744;  Obed,  men- 
tioned below;  Lewis,  1748.  Of  the  second 
marriage:  Katurah,  born  175 1 ;  Thomas, 
1753;  Lydia,  1754;  Silence,  1756;  Isaac,  1758. 

(V)  Obed  (2),  second  son  of  Obed  (i) 
and  Katurah  (Willis)  Edson,  was  born  May 
2,  1747,  in  Bridgewater,  and  died  in  Richfield, 
New  York,  May  9,  1840,  aged  ninety-three 
years  and  seven  days.  He  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  For  some  years  he 
resided  at  Lanesboro,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  connected  with  a  foundry.  Between 
1790  and  1793  he  settled  in  what  is  now  Rich- 
field, Otsego  county,  then  a  part  of  the  town 
of  German  Flats,  Montgomery  county.  New 
York,  where  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  also 
kept  a  hotel  in  the  locality  now  known  as 
Monticello.  He  had  previously  been  a  farmer 
in  Massachusetts,  and  purchased  a  tract  of 
land  on  his  arrival  in  Richfield.  He  does  not 
appear  in  the  census  of  1790,  but  in  1793  ^^ 
was  among  the  citizens  of  the  town.  He  was 
on  a  committee  of  three  to  divide  the  town 
chosen  at  a  special  meeting,  December  18, 
1798,  and  this  action  resulted  in  the  erection 
of  the  towns  of  Exeter  and  Plainfield  the  fol- 
lowing year.  He  was  in  his  religion  a  strong 
Episcopalian,  acquainted  with  and  0  close 
friend  of  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  a  celebrated  Epis- 
copalian clergyman,  distinguished  in  the  fron- 
tier history  of  that  region.  He  possessed 
large  musical  talent,  and  had  much  natural 
abilitv.     He   was  a  JeflFersonian  Republican, 


and  was  an  influential  citizen  of  the  com- 
munity. For  many  years  he  was  the  owner 
of  a  slave  named  "Ike,"  whom  he  finally  eman- 
cipated. He* married,  April  22,  1769,  Pru- 
dence, daughter  of  Wyllys  Howe.  She  was 
of  Welsh  descent. 

(VI)  Obed  (3),  son  of  Obed  (2)  and  Pru- 
dence (Howe)  Edson,  was  born  August  16,  1772, 
in  Lanesboro,  Massachusetts,  and  resided  for  a 
time  at  Cooperstown,  Otsego  county.  New 
York,  later  at  Richfield,  in  the  same  county, 
whence  he  removed  to  Eaton,  Madison  county. 
New  York,  where  he  died  August  6,  1804.  He 
was  a  clothier  by  occupation,  in  religion  an 
Episcopalian,  in  politics  a  Jeffersonian  Repub- 
lican, and  was  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. He  married  (first)  Aurora  Higgins; 
(second)  Fanny  Bigelow,  July  16,  1794,  at 
Cooperstown.  The  latter  marriage  was  per- 
formed by  Rev.  Daniel  Nash,  the  prototype  of 
Parson  Grant  in  James  Fenimore  Cooper's 
"Pioneers."  Obed  Edson  was  well  educated 
for  his  time — a  student,  and  a  reader  of  good 
literature.  Children:  Obed,  John  Milton 
(mentioned  below),  and  Fanny  Aurora.  The 
latter  became  the  wife  of  Horace  Potter,  and 
resided  at  her  decease  at  Kankakee,  Illinois. 

Fanny  (Bigelow)  Edson,  mother  of  John 
Milton  Edson,  was  born  in  Colchester,  Con- 
necticut, April  7,  1777,  daughter  of  Elisha 
Bigelow.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  American 
army  in  the  war  of  the  revolution.  His  three 
sons  served  during  that  war — two  of  them 
were  officers.  Her  mother,  Thankful  Beebe, 
whose  ancestor  served  under  Cromwell,  died 
in  Sinclairville  in  1839,  ^^  ^^^  ^&^  ^^  ninety- 
seven  years.  Fanny  came  with  her  father's 
family  in  1793,  to  Cooperstown,  Otsego 
county,  New  York.  Her  father  purchased 
land  of  the  father  of  J.  Fenimore  Cooper, 
and  the  families  were  well  known  to  each 
other.  She  knew  the  persons  who  were  rep- 
resented in  the  "Pioneers,"  and  was  familiar 
with  incidents  upon  which  the  story  was 
founded.  She  married  (second)  Major  Sam- 
uel Sinclair,  with  whom  she  and  her  children 
removed  in  1810  to  Sinclairville,  Chautauqua 
county,  when  its  site  was  a  wilderness,  where 
a  village  afterwards  grew  up,  that  was  named 
in  his  honor.  She  was  intelligent  and  well 
educated  in  her  day,  and  filled  an  important 
place  in  the  several  communities  in  which  she 
lived,  and  was  widely  known  and  honored  for 
her  virtues  and  her  useful  life.  She  died  in 
Sinclairville  January  12,  1852. 


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Samuel  Sinclair,  her  husband,  whose  first 
wife  was  Sarah  or  Sally  Perkins,  when  a 
mere  lad  attended  for  a  year  as  a  servant  or 
page  for  his  uncle,  Joseph  Cilley,  colonel  of 
the  First  New  Hampshire  regiment,  and  then, 
when  about  fifteen  years  of  age,  enlisted  as  a 
soldier  in  his  uncle's  regiment,  for  three 
years.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Saratoga  and 
Monmouth,  and  at  Valley  Forge,  and  in  Sul- 
livan's campaign  against  the  Indians.  His 
mother  was  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph 
Cilley,  of  New  Hampshire.  Mr.  Sinclair  was 
a  near  kinsman  of  Governor  B.  F.  Butler,  of 
Massachusetts,  Hon.  John  G.  Sinclair,  late 
lieutenant-governor  of  New  Hampshire,  and 
Hon.  Jonathan  Cilley,  who  fell  in  a  famous 
duel  with  Graves,  a  member  of  congress  from 
Kentucky.  Samuel  Sinclair  was  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason,  the  founder  of  the  Masonic  lodge  in 
Sinclairville,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  For- 
rest Lodge  of  Fredonia,  the  first  established 
in  Chautauqua  county. 

(VH)  John  Milton,  son  of  Obed  (3)  and 
Fanny  (Bigelow)  Edson,  was  born  July  30, 
1 801,  at  Eaton,  Madison  county.  New  York. 
When  a  child  of  about  nine  years  he  removed 
with  his  mother  and  stepfather,  Major  Sam- 
uel Sinclair,  to  the  site  of  the  present  village 
of  Sinclairville,  when  the  county  was  then  a 
wilderness. 

His  early  life  was  spent  in  the  forest, 
without  school  opportunities,  but  he  was  dis- 
tinguished for  his  physical  power  and  skill. 
Accomplished  in  all  manner  of  woodcraft,  he 
became  a  leader  among  pioneers.  His  taste 
for  investigation,  large  and  original  views  and 
natural  ability,  supplied  in  a  great  measure 
the  poverty  of  his  early  opportunities  for  ob- 
taining a  high  education.  When  a  very  young 
man  he  was  chosen  colonel  of  the  regiment 
allotted  to  his  part  of  the  county,  and  later 
the  first  master  of  Sylvan  Lodge  of  Masons 
in  Sinclairville.  In  his  early  life  he  was  long 
a  justice  of  the  peace,  often  supervisor  of  his 
town,  and  also  a  United  States  marshal.  He 
became  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas, 
and  served  as  such  until  that  court  was  abol- 
ished by  the  constitution  of  the  state.  In 
183 1  he  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Ursula  (Church)  Alverson.  She 
was  born  in  Halifax,  Windham  county,  Ver- 
mont, June  3,  1804;  came  with  her  mother 
to  reside  in  Gerry,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  in  1821.  She  died  November  22,  1878. 
Children:      Obed    (4)     ( mentioned    below); 


Fanny  Ursula,  born  June  4,   1834,   married 
Henry,  son  of  Melzer  Sylvester. 

(VIII)  Obed  (4),  only  son  of  John  M.  and 
Hannah  (Alverson)  Edson,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 18,  1832,  at  Sinclairville,  and  received 
his  primary  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  village  and  the  Fredonia  Academy. 
He  began  the  study  of  law  with  Hon.  E.  H. 
Sears,  at  Sinclairville,  subsequently  entered 
the  law  school  at  Albany,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Albany,  April  8,  1853,  ^"d 
is  now  the  oldest  lawyer  practicing  in 
Chautauqua  county,  where  he  has  been  thus 
engaged  fifty-nine  years.  In  early  life  and 
at  intervals  later  he  followed  the  business  of 
railroad  and  land  surveying.  In  185 1  he  was 
employed  in  the  counties  of  Chautauqua  and 
Cattaraugus  in  the  survey  of  the  New  York 
and  Erie  railroad,  which  was  then  being  built 
from  New  York  City  to  Dunkirk.  Mr.  Edson 
was  afterwards  engaged  in  the  survey  of 
other  railroads  and  plank  roads  in  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania  and  also  in  land  surveying. 
In  1867  he  assisted  in  the  survey  and  location 
of  the  line  then  known  as  the  Dunkirk  and 
Warren  railroad. 

Mr.  Edson  has  always  taken  a  keen  in- 
terest in  historical  matters,  and  is  the  author 
of  various  histories  of  Chautauqua  county 
and  other  books,  besides  contributing  leading 
articles  to  The  Magazine  of  American  His- 
tory, The  Continent,  The  Chautauquan,  and 
other  periodicals,  and  has  lectured  before  the 
Chautauqua  Institute,  and  delivered  the  his- 
torical address  at  Westfield  in  1902  on  the 
occasion  of  the  centennial  celebration  of  the 
settlement  of  Chautauqua  county.  He  made 
a  similar  address  at  the  celebration  of  the  cen- 
tennial of  the  settlement  of  the  city  of  James- 
town, and  has  delivered  many  other  addresses 
and  lectures.  For  many  years  he  has  been 
president  of  the  Chautauqua  County  Histori- 
cal Society;  and  is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo 
Historical  Society;  of  the  New  York.  State 
Bar  Association;  and  president  of  the  Ever- 
green Cemetery  Association  of  Sinclairville. 
In  political  matters  Mr.  Edson  has  always  act- 
ed with  the  Democratic  party.  In  early  life 
he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace ;  was  several 
years  supervisor  of  his  native  town  (Char- 
lotte), and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature.  He  is  an  active  worker  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity;  was  several  years 
master  of  Sylvan  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Sinclairville.    He  was  first  chosen 


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in  1861  and  last  elected  in  191 1,  a  half  cen- 
tury later,  and  is  now,  at  the  age  of  eighty, 
still  its  master.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Arch  Masons  of  Jamestown.  Mr.  Edson  is 
active  in  both  mind  and  body,  and  those  meet- 
ing him  are  surprised  when  they  learn  his 
age.  He  is  by  nature  genial  and  kindly;  is 
most  democratic  in  character  and  habits,  and 
enjoys  the  warm  regard  of  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  people. 

He  married,  at  Sinclairville,  May  11,  1859, 
Emily  Amelia  Allen,  bom  November  27,  1835, 
at  New  London,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Caleb  J.  and  Emily  (Haley)  Allen.  She  died 
in  March,  1899.  In  his  youth,  Caleb  J.  Allen 
was  a  sailor  before  the  mast  on  a  Pacific 
ocean  whaler,  and  later  became  a  hatter  in 
New  London;  subsequent  to  that  he  was  a 
merchant  in  that  city  and  in  Sinclairville,  New 
York.  He  served  as  mayor  and  postmaster 
at  New  London,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
state  senate  in  Connecticut.  His  children  were : 
James  A.  Allen,  a  lawyer  of  Buffalo ;  Samuel 
T.,  a  captain  of  the  civil  war,  and  a  lawyer  in 
New  York  City;  Caleb  J.,  a  lawyer  of  Iowa, 
and  officer  in  the  civil  war,  serving  at  Vicks- 
burg,  afterwards  prisoner  at  Belle  Isle,  and 
died  in  the  service;  Stephen  H.,  the  only  sur- 
vivor of  the  family,  is  a  lawyer  of  Topeka, 
Kansas,  where  he  has  held  important  judicial 
positions,  having  been  six  years  judge  of  the 
supreme  court  of  the  state.  Children  of  Obed 
(4)  Edson  and  wife:  i.  Fanny  Allen,  born 
April  28,  i860,  in  Sinclairville;  was  educated 
at  Buffalo  high  school,  and  became  the  wife 
of  John  A.  Love.  2.  John  Milton,  September 
29,  1861 ;  was  educated  at  Randolph  Academy, 
and  until  recently  was  printer,  editor  and  pub- 
lisher at  Bellingham,  in  the  state  of  Washing- 
ton ;  he  is  also  a  well  known  ornithologist  of 
that  state,  having  made  many  valuable  con- 
tributions to  the  chief  book  upon  that  sub- 
ject west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and  also 
to  other  publications  relating  to  that  science; 
married  Alma  B.  Green,  formerly  a  well- 
known  teacher  in  leading  schools  of  Chautau- 
qua county.  New  York.  3.  Samuel  Allen, 
September  15,  1863,  deceased.  4.  Mary  Ursu- 
la, September  11,  1865,  deceased.  5.  Hannah, 
February  15,  1869,  deceased.  6.  Walter  Henry, 
of  whom  further.  7.  Ellen  Emily,  July  21, 
187s,  deceased.  8.  Allen  Obed,  September  3, 
1880,  deceased. 

(IX)  Walter  Henry  Edson,  son  of  Obed 
(4)  and  Emily  A.  (Allen)  Edson,  was  born  in 


1874,  at  Sinclairville,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York.  He  graduated  at  the  Sinclair- 
ville high  school,  and  was  valedictorian  of  his 
class.  Winning  the  state  scholarship  for 
Chautauqua  county,  he  entered  Cornell  Uni- 
versity in  the  fall  of  1892.  During  Kis  college 
course  he  took  part  upon  the  prize  stage  in 
declamation,  oratory  and  debate,  and  was  an 
assistant  in  the  oratorical  department  of  the 
university.  He  graduated  in  1896,  receiving 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Letters.  He  deliv- 
ered the  memorial  address  of  his  class.  He 
was  class  baseball  director  and  pitcher  for 
the  second  Varsity,  and  many  local  teams  in 
Chautauqua  county.  He  graduated  from  Cor- 
nell University  College  of  Law  in  June,  1897. 

He  and  Harley  N.  Crosby,  now  surro- 
gate of  Chautauqua  county,  then  holding 
a  state  scholarship  from  Oswego  county, 
became  acquainted  the  first  week  of  their 
college  year  in  Cornell.  They  entered 
in  the  same  class  and  course,  and  graduated 
at  the  same  time.  They  entered  and  graduated 
from  Cornell  University  College  of  Law  at 
the  same  time,  and  secured  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws.  They  both  studied  law  at 
Sinclairville  in  the  office  of  his  father,  Obed 
Edson,  and  were  admitted  to  the  practice  of 
law  in  the  courts  of  the  state  of  New  York 
in  1898.  The  same  year  they  opened  an  of- 
fice at  Falconer,  Chautauqua  county,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Edson  &  Crosby,  where  they 
still  continue  the  practice  of  law  together, 
and  are  regarded  as  one  of  the  strongest  law 
firms  of  the  county. 

Walter  H.  Edson  devotes  himself  closely  to 
the  practice  of  law,  is  not  only  an  able  advo- 
cate, but  strong  and  thorough  in  the  practice 
and  trial  of  cases.  He  is  a  leading  Democrat 
of  the  county,  often  presiding  at  the  meetings 
of  the  party  and  speaking  at  mass  meetings 
and  on  other  occasions.  He  has  been  the  can- 
didate of  his  party  for  member  of  assembly 
and  county  judge,  but,  as  his  party  is  greatly 
in  the  minority  it  seldom  succeeds  in  electing 
its  candidate.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Demo- 
cratic county  committee  from  1901  to  1905. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  Falconer,  and  is  now  president  of  the 
University  Qub,  the  men's  literary  society  of 
Jamestown,  and  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. June  27,  1899,  ^t  Shumla,  Chautau- 
qua county,  he  married  Florilla  Belle  Clark, 
daughter  of  Francis  Drake  Qark  and  Isabel 
Martha   (Grover)   Qark.     She  was  bom  at 


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Fredonia,  New  York,  April  18,  1874,  gradu- 
ated from  Sinclairville  high  school  in  the  same 
class  with  Mr.  Edson.  After  teaching  several 
terms  in  the  district  schools  of  the  county,  in 
1897  she  graduated  at  the  Fredonia  Normal 
School,  and  afterwards  taught  in  the  schools 
of  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois,  and  at  Angelica,  New 
York.  She  is  a  great-great-granddaughter  of 
Major  Samuel  Sinclair,  the  founder  of  Sin- 
clairville, and  his  first  wife,  Sarah  (Perkins) 
Sinclair.  Sarah  Perkins  Sinclair  was  a  direct 
descendant  of  Samuel  Edson,  of  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts.  Walter  H.  Edson  is  a  great- 
grandson  of  Fanny  (Bigelow)  Edson,  the 
second  wife  of  Major  Samuel  Sinclair,  and 
also  a  direct  descendant  of  Samuel  Edson, 
above  named.  The  children  gf  Walter  H.  and 
Florilla  B.  Edson  are:  Isabel  Emily,  born 
August  5,  1902,  at  Falconer,  New  York,  and 
Samuel  Sinclair  Edson,  born  at  Falconer,  May 
13,  1906. 


Families  bearing  the  name  of 
JOHNSON     Johnson  have  been  numerous 

in  England  for  centuries  and 
many  have  immigrated  to  America.  Probably 
the  first  of  the  name  to  reach  New  England 
were  three  brothers,  Edward,  William  and 
John,  sons  of  William  Johnson,  of  Heme 
Hill,  near  Canterbury,  England.  They  came 
in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop  in  1630.  Solomon 
Johnson  and  another  John  Johnson  also  are 
mentioned  as  having  come  in  the  same  year. 
They  were  likewise  from  Heme  Hill,  and  were 
probably  kindred.  Edward  Johnson  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts; 
William  settled  in  Charlestown,  and  John  in 
Roxbury.  Isaac  Johnson,  of  Qipsham,  Rut- 
landshire, England,  also  came  in  the  fleet  with 
Winthrop  in  1630.  His  wife,  Arabella,  was 
the  daughter  of  Thomas,  fourteenth  earl  of 
Lincoln.  He  was  the  richest  man  in  the  col- 
ony; both  he  and  his  wife  died  in  the  same 
year  that  they  emigrated.  He  was  probably 
a  kinsman  of  the  other  Johnsons  mentioned. 
Edward  Johnson  and  his  brothers  were  evi- 
dently of  the  landed  gentry,  inasmuch  as  Ed- 
ward left  a  large  estate  in  England.  He  is 
known  particularly  as  the  author  of  "History 
of  New  England  of  Wonder  Working  Provi- 
dence of  Sien's  Savior  in  New  England," 
published  in  London  in  1654.  He  returned  to 
England  in  1636  and  brought  back  his  wife, 
seven  children  and  three  servants. 

(I)  John  Johnson,  brother  of  Edward  and 


William,  and  son  of  William  of  Heme  Hill, 
England,  brought  with  him  his  wife  Margery 
and  five  children.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
in  1630,  settled  in  Roxbury,  and  was  called 
a  yeoman.  October  19,  1630,  he  was  chosen 
constable  of  Roxbury  and  serveyor  of  all  the 
arms  of  the  colony.  He  kept  a  tavern,  was 
a  man  of  wealth  and  distinction,  and  a  deputy 
to  the  general  court  in  1634  and  for  many 
years  afterward.  His  house  was  burned  Au- 
gust 2,  1645,  when  seventeen  barrels  of  pow- 
der and  many  arms  belonging  to  the  colony 
were  lost.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  in 
1638.  He  was  granted  three  hundred  acres 
of  land  by  the  general  court  as  compensation 
for  his  services  as  surveyor-general.  His  wife 
Margery  died  in  1635.  He  married  (second) 
Grace,  widow  of  Barnabas  Fawer.  He  died 
September  30,  1659.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Humphrey,  married 
Ellen  Cheney;  Mary,  married  Roger  Mowry, 
of  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried, Robert  Pepper;  a  daughter. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  John  and  Margery  John- 
son, was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  Massa- 
chusetts in  1630.  He  was  a  lieutenant  and 
captain  in  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company,  and  represented  Roxbury  in  the 
general  court.  He  was  killed  in  King  Philip's 
war  while  storming  the  Narragansett  fort,  De- 
cember 19,  1675.  He  married,  January  20, 
1637,  Elizabeth  Porter.  Children :  Elizabeth, 
born  1637,  married  Henry  Bowen,  died  1701 ; 
John,  born  1639,  died  1661 ;  Mary,  born  1642, 
married,  1663,  William  Bartholomew;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  1645;  Nathaniel, 
1674,  married  Mary  Smith. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Captain  Isaac  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  (Porter)  Johnson,  was  born 
November  7,  1643,  ^"  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. He  moved  to  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
about  1672.  He  married,  1669,  Mary  Harris, 
and  died  in  Middletown,  February  23,  1720. 
Children:  Isaac,  born  1670;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below;  John,  1674;  Joseph,  1677;  Na- 
thaniel, 1679 ;  Elizabeth,  1681 ;  William,  1683  > 
Mary,  1687;  Ebenezer,  1692,  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  and  Mary 
(Harris)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  October  8,  1672.  He  married, 
February  11,  1707,  Abigail  Leek,  and  died  at 
Middletown,  January  28,  1758.  Children: 
Abigail,  1707 ;  Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
1713;  Caleb,  1717. 


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(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  and  Abi- 
gail (Leek)  Johnson,  was  born  June  8,  17 10, 
at  Middletown,  Connecticut.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Ward,  1734;  (second)  Jane 
Richardson,  1747;  (third)  Edith  Arnold, 
1754;  (fourth)  Sarah  Tryon,  1755.  Children 
by  first  wife:  Elizabeth,  1735;  Daniel,  1737, 
died  1740;  Daniel,  1741 ;  Seth,  1743;  Jesse, 
mentioned  below;  by  second  wife:  Lucretia, 
1748;  Jane,  1749;  Abigail,  1751,  married  Eli- 
phlet  Hubbard;  a  daughter,  died  in  infancy; 
by  third  wife:  A  daughter,  died  in  infancy; 
by  fourth  wife:     Buckley  and  Edith,  twins, 

1758. 

(VI)  Jesse,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Ward)  Johnson,  was  born  at  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  November  7,  1745.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  was  also  largely  engaged 
in  the  curing  of  beef  to  supply  ships.  He 
lived  at  Chatham  and  Middletown  till  1804, 
when  he  bought  a  farm  at  Cherry  Valley,  and 
removed  thither  through  the  influences  of  Dr. 
Joseph  White.  He  married  (first),  February 
27,  1769,  Mary  Stevenson;  (second)  March 
2,  1812,  Abigail  Goodwin,  born  Butler,  widow 
of  Samuel  Goodwin  Jr.  He  died  April  30, 
18 1 2,  aged  eighty-six.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  Robert,  born  1769,  married  Lucy  Wil- 
cox; Jesse,  born  1771,  died  1775;  Elizabeth 
born  1773,  married  Samuel  Stewart  Jr. ;  Mary, 
born  1775,  married  Colonel  Eli  Wilder ;  Jesse, 
bom  1777,  died  1780;  Ruth,  born  1779,  mar- 
ried Abraham  Roseboom;  Lucy,  born  1781, 
married  Dr.  James  Kennedy;  Sally  Maria, 
mentioned  below;  Erastus,  born  1786,  married 
Jerusha  W.  Holt ;  Jesse,  born  1792,  died  1813. 

(I)  Ebenezer  Johnson  was  born  May  9, 
1760,  probably  in  Massachusetts.  He  went  to 
sea  at  an  early  age,  and  was  in  the  privateer 
service  during  the  greater  part  of  the  revolu- 
tion, although  for  a  time  he  acted  as  deputy 
commissary  for  land  forces.  He  was  in  six- 
teen actions  at  sea,  and  was  taken  prisoner 
seven  times.  For  three  months  he  was  con- 
fined on  the  prison  ship  "Jersey,"  where  the 
prisoners  were  so  starved  and  ill  treated  that 
only  a  few  survived.  On  one  occasion  John- 
son secured  a  light,  made  his  way  to  the  pow- 
der magazine  and  threatened  to  blow  up  the 
ship  if  the  officers  would  not  pledge  him  their 
honor  to  grant  the  prisoners  relief.  He  car- 
ried his  point.  In  seven  diflferent  actions  he 
formed  one  of  a  boarding  party.  In  one  of 
these  engagements  a  heavy  sea  separated  the 
ships  when  only  a  part  of  the  American  crew 


had  reached  the  British  vessel;  although  out- 
numbered and  cut  off  from  reinforcements, 
Johnson  and  his  companions  carried  the  ship, 
which  proved  to  be  a  transport  loaded  with 
provisions.  He  obtained  command  of  a  priva- 
teer, and,  while  cruising  in  the  West  Indies, 
encountered  a  British  vessel  and  fought  her 
until  darkness  and  a  high  wind  separated 
them.  On  mustering  his  crew  he  found  there 
were  but  47  men  left  alive  out  of  109.  He 
was  one  of  the  defenders  of  New  London 
when  it  was  attacked  by  the  British  under 
Benedict  Arnold,  September  6,  1781,  and  nar- 
rowly escaped  the  massacre  of  Fort  Griswold 
at  Groton.  While  retreating  from  the  place 
he  was  fired  on  and  all  of  his  companions  were 
killed.  He  escaped  with  seven  bullet  holes 
through  his  clothing.  He  was  several  times 
shipwrecked.  Once  in  the  West  Indies  he  lost 
his  ship  and  all  the  crew  save  one.  With  this 
companion  he  traveled  eighty  miles  bare- 
footed and  almost  naked  under  the  burning 
sun  before  a  human  habitation  was  found. 
On  another  occasion  he  was  dug  out  of  a 
snowbank  unconscious  and  nearly  lifeless. 
After  the  revolution  he  abandoned  the  sea  and 
settled  in  Wells,  Vermont.  From  there  he 
removed  in  1794  to  Utica,  New  York,  and 
in  1795  to  Cazenovia.  Here  he  built  a  large 
house  on  the  public  square,  which  became  the 
first  tavern  in  the  village.  It  was  known  as 
the  Johnson  House.  About  1816  he  removed 
to  Chautauqua  county,  and  later  to  Buffalo. 
Captain  Johnson  married,  August  13,  1783, 
Deborah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Sally 
(Oakman)  Lathrop,  of  Wells,  Vermont.  De- 
spite the  perils  and  vicissitudes  of  his  life  he 
lived  to  be  eighty-one  years  old,  dying  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1841.  His  last  words,  reminiscent  of 
his  revolutionary  adventures  or  prophetic, 
perhaps,  of  the  new  life  that  was  opening  to 
his  vision  were:  "Bear  down,  boys,  and  pre- 
pare to  board.  Mrs.  Johnson  died  in  Buffalo 
in  1834,  of  cholera.  Children:  Elisha,  born 
at  Wells  (Wells  River?),  Vermont,  mentioned 
below ;  Ebenezer.  mentioned  below :  Will- 
iam, born  November  5,  1789 ;  Lucy,  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1790;  William,  born  August  6,  1792; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Lucy,  born  Febru- 
ary 7,  1797;  Hiram,  born  August  13,  1798: 
Marlin,  born  July  27,  1800;  Lathrop,  born 
July  26,  1802;  Caroline,  born  September  29, 
1804;  Amanda,  born  December  7,  1806; 
Palmester,  bom  November  29,  1804. 

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and  Deborah  (Lathrop)  Johnson,  was  born  in 
Middlebury,  Vermont,  November  7,  1786.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Joseph  White,  of 
Cherry  Valley,  New  York.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-three,  having  been  admitted  to  prac- 
tice, he  came  to  Buffalo  bearing  a  letter  of 
introduction  from  Hezekiah  Granger  to  Eras- 
tus  Granger,  the  superintendent  of  Indian*  af- 
fairs. He  settled  in  Buffalo  permanently  in 
1 8 10.  Dr.  Cyrenium  Chapin  already  was  es- 
tablished as  a  physician  and  owned  a  drug 
store.  Dr.  Johnson  applied  to  Joseph  Elli- 
cott  for  the  loan  of  sufficient  capital  to  open 
an  opposition  drug  store,  arguing  the  advan- 
tage to  the  public  of  competition  in  medicines 
as  well  as  medical  advice.  At  the  outbreak  of 
the  war  he  was  appointed  surgeon's  mate  in 
the  Niagara  county  regiment  commanded  by 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Asa  Chapman,  brigade  of 
Brigadier  General  Timothy  S.  Hopkins.  He 
was  promoted  to  surgeon  in  the  Thirteenth 
regiment  of  infantry,  Niagara  county,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Calvin  Fillamore,  commander, 
and  to  hospital  surgeon  in  the  Twenty-fourth 
division  of  infantry,  Niagara  county,  Laur- 
ence J.  Woodruff,  inspector.  He  was  absent 
on  military  duty  when  Buffalo  was  burned, 
but  his  house  was  destroyed  with  the  others. 
Mrs.  Johnson  fled  with  her  infant  child  to 
Williamsville.  A  family  letter  written  at  the 
time  tells  of  hardships  that  followed.  For 
three  months  Mrs.  Johnson  kept  house  with 
three  knives  and  forks,  one  teacup,  three  cus- 
tard cups  and  five  earthen  plates,  which  was 
all  she  saved  of  her  crockery.  She  saved  her 
bed  and  bedding,  but  that  was  about  all  of 
her  property  that  was  not  burned.  She  was 
obliged  to  sell  her  looking  glass  and  some 
other  articles  in  order  to  buy  things  to  make 
her  home  habitable.  After  the  war  Dr.  John- 
son gave  up  his  practice  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness with  Judge  Samuel  Wilkeson.  His  first 
purchase  of  real  estate  was  in  1814.  Subse- 
quently he  bought  about  twenty-five  acres  on 
Delaware  avenue,  extending  from  Chippewa 
to  Tupper  and  west  to  the  village  line  of 
Black  Rock.  Here  he  built  for  his  home  the 
stone  cottage  still  standing  on  Johnson's 
Park,  which  until  recently  was  a  part  of  the 
Buffalo  Seminary.  His  business  activities 
were  gradually  extended  with  varying  for- 
tunes. At  one  time  he  had  a  bank  in  partner- 
ship with  Philander  Hodge,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Johnson,  Hodge  &  Company.  He 
was  public-spirited  and   active  in  promoting 


the  welfare  of  the  village.  When  it  was  or- 
ganized as  a  city  in  1832  he  became  its  first 
mayor.  The  duties  of  the  office  at  that  time 
were  apt  to  be  vigorous.  On  one  occasion 
at  least  he  was  obliged  personally  to  quell  a 
riot  with  his  own  cane,  and  did  it  effectively. 
The  most  serious  part  of  his  work  was  the 
preparation  for  the  cholera  epedemic  that 
was  known  to  be  coming  and  that  appeared 
soon  afterward.  He  was  again  elected  mayor 
for  the  year  1834,  the  term  of  office  being 
then  one  year.  Toward  the  close  of  his  life 
he  bought  in  partnership  with  his  brother 
Elisha,  about  35,000  acres  of  land  in  eastern 
Tennessee,  where  an  iron  foundry  was  built 
at  the  village  of  Tellico  Plains,  about  fifty- 
five  miles  southwest  of  Knoxville.  Dr.  John- 
son married  (first)  at  Cherry  Valley,  New 
York,  January  25,  181 1,  Sally  Maria,  daugh- 
ter of  Jesse  and  Mary  (Stevenson)  Johnson, 
born  1783,  whose  descent  is  traced  in  the 
opening  of  this  sketch;  (second)  Lucy  E. 
Lord,  December  7,  1835,  of  Millersville,  New 
York.  He  died  at  Tellico  Plains,  December 
23,  1849,  ^&^d  sixty-two  years.  Mrs.  Lucy 
(Lord)  Johnson  died  November  30,  1850. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Mary,  mentioned 
below.  2.  William,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Sarah  Maria,  born  February  22,  1821,  in  Buf- 
falo; married,  January  22,  1842,  Dr.  Smith 
Inglehart;  they  settled  in  Cleveland,  where 
Dr.  Inglehart  was  a  druggist,  physician, 
farmer,  merchant,  and  collector  of  the  port 
under  President  Polk;  he  died  February  14, 
1871,  aged  fifty-five.  Children  of  Smith  and 
Sarah  (Johnson)  Inglehart:  George  Nelson, 
1847,  married  Margaret  Cuthbertson;  Fred 
M.,  1851,  married  Lizzie  Stevens;  Maria 
Smith,  1852,  married  James  B.  Gill;  two 
daughters  died  in  infancy.  By  second  wife: 
4.  Cecilia,  married  Horace  Utley.  5.  Herbert 
Lord,  mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah  Louisa, 
died  in  childhood. 

(Ill)  Mary  Elizabeth,  eldest  child  of  Dr. 
Ebenezer  and  Sally  M.  (Johnson)  Johnson, 
married,  December  9,  1828,  John  Chase  Lord, 
son  of  Rev.  John  Way  and  Sarah  (Chase) 
Lord,  who  was  born  in  Washington,  New- 
Hampshire,  August  9,  1805.  The  marriage 
was  an  elopement,  and  was  the  great  social 
sensation  of  early  Buffalo.  Young  Lord  at  this 
time  was  a  lawyer.  He  had  been  educated 
at  Madison  and  Hamilton  colleges,  had  left 
college  to  edit  The  Canadian,  and  had  begun 
the  study  of  law  in  Buffalo  in  1825,  teaching 


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at  the  same  time  in  the  academy  and  serving 
as  deputy  county  clerk.  Tradition  says  that 
,  when  Mary  Johnson  eloped  with  him  she  left 
a  note  for  her  father  reading:  "The  Lord 
gave  and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away;  blessed 
be  the  name  of  the  Lord,"  but  descendants 
doubt  this  story.  Mrs.  Lord  was  famous  for 
her  wit  She  was  also  noted  for  her  fond- 
ness for  animals  and  for  protecting  them  from 
cruelty.  She  had  a  diploma  of  honor  from 
the  Humane  Society  of  Turin,  Italy.  A  six- 
horse  team  of  Shetland  poines,  which  she  was 
accustomed  to  drive,  was  one  of  the  features 
of  Buffalo.  John  C.  Lord  defivered  the  semi- 
centennial address  at  the  celebration  of  the 
founding  of  Buffalo  in  1826.  Dr.  Johnson 
soon  became  reconciled  to  the  marriage,  and 
he  married  for  his  second  wife  a  sister  of  his 
son-in-law.  In  183 1  Mr.  Lord  entered 
Auburn  Seminary  to  study  for  the  ministry. 
He  preached  for  a  short  time  at  Fayetteville 
and  at  Genesee,  and  in  1835  came  to  Buffalo, 
where  he  became  pastor  of  what  was  then 
called  the  Pearl  Street  Church.  It  became 
the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  in  1852,  and 
has  lately  amalgamated  with  the  Park  Pres- 
byterian Church.  Dr.  Lord  remained  pastor 
of  this  church  until  1873,  having  an  assistant 
only  during  the  last  three  years  of  that  period. 
He  collected  a  magnificent  library  which  upon, 
his  death  was  given  to  the  Buffalo  Histori- 
cal Society.  He  published:  **Lectures  to 
Young  Men,"  "Lectures  on  Civilization," 
poems,  sermons  and  essays.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 22,  1877,  aged  seventy-one.  Mrs.  Lord 
died  May  26,  1885,  aged  seventy-three.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Lord  had  no  children  of  their  own, 
but  adopted  a  daughter,  Frances  Johnson 
Lord,  who  married  William  C.  Sherwood,  son 
of  John  and  Anna  (Adams)  Sherwood,  of 
Orangeville,  New  York,  born  February  10, 
1 81 3.  Children  of  William  and  Frances 
(Lord)  Sherwood:  Mary  Lord,  died  in  in- 
fancy; William  Lord,  born  1847,  died  1873; 
John  Chase,  born  October  25,  1854,  married, 
February  17,  1886,  Louise  Isett  Madeira. 

(Ill)  William  Henry,  son  of  Dr.  Ebene- 
zer  and  Sally  M.  (Johnson)  Johnson,  was  born 
in  Buffalo,  April  25,  1816.  He  was  gradu- 
ated from  Union  College,  and  became  a  civil 
engineer.  Afterward  he  conducted  a  farm 
near  Fredonia.  He  married  Mary  Anne, 
daughter  of  William  F.  and  Susan  (Conant) 
Wheeler,  born  in  New  York  City,  November 
5,  1820.    William  Johnson  died  in  Fredonia, 


May,  1845,  aged  twenty-nine.  His  widow  re- 
moved to  Centralia,  Illinois,  where  she  died, 
September  4,  1887,  aged  sixty-six.  Children : 
Charles  Ernest,  born  August  27,  1840;  Will- 
iam Sherwood,  mentioned  below^ 

(IV)  William  Sherwood,  son  of  William 
Henry  and  Mary  A.  (Wheeler)  Johnson,  was 
born  in  Fredonia,  May  12,  1844.  He  went 
to  San  Francisco  and  became  a  merchant. 
He  married  Kate  Francis,  daughter  of  James 
Martin  and  Ann  Melissa  (Butterworth) 
Richards,  born  in  Wellsburgh,  Virginia,  De- 
cember 22,  1855.  Children:  Sherwood,  born 
1879,  died  in  infancy;  Katherine,  born  Janu- 
ary 21,  1882. 

(Ill)  Herbert,  son  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  and 
Lucy  (Lord)  Johnson,  became  a  lawyer  and 
practiced  in  Chicago  and  Kansas  City. 

(II)  Elisha,  son  of  Ebenezer  (i)  and  De- 
borah (Lathrop)  Johnson,  was  born  at  Wells 
(Wells  River?),  Vermont,  November  29, 
1784.  He  settled  in  Rochester.  He  was  a 
surveyor  and  became  a  contractor  on  the  Ge- 
nesee Valley  canal.  He  built  a  house  which 
became  famous  as  "The  Hermitage."  He 
built  a  dam  at  Rochester  which  is  still  known 
as  Johnson's  Race.  He  gave  Washington 
Square  to  the  city.  He  served  as  president 
of  the  village,  and  after  its  incorporation  as 
a  city  he  became  its  fourth  mayor  in  1838. 
He  was  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Dr. 
Ebenezer  Johnson,  in  buying  land  and  build- 
ing a  foundry  at  Tellico  Plains,  East  Tennes- 
see. The  foundry  was  still  being  operated 
under  lease  during  the  civil  war,  when  it  was 
burned  by  General  Sherman's  troops.  The 
government  afterward  compensated  Elisha 
Johnson,  who  was  a  strong  Union  man.  He 
married,  July  23,  Betsey,  daughter  of  Jede- 
diah  and  Betsey  (Swift)  Jackson,  of  Caze- 
novia,  New  York,  and  died  at  Tellico  Plains, 
June  24,  1866,  aged  eighty-one.  Children : 
Mortimer  F.,  mentioned  below;  Eliza  Maria, 
Emily  Amelia,  Mary  Abby,  Helen  Ann,  Julia 
Miller. 

(III)  Mortimer  F.,  son  of  Elisha  and 
Betsey  (Jackson)  Johnson,  was  born  in 
Cazenovia,  October  10,  1806.  He  removed 
to  Buffalo,  and  was  engaged  in  the  banking^ 
business  with  his  uncle  Ebenezer.  He  re- 
moved to  Tennessee  and  became  an  active 
public  man  in  that  section, '  serving  for  a  time 
as  county  judge.  He  married  Louise,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Jean  (Oram)  Wilkeson. 
He  died  at  Madisonville,  Tennessee,  May  30, 


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1876.  Children:  Hugh  Mortimer,  who  was 
a  Union  officer  throughout  the  civil  war ;  Tel- 
lico,  born  June  28,  1846;  Flora,  married  W. 
H.  Beard,  1858,  died  the  same  year.  Mr. 
Beard  was  a  famous  artist  in  New  York. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Ebenezer  (i)  and 
Deborah  (Lathrop)  Johnson,  was  born  May 
16,  1794.  He  came  to  Buffalo,  where  he  had 
a  wholesale  grocery  at  the  corner  of  Main 
street  and  Buffalo  creek.  Afterwards  he  was 
engaged  in  land  operations.  He  removed  to 
Fredonia  and  built  and  kept  there  a  hotel 
known  as  the  Johnson  House.     He  married 

,    who   died   December   2^,    1845.      Mr. 

Johnson  removed  to  Belvidere,  Illinois,  where 
he  died  April  11,  1854.  Children:  ,  mar- 
ried William  J.  Mills;  Caroline,  married 
Charles  Harrington,  of  Buffalo,  son  of  Isaac 
R.  Harrington,  who  kept  the  Eagle  Hotel  and 
was  at  one  time  mayor  of  the  city.  Mrs.  Har- 
rington is  deceased. 

Captain     Edward     Johnson, 
JOHNSON     emigrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  Canterbury,  Kent,  Eng- 
land, 1598,  son  of  WilHam  Johnson.  He 
came  to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  with  the 
first  emigrants,  but  soon  returned  to  England. 
In  1635  or  1637  he  came  again  with  wife, 
seven  children  and  three  servants.  He  re- 
sided in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a 
man  of  influence  in  the  colony,  holding  many 
important  offices  in  Woburn.  He  was  the 
first  town  clerk,  active  in  founding  the  first 
church,  and  commanded  the  first  military  com- 
pany in  Woburn.  He  was  the  author  of  some 
unique  verses  beginning  the  first  volume  of 
Woburn  town  records,  also  of  "Wonder-work- 
ing Providences  of  Sion's  Savior  in  New  En- 
gland." He  was  famous  as  a  surveyor  and 
early  explorer,  and  was  appointed  in  1665  to 
make  a  map  of  the  colony  in  conjunction  with 
William  Stevens.  He  died  in  Woburn,  April 
23,  1622.  His  wife  Susan  survived  him  until 
1689.  Children:  Edward,  George,  Susan, 
William,  Martha,  Matthew  and  John. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Captain  Edward 
Johnson,  was  baptized  in  Canterbury,  England, 
March  22/ 1628-9,  and  came  with  his  parents  to 
New  England.  He  became  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Woburn,  and  succeeded  his  father  as  the 
second  recorder  or  town  clerk  of  that  town.  He 
was  assistant,  and  held  military  rank  from  en- 
sign to  major.  He  resisted  the  policies  of 
Governor    Andros    and    was    in    command 


against  the  Indians.  He  died  in  1704.  He 
married,  1655,  Esther,  daughter  of  Elder 
Thomas  Wiswall.  Children:  William,  Ed- 
ward, Ebenezer,  Esther,  Joseph,  Benjamin, 
Josiah,  Susanna  and  Abigail. 

(III)  Captain  Edward  (2)  Johnson,  son  of 
William  Johnson,  was  born  in  Woburn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, March  19,  1658,  died  there  August 
7,  1725.  He  was  deacon  of  the  church,  en; 
sign,  lieutenant  and  captain  of  the  Woburn 
military  company,  1693-1724.  He  commanded 
his  company  against  the  Indians  in  1704.  He 
married  (first)  January  12,  1687,  Sarah  Wal- 
ker, died  May  31,  1704,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  (Reed)  Walker.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Widow  Abigail  (Gardner)  Thompson. 
Children  by  first  wife :  Edward,  died  young ; 
Edward,  Sarah,  Esther,  Samuel,  Abigail,  Su- 
sanna, Ichabod.  By  second  wife:  Elizabeth 
and  Joseph. 

(IV)  Deacon  Edward  (3)  Johnson,  son  of 
Captain  Edward  (2),  was  born  in  Woburn, 
May  4,  1689,  died  October  5,  1774.  He  was 
corporal,  ensign  and  lieutenant  of  the  Woburn 
company,  and  deacon  of  the  Woburn  second 
parish  church,  1741-74.  He  married  (first) 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Captain  William  and 
Abigail  (Kendall)  Reed,  of  Lexington;  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Esther  (Mason)  Coolidge.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife:  Rebecca,  Mary,  Ed- 
ward (4),  Joshua,  Eleazer,  Jonathan,  Nathan, 
Abigail,  Ichabod,  Lucy,  Jonas,  Asa  and  Su- 
sanna. 

(V)  Edward  (4),  son  of  Deacon  Edward 
(3)  Johnson,  was  bom  September  28,  1715. 
Little  is  known  of  him  further  than  that  he 
married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  Edward  (5),  son  of  Edward  (4) 
Johnson,  was  born  (according  to  his  grave- 
stone), in  1734.  He  died  in  Yorkshire, 
Broome  county.  New  York,  November  2, 
1 819,  "in  his  85th  year."  His  military  record 
which  follows  shows  him  to  have  been  forty- 
three  years  of  age  in  1781,  which  would  make 
his  birth  1737-38.  He  probably  settled  in 
Broome  county  on  his  soldier's  warrant  for 
two  hundred  acres  of  land.  His  wife  Abby 
bore  him  four  children :  Stoddard,  Orrin,  Ed- 
ward (6)  and  another  who  went  west  and 
was  never  heard  from  directly,  although  there 
was  a  report  that  he  was  killed. 

Certified  copy  of  the  revolutionary  service  of  Ed- 
ward Johnson:  Edward  Johnson  appears  on  list  of 
men  mustered  between  January  20,  1777,  and  June  i, 
1778,  by  Truman  Wheler,  muster  master  for  Berk- 


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shire  county,  Captain  Stoddard's  company;  term 
three  years.  Reported  received,  state,  county.  Vol. 
25»  page  246.  Edward  Johnson  appears  in  a  return 
of  men  raised  to  serve  in  the  continental  army  (year 
not  given).  Residence,  Lenox.  Engaged  for  Lenox. 
Joined  Captain  Stoddard's  company.  Colonel  Vose's 
regiment.    Vol.  42,  177. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  with  rank  of  sergeant  on 
continental  army  pay  accounts  of  Captain  Orringh 
Stoddard's  company,  Colonel  Vose's  regiment;  for 
service  from  January  i,  1777,  to  December  31,  1779. 
Credited. to  the  town  of  Lenox.  Vol.  i,  part  i, 
page  I. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  with  rank  of  sergeant  on 
muster  roll  of  Captain  Orringh  Stoddard's  company, 
Colonel  Joseph  Vose's  regiment,  for  December,  1777. 
Sworn  to  in  camp  near  Valley  Forge,  June  6,  1778. 
Appointed  December  9,  1776.  Term  during  war. 
Reported  on  furlough.    Vol.  48,  331. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  with  rank  of  sergeant  on 
muster  and  pay  rolls  of  Captain  Orringh  Stoddard's 
company,  Colonel  Joseph  Vose's  regiment,  for  No- 
vember, 1778,  April,  1779.  Dated,  Providence.  Vol. 
61,  pp.  157-178-191-240-256. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  with  the  rank  of  ser- 
geant on  continental  army  pay  accounts  of  Captain 
Stoddard's  company,  Colonel  Vose's  regiment,  for 
service  from  January  i,  1780,  to  December  31,  1780. 
Residence,  Stockbridge.    Vol.  i,  part  2,  page  54. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  in  a  descriptive  list  dated 
February  3,  1781,  age  forty-three  years;  stature,  five 
feet,  nine  inches;  complexion,  dark;  hair,  black; 
residence,  Stockbridge;  birthplace,  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut. Enlisted,  January  i,  1777.  Enlisted  at 
Stockbridge .  by  Captain  Stoddard  for  during  war. 
Captain  Noah  Allen's  company.  First  Massachusetts 
regiment.    Vol.  63,  page  83. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  with  rank  of  sergeant  on 
muster  rolls  of  Captain  Noah  Allen's  company,  Colo- 
nel Joseph  Vose's  (ist)  regiment,  for  January,  1781, 
to  March,  1782.  Term,  during  war.  Reported  sick 
at  Stockbridge  in  1781,  on  duty  in  January,  1782;  on 
command  at  King's  Ferry  in  February  and  March, 
1782.  Rolls  dated  West  Point,  camp  near  Dobb's 
Ferry,  Peekskill,  and  quarters  at  York  Hutts.  Vol. 
50,  file  7,  and  vol.  51,  file  15. 

Edward  Johnson  appears  among  a  list  of  men  of 
the  second  regiment  entitled  to  two  hundred  acres 
of  land  or  twenty  dollars  in  money  agreeable  to  re- 
solve of  March  5,  1801.    Vol.  29,  page  146. 

Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Boston,  September  5,  1905. 
I  hereby  certify  the  foregoing  to  be  true  abstracts 
from  the  record  index  to  the  Military  Archives  de- 
posited in  this  office. 

Herbert  H.  Boynton, 
Deputy  and  acting  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 

(VII)  Stoddard,  son  of  Edward  (5) 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  Broome 
county,  New  York,  where  he  died  in  1837. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  grew 
up  to  manhood  on  the  farm  and  always  fol- 
lowed agriculture  as  a  business.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Whig.    He  was  successful  in  all  his 


undertakings.    He  at  one  time  made  the  trip 
from  Broome  to  Niagara  counties  before  there 
were  any  roads  to  follow  a  great  part  of  the 
way,  and  many  dangers  to  encounter.      He 
made  the  trip  safely  in  both  directions,  a  great 
undertaking   at   that   day.     He   is   buried  at 
Lisle,    Broome    county.     He    married    Mary 
Jones.     Children:     Lucretia  and  Sarah,  both 
died  unmarried ;  James  F.,  of  further  mention. 
(VIII)  James  Franklin,  only  son  of  Stod- 
dard  Johnson,   was   born   in    Lisle,    Broome 
county,  New  York,  November  3,  1831.     He 
was  educated  in  a  private  school  at  Triangle, 
Broome  county,  kept  by  Henry  Ford-     This 
was    followed    by    instruction    at    Whitney 
Point  under  Dayton  Peck,  who  taught  him 
geometry    and    higher    mathematics.      This 
ended  his  years  of  study,  as  he  was  needed 
at  home,  his  father  having  died  when  the  lad 
was  but  seven  years  of  age.    He  returned  to 
the  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty  acres  at 
Lisle,  where  he  remained  until  1848  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  months  spent  in  Rochester, 
New  York.     In  1848  he  began  clerking  in  a 
store.     In   1851   he  caught  the  *'gold  fever" 
and   started   for   California   via  the   isthmus 
route.     He  reached  Sonora  and  soon  hard- 
ened into  an  experienced  prospector.    On  No- 
vember 3,  1852,  with  his  partner,  McCarthy, 
he  loaded  their  burros  with  camp  and  mining 
outfit  for  a  prospecting  trip  into  the  moun- 
tains.    On  reaching  an  elevation  they  discov- 
ered a  crowd  of  men  in  the  distance.    It  then 
occurred  to  Mr.  Johnson  that  it  was  election 
day.      Johnson    was    a    Whig,    McCarthy    a 
Democrat.    He  said,  **Mac,  we  will  go  vote/' 
They  did  so,  Johnson  declaring  that  he  was 
twenty-one  that  day,  and  there  cast  his  first 
vote  in  favor  of  General  Winfield  Scott  for 
president.     The  partners  then  proceeded   to 
the  mountains,  prospecting  and  working  sev- 
eral claims  with  fair  success.     One  of  their 
workings  was  an  abandoned  claim  to  which 
they  brought  water  by  canal,  four  miles  from 
a  dam  built  further  up  in  the  mountains.  They 
were  panning  out  gold  in  paying  quantities 
when  one  day  the  owner  returned  and  with 
drawn  gun  attempted  to  bluff  them  off  the 
claim  which  he  had  legally  forfeited.     John- 
son, although  unarmed,  held  his  ground  until 
finally  the  stranger  departed.     He  continued 
mining  until  1854,  then  returned  as  far  east 
as  the  state  of  Iowa,  where  he  spent  a  year. 
In  1855  he  returned  to  New  York  state,  lo- 
cated in  the  village  of  Olean  and  established 


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in  the  clothing  business,  continuing  about 
three  years.  In  1856  he  was  a  member  of  a 
Fremont  club  and  worked  for  the  election  of 
^jrovernor  Fremont  to  the  presidency.  In 
1858  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  of  Cat- 
taraugus county,  serving  two  terms  until  1864. 
During  the  civil  war  he  was  active  in  trans- 
porting men  to  Dunkirk,  New  York,  to  enlist 
in  the  army,  and  to  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  for 
enlistment  in  the  navy.  He  was  justice  of 
the  peace  for  many  years,  resigning  in  1884. 
In  1878  he  bought  the  Martin  farm  of  one 
thousand  acres  and  started  in  the  real  estate 
busmess  selling  and  renting  small  portions. 
He  now  lives  retired  at  his  beautiful  home,  a 
feature  of  which  is  twenty-four  large  maples 
that  Mr.  Johnson  planted  in  1857.  Another 
charm  of  this  home  is  the  plain,  hearty,  old 
fashioned  life  lived  by  the  owners.  Garden, 
flowers  and  all  the  surroundings  speak  of  the 
contented,  happy  home.  Mr.  Johnson  has 
voted  at  every  presidential  election  since  that 
memorable  November  3,  1852,  when  his  first 
vote  was  cast  for  General  Scott.  While  al- 
ways an  interested  observer  and  student  of 
public  men  and  affairs,  it  has  been  as  citizen 
only,  never  having  had  a  desire  for  office 
himself. 

He  married,  January  15,  1856,  Mary  A. 
Hubbard,  born  March  i,  1830,  daughter  of 
Franklin  Hubbard,  of  Broome  county,  New- 
York.    They  have  no  children. 


Sergeant  Benjamin  Waite,  sup- 
WAITE  posed  to  have  been  a  son  of 
Thomas,  of  Seconet,  Rhode  Is- 
land (now  Little  Compton)  was  of  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  in  1664,  later  of  Hatfield.  He 
was  born  as  early  as  1640,  died  February  29, 
1704,  aged  about  sixty- four  years,  killed  in 
battle  with  the  Indians.  He  was  a  brave, 
fearless  guide  and  leader  of  scouts,  was  well 
versed  in  Indian  warfare  and  excelled  in  his 
ability  to  cope  with  the  savage  in  cunning. 
At  the  battle  of  Deerfield  the  Indians  were 
driven  from  the  field,  but  were  reinforced  by 
the  French,  who  in  turn  drove  the  Americans 
back.  Sergeant  Benjamin  Waite  fell  in  the 
retreat,  his  body  being  stripped  and  mutilated. 
He  is  buried  in  the  Deerfield  cemetery.  He 
married,  June  8,  1670,  Martha,  born  May  15, 
1649,  daughter  of  John  Leonard,  of  Spring- 
field.   Eight  children. 

(Ill)   Sergeant  John   Waite,   son  of   Ser- 
geant    Benjamin     and     Martha     (Leonard) 


Waite,  was  born  January  7,  1680.  His  will 
was  made  in  1743,  probated  1744.  Like  his 
father  he  was  mudh  in  the  service,  com- 
manded scouts  and  was  often  sent  out  with 
others  under  his  command.  He  was  in  the 
Deerfield  fight,  February  29,  1704,  when  his 
father  was  slain,  and  brought  off  a  hatchet 
captured  from  an  Indian.  He  married  Mary, 
born  May  20,  1685,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Mary  (Wells)  Belden.  Ten  children,  born 
at  Hatfield,  Massachusetts. 

(IV)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  Sergeant 
John  (i)  and  Mary  (Belden)  Waite,  was 
born  December  3,  1703,  died  at  Whateley, 
Massachusetts,  March  4,  1776.  He  was 
prominent  in  town  and  church  affairs.  He 
married  (first)  September  19,  1723,  Submit, 
born  July  16,  1707,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  (Graves)  Hastings,  of  Hat- 
field; (second)  Mary,  daughter  of  Eleazer 
and  Deborah  Chapin  Frary.  Eleven  children, 
born  in  Whateley. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
(Frary)  Waite,  was  born  November  25,  1743. 
He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and  was 
a  man  of  active,  energetic  nature.  He  sold 
his  farm  in  Whateley  and  removed  to  Che- 
nango county.  New  York.  He  married,  June 
14,  1770,  Mary,  born  July  14,  1746,  daughter 
of  Elisha  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Smith.  Eleven 
children,  born  in  Whateley. 

(VI)  Solomon,  eldest  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Mary  (Smith)  Waite,  was  born  October  15, 
1768.  He  removed  to  Preston,  Chenango 
county,  New  York,  with  his  parents,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He  married,  December  6, 
1792,  Lucy  Wells,  of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  Chester,  married  and  had  a  large 
family ;  Wells,  married  and  had  a  large  family. 

(VII)  A  son  of  Solomon  Waite. 

(VIII)  Zina,  grandson  of  Solomon  and 
Lucy  (Wells)  Waite,  and  son  of  either  Ches- 
ter or  Wells  Waite,  was  a  resident  of  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York.  He  married  Lu- 
cinda,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Susan  (Wright) 
Wilbur.  Children:  Darwin,  born  June  18, 
1856,  died  January,  1908;  Edgar  E.,  of  whom 
further. 

(IX)  Edgar  E.,  son  of  Zina  and  Lucinda 
(Wilbur)  Waite,  was  born  August  19,  1859, 
in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York. 
He  was  educated  in  public  and  select  schools, 
finishing  at  Chamberlain  Institute.  Owing  to 
the  illness  of  his  mother  he  was  obliged  to 
leave   the   institute    before    graduation.      He 


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taught  school  for  several  years  and  while  so 
engaged  in  Randolph  began  buying  and  sell- 
ing cattle.  After  a  time  he  abandoned 
teaching  and  established  a  livery,  sale  and  ex- 
change barn.  In  1903  he  was  elected  sheriff 
of  Cattaraugus  county,  serving  until  1906, 
continuing  as  undefr  sheriff  in  1907-08-09. 
Prior  to  his  election  as  sheriff  he  had  been 
engaged  in  selling  farm  machinery  in  connec- 
tion with  the  livery  business.  He  has  a  wide 
aicquaintance  among  the  farmers  of  the  county 
and  is  said  to  be  'able  to  call  each  one  by 
name.  He  was  a  very  popular  public  officer 
and,  notwithstanding  the  many  unpleasant  du- 
ties connected  with  the  sheriff's  office,  re- 
tained all  his  friends  and  made  no  enemies. 
He  is  president  of  the  Cattaraugus  Agricul- 
tural Society,  and  it  has  been  through  his  ef- 
forts and  those  of  Secretary  Wilson  that  the 
society  has  been  made  so  successful  an  en- 
terprise. He  married,  March  11,  1883,  Ade- 
laide M.,  daughter  of  George  and  Jane 
(Thorne)  Hoelts.  Child,  Harold  E.,  of  whom 
further. 

(X)  Harold  E.,  only  child  of  Edgar  E. 
and  Adelaide  M.  (Hoelts)  Waite,  was  born 
in  New  Albion,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  December  7,  1885.  He  passed  through 
the  common  and  high  school  of  Little  Valley, 
graduating  in  1904.  He  then  decided  upon 
a  professional  career  and  entered  the  dental 
department  of  the  University  of  Buffalo, 
where  he  was  graduated,  D.  D.  S.,  class  of 
1908.  He  practiced  for  a  time  in  South  Day- 
ton, then  located  in  Little  Valley,  having  pur- 
chased the  business  established  by  Dr.  Frantz. 
He  has  been  very  successful  and  has  a  large 
and  satisfactory  practice,  which  he  conducts 
alone.  Although  a  young  man  he  possesses 
the  skill  that  inspires  confidence  and  has  those 
elements  of  character  that  insure  popularity 
and  the  esteem  of  his  townsmen.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to 
Lodge,  Chapter  and  Commandery,  and  is  past 
worthy  patron  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star.  He  also  is  affiliated  with  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married, 
March  16,  1910,  Katherine  Bell,  bom  May 
15,  1887,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Eva 
(Grover)  Green  (see  Green  IX). 

(The  Green  Line). 

(I)  Two  men  bearing  exactly  the  same 
name  settled  in  Rhode  Island  at  about  the 
same  time:     John  Greene,  ancestor  of  Gen- 


eral Nathaniel  Greene  and  John  Greene,  an- 
cestor of  the  Greens  of  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York.  In  1639  Richard  Smith  built  a 
trading  post  near  the  present  village  of  Wick- 
ford,  Rhode  Island,  in  North  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island.  With  him  was  living  John  Greene, 
of  whose  previous  history  nothing  certain  can 
be  told.  He  was  a  freeman  and  a  large  land 
owner  of  the  colony. at  a  later  period.  He 
died  about  1695.  His  wife  was  named  Joan. 
Children:  John,  Daniel,  James,  Edward, 
Benjamin. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  and  Joan 
Greene,  was  born  about  1665.  His  will  was 
proved  in  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
March  5,  1720.  He  was  deputy,  member  of 
the  town  council  and  a  man  of  property.  In 
his  will  he  mentions  his  wife  Humility,  who 
survived  him,  and  twelve  children,  the  three 
youngest  under  eighteen  years :  John,  Mary, 
Benjamin,  Ann,  Henry,  Phebe,  Catherine,  Ca- 
leb, Sarah,  Dinah,  Deborah,  Joshua. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hu- 
mility Greene,  was  born  in  1688.  In  1732  he 
is  styled  "Lieutenant  John."  He  was  a 
farmer  and  large  land  owner.  He  married 
(first)  about  1708,  Mary,  daughter  of  Arthur 
and  Mary  (Brown)  Aylsworth,  originally 
from  England  or  Wales.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Priscilla  Bowen  (or  Barry).  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  Thomas,  Philip,  Mary, 
Josiah,  Amos,  Benjamin,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Jo- 
seph, Elizabeth,  Ruth,  William,  Joshua. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Mary  (Aylsworth)  Greene,  was  born  about 
1 719.  He  lived  in  West  Greenwich,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  married  (first)  February  7, 
1742,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Samuel  Rogers.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Anna  Sweet,  a  widow. 
Children:  Simeon,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Clark, 
Elizabeth,  Lois. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and 
Mercy  (Rogers)  Greene,  was  born  in  West 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  April  30,  1749, 
died  in  Berlin,  Renssalaer  county.  New  York, 
June  30,  1807.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revo- 
lution. During,  or  soon  after  the  war,  he 
removed  from  Rhode  Island  and  settled  in 
Little  Hoosick,  now  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county. 
New  York,  where  he  spent  his  life  as  a  farmer. 
He  married    (first)    in  Rhode   Island,   1768, 

Margaret  Budlong;  (second)  Penelope . 

Children:      Simeon,    Isabel,    Rebecca,    John, 
Samuel,  Margaret,  Jonathan,  Caleb. 

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garet  (Budlong)  Greene,  was  born  in  West 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  May,  1769,  died  in 
Bridgewater,  Oneida  county,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober, 1838.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married, 
in  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county.  New  York, 
Eunice,  born  1774,  died  1855,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Betsey  (Rhodes)  Budlong.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel  C.,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Dan- 
iel C.,  Clark,  Charles,  Eunice,  Lydia  R.,  Al- 
onzo,  Mary  Ann. 

(Vn)  Daniel  C.  Green,  son  of  Simeon  and 
Eunice  (Budlong)  Greene  (the  final  "e"  now 
having  been  dropped)  was  born  in  Berlin, 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  in  1802,  died 
in  1847.  He  was  apprenticed  to  the  mill- 
wright trade  and  worked  at  glass  blowing  at 
Sand  Lake,  Saratoga  county,  New  York.  He 
settled  in  the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  in  1823.  He  married  Ro- 
sannah  Rhodes.  Children :  Charles  Backwith, 
James  J.  and  Dewitt  C. 

(VHI)  Judge  Charles  Backwith  Green, 
son  of  Daniel  C.  and  Rosannah  (Rhodes) 
Green,  was  born  in  Stephentown,  Rensselaer 
county.  New  York,  January  13,  1809,  ^^^d  in 
Cherry  Creek,  March  21,  1894,  aged  eighty- 
five  years.  He  received  a  good  education,  and 
when  fourteen  years  of  age  settled  in  Cherry 
Creek,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  com- 
ing February  14,  1823.  In  his  earlier  days  he 
taught  school,  at  the  same  time  beginning  the 
study  of  law.  He  later  took  up  a  regular  course 
of  study  with  Judge  Mullett,  of  Fredonia,  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  inferior  courts 
in  1843, 2tnd  to  the  higher  and  supreme  courts 
in  1 85 1.  He  rose  to  eminence  in  his  profes- 
sion, and  for  many  years  was  judge  of  Chau- 
tauqua county.  In  1858  he  was  a  member  of 
the  state  legislature.  He  filled  at  various 
times  and  for  many  years  the  offices  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  school  commissioner  and 
school  inspector.  He  married,  November  20, 
1836,  Lydia  Kent,  born  1816,  the  first  white 
child  born  within  the  limits  of  the  town  of 
Cherry  Creek.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph M.  and  Polly  Kent.  Joseph  M.  Kent 
was  the  first  settler  in  Cherry  Creek.  He  was 
born  in  Royalton,  Vermont^  came  to  New 
York  state  where  he  resided,  first  in  Herki- 
mer, then  in*  Onondaga  county,  later  in  1819, 
settling  on  lot  nine,  in  Gerry,  now  Cherry 
Creek,  Chautauqua  county.  He  reared  his 
bark-covered  log  house  and  returned  for  his 
wife  and  seven  children.  With  the  aid  of  his 
sons  and  a  nephew,  he  cleared  the  first  land 


in  the  town  and  raised  the  first  crop  of  pota- 
toes, the  same  year.  The  next  spring,  being 
destitute  of  provisions,  he  felled  a  pine  tree 
and  from  it  made  a  canoe  sixty  feet  long 
which  he  launched  in  Conewango  creek, 
loaded  it  with  fifteen  pounds  of  maple  sugar 
and  some  buck  salts,  and  ran  his  cargo  down 
creek  and  river  to  Pittsburgh.  He  readily 
exchanged  his  maple  sugar  and  salts  for  pro- 
visions,-and  with  the  aid  of  his  son  George, 
pushed  his  rude  canoe  back  to  Cherry  Creek, 
having  been  absent  three  weeks.  The  family 
during  his  absence  had  subsisted  chiefly  on 
maple  sugar  and  milk. 

(IX)  Charles,  son  of  Judge  Charles  Back- 
with and  Lydia  (Kent)  Green,  was  bom  in 
the  town  of  Cherry  Creek,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York.  He  learned  the  trade  of  harness- 
maker,  and  after  being  in  business  in  James- 
town, went  to  Little  Valley,  same  county, 
where  he  followed  the  same  business.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  a  Republican.  He  married  Eva,  daughter 
of  Seth  and  Betsey  (Wilcox)  Grover.  Seth 
Grover  was  the  first  merchant  in  business  in 
Cherry  Creek.  His  store,  which  he  opened 
in  1 83 1,  stood  on  the  site  later  occupied  by 
the  establishment  of  P.  R.  Pope.  Mr.  Grover 
in  connection  with  his  store  had  an  ashery  and 
pearling  oven.  He  was  postmaster  of  the 
village  of  Cherry  Creek,  being  the  third  to 
hold  that  office.  Children  of  Charles  and  Eva 
(Grover)  Green:  i.  Maude  Ellen,  married 
Dr.  Walter  M.  Litchfield;  child  Stanton 
Green.  2.  Fanny  Eliza,  married  Charles  Law- 
rence McLoutts ;  child.  Royal  L.  3.  Fred  H., 
married  Ethel  Simpson ;  children :  Maude  and 
Pauline.  4.  Gertrude  G.,  married  James  Pa- 
terson;  children:  Paul,  Margaret,  Katherine, 
Harold.  5.  Bessie  Odell,  married  Harlan 
Barnard.  6.  Katherine  Bell,  married  Dr.  Har- 
old E.  Waite  (see  Waite  X).  7.  Harold.  8. 
Hazel.     9.  Eva.     10.  Margaret. 

The  belief  is  well  founded  that 

AUSTIN     Robert    Austin,    of    Kingston, 

Rhode  Island,  is  the  ancestor  of 

this  family,  although  the  positive  proof  that 

he  was  the  father  of  Jeremiah  is  lacking. 

(II)  Jeremiah  Austin  died  in  1754.  He 
was  of  Kingstown  and  Exeter,  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  will,  proved  in  1754,  named  wife 
Elizabeth  as  executrix. 

(III)  Stephen,  son  of  Jeremiah  Austin, 
was  of  North  Kingston  and  Exeter,  Rhode 


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Island.  The  first  town  meeting  ever  held  in 
Exeter  was  at  his  house.  He  was  constable 
six  terms,  surveyor  of  highways  four.  His 
will,  proved  in  1750,  names  his  wife  as  exe- 
cutrix and  brother  Jeremiah  as  executor  un- 
til *'son  Rufus  is  of  age.'*  He  married,  April 
25,  1729,  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Abi- 
gail (Mumford)  Fish.     Five  children. 

(IV)  Riifus,  son  of  Stephen  and  Mary 
Austin,  was  born  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
April  II,  1742.  He  settled  in  Pawlet,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  married  and  reared  a  family. 

(V)  Rufus  (2),  son  of  Rufus  (i)  Aus- 
tin, was  born  in  Pawlet,  Vermont,  January 
6,  1793,  died  1849.*  He  served  in  the  war  of 
1812,  fought  at  Lundy's  Lane  and  received  a 
land  grant  for  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
for  his  services  in  the  Seminole  war  in  Flor- 
ida, and  the  two  tracts  were  located  adjoin- 
ing at  De  Kalb,  Illinois.  Both  claims  were 
later  sold  at  a  large  advance  in  price.  Rufus 
Austin  was  a  blacksmith,  also  had  a  knowl- 
edge of  medicine  and  was  called  doctor.  He 
moved  to  Pennsylvania,  locating  at  Meade's 
Corners,  now  Meadville.  Later  he  purchased 
sixteen  hundred  acres  of  timber  land  in  Penn- 
sylvania, paying  one  dollar  and  a  quarter  per 
acre.  On  this  he  erected  a  saw  mill  and  made 
a  large  amount  of  money  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness. 

His  first  wife  died  soon  after  the  birth 
of  her  first  child.  He  married  (second)  181 4, 
Eleanor  Fiddock,  born  November  13,  1795, 
died  January  6,  1870;  ten  children:  i.  Will- 
iam, born  June  20,  181 5,  died  in  infancy.  2. 
Harriet,  born  February  5,  1817,  died  1907; 
married  Edward  Ryan.  3.  Horace,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1819,  died  1903;  married  (first) 
Ann  La  Due;  children:  Martha  and  Har- 
riet; married  (second)  Louisa  Reed.  4. 
Henry,  born  July  22,  1821,  in  Olean,  New 
York,  died  1908;  married  Mellissa  Wooden; 
children :  Rufus  and  Alfred.  5.  Hesler,  born 
in  Burlington,  Vermont,  September  27,  1823, 
died  1870;  married  William  Johnston;  child: 
Richard  Fulton.  6.  Herman,  born  in  Bur- 
lington, Vermont,  March  6,  1826;  deceased; 
married  and  went  west.  7.  Harrington,  of 
whom  further.  8.  Hiram,  born  in  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania,  November  25,  1830;  married 
Annice  Maloney;  children:  John,  Edward 
and  Eleanor.    9.  Rufus,  born  May  26,  1833; 

married    Sally   ;    children:     James    and 

Grace.  10.  Helen  Laura,  born  in  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania,  September  10,  1835,  died  1899; 


married   George   Sidler;    children:    Herman, 
Rufus,  Eleanor  and  Ida. 

(VI)  Harrington,  son  of  Rufus  (2)  Aus- 
tin and  his  second  wife,  was  bom  in  Mead- 
ville, Pennsylvania,  September  2y^  1828.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  school,  and  began 
business  life  as  apprentice  to  a  carriage 
builder.  He  served  four  years,  then  went  to 
Evansville,  Indiana,  and  worked  another  year 
"under  instructions"  in  order  to  learn  another 
employer's  methods.  He  then  took  a  river 
trip  to  New  Orleans,  making  frequent  stops, 
visiting  the  carriage  shops  and  learning  ev- 
erything possible  about  carriage  making  and 
methods  of  the  different  makers.  On  his 
return  he  remained  for  a  short  time  in  Mead- 
ville, then  in  January,  1856,  located  in  Olean 
and  established  a  carriage  manufactory.  In 
1857  he  admitted  Hollis  Moore,  an  expert 
carpenter,  to  a  partnership.  They  conducted 
a  successful  business  together  for  eighteen 
years,  when,  owing  to  ill  health,  Mr.  Austin 
retired  and  in  1875  purchased  a  farm  of  fifty 
acres  on  which  he  resides  in  Olean.  He  is 
a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

He  married,  September  12,  1858,  Maria, 
born  February  10,  1837,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Trumbull  Carter,  born  1800,  died  1849;  "tar- 
ried, 1826,  Olive  Hartwell  Fuller,  born  1807, 
died  1856,  daughter  of  Almond  and  Betsey 
(Rhodes)  Fuller,  and  granddaughter  of 
James  Fuller,  a  revolutionary  soldier,  and  his 
wife,  Esther  (Stone)  Fuller.  Joseph  T.  and 
Olive  H,  Carter  had  children:  Phoebe,  de- 
ceased ;  William,  deceased ;  Almond ;  Caroline, 
deceased;  Maria,  married  Harrington  Aus- 
tin ;  Olive  and  Clarissa.    Joseph  T.  Carter  was 

a   son   of  Barzilla  and  Mary    (Crary) 

Carter,  and  grandson  of  Captain  Joseph  Car- 
ter, a  revolutionary  officer,  and  his  wife,  Ruth 
(Austin)  Carter.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Austin  cele- 
brated their  golden  wedding,  September  12, 
1908,  on  which  occasion  there  were  seven 
people  present  who  were  at  their  wedding  fifty 
years  before.  Children  of  Harrington  and 
Maria  Austin:  i.  Edmund  H.,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Harry  Ellsworth,  born  January 
18,  1864;  educated  in  the  public  school,  en- 
tered the  service  of  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company  as  messenger  boy ;  became  an 
expert  operator  and  for  the  past  twenty  years 
has  been  manager  of  the  North  Tonawanda 
office.  He  is  an  officer  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  member  of  lodge  and  chapter  of  the  Ma- 


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sonic  Order.  He  married,  August  23,  1888, 
Emma  Jean  Southard,  born  July  8,  1866; 
children:  Eleanor  May,  born  May  i,  1892; 
Emma  Arvis,  May  9,  1895. 

(VII)  Edmund  H.,  eldest  son  of  Harring- 
ton Austin,  was  born  in  Olean,  New  York, 
July  15,  i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  began  business  life  as  office 
boy  in  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  office,  then 
was  promoted  to  the  ticket  office.  He  left 
the  Pennsylvania  railroad  and  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Queen  and  Crescent  Railroad 
Company,  at  Fort  Payne,  Alabama.  Finally 
abandoning  railroading  he  spent  nine  years  on 
a  North  Dakota  wheat  farm.  While  there  he 
held  the  office  of  town  clerk.  In  1901  he  re- 
turned to  Olean  and  is  now  (1911)  chief  clerk 
of  the  freight  department  of  the  Pennsylvania 
railroad  at  Olean.  He  is  a  member  of  lodge, 
chapter  and  commandery  of  the  Masonic  Or- 
der, and  is  past  master,  past  high  priest  and 
past  eminent  commander.  He  is  also  one  of 
the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  sec- 
retary of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  November  26,  1889,  Alice  Es- 
ther, born  April  18,  1861,  daughter  of  Menzo 
W.  Porter  (see  Porter  IX).  Children:  Ma- 
ria Porter,  bom  September  29,  1892;  Herbert 
Porter,  September  30,  1895.  Mrs.  Austin  is 
a  member  of  the  Eastern  Star,  worthy  matron 
three  years  and  district  deputy  grand  matron 
of  the  thirty-sixth  district,  and  secretary  of 
her  home  chapter  for  the  past  six  years. 

(The   Porter   Line). 

The  Porter  line  traces  to  William  de  la 
Grande,  a  Norman  knight,  who  came  to  En- 
gland with  the  "Conqueror."  His  son,  Ralph 
(or  Roger)  became  "grand  porteur"  to  Henry 
the  First,  1120-1140,  from  which  he  derived 
the  name  Porter. 

(I)  Among  the  early  settlers  to  the  colony 
of  Massachusetts  bay  in  1628  was  John  Por- 
ter, founder  of  this  branch  of  the  Porter  fam- 
ily. He  settled  at  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  April  22,  1648.  His  wife  Rose 
died  July,  1647.     Eleven  children. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Porter,  "the  emi- 
grant," was  born  in  England,  1626,  died  Sep- 
tember 6,  1689.  He  was  a  merchant.  He 
married,  1659,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Stanley,  who  came  from  England  in  the  ship, 
"Planter,"  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  1635.  Ten 
children. 


(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Porter, 
was  born  December  12,  1666,  died  January 
4,  1747.  He  moved  from  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  thence  to  He- 
bron, Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  April 
3,  1690,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Butler, 
son  of  Richard  Butler.  He  married  (second) 
October  13,  1726,  Sarah  Church.  Eight  chil- 
dren by  first  wife. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Porter, 
was  born  October  3,  1694,  died  January  5, 
1753.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Hebron 
church.  He  married  (first)  November  19, 
1720,  Esther  Deane,  who  died  July  10,  1726. 
He  married  (second)  November  2,  1727,  Sa- 
rah Heaton.  Twelve  children,  three  by  first 
wife,  Mary,  John  and  Daniel. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  John  (3)  Porter,  was 
born  January,  1726.  He  resided  at  Hebron, 
Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  October  25, 
1747,  Diana  Dunham,  who  died  January  2^, 
1760;  married  (second)  April  23,  1761,  Sa- 
rah Barnard,  who  died  October  17,  1769. 
Eight  children  (last  two  by  second  wife). 

(VI)  Eleazer,  son  of  Daniel  Porter,  was 
born  March  8,  1752,  died  July  5,  1833.  He 
lived  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  from  whence 
he  moved  to  Hamilton,  Madison  county,  New 
York,  in  1800.  He  married,  1775,  Susannah, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Rowley,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Rowley,  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Rowley,  son 
of  Henry  Rowley,  who  came  from  England  to 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  1630.  Thomas  (2) 
Rowley  married,  March  16,  1699,  Violet, 
daughter  of  John  (2)  Steadman,  and  grand- 
daughter of  John  Steadman,  a  lieutenant  in 
King  Philip's  war. 

(VII)  Lieutenant  Roswell  Porter,  son  of 
Eleazer  Porter,  was  born  January  9,  1785, 
died  April  7,  1853.  ^^  lived  at  Hamilton, 
New  York,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  war  of 
181 2,  served  at  Lundy's  Lane,  Queenstown, 
and  in  the  defense  of  the  Niagara  Frontier. 
He  married,  April  26,  1807,  Nancy  Shattuck. 
Seven  children. 

(VIII)  Menzo  W.,  sixth  child  and  second 
son  of  Lieutenant  Roswell  Porter,  was  born 
in  Hamilton,  New  York,  February  26,  1827. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  to  operate  in  the  oil 
fields.  In  1882  he  went  to  North  Dakota  and 
in  1883  settled  there,  being  among  the  first  to 
settle  in  that  state.  He  remained  there  until 
November.  1893,  when  he  returned  to  New 
York  and  has  since  made  his  home  with  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Austin  in  Olean.    He  married, 


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June  30,  1846,  Maria  Muir,  who  died  August 
27,  1891.  Children:  De  Alton,  De  Elbert,  De 
Azro,  Alice  Esther,  De  Elwin.  • 

(IX)  Alice  Esther,  daughter  of  Menzo  W. 
Porter,  was  born  April  18,  1861.  She  mar- 
ried, November  26,  1889,  Edmund  H.  Aus- 
tin (see  Austin  VII). 


The  first  of  the  Swans  of  whom 
SWAN  we  have  record  are  of  old  New 
York  stock,  namely  the  parents 
of  William  G.  Swan,  of  the  town  of  Albion, 
Orleans  county,  New  York.  Mr.  Swan's  par- 
ents were  Coddington  W.  and  Susan  (Gere) 
Swan,  both  natives  of  Saratoga  county.  C. 
W.  Swan  was  born  there  June  13,  1797,  and 
his  wife  one  month  and  a  day  later.  In  the 
year  1835,  the  Swan  family  moved  from  Sa- 
ratoga to  Albion,  Orleans  county,  and  there 
settled  permanently.  The  senior  Swan  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  general  merchant  there, 
and  so  continued  until  his  death  which  oc- 
curred in  1843.  His  wife  survived  until  1875. 
(II)  William  G.,  son  of  Coddington  W. 
and  Susan  (Gere)  Swan,  was  born  in  Gal- 
way,  Saratoga  county,  February  9,  1822.  He 
was  the  elder  of  two  children,  the  other  Mary 
J.,  died  in  November,  1839,  when  she  was 
fourteen.  William  G.  Swan  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Albion  and  also  at  Lima,  Liv- 
ingston county.  He  was  about  eighteen  when 
he  began  clerking  in  his  father's  store  in  the 
village  of  Albion.  He  had  been  reared  to 
habits  of  thrift  and  frugality;  and  soon  be- 
gan to  display  excellent  qualifications  for  a 
business  career.  He  early  won  and  has  ever 
retained  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  towns- 
men. He  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
account  a  short  time  before  his  father's  death, 
entering  into  a  partnership  with  Joseph  M. 
Cornell,  under  the  firm  name  of  Swan  &  Cor- 
nell, which  concern  continued  and  flourished 
for  about  ten  years.  In  the  year  1855,  Mr. 
Swan  received  the  appointment  of  superin- 
tendent of  the  Niagara  railway  suspension 
bridge  at  Suspension  Bridge,  New  York. 
This  position  he  held  until  October,  1893, 
some  thirty-eight  years,  when  he  retired  per- 
manently from  business.  He  received,  on  his 
withdrawal,  the  recognition  from  the  com- 
pany, and  from  the  press,  which  his  long  and 
faithful  service  well  merited.  Mr.  Swan  had 
retained,  from  1835,  a  residence  in  Albion. 
In  1877  he  built  himself  a  fine  brick  residence 
there,  a  commodious  mansion  on  the  corner 


of  Main  street  and  Mt.  Albion  avenue.  Mr. 
Swan  has  always  taken  a  warm  interest  in 
the  town  of  Albion  and  has  given  hearty  sup- 
port to  all  measures  calculated  to  advance  or 
improve  it.  In  the  matter  of  education,  and 
toward  the  churches  and  charities,  he  is  lib- 
eral and  public  spirited.  He  is  a  popular  man 
and  has  had  conferred  upon  him  a  number 
of  local  honors.  He  is  treasurer  and  one  of 
the  commissioners  of  Mt.  Albion  Cemetery; 
also  treasurer  and  one  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  the  Niagara  Falls  International  Bridge 
Company,  and  president  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  the  Baptist  church  of  Albion. 

Mr.  Swan  has  been  twice  married.  His 
first  wife  was  Catherine  C,  daughter  of  Lem- 
uel C.  Paine,  of  Albion.  She  died  Septem- 
ber 28,  1854.  .  On  October  16,  i860,  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Emma  M.  Ether  idge,  of 
Hastings,  Minnesota.  Mrs.  Swan,  like  her 
husband,  is  actively  identified  with  the  chari- 
table, religious,  and  literary  work  and  move- 
ments of  their  home  town. 


This  name  is  said  to  have  orig- 
ROOT    inated    in    Normandy,    and    was 

originally  spelled  Routes,  pro- 
nounced with  two  syllables,  the  "s"  being  si- 
lent. Thomas  Roote  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  and  selectmen  of  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. It  is  said  of  the  family  "that  since  the 
earlier  days  they  have  held  an  honorable  po- 
sition among  the  multitude  of  characteristic 
New  England  families."  Thomas  Roote  was 
born  about  1605,  and  came  to  America  about 
1637.  He  "went  to  Pequot  in  1637  as  a  sol- 
dier." He  became  one  of  the  founders  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  in  1653-4,  and 
one  of  the  "pillars  of  the  church,"  at  its  or- 
ganization in  1661.  He  died  July  17,  1694. 
His  wife's  name  is  not  known.  They  had  six 
children. 

(II)  Joseph  Root,  son  of  Thomas  Roote, 
was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  about  1640, 
died  April  19,  171 1,  at  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  had  lived  for  over  fifty 
years.  He  married  (first)  December  30,  1660, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Hannah 
Haynes.  She  died  January  28,  1691.  He 
married  (second)  Mary  Holton,  widow  of 
David  Burt.  She  died  1713.  They  had  eight 
children. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Haynes)  Root,  was  born  in  1664, 
died  at   Northampton,   Massachusetts,   Octo- 


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ber  23,  1690.  He  settled  in  Northfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  the  settlement  was  broken  up 
by  the  Indians,  and  he  returned  to  North- 
ampton.    He  married  Hannah  .     They 

had  two  children. 

(IV)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Hannah  Root,  was  born  in  1686,  died  Febru- 
2iry  9,  1728,  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  £540, 
which  was  at  that  time  the  largest  in  Sunder- 
land, Massachusetts.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
forty  settlers  of  Sunderland,  and  the  first 
school  teacher  employed  by  that  town.  He 
married,  February  16,  1710,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Philip  Russell,  who  survived  him.  At  a 
town  meeting  held  December  2,  1734,  it  was 
"voted  to  give  Widow  Root  for  tending  the 
Flagg  on  the  Sabbath  days  and  on  other  occa- 
sions for  the  year,  one  pound  ten  shillings." 
Seven  children. 

(V)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Joseph  (3)  and 
Mary  (Russell)  Root,  was  bom  June  16,  1713. 
He  removed  to  Hunting  Hills,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1740.  He  was  selectman,  captain 
of  militia,  justice  of  the  peace,  representative, 
1767-8.  In  1759  ^t  was  voted  by  the  town  of 
Montague  "to  buy  the  Shell  of  Lieutenant 
Clapp  for  one  pound  ten  shillings,  and  to  al- 
low Captain  Joseph  Root  twenty  shillings  for 
blowing  the  same  on  the  Sabbath  for  one 
year."  He  married  (first)  November  11, 
1736,  Abigail,  daughter  of  James  Bridgman; 
she  died  April  24,  1781.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) November  5,  1782,  Widow  Mary  Bas- 
com.    Eight  children. 

(VI)  Elisha,  son  of  Joseph  (4)  and  Abi- 
gail (Bridgman)  Root,  was  born  in  Monta- 
gue, Massachusetts,  June  7,  1739,  died  Jan- 
uary I,  1 81 2.  He  was  a  surveyor  and  a 
magistrate.  He  married,  October  30,  1776, 
Lucy  Mattoon,  died  September  22,  1817,  aged 
seventy-seven  years.    Five  children. 

(VII)  Arad,  son  of  Elisha  and  Lucy  (Mat- 
toon)  Root,  was  born  September  10,  1767, 
died  September  i,  1855.  He  settled  in  Wil- 
liston,  Vemiont;  he  married  (first)  Mary 
Severance,  who  died  November  27,  1800; 
(second)   Lydia  Shattuck. 

(VIII)  Zadoc,  son  of  Arad  and  Mary 
(Severance)  Root,  was  born  in  Vermont,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1786,  died,  1863,  in  Busti,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York.  He  settled  in  Busti, 
range  eleven,  lot  forty-seven,  and  lived  there 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  helped  to 
build  the  first  log  church  in  Jamestown.     He 


married  (first)  November  7,  1800,  Rachel 
Skinner,  born  in  Vermont;  (second)  in  1815, 
Polly  Parmenter,  born  November  7,  1796, 
died  aged  seventy-six  years.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Almira,  born  June  10,  1809,  died  1851; 
Samantha,  born  November  13,  1810;  Zadoc 
(2),  May  25,  1812,  died,  1848.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Polly,  born  September  7,  1816; 
Philander,  November  12,  1817;  Horace,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1818;  Cynthia,  July  31,  1822;  Will- 
iam, of  further  mention;  Lucy,  born  October 
27,  1827,  died  October  31,  1836. 

(IX)  William,  son  of  Zadoc  and  Polly 
(Parmenter)  Root,  was  bom  April  10,  1825, 
died  January  24,  1898.  He  attended  district 
schools  and  was  reared  a  farmer.  When  a 
young  man  he  made  a  purchase  of  fifty  acres 
of  land  to  which  he  added  from  time  to  time 
until  he  was  the  possessor  of  several  fine 
farms  aggregating  several  hundred  acres. 
He  was  noted  for  his  well-kept  and  productive 
lands  and  the  fine  quality  of  his  dairy  and 
farm  stock.  He  also  dealt  largely  in  live 
stock  and  made  a  specialty  of  dairying.  In 
his  later  years  he  moved  to  Jamestown,  but 
after  a  few  years  returned  to  the  farm.  He 
was  a  Republican,  and  always  maintained  an 
active  interest  in  town  affairs,  and  served  as 
road  commissioner  and  in  other  of  the  town 
offices.  He  married,  November  17,  1847,  ^* 
Westfield,  New  York,  Nancy  Draper,  born  in 
Bridgewater,  Connecticut,  February  29,  1832, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Martha  (Famham) 
Draper,  a  descendant  of  Edward  Draper,  of 
England,  and  Boston,  Massachusetts,  who  was 
a  private  in  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jabez  Hatch's 
regiment,  guarding  stores  in  and  about  Bos- 
ton by  order  of  the  council.  May  12,  1777, 
service  five  weeks.  He  had  sons:  Joseph, 
Sanford,  Nathan,  William,  Henry  and  Harry. 
Joseph  Draper  was  a  farmer  and  a  Univer- 
salist.  He  married  Martha  Farnham,  born 
1798,  died  1854,  daughter  of  Walter  and 
Nancy  (Weeks)  Farnham.  Children:  i. 
Jedediah,  now  living  at  the  age  of  ninety-two 
years.  2.  Laura,  born  September  10,  1822; 
now  living,  in  her  eighty-ninth  year ;  married 
L.  Howard,  and  has  George,  Vinton,  Carrie 
and  Matthew.  3.  Martha,  born  1826,  died 
June,  1881 ;  married  George  Brown.  4.  Han- 
nah, bom  June,  1828;  married  Morris  Burn- 
ham,  lived  in  Columbus,  Wisconsin,  died  Sep- 
tember 3,  191 1.  5.  Nancy,  bom  November 
29,  1832;  married  William  Root,  whom  she 
survives,  a  resident  of  Jamestown  in  her  sev- 


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enty-ninth  year;  she  is  a  highly  respected 
lady  and  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  Children  of  William  Root:  i. 
Frank  H.,  born  January  i8,  1851,  died  July 
I,  1910;  married  Josephine  Wilcox;  children: 
Frank  H.  (2),  Pearl  B.,  Ralph.  2.  William 
Morris,  born  March  8,  1855;  married  Rhoda 
Wilcox,  and  resides  on  his  farm  in  Busti; 
children:  Belle,  Ethel,  Lulu.  3.  Harry,  of 
further  mention.  4.  Charles  H.,  born  Decem- 
ber 7,  1862;  married  Mary  Ellis;  children: 
Maud  E.,  married  Mariel  Trask;  children: 
Florence  and  Gerald.  5.  Kate  L.,  born  May 
21,  1866,  married  Frank  A.  Thomas;  children: 
Robert  L.  and  Harold  W. 

(X)  Harry,  son  of  William  and  Nancy 
(Draper)  Root,  was  born  in  Busti,  Chautau- 
gua  county,  New  York,  November  6,  i860. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Jamestown  schools 
and  in  bookkeeping  under  a  private  tutor. 
He  has  followed  agriculture  all  his  active  life, 
making  a  specialty  of  stock  raising  and  deal- 
ing. His  farm,  about  two  miles  from  the 
heart  of  Jamestown,  has  been  his  home  since 
he  was  two  years  of  age.  It  consists  of  one 
hundred  and  seventy-three  acres  of  the  best 
kept  and  productive  land.  He  has  another 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  twelve  acres  near 
Boomertown,  and  a  ten  acre  tract  close  to 
the  city  line.  Besides  his  farming  interests 
Mr.  Root  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Donel- 
son  &  Root,  conducting  a  storage  and  general 
dray  and  heavy  truckmg  business  in  James- 
town. 

He  is  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  belonging  to  Union 
Grange.  He  is  strictly  independent  in  his  po- 
litical views,  and  is  an  attendant  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church.  He  married  (first) 
-May  13,  1886,  Elva  R.  Fenton,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1864,  died  January  20,  1892,  daughter 
of  Berry  Fenton.  Children:  Fred  Harry, 
born  February  6,  1887;  Clyde  Fenton,  bom 
November  3,  1891.  He  married  (second) 
August  30,  1894,  Myrtie  Martin  Frank,  born 
September  21,  1874,  daughter  of  Warren  A. 
and  Melissa  Martin  Frank  (see  Frank).  She 
is  a  woman  of  energy  and  elevated  Chris- 
tian character,  devoted  to  her  home  and  chil- 
dren. She  is  an  attendant  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  is  interested  in  all  good 
works.  She  is  careful  of  the  preservation  of 
the  family  records  and  has  rendered  great  as- 
sistance in  the  compiling  of  both  the  Root 
and    Frank    genealogies.      Children:     Bessie 


Mildred,  born  June  23,  1898;  Qarence  Roy, 
February  4,  1905. 


The  first  of  this  name  which 
MERRILL    was     originally     Merle     and 

signifies  *'black  bird"  was  a 
native,  or  at  least  a  resident  of  France,  and 
took  his  name  from  the  figure  of  a  blackbird 
displayed  on  a  sign  over  his  door.  The  earli- 
est generation  of  the  family  in  France  used 
a  seal  on  which  is  displayed  three  blackbirds. 
In  the  persecutions  following  the  revocation 
of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  a  Merle,  being  a  Pro- 
testant, fled  to  England  to  save  his  life  and 
cast  in  his  lot  with  the  Puritans.  Some  of 
the  family  still  remain  in  France,  the  most 
distinguished  member  in  recent  years  being 
Merle  D'Aubigne,  the  historian.  As  the  Hu- 
guenots were  of  the  best  blood  of  France  so 
their  descendants  in  England  and  America 
have  been  regarded. 

(I)  Nathaniel  Merrill,  emigrant  ancestor 
of  the  Merrills  of  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  was  born  in  England,  1610,  died  in 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  March  16,  1655. 
With  his  brother  John  he  emigrated  from  En- 
gland and  came  to  America,  settling  at  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  about  1633.  In  1635  ^^ 
removed  to  Newbury,  at  the  first  settlement  of 
the  town,  and  settled  on  land  at  the  junction 
of  the  Parker  and  Plum  rivers,  which  until 
recently  was  owned  by  a  descendant,  Tyler 
Merrill.  In  his  will  dated  March  8,  1655,  he 
gives  his  farm  to  his  eldest  son  upon  payment 
by  him  of  five  pounds  each  to  his  brothers, 
and  furnishing  a  residence  for  his  mother  and 
sister.  He  married  Susannah  Wellerton,  also 
spelled  Wilterton.  She  survived  him  and 
married  (second)  Stephen  Jordan  or  Jour- 
dain.  She  died  January  25,  1673.  Children  : 
John,  Abraham,  Nathaniel,  Susannah,  Dan- 
iel, Abel.  These  children  all  grew  to  years  of 
maturity,  married  and  reared  families.  Among 
their  descendants  are  many  ministers  and  men 
of  mark  in  every  walk  of  life. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Nathaniel  Merrill,  went 
when  young  to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where 
he  was  taken  into  the  family  and  legally 
adopted  by  Gregory  Wilterton.  He  married 
Sarah  Watson.  At  the  death  of  his  benefac- 
tor it  was  found  he  had  left  his  entire  estate 
to  his  adopted  son.  Children:  Nathaniel, 
John,  Sarah,  Abraham,  David,  Wilterton,  of 
whom  further;  Susanna,  Abel,  Isaac,  Jacob. 

(III)  Wilterton,  son  of  John  Merrill,  mar- 


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ried    (first)    Ruth   Pratt;    (second)    Hannah 
Watts.    Child,  Gideon. 

(IV)  Gideon,  son  of  Wilterton  Merrill, 
married  Mary  Bigelow.    Son,  Nathaniel. 

(V)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Gideon  Merrill, 
married  Hannah  Belden.  Children :  Nathan- 
iel, Hannah,  Truman,  Samuel,  James,  Allen, 
died  young,  Allen  (2),  Mary,  Asher,  Ebene- 
zer,  Ethan,  Perry,  Charles,  Dorothy,  Candace, 
died  young,  Candace  (2). 

(VI)  Allen,  son  of  Nathaniel  Merrill,  was 
born  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  Early  in  life 
he  settled  in  Litchfield,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried Tammy,  daughter  of  Simeon  Smith.  Chil- 
dren: Maria,  died  aged  nineteen;  Amanda, 
married  and  left  issue;  Leonard  Smith,  mar- 
ried and  left  issue;  Lyman  B.,  died  in  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York;  Alton;  Minerva, 
married  Dennis  Dye;  Smith,  of  whom  further; 
William  B.,  married  Calista  Loomis;  Caro- 
line, married  Charles  Sentill ;  Mason  F.,  twice 
married;  Elizabeth,  married  Mason  Morey; 
Wallace. 

(VII)  Smith,  son  of  Allen  Merrill,  was 
born  at  Johnstown,  Montgomery  county.  New 
York,  October  16,  18 10.  He  settled  in  York- 
shire, Cattaraugus  county,  1835.  He  was  a 
tailor  and  engaged  in  merchant  tailoring  in 
the  village  of  Franklin ville.  In  1859  ^^  ^^' 
moved  to  a  farm  in  Farmersville,  which  he 
cultivated  until  1881,  also  farming  in  Great 
Valley.  He  married,  1838,  Melinda,  daughter 
of  John  Howe,  who  settled  in  Yorkshire,  in 
1832.  Children:  i.  Henry,  born  June  5, 
1839,  ^^^^  J^ly  10,  1902,  buried  at  Little  Val- 
ley, New  York;  married,  February  12,  1866, 
Harriet  F.  Persons,  born  July  23,  1844,  died 
August  10,  1895;  children:  Ernest  Warren, 
Harriet  Esther,  Charles  Persons,  Mertie  Me- 
linda. 2.  John  Burdett,  born  June  22,  1841 ; 
enlisted  in  Company  D.  Sixty-fourth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Fair  Oaks,  June  i,  1862. 
3.  Ernest  W.,  born  April  24,  1843;  enlisted 
in  Company  B,  Twenty- third  Regiment,  New 
York  Volunteer  Infantry,  serving  without  in- 
jury until  the  close  of  the  war;  returned  home 
and  was  accidentally  killed  December  12, 
1866.  4.  Perry  E.,  born  June  30,  1845;  "^^ir- 
ried,  January  9,  1878,  Mercy  I.  Loomis;  chil- 
dren :  Eugene  L.,  Floyd  S.,  Esther  H.,  Shir- 
ley. 5.  Adelaide  E.,  bom  June  14,  1847,  died 
February  28,  1873.  6.  Helen  Loraine,  born 
June  17,  1849;  married  (first)  Hiram  Steele, 
who  died  November  25,  1899;  i^arried  (sec- 


ond) Elvin  E.  Johnson.  7.  William  Wallace, 
bom  September  21,  1851 ;  married,  January 
S,  1876,  Julia  E.  Tarbell;  children:  Rena, 
Edna,  Frances,  Anna,  Winfield.  8.  Mary 
Emma,  bom  September  2,  1856;  married, 
1887,  Allan  E.  Hayes.  9.  Theodore  Grove, 
born  June  16,  1858.  10.  Frank  Merton,  of 
whom  further. 

(VIII)  Frank  Merton,  youngest  child  of 
Smith  Merrill,  was  born  in  Farmersville,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York,  June  6,  i860. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  school  and  Ten 
Broeck  Academy.  He  began  his  business  life 
in  Freedom,  New  York,  in  association  with 
his  brother,  conducting  dental  offices  and  a 
dmg  store.  In  1889  he  settled  in  Little  Val- 
ley, taking  a  position  as  recording  clerk  in 
the  office  of  the  county  clerk.  He  remained 
in  this  position  one  and  one-half  years,  when 
he  was  appointed  deputy  county  clerk,  which 
office  he  now  holds.  He  moved  to  Sandusky, 
New  York,  in  1880,  where  he  has  been  town 
clerk  for  ten  years.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  belonging  to  Lodge,  Chapter  and 
Commandery.  He  married  (first)  July  3, 
1884,  Martha  Williams,  born  1861,  died  April 
30,  1899,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Adelia  (How- 
lett)  Williams.  Children:  i.  Marie  E.,  born 
April  22,  1887;  now  a  teacher  in  Olean,  New 
York.  2.  Emmons  M.,  born  March  20,  1892. 
3.  Bernard  W.,  born  January  19,  1899.  He 
married  (second)  August  10,  1903,  Minnie 
M.  (Cobb)  Wade. 


This    name,    sometimes    spelled 
LANGS    Luick  and  Link  in  Pennsylvania 

records,  was  borne  by  the  emi- 
grant ancestor  of  Major  Shepard  Lang,  of 
Niagara  Falls.  The  usual  spelling  of  the 
name,  however,  was  Langs.  Jacob  Langs, 
born  either  in  Holland  or  Germany,  came  to 
America  about  1750,  settling  in  the  state  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  in  1754  he  was  living 
near  Sunbury.  Later  he  removed  to  Lewis- 
burg  in  the  same  state,  and  in  1790  was  liv- 
ing in  Northumberland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
where  it  is  supposed  he  died.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war  and  rose  to  the  rank  of 
captain  of  Pennsylvania  militia.  He  married, 
and  had  three  sons,  George,  Jacob  and 
William. 

(II)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Captain  Jacob  (i) 
Langs,  was  born  at  Sunbury,   Pennsylvania, 


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NEW   YORK. 


1759.  He  lived  in  Pennsylvania  until  1810, 
when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Canada, 
at  Langford,  Brant  county,  Province  of  On- 
tario, where  he  purchased  a  farm  which  has 
ever  since  been  in  the  family.  He  married, 
about  1790,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
and  Elizabeth  Fowler,  who  came  to  Pennsyl- 
vania from  Westchester  county.  New  York. 
Children,  all  born  in  Northumberland  county, 
Pennsylvania:  Elizabeth,  1792;  Catherine, 
1794,  died  in  Norfolk  county,  Ontario,  i860; 
Jacob,  died  in  1871,  Norfolk  county,  Ontario; 
John,  of  further  mention;  George,  died  about 
1838;  Lavina,  Martha,  Sidna. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Fowler)  Langs,  born  in  Northumber- 
land county,  Pennsylvania,  August  16,  1799, 
died  at  Langford,  Ontario,  March  30,  1855. 
He  removed  to  Canada  with  his  father  in 
1810,  being  then  a  lad  of  eleven  years.  He 
received  such  education  as  was  possible  under 
the  conditions,  and  was  his  father's  assistant 
on  the  farm  until  the  death  of  the  latter,  when 
he  succeeded  him  in  the  ownership  of  the  es- 
tate. While  working  with  his  father  they 
cleared  the  timber  from  two  farms,  one  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty-three  acres,  the  other 
of  one  hundred  and  fifty.  During  this  period 
they  furnished  most  of  the  lumber  used  in  the 
construction  of  the  government  road  from 
Hamilton  to  London,  Ontario.  John  Langs 
was  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  strong  supporter  of  the  cause 
of  Prohibition.  He  married,  at  Langford, 
Ontario,  in  1823,  Sarah  Westbrook,  born 
February  7,  1800,  at  Brantford,  Ontario,  died 
April  5,  1880,  at  Langford.  Children:  John, 
died  in  infancy;  Martha,  born  July  23,  1825, 
died  November  30,  1906,  married,  December 
24,  1854,  Martin  Millard,  of  Simco,  Ontario; 
Nelson,  born  February  19,  1827,  died  Febru- 
ary 15,  1900,  married,  April  4,  1854,  Eliza 
Sand;  Squire  Emanuel,  born  November  19, 
1828,  married,  November  30,  1852,  Maria 
Leach;  Elizabeth,  born  July  19,  1830,  mar- 
ried, December  24,  1859,  Randall  Woods; 
William  Wallace,  born  October  5,  1832,  mar- 
ried, March  12,  1867,  Emily  McKay,  married 
(second)  June  9,  1870,  Helen  Louise  Allen, 
of  Hazelmere,  British  Columbia;  Major  She- 
pard,  of  further  mention ;  Edwin  Rutten,  born 
September  2,  1836,  died  May  14,  1898,  mar- 
ried, February  4,  1863,  Annie  Duncan;  Cyn- 
thia Victoria,  born  February  17,  1840,  mar- 
ried,   December   26,    1867,   Daniel    Blaisdell; 


George  Alfred,  born  July  2,  1842,  died  Octo- 
ber 27,  1859;  Lavina  Catherine,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1845,  married,  September  8,  1859, 
William  H.  McKay. 

(IV)  Major  Shepard,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Westbrook)  Langs,  was  born  in 
Langford,  Ontario,  Canada,  August  22,  1834. 
He  attended  the  district  school,  afterward  he 
finished  his  preparatory  education  in  the 
grammar  school  at  Brantford,  Ontario.  He 
began  the  study  of  medicine  October  i,  1861, 
at  the  Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  and  was 
graduated  at  the  University  of  Toronto,  June 
8,  1864,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.'  During 
the  summers  of  1863  and  1864  he  took  a 
course  at  the  New  York  City  Medical  School, 
and  having  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  the 
same  year  began  practice  at  Lynden,  Went- 
worth  county,  Ontario,  where  he  remained 
for  four  years.  On  October  31,  1868,  he  set- 
tled at  Suspension  Bridge,  Niagara  county. 
New  York,  where  he  was  in  the  active  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  for  twenty-two  years, 
retiring  in  1890.  During  this  entire  period 
he  was  physician  at  Devereux  College,  and 
from  1868  to  1872  physician  of  Niagara  Uni- 
versity. Dr.  Langs  was  a  well  known,  skill- 
ful physician,  and  commanded  a  large  prac- 
tice. After  his  retirement  in  1890  he  re- 
moved to  Redlands,  California,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  orange  culture  until  1897,  when  he 
returned  to  his  old  home  at  Suspension 
Bridge.  Here  he  has  since  lived  a  quiet,  re- 
tired life.  He  has  traveled  extensively  at 
home  and  abroad.  He  married,  March  i, 
1866,  at  Niagara  Falls,  Helen  Abigail  Pierce, 
born  there,  daughter  of  George  H.  and  Abi- 
gail (Roberts)  Pierce.  Child:  John  Pierce 
Langs,  born  April  23,  1882,  educated  at  Red- 
lands,  California;  entered  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, was  graduated,  A.  B.,  class  of  1902.  He 
was  professor  of  music  at  the  University  of 
Colorado  for  one  vear;  master  at  Devereux 
College,  1903-4.  He  studied  music  with  Pro- 
fessor Edward  MacDowell  in  New  York  City 
during  the  years  1901-02-04-05.  Later  de- 
ciding on  the  profession  of  law,  he  entered 
the  Buffalo  Law  School,  where  he  was  gra- 
duated in  1909  with  the  degree  of  LL.B.,  and 
is  at  present  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law 
at  Niagara  Falls. 

(The  Pierce  Line). 

Helen  Abigail  (Pierce)  Langs,  wife  of 
Major   Shepard    Langs,   is   a   descendant   of 


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Sergeant  Thomas  Pierce,  who  was  born  in 
England  in  1608  and  came  to  New  England 
about  1633.  The  name  Pierce  was  common 
in  England  at  a  very  early  age.  The  family 
bore  arms  "Three  ravens  rising."  Crest:  a 
dove  with  olive  branch  in  bill.  Motto:  Dixit 
et  fecit  (he  said  and  he  did).  Sergeant 
Thomas  was  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth 
Pierce  of  England.  As  no  mention  is  made 
of  Sergeant  Thomas  coming  with  his  parents, 
it  is  surmised  that  he  came  shortly  after  them 
if  not  with  them.  He  married  shortly  after 
his  arrival  and  settled  in  Charlestown.  He 
was  styled  Sergeant  Thomas,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Charlestown  church  February 
21,  1634,  at  the  same  time  as  his  father,  show- 
ing that  the  family  must  have  emigrated  to- 
gether. Sergeant  Thomas  Pierce  was  among 
the  original  settlers  of  Woburn  in  1643,  and 
was  taxed  there  in  1645;  ^^s  selectman  in 
1660;  and  many  times  was  on  the  committee 
for  dividing  the  common  lands  there.  He  was 
also  one  of  "the  right  proprietors"  chosen 
March  28,  1667,  and  also  of  the  general  court 
committee  appointed  for  the  same  purpose  in 
1668.  He  was  a  large  land  owner,  as  he  sells 
Thomas  Richardson  forty  acres  formerly  of 
John  Cole,  southeast  of  Mount  Discovery; 
also  numerous  real  estate  transactions  in  his 
name  are  found  in  the  Middlesex  county  reg- 
isters in  Cambridge.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  after  his  decease,  November  6,  1683, 
amounted  to  £440,  and  was  appraised  by  Mat- 
thew Johnson  and  James  Convers.  He  was 
sergeant,  1669-82,  and  a  member  of  Captain 
Thomas  Prentice's  troop,  also  under  Lieu- 
tenant Oakes  in  King  Philip's  war,  1675-76. 
He  married,  May  6,  1635,  Elizabeth  Cole, 
who  died  March  5,  1688,  daughter  of  Rice 
and  Arnold  Cole.  Children:  Abigail,  John, 
Thomas,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Stephen, 
Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  James,  Abigail, 
Benjamin. 

The  first  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Langs  to  settle 
in  New  York  state  was  John  Pierce,  born 
May  31,  1773,  and  resided  near  Westminster 
until  after  his  marriage.  In  1801-02  he  re- 
moved to  Middletown,  Connecticut,  where  he 
followed  his  trade  of  harness  maker.  In 
18 10  he  located  in  Stockbridge,  Massachu- 
setts, remaining  until  1822,  when  he  came 
to  New  York  state,  settling  in  Livingston 
county,  at  Livonia.  In  1830  he  settled  in 
Wheatfield,  Niagara  county.  New  York, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  on  which  he  re- 


sided until  his  death.  He  married,  in  1792, 
Abigail  Stow,  born  May  8,  1775,  died  1842. 
Children:  i.  William  W.,  born  July  4,  1793, 
died  at  Alton,  Illinois,  May  27,  1825.  2.  Mary 
A.,  born  February  28,  1796;  married  Horace 
Morrill,  of  Lenox,  Massachusetts.  3.  Abigail 
E.,  born  June  23,  1798,  died  unmarried.  4. 
John,  born  September  3,  1800,  died  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin.  5.  James  C,  born  De- 
cember 3,  1802,  died  at  Albany,  New  York. 
6.  Joseph  W.,  born  June  5,  1805,  died  about 
1890,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  7.  Eli  S., 
born  December  10,  1807,  died  in  1888,  at 
Rochester,  New  York.  8.  Hannah  G.,  born 
May  8,  1810;  married  John  Wilkins,  of  Clio, 
Michigan.  9.  Charles  T.,  born  September  13, 
1812,  died  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  10.  George  Hen- 
ry, of  further  mention.  11.  Harriet,  born 
April  2^,  1818,  died  at  Suspension  Bridge, 
New  York,  February  17,  1878.  12.  Francis, 
born  August  25,  1820,  died  November  14, 
1838. 

George  Henry,  tenth  child  of  John  and  Abi- 
gail (Stow)  Pierce,  was  born  in  Stockbridge, 
Massachusetts,  January  24,  181 5.  He  re- 
moved to  Western  New  York,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  Rochester.  In  1838  he  settled  in 
the  town  of  Wheatfield,  Niagara  county, 
where  he  taught  school  and  cultivated  a  small 
farm.  He  held  some  local  offices  in  the  town,  . 
where  he  remained  until  1852,  when  he  came 
to  Niagara  Falls,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  until  1866.  In  that  year  he 
located  at  Suspension  Bridge,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  coal  and  lumber  business  until 
1873,  when  he  retired.  He  died  July  17, 
1880.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Alethodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  married,  1838,  Abigail  Sarah  Roberts, 
born  1812,  died  at  Suspension  Bridge,  New 
York,  1882. 


This    is   a   name   of   distinc- 
WEBSTER     tion    in    Warsaw,    Wyoming 

county,  as  that  of  its  first 
settler,  Elizer  Webster.  He  came  to  the 
place,  in  fact,  before  even  its  survey  had 
been  made,  in  1803.  He  built  the  first  house 
there,  and  a  rude  one  it  was,  a  log  cabin, 
with  neither  board  nor  nail  in  it.  He  lived 
in  Warsaw  thirty-four  years.  He  kept  the 
first  tavern,  built  the  first  saw  mill,  dispensed 
justice,  and  was  a  foremost  citizen. 

Judge  Webster,  as  he  was  known,  was  of 
New   England  lineage,  born  in   Connecticut, 


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NEW   YORK. 


August  24,  1767.  He  went  while  a  youth  to 
Hampton,  New-  York,  and  there  grew  to 
manhood.  There  also  he  married  Elizabeth 
Warren,  who  was  born  May  15,  1774.  It 
was  in  1803,  at  the  age  of  thirty-six,  that  he 
came  to  the  site  of  Warsaw,  prepared  to  set- 
tle down  there.  The  place  was  then  so  primi- 
tive that,  as  has  been  said,  the  ground  was  yet 
unsurveyed.  When  he  raised  his  cabin  he 
had  to  go  a  long  distance  for  help.  He  found 
it  in  the  timber  "choppers,"  who  were  laying 
out  the  *'01d  Buffalo  road."  When  he  had 
the  shanty  finished,  he  went  back  to  Hamp- 
ton and  brought  his  wife  and  five  children 
to  share  with  him  the  rough  life  of  the  pio- 
neer. 

Prosperity  attended  him  here  and  in 
course  of  time,  though  he  never  seemed  in 
haste  to  be  rich,  he  acquired  considerable 
property.  He  i:ose  to  distinction  also  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  burg.  In  1808,  at  the 
first  town  meeting,  when  town  officers  were 
elected,  he  was  chosen  supervisor  and  con- 
tinued in  that  position  seven  years.  He  held 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  a  long 
time  by  appointment,  and  in  18 13  was  made 
associate  judge  of  the  county  court.  In  1816 
and  1 81 7  he  represented  Genesee  county,  in 
the  state  assembly,  and  in  1821  he  was  a 
•  member  of  the  state  constitutional  convention, 
which  last-named  service  terminated  his  pub- 
lic career.  But,  although  he  held  these  vari- 
ous offices,  he  was  singularly  exempt  from 
political  aspiration.  His  educational  advan- 
tages were  limited,  but  he  had  great  common 
sense  and  sound  judgment.  When  acting 
as  justice  he  paid  little  attention  to  the  law 
books,  in  his  decisions,  he  rather  made  reason 
and  even-handed  justice  his  guides,  and  his 
decisions  we  may  say  w^ere  seldom  reversed. 

Judge  Webster  was  a  man  of  great  inde- 
pendence, a  very  excellent  business  man.  He 
never  speculated,  but  managed  to  accumulate, 
in  various  ways,  a  pretty  fair  fortune.  He 
had  a  great  fondness  for  gunning  and  hunt- 
ing, and  in  that  sport  he  found  his  favorite 
recreation.  In  the  year  1836,  when  he  was 
sixty-nine  years  old,  he  sold  out  his  lands, 
consisting  of  a  square  mile  at  Warsaw  and 
other  bodies  elsewhere,  and  the  following 
year  went  to  live  at  Ripley,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York.  Here  he  survived  to  the 
ripe  old  age  of  eighty-seven,  dying  in  March, 

1854. 
Judge   Webster  was  the   father  of  twelve 


children,  eight  sons  and  four  daughters:  1. 
Arvin,  born  1792,  died  in  Illinois.  2.  Warren, 
born  in  1795,  died  in  Gowanda,  and  is  buried 
in  Ripley.  He  was,  for  a  time,  like  his  father, 
a  justice  of  the  peace.  3.  Chipman,  born  in 
1797,  settled  in  Illinois.  4.  Lucinda,  born 
1800,  married  Elijah  Norton,  of  Warsaw^  and 
remained  in  that  town.  5.  Clorinda,  born 
1802,  married  Orson  Hough.  6.  Eliza,  born 
1804,  married  Andrew  W.  Young.  7.  Lem- 
uel, born  1806,  lived  for  a  time  in  Gowanda, 
and  other  towns  in  New  York,  but  at  length 
moved  to  Wisconsin  and  there  made  his  home. 
8.  Horace,  born  1808,  lived  for  a  while  in 
Pennsylvania,  later  in  Kentucky.  9.  Elizer 
(2),  born  1809,  lives  in  Ripley.  10.  Gideon, 
bom  1812,  was  long  a  merchant  of  Gowanda, 
and  later  a  farmer  of  that  vicinity.  11.  Will- 
iam Henry  Harrison,  born  1813,  was  a  mer- 
chant of  Coldwater,  Michigan,  to  which 
place  he  went  in  1867.  12.  Harriet,  born  1815, 
married  John  Smallwood,  of  Warsaw. 

In  the  third  generation  of  this  family,  there 
are  children  of  Arvin  by  his  two  marriages 
in  Illinois;  child  of  Warren,  namely  Walter, 
who  was  in  the  leather  business  in  Gowanda, 
and  moved  to  Illinois  in  1862;  children  of 
Chipman,  who  was  married  twice;  and  de- 
scendants of  Lemuel,  Elizer  (2),  Gideon,  and 
William  H.  Harrison  Webster.  The  children 
of  Walter  Webster,  grandson  of  the  Judge, 
are:  i.  Mary  L.  2.  Walter.  Lemuel  had 
nine  children;  Horace  had  children  by  both 
wives ;  Elizer  had  eleven  children ;  Gideon  had 
six,  and  William  H.  H.  had  four,  truly  a 
numerous  and  prolific  stock. 


This .  surname  -is  a  very  an- 
BALLARD     cient  one  in  England,  and   it 

took  root  in  America  with 
the  colonization  of  New  England.  Numeri- 
cally speaking,  it  has  long  been  a  prominent 
name  in  Worcestershire,  and  although  the  rec- 
ords state  that  the  immigrant  ancestor  of 
those  of  its  bearers  about  to  be  mentioned 
came  from  Wales,  it  is  impossible  to  deter- 
mine whether  or  not  he  belonged  to  a  family 
of  Welsh  origin. 

(1)  William  Ballard,  born  in  1603,  and  said 
to  have  come  from  Wales,  arrived  from  Eng- 
land in  the  *7«^'^'*^s,"  1635.  He  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  in  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May 
2,  1638,  and  was  a  member  of  the  quarterly 
court  at  Salem  the  same  year.     He  died   in 


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Andover,  July  lo,  1689.  The  christian  name  of 
his  first  wife,  who  was  born  in  England,  in 
1609,  and  accompanied  him  to  America,  was 
Elizabeth,  and  that  of  his  second  wife  was 
Grace.  The  latter  died  in  Andover,  April 
27,  1694.  He  had  sons  Joseph,  John  and 
William;  a  daughter  Sarah,  who  married, 
February  24,  1670,  Henry  Holt;  perhaps  other 
children.  (N.  B.  That  part  of  Andover 
known  as  Ballardvale  was  named  for  this 
family.) 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Ballard,  re- 
sided in  Andover,  and  died  there  in  1721. 
On  February  28,  1666,  he  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Phillips,  who  died  July  27,  1692, 
and  November  15  of  the  same  year  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Mrs.  Rebecca  Home.  She 
died  in  1740.  The  only  one  of  his  children 
mentioned  in  the  record  at  hand  is  Joseph, 
but  he  doubtless  had  others. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Bal- 
lard, was  born  in  Andover,  in  1667,  died  there 
in  1732.  In  1698  he  married  Rebecca  John- 
son. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Ballard, 
was  born  in  Andover,  in  1702,  died  there  in 
1780.  He  married  Mary  Chandler,  in  1721 ; 
they  had  William,  Josiah  and  probably  other 
children. 

(V)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  Ballard, 
was  born  in  Andover,  in  1721.  He  married 
Sarah  Carter,  in  1744,  and  in  1746  he  re- 
moved to  Lancaster,  Massachusetts.  His 
death  occurred  about  the  year  1780.  He  was 
active  in  religious  work,  and  a  deacon. 

(VI)  Captain  William  (2)  Ballard,  son  of 
Josiah  (2)  Ballard,  was  born  in  Lancaster, 
March  23,  1764.  He  settled  at  Charlemont, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  a  builder,  and  he  died  in  that  town 
May  25,  1842.  He  was  captain  in  the  state 
militia.  He  married,  March  9,  1787,  Eliza- 
beth Whitney,  born  February  14,  1769,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Wyman)  Whit- 
ney.    She  died  December  7,  1857. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Captain  William  (2) 
Ballard,  was  born  in  Charlemont,  October  i, 
1790.  He  seems  to  have  been  for  a  time  in 
Vermont  and  New  York  states,  later  set- 
tling in  Ohio,  where  he  became  a  successful 
merchant  and  manufacturer.  He  married,  in 
1816,  Pamelia,  born  April  15,  1793,  died  Oc- 
tober, 1858,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bennett. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Ballard,  was 
born  in  1817,  died  1895.    He  lived  in  the  town 


of  Otto,  New  York,  where  he  followed  his 
trade  of  wagon  maker  in  connection  with 
farming.  He  was  very  progressive  and  led 
in  town  improvements.  He  was  noted  for  his 
unusual  growth  of  very  curly  hair,  and  fine 
appearance.  He  married  Lucy  Ann  Paine, 
born  1815,  died  1875.  Children:  Henry  D., 
Charles  E.,  Walter. 

(IX)  Rev.  Walter  Ballard,  son  of  Nathan- 
iel Ballard,  was  born  in  Otto,  New  York,  July 
19,  1845,  d^^d  there,  September  23,  1881.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Otto 
and  Springfield  high  school.  He  prepared  for 
the  ministry,  was  ordained  and  was  settled 
over  the  Congregational  Church  at  Pollard 
(two  years).  Black  Creek  (three  years),  Stick- 
ersville  and  Otto.  He  was  a  faithful  minister 
of  the  gospel,  leading  many  into  the  church 
by  his  preaching  and  example.  His  useful 
life  was  ended  all  too  soon  by  the  dread  dis- 
ease, consumption.  He  married,  August  29, 
1872,  Josephine  Mabel,  born  May  28,  1858, 
daughter  of  Daniel  J.  Brown,  born  1814,  died 
1882,  married  Fannie  Buchanan,  born  1822, 
died  1897.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  Free- 
will Baptist  Church,  of  unusual  ability  and 
power.  Children  of  Rev.  Walter  Ballard: 
Mark  P.,  died  in  infancy;  Lynn  Walter. 

(X)  Lynn  Walter,  son  of  Rev.  Walter  Bal- 
lard, was  born  at  Black  Creek,  Allegany 
county,  New  York,  October  3,  1877.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  school,  Forestville 
Academy  and  Cattaraugus  high  school.  He 
taught  school  for  a  few  years,  then  was  for 
five  years  clerk  with  the  Cattaraugus  Cutlery 
Company,  of  Little  Valley,  New  York.  In 
1890  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  private 
banking  house  of  Crissey  &  Crissey.  In  1892 
a  charter  was  obtained  for  a  state  bank,  which 
the  Crissey  brothers  organized  under  the 
name  of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Bank.  Mr. 
Ballard  was  appointed  the  first  cashier,  Janu- 
uary,  1892,  a  position  he  won  and  has  retained 
by  efficient  and  faithful  service.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  has  served  for 
years  as  treasurer  of  the  school  board  and  of 
the  village  of  Little  Valley.  He  is  a  steward 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to 
lodge,  chapter  and  commandery. 

He  married,  January  29,  1904,  Emily  Black- 
man,  born  October  19,  1876,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  H.  Bates,  bom  November  2^,  1848. 
married,  1873,  Caroline,  born  March  i,  1846, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Susanna    (Winey) 


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Phillips.  Children  of  Rev.  John  H.  Bates; 
I.  Samuel  M.,  married  Dorothy  Moench.  2. 
Emily  Blackman,  married  Lynn  W.  Ballard. 
3.  Madge,  married  Clinton  T.  Horton;  child, 
Roger,  an  attorney  of  Buffalo.  4.  Charles  E., 
married  Mabel  Rich;  child,  Philip.  5.  John 
Henry,  married  Katherine  Crawford.  Child 
of  Lynn  W.  and  Emily  B.  Ballard :  Roderick 
Blackman,  born  December  21,  1907. 

Lyman    as    a    surname    existed 

LYMAN  from  the  earliest  use  of  sur- 
names in  England,  and  is  de- 
rived from  an  old  Saxon  person  name,  Leo- 
man.  The  name  has  been  varied  by  different 
branches  of  the  family,  but  Limas,  Limon, 
Lemon,  Leamond,  Lehman,  Leyman,  Lyeman, 
Lamman,  Leman,  and  de  Leman  have  been 
used. 

Possibly  some  branches  of  the  family 
have  taken  the  surname  from  the  word  lay- 
man, just  as  priest  and  pope,  sexton  and  dea- 
con, have  become  surnames.  Mann  itself, 
used  as  a  surname,  may  have  the  same  origin 
as  Le  Man,  the  French  style  of  spelling.  The 
oldest  coat-of-arms  is  now  used  by  families 
spelling  the  name  Lyman,  Leman,  Leeman, 
Lemmon,  distinguished  by  a  ring  within  a 
triangle.  The  arms  are  quartered  with  the 
Lambert  armorials.  The  family  motto:  Quod 
verum  tutum.  While  the  name  Leman  occurs 
in  the  Domesday  Book,  the  authentic  Eng- 
lish pedigree  begins  two  centuries  later,  as 
given  below. 

(I) Thomas  Lyman,  alias  Leman,  held  land 
in  county  Wilts  during  his  father's  lifetime, 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  IIL  In  1275  he  was 
fined  for  not  attending  a  certain  inquisition 
to  which  he  had  been  summoned.  He  also 
held  land  of  the  Abbot  of  St.  Edward,  Ox- 
ford. 

(H)  Richard  Leman  held  lands  of  the 
Knights  Templar,  county  Bedford,  in  the  time 
of  Edward  L 

(HI)  Alisalon  Lyeman  purchased  lands  at 
county  Kent,  in  Beaksbourne,  in  the  time  of 
Edward  I,  and  had  them  in  1327.  He  was 
living  in  the  first  year  of  the  reign  of  Ed- 
ward HL 

(IV)  Epsilon  Lyman,  alias  Lemman,  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  the  possession  of  the  es- 
tate at  Beaksbourne,  county  Kent,  where  he 
was  taxed  until  1349. 

(V)  Solomon  Lyman  was  the  eldest  son 
and  heir  of  Epsilon  Lyman.     He  had  sons: 


William,  who  inherited  the  estate ;  John ;  Rob- 
ert, mentioned  below;  Richard. 

(VI)  Robert  Lyman,  of  Beaksbourne,  was 
living  in  1430. 

(VII)  Thomas  Lyman,  of  Navistoke, 
county  Essex,  gentleman,  succeeded  his  father 
in  possession  of  the  estate  at  Navistoke  and 
Wethersfield.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Lambert. 

(VIII)  Henry  Lyman,  of  Navistoke  and 
High  Ongar,  county  Essex,  gentleman,  had 
the  estates  at  Navistoke  and  Wethersfield  in 
1487,  and  was  living  as  late  as  15 17.  He  mar- 
ried Alicia,  daughter  of  Simon  Hyde,  of 
Wethersfield. 

(IX)  John  Lyman,  gentleman,  eldest  son 
and  heir  of  Henry  Lyman,  also  possessed 
land  at  Ovyngton,  Asshe,  Chylton,  county 
Suffolk.  He  was  living  in  1546,  and  was  a 
contributor  toward  the  carrying  on  of  the  war. 
He  married  Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  William  Gerard,  of  Beauchamp,  county  Es- 
sex. 

(X)  Henry,  son  of  John  Lyman,  inherited 
his  father's  estates  at  Navistoke,  county  Es- 
sex, and  was  living  at  High  Ongar  in  1598. 
He  died  May  4,  1605.  He  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  ,  who  was  buried  at  Navis- 
toke, April  15,  1587;  (second)  Phillis  Stane 
or  Scott,  who  married  (second)  William  or 
Ralph  Green.  Children  of  first  wife :  Judith, 
baptized  November  2,  buried  November  4, 
1578;  Jane,  baptized  October  20,  buried  Oc- 
tober 21,  1579;  Richard,  mentioned  below; 
Henry,  baptized  November  19,  1581,  buried 
March  13,  1589;  Agnes,  baptized  November 
28,  1585;  Sarah,  baptized  January  18,  1587. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Henry,  baptized 
June  6,  1 591,  went  to  America  and  died  with- 
out issue;  William,  baptized  March  2,  1594; 
Phillis,  baptized  May  12,  1597. 

(XI)  Richard  L}Tiian,  immigrant  ancestor, 
son  of  Henry  Lyman  (X),  was  baptized  at 
High  Ongar,  county  Essex,  England,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1580,  died  in  1640.  In  1629  he  sold 
to  John  Gower  lands  and  orchards  and  a  gar- 
den in  Norton  Mandeville,  in  the  parish  of 
Ongar,  and  in  August,  163 1,  embarked  with 
his  wife  and  five  children  in  the  ship  "Lion," 
William  Pierce,  master,  for  New  England. 
In  the  ship,  which  sailed  from  Bristol,  were 
Martha  Winthrop,  third  wife  of  Governor 
Winthrop,  the  governor's  eldest  son  and  his 
family,  also  Eliot,  the  celebrated  Apostle  to 
the   Indians.      They   landed   at   Boston,   and 


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Lyman,  \*  .     b  »rn    I7v.)2.     He  mar- 
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h';T'i   17/3.     lie  married  and  had  issue. 

i  X\'Li^  labi/  (2),  son  of  L/ebiel  Lmhom, 
w  x^  )ii. rn  177^.  mairied  I  ois  Johnson,  tic 
N. -iv  i  'n  k(.;\o.b(>n,  \*eripf»nt  where  se\era! 
♦  .:  \\\^  .  M 'b'.'ti  v>ere  1  {■v*\. 

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vv;. :  'M«rn  i.i  R'»yak''n,  W^rnvMit,  (  k^u>bcr  20, 
i.^OM.  <l'^ed  ni  Kandob,  h,  r^-uauui^us  county, 
New  ^'orlc,  looc.  After  his  marria;:^e  lie 
n.io\«.d  from  Ro\alton  to  I^ethel,  \  ermont, 
\vbe'-e  he  e.ii^aged  in  farming"  until  1835, 
wiiot]  Ir  raiiie  t(»  New  York  state,  settlin{^  in 
the  T  H-n  of  N'lpi.li.  » \jttarnnc:'ns  couniy.  In 
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li.,  of  further  mention.  2.  Mary  L.,  ]>orn 
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Richard  Lyman  settled  first  at  Charlestown 
and  with  his  wife  united  with  the  church  of 
which  Eliot  was  pastor.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  June  11,  1635,  ^^^  ^^  October  of  the 
same  year,  joining  a  party  of  about  one  hun- 
dred persons,  went  to  Connecticut,  and  be- 
came one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hartford. 
The  journey  was  beset  by  many  dangers,  and 
he  lost  many  of  his  cattle  on  the  way.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Hart- 
ford in  1636,  receiving  thirty  parts  of  the 
purchase  from  the  Indians.  His  house  was 
on  the  south  side  of  what  is  now  Bucking- 
ham street,  the  fifth  lot  from  Main  street, 
west  of  the  South  Church,  and  bounded  ap- 
parently on  Wadsworth  street  either  on  the 
east  or  west.  His  will  was  dated  April  22, 
1640,  and  proved  January  27,  1642,  tbgether 
with  that  of  his  wife,  who  died  soon  after 
he  did.  His  name  is  inscribed  on  a  stone  col- 
umn in  the  rear  of  Centre  Church  of  Hart- 
ford, erected  in  memory  of  the  first  settlers 
of  the  city.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Roger  Osborne,  of  Halstead,  in  Kent,  Eng- 
land. Children:  William,  buried  at  High 
Ongar,  August  28,  161 5;  Phillis,  baptized 
September  12,  161 1,  came  to  New  England, 
married  William  Hills,  of  Hartford,  became 
deaf;  Richard,  baptized  July  18,  1613,  died 
young;  William,  baptized  September  8,  1616, 
died  November,  1616;  Richard,  of  further 
mention;  Sarah,  baptized  February  8,  1620; 
Anne,  baptized  April  12,  1621,  died  young; 
John,  baptized  1623,  died  August  20,  1690; 
Robert,  born  September,  1629,  married,  in 
Northampton,  November  15,  1662,  Hepzibah 
Bascom. 

(XH)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Osborne)  Lyman,  was  born  in 
High  Ongar,  England,  February  24,  161 7, 
died  1662;  married  Hepzibah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Ford,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 

(Xni)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (2) 
and  Hepzibah  (Ford)  Lyman,  was  born  1647, 
died  1708;  lived  in  Northampton  and  Leba- 
non, Connecticut.  He  married,  1675,  Eliza- 
beth Cowles,  daughter  of  John,  of  Hatfield. 

(XIV)  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  (3)  and 
Elizabeth  (Cowles)  Lyman,  was  born  in 
Northampton,  1676;  lived  in  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  died,  1772.  He  married, 
1699,  Elizabeth  Fowler. 

(XV)  Jabez,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Fowler)  Lyman,  was  born  1702.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  issue. 


(XVI)  Ezekiel,  son  of  Jabez  Lyman,  was 
born  1733.     He  married  and  had  issue. 

(XVII)  Jabez  (2),  son  of  Ezekiel  Lyman, 
was  born  1775;  married  Lois  Johnson.  He 
settled  in  Royalton,  Vermont,  where  several 
of  his  children  were  born. 

(XVIII)  Alvin,  son  of  Jabez  (2)  Lyman, 
was  born  in  Royalton,  Vermont,  October  20, 
1809,  died  in  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  1900.  After  his  marriage  he 
moved  from  Royalton  to  Bethel,  Vermont, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  until  1835, 
when  he  came  to  New  York  state,  settling  in 
the  town  of  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county.  In 
1847  ^^  built  a  good  residence  in  East  Ran- 
dolph, where  he  owned  a  farm  and  lived  until 
1868,  when  he  moved  to  a  farm  within  the 
limits  of  Randolph  village,  that  he  had  pur- 
chased. Mr.  Lyman  was  a  millwright  by 
trade  and  built  mills  in  Olean  and  on  Willow 
Creek.  He  also  owned  and  operated  a  saw 
mill.  In  addition  he  also  cultivated  the  soil, 
carrying  on  his  milling  business  in  connec- 
tion. He  was  a  member  of  the  Freewill  Bap- 
tist Church  of  East  Randolph,  which  he 
served  as  deacon  for  many  years.  While  a 
resident  of  Napoli  he  served  as  highway  com- 
missioner, and  in  Randolph  was  justice  of  the 
peace  and  assessor.  He  married,  February 
12,  1835,  Eleanor,  born  January  7,  1813, 
daughter  of  Amos  and  Lydia  (Whitcomb) 
Huntington,  of  Bethel,  Vermont.  Four  of 
their  seven  children  died  in  childhood.  The 
three  who  grew  to  maturity  were:  i.  Joel 
H.,  of  further  mention.  2.  Mary  L.,  born 
October  3,  1849;  married,  October  18,  1870, 
Cassius  M.  Faulkner,  and  has:  John  A.,  mar- 
ried, and  Eleanor,  married  Charles  Doble, 
and  has  daughter  Eleanor.  3.  Ellen  Almira, 
bom  July  24,  1853 ;  married  (first)  Oscar  M. 
Sheldon;  (second)   Fred  Willard. 

(XIX)  Joel  H.,  son  of  Deacon  Alvin  and 
Eleanor  (Huntington)  Lyman,  was  born  in 
East  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  May  11,  1845.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  Chamberlain  Insti- 
tute, leaving  school  in  1861,  when  but  sixteen 
years  of  age,  and  enlisting  August  9  of  that 
year  in  the  Ninth  Regiment,  New  York  Vol- 
unteers, Cavalry.  He  was  mustered  in  as  a 
private  of  Company  E,  October  7,  1861,  to 
serve  three  years,  and  served  under  Generals 
Stoneman,  Pleasanton  and  Buford,  with  the 
Army  of  Potomac  and  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley  under  General  Philip  Sheridan,  where 


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he  displayed  such  gallantry  in  action  that  in 
1864  he  was  voted  by  congress  a  medal  of 
honor.  In  the  battle  of  Port  Republic,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1864,  he  was  shot  through  the  leg 
by  a  rifle  ball  and  taken  from  the  field.  On 
February  16,  1864,  he  was  appointed  quar- 
termaster sergeant,  and  February  18  was 
transferred  to  Company  B;  honorably  dis- 
charged and  mustered  out,  October  23,  1864, 
and  then  returned  home.  He  was  later  con- 
nected with  the  adjutant  general's  office  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  May  8,  1866,  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  the  United 
States  regular  army;  October  12,  1867,  was 
promoted  first  lieutenant,  and  assigned  to 
duty  in  Florida.  He  served  as  assistant  adju- 
tant general  on  the  staff  of  General  J.  G.  Fos- 
ter from  July,  1866,  until  1867,  when  General 
Foster  was  ordered  north  and  the  department 
broken  up,  and  was  in  command  of  his  com- 
pany until  1870.  He  resigned  from  the  regu- 
lar army  in  December,  1870.  After  leaving 
the  army.  Captain  Lyman  became  a  traveling 
salesman,  with  headquarters  in  New  York 
City.  Later  he  located  in  Elmira,  New  York, 
where  he  established  a  hat  and  fur  store, 
which  after  a  few  years  he  sold.  He  has  since 
resided  in  Randolph,  New  York.  He  was  a 
brave  and  intrepid  soldier,  and  it  is  particu- 
larly pleasing  to  his  friends  that  congress  rec- 
ognized his  gallantry  with  the  medal  of  honor. 
Captain  Lyman  is  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and  the  Army 
and  Navy  Medal  of  Honor  Legion.  He  stands 
high  in  the  Masonic  order,  in  both  the  York 
and  Scottish  rites,  being  a  Knight  Templar 
and  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  holding 
his  Scottish  rite  degrees  in  Rochester  Con- 
sistory. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
has  served  as  president  of  the  village  corpo- 
ration of  Randolph.  He  is  a  warden  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  interested  in 
the  welfare  of  his  village.  His  clubs  are  the 
St.  Augustine  (Florida),  Yacht  and  Golf,  also 
Army  and  Navy  Club,  of  New  York  City. 

He  married  (first),  October  21,  1868,  Caro- 
line E.,  born  1847,  died  June  24,  1902,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Robins)  Car- 
ter, of  New  York  City.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward Carter,  born  December  24,  1869,  died 
December  i,  1903;  married,  April  21,  1897, 
Sarah  C.  Logan;  child:  John  Carter,  born 
April  6,  1898.  2.  Alvin  Robins,  born  Sep- 
tember   7,    1874.      Captain    Lyman    married 


(second),  November  17,  1903,  Laura  A.  Ed- 
wards, born  October  31,  1867. 


The  Messingers  of  Sala- 
MESSINGER  manca  are  of  German  an- 
cestry and  parentage,  the 
original  name  being  Moessinger.  The  father, 
Peter  Messinger,  son  of  John,  was  born  in 
Menzlinger,  a  small  village  near  Carlsruhe, 
Baden,  Germany,  June  5,  1832,  and  died  at 
Salamanca,  New  York,  July  4,  1904.  He  re- 
ceived a  good  education  in  the  German 
schools,  served  his  allotted  years  in  the  army, 
and  in  1856  came  to  the  United  States.  He 
located  at  Hemlock  Mills  (now  Salamanca), 
Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  secured  em- 
ployment in  the  lumber  mills,  continuing  until 
1862.  In  that  year  he  enlisted  in  Company  A, 
154th  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. His  regiment  was  attached  to  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  with  that  hard 
fought  army  he  saw  continuous  service  until 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  when  he  was  se- 
verely wounded  by  a  shell,  taken  prisoner, 
and  sent  south.  He  spent  twenty-two  months 
in  the  prison  pens  at  Andersonville,  Belle  Isle 
and  Libby.  He  returned  home  in  1865  great- 
ly broken  in  health.  After  regaining  strength 
he  returned  to  his  work  in  the  lumber  mills, 
situated  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  and 
at  that  time  almost  the  only  industry  at  Sala- 
manca. In  1880  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Erie  Railroad  Company  as  car  inspector, 
continuing  until  his  accidental  death  while 
in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  July  4,  1904. 
He  was  passing  underneath  a  train  which 
suddenly  started,  crushing  him  beneath  the 
wheels.  He  was  a  good  soldier,  a  faithful 
employee,  and  highly  respected  by  all.  He 
was  a  member  of  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No. 
239,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  H.  O.  Wait 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic;  the  Ger- 
man Lutheran  church,  and  was  a  Republican 
in  politics.  He  married,  July  4,  1857,  Cath- 
erine Bachmann,  born  April  6,  1838,  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  1904.  Children:  Carl  H.,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Cora  May,  born  May  29,  1866; 
Emma,  September  30,  1868;  Kittie,  February 
26,  1872,  died  1884. 

(II)  Carl  H.,  only  son  of  Peter  and  Cath- 
erine (Bachmann)  Messinger,  was  born  at 
Hemlock  Mills,  now  Salamanca,  New  York, 
June  4,  1858.  He  enjoys  the  distinction  of 
being  the  first  white  child  born  in  the  town, 
his   parents   being   among   the   very    first   to 


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settle  there.  He  attended  the  public  school 
until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  then  began 
work  in  the  lumber  mills  with  his  father  dur- 
ing the  summer,  and  going  to  school  again 
during  the  winter  months.  In  1880  he  began 
working  for  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  as 
yardman.  In  1882  he  was  promoted  to  the 
baggage  room  at  Salamanca,  where  he  was 
in  charge  until  1891.  In  the  latter  year  he 
was  again  promoted  and  made  ticket  agent 
at  Union  Station,  a  position  he  still  holds. 
Salamanca  is  an  important  point,  and  the  po- 
sition of  ticket  agent  one  of  unusual  responsi- 
bility. Mr.  Messinger  has  had  thirty-one 
years  of  continuous  service  with  the  company, 
twenty  of  these  having  been  passed  in  his 
present  position.  He  is  quiet  and  unassum- 
ing in  manner,  but  a  most  valuable  and  effi- 
cient official.  He  is  very  popular  with  his 
associates  and  townsmen,  and  is  held  in  high 
esteem.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  or- 
der, belonging  to  lodge,  chapter  and  com- 
mandery  in  Salamanca,  and  to  Ismailia  Tem- 
ple, Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  at  Buffalo. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church,  and 
a   Republican. 

He  married,  February  2T^  1886,  Frances  N. 
Langton,  born  November  22,  1861,  daughter 
of  Charles  and  Jane  (Lamb)  Langton,  who 
came  to  the  United  States  from  England. 
Children:  Joseph,  Elizabeth,  John  H.,  Fran- 
ces, Nannie  V.,  Harriet  L.,  Frederick  and 
Grace.  Children  of  Carl  H.  and  Frances  Mes- 
singer: Frances  Evelyn,  born  August  26, 
1888;  Kittie  Langton,  September  11,  1892. 

This  branch  of  the  Wilson 
WILSON  family  are  of  direct  English  de- 
scent, the  original  settler  being 
Daniel  Wilson,  born  in  Yorkshire,  England. 
He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1832  and 
settled  at  Lockport,  New  York,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He  married,  in  England, 
Martha  Robinson.  They  continued  their  resi- 
dence in  England  Until  after  the  birth  of  their 
twelfth  child.  One  child,  William  R.,  was 
born  in  the  United  States.  Children :  Thomas, 
born  June  12,  1804;  Mary,  September  12, 
1806;  John,  September  6,  1808;  Richard,  No- 
vember 29,  1810;  Martha,  March  2T,  1813; 
Elizabeth,  March  16,  1815;  Joseph,  June  26, 
1817;  Eleanor,  October  6,  1818;  Daniel,  of 
whom  further;  Henry,  December  21,  1824; 
Robert,  March  28,  1826;  Margaret,  April  16, 
1829;  William  R.,  September  2,  1832. 


(II)  Daniel  (2),  ninth  child  and  fifth  son 
of  Daniel  (i)  and  Martha  (Robinson)  Wil- 
son, was  born  in  England,  April  24,  1822, 
died  at  his  farm  on  the  Wheeler  road.  New- 
fane,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  October  25, 
1884.  He  was  ten  years  of  age  when  he 
came  with  his  parents  to  Niagara  county, 
where  he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
He  worked  on  the  home  farm  until  1848, 
when  he  purchased  a  tract  of  unimproved 
land  containing  seventy  acres.  This  he  cleared 
and  brought  under  cultivation  excepting  four- 
teen acres.  He  engaged  in  general  farming, 
also  fruit  culture,  and  was  quite  successful. 
He  was  a  man  oif  industrious,  thrifty  habits, 
and  left  a  good  name  behind  him.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  but  did  not  mingle  in 
public  affairs.  He  married,  November  16, 
1843,  Elizabeth  Temple,  born  in  England, 
May  6,  1825,  died  December  16,  1898,  daugh- 
ter of  Adam  Temple,  born  in  England,  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  where  he  died. 
Children:  i.  Martha,  born  October  6,  1844, 
died  1847.  2-  William  T.,  born  March  4, 
1846;  married  (first)  Martha,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Wilson,  who  bore  him  four  children : 
Raymond,   Robert   D.,    Lester   and   George; 

married  (second) Adams,  to  whom  was 

born  one  child,  Eugene.  3.  Elizabeth  A., 
bom  April  2,  1849;  married  John  M.  Farns- 
worth;  children:  Paniel  H.,  died  May  9, 
1899;  Fanny,  married  Frank  Carlton;  Loesa, 
resides  at  home.  4.  Robert  D.  (of  further 
mention). 

(III)  Robert  D.,  youngest  child  and  second 
son  of  Daniel  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Temple) 
Wilson,  was  born  on  the  '^Wheeler"  home- 
stead farm  in  the  town  of  Newfane,  Niagara 
county.  New  York,  June  12,  1853.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  until  the 
death  of  his  father  in  1884  remained  at  home 
as  his  assistant.  He  then  purchased  the 
homestead  which  he  now  (1911)  owns  and 
cultivates,  with  the  exception  of  fifteen  acres 
of  fruit  he  devoted  himself  to  general  farm- 
ing. In  1887  he  became  one  of  the  incorpo- 
rators of  the  Newfane  Basket  Manufacturing 
Company,  was  chosen  secretary,  and  still  holds 
that  position.  In  1907  he  was  one  of  the  in- 
corporators of  the  Newfane  Hardware  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  also  secretary.  He  is 
interested  in  the  Wrights  Corners  Cemetery 
Association,  of  which  he  is  secretary  and 
treasurer.  Mr.  Wilson  possesses  fine  busi- 
ness qualities  and  fills  his  several  offices  with 


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great  acceptability.  He  is  a  man  of  great 
energy  and  stands  high  in  his  community. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Wrights  Corners  Pres- 
byterian Church.  He  married,  February  6, 
1878,  at  Newfane,  Alice  L.  Miller,  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1855,  daughter  of  Peter  D.  and  Ta- 
mar  (Mather)  Miller.  Child,  Emma  J.,  born 
June  12,  1886;  married,  October  28,  1908, 
Frank  R.  Harwood,  of  Newfane,  and  has 
Alice  Irma  Harwood. 


This  family  of  Willsons,  liv- 
WILLSON     ing  in  Jamestown,  originally 

came  from  England  a  little 
before  the  middle  of  the  last  century,  being 
one  of  a  gVoup  of  five  families  emigrating 
from  Ely,  England,  and  settling  in  this  coun- 
try in  1834.  The  group  included  two  fami- 
lies of  this  same  name,  whose  ancestors  were 
related ;  the  descendants  of  one  of  these  fami- 
lies now  spell  their  name  Wilson.  After 
their  arrival  the  five  families  remained  to- 
gether, settling  in  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  near  what  was  then  the  village  of 
Jamestown  and  within  the  limits  of  the  pres- 
ent city.  They  secured  adjoining  land  and 
gave  the  place  the  name  it  bore  for  many 
years,  "English  Hill." 

(I)  John  Willson,  emigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  coming  to  this  country  as 
aforesaid  in  company  with  four  other  fami- 
lies; he  was  a  farmer,  settling  on  "English 
Hill,"  where  he  lived  and  died.  His  original 
purchase  of  one  hundred  acres  of  farm  lands 
was  made  from  the  Holland  Land  Company, 
December  26,  1836.  Mr.  Willson  became  a 
Republican  in  his  politics,  and  he  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-one  years,  and 
was  the  father  of  eight  children,  two  of 
whom  are  still  living;  these  children  being: 
David,  Sanford,  Mark  Thomas,  mentioned 
below;  John,  John,  William,  Sarah,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  Jefferson  Prosser  and  is  still 
living;  Susanna,  unmarried,  and  still  living. 

(II)  Mark  Thomas,  son  of  John  Willson, 
was  born  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  June  3, 
1840.  He  was  reared  in  his  native  city  and 
received  his  education  in  its  public  schools. 
He  followed  his  father's  vocation,  becoming 
a  farmer,  and  inheriting  the  farm  purchased 
by  his  father  and  now  in  the  possession  of 
his  own  son.  During  the  civil  war  he  served 
with  distinction,  enlisting  as  a  private,  August 
26,  1862,  in  Company  F,  One  Hundred  and 


Twelfth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteers, 
and  remaining  until  the  close  of  the  war  in 
1865.  Having  been  wounded  by  the  bursting 
of  a  shell,  he  was  granted  a  pension  in  after 
years  because  of  the  injuries  thus  sustained. 
Mr.  Willson  became  prominent  in  the  politics 
of  the  city,  being  a  staunch  Republican,  and 
receiving  the  appointment  of  street  commis- 
sioner. His  death  occurred  in  Jamestown, 
October  16,  1901 ;  and  he  was  buried  in  Lake- 
view  cemetery.  Mr.  Willson  married  Mary 
Ann,  daughter  of  Simon  Bootey,  December  8, 
1869.  Mrs.  Willson  was  born  at  Jamestown, 
February  19,  1837,  died  September  28,  1904. 
There  were  two  children  born  to  the  union : 
I.  Nathan  M.,  see  forward.  2.  Anna  E.,  born 
June  8,  1877,  married  Jesse  P.  Parker,  who 
resides  at  the  old  Bootey  homestead  in  James- 
town, and  is  a  contractor,  doing  general  team- 
ing ;  they  have  one  child,  Ethelyn  Parker.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Willson  were  both  members  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

(Ill)  Nathan  M.,  son  of  Mark  Thomas 
Willson,  was  born  at  Jamestown,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  September  19,  1870.  He 
spent  his  early  years  in  Jamestown,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  this  place. 
His  first  business  employment  was  in  the 
plant  of  John  T.  Wilson,  where  he  began  in 
the  glazing  room,  arid  was,  after  two  years, 
placed  in  charge  of  the  paint  rooms.  He  re- 
mained for  six  years  in  this  responsible  posi- 
tion, until  in  1897  he  entered  into  partnership 
with  A.  J.  Thayer,  C.  D.  Pratt  and  George  B. 
Peterson,  in  the  establishment  of  the  James- 
town Veneer  Works.  This  firm  was  finally 
incorporated  in  1903,  with  Mr.  Willson  as 
secretary  and  treasurer ;  Messrs.  Pratt,  Peter- 
son and  Thayer  have  since  retired  from  the 
partnership,  which  now  includes  Charles  E. 
Fisk,  of  Pearl  City  Veneer  Company,  who  is 
also  the  manager  of  the  works,  H.  D.  Hanch- 
ett,  president.  The  firm  does  a  flourishing 
trade,  embracing  all  the  first-class  furniture 
makers  in  the  country  and  a  large  following 
among  the  manufacturers  of  Jamestown.  It 
is  one  of  the  standard  commercial  institutions 
of  the  city,  manufacturing  every  variety  of 
veneer,  plain  and  ornamental,  birdseye  blister 
and  curl  maple,  plain  and  fancy  birch,  oak, 
ash,  and  other  native  woods.  The  building 
occupied  by  the  works  is  located  on  Steel 
street,  has  three  floors,  225x65  feet.  The 
business  was  first  established  in  1895  by  Grif- 
fifth  &  Cadwell,  who  sold  out  to  the  succeed- 


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ing  firm,  all  of  the  members  of  which  were 
prominent  and  enterprising  men,  the  present 
management  being  fully  up  to  the  high  stand- 
ard originally  set. 

Mr.  Willson  is  also  connected  with  the 
Gerry  Veneer  and  Lumber  Company,  of  Sin- 
clairville.  New  York;  he  is  a  prominent  man 
in  business  and  social  circles  in  the  city,  as 
well  as  being  a  leading  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  is  a  member  also  of  the 
following  organizations:  Sons  of  Veterans, 
Maccabees,  Eastern  Star,  Jamestown  Com- 
mandery,  Western  Sun  Chapter  No.  67;  and 
Mount  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

Mr.  Willson  married,  June  2^,  1894,  Ber- 
nice  LaDue,  born  April  29,  1869,  daughter  of 
William  T.  LaDue,  a  farmer,  and  band  saw- 
yer by  trade,  bom  at  Walliiigton,  New  York, 
September  25,  1842.  Mr.  LaDue  is  still  liv- 
ing at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  Mrs.  La- 
Due, the  mother  of  Mrs.  Willson,  was  Hor- 
tense  Lamson,  born  at  Sodus  Center,  New 
York,  July  t.^,  1841,  and  is  now  seventy  years 
of  age.  This  venerable  couple  have  also  an- 
other daughter  living,  Nettie,  wife  of  Frank 
C.  Rice,  of  Sinclairville,  New  York.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Willson  are  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: Mildred  Bernice,  born  July  4,  1895; 
Glenn  LaDue,  May  25,  1899;  Elizabeth  Hor- 
tense,  January  5,  1906. 

The  name  of  Young  is  distin- 
YOUNG  guished  in  Wyoming  county, 
and  more  especially  in  Warsaw 
as  that  of  a  pioneer  journalist  and  author, 
Andrew  White  Young,  who  came  to  Warsaw 
as  a  boy,  and  remained  there  until  1855,  when 
he  moved  to  Chautauqua  county  and  later  to 
Minnesota.  He  returned  to  Warsaw,  how- 
ever, some  twenty  years  later,  and  resided 
there  again  for  about  a  year  before  his  death. 
Mr.  Young's  ancestry  on  his  father's  side 
was  the  old  Dutch  stock,  so  strongly  repre- 
sented in  the  Empire  state.  His  mother  was 
born  in  the  Emerald  isle,  but  was  brought  up 
in  this  country.  She  was  of  the  Protestant 
or  Scotch-Irish  stock  so-called. 

Mr.  Young  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Scho- 
harie county.  New  York,  March  2,  1802,  and 
came  to  Warsaw  in  1816.  What  schooling 
he  had  was  received  in  the  common  schools 
and  embraced  a  half  term  also  at  the  age 
of  nineteen  in  the  Middlebury  Academy.    He 


was  so  apt  a  scholar  that  he  was  engaged  in 
teaching  school  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen, 
his  father  receiving  for  his  services  the  mu- 
nificent sum  of  five  d6llars  a  month.  Farm 
labor  and  school  teaching  were  the  employ- 
ments of  his  youth.  When  he  came  of  age, 
he  engaged  for  a  time  as  clerk  and  merchant, 
at  first  in  Wethersfield  and  later  at  War- 
saw. In  the  year  1830  he  embarked  in  the 
newspaper  business  with  the  Warsaw  Sentinel, 
which  two  years  later  he  merged  with  the  Re- 
publican Advocate,  continuing  that  journal 
for  the  space  of  five  years.  While  thus  en- 
gaged he  took  up  authorship  and  eventually 
made  it  his  life  work.  He  made  a  specialty 
of  subjects  relating  to  government,  believing 
a  more  general  diffusion  of  knowledge  of  its 
principles  to  be  essential  to  good  citizenship. 
His  first  work  was  an  edition  upon  the 
''Science  of  Government,"  which  was  issued 
from  his  Warsaw  press  in  1835.  It  was  the 
first  work  of  its  kind  brought  out  in  that  part 
of  the  country  and,  though  it  met  with  a  fa- 
vorable reception,  its  author  re-wrote,  revised 
and  republished  it  in  1840. 

In  1843  M^-  Young  wrote  and  published 
"First  Lessons  in  Civil  Government,"  a  text- 
book for  schools.  It  was  intended  for  the 
younger  class  of  learners,  and  was  designed 
for  use  in  the  schools  of  New  York.  Two 
years  later  he  compiled  a  similar  work  for 
the  schools  of  Ohio,  of  which  many  thou- 
sands of  copies  were  sold.  In  1845  ^ind  1846 
he  served  in  the  state  legislature  as  the  rep- 
resentative of  Wyoming  county,  and  in  the 
latter  year  also  the  state  constitutional  con- 
vention. In  1852  he  returned  to  the  making 
of  books  commencing  that  year  *'The  Ameri- 
can Statesman;  a  Political  History  of  the 
United  States,"  which  he  completed  in  1855. 
This  work  treats  of  the  purely  political  his- 
tory of  the  government,  from  its  beginning  in 
the  old  colonial  days.  In  1858  Mr.  Young 
produced  the  "Citizen's  Manual,"  a  digest  of 
constitutional,  common,  statutory  and  inter- 
national law,  intended  especially  for  adults, 
and  in  i860  a  work  on  "National  Economy." 
He  was  the  author  also  of  a  number  of 
textbooks,  chief  among  them  being  the  "Gov- 
ernment Class  Book,"  issued  in  1859,  ^^^  ^^^ 
"First  Book  on  Civil  Government,"  an 
abridgement  of  his  earliest  work,  made  in 
1867.  I^  the  preparation  of  these  works,  Mr. 
Young's  purpose  was  to  prepare  the  citizen 
for  a  more  intelligent  discharge  of  his  duties. 


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Mr.  Young  remained  a  resident  of  War- 
saw until  1856,  then  moved  to  Chautauqua 
county  and  from  there  in  1868  to  Red  Wing, 
Minnesota,  where  his  descendants  reside  to- 
day. He  died  at  Warsaw  in  the  year  1877. 
Mr.  Young  took  a  prominent  part  in  public 
affairs.  Politically  he  was  originally  a  Whig 
and  high  in  the  councils  of  that  party.  He 
was  an  earnest  worker  in  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance. Mr.  Young  married,  October  4,  1827, 
while  resident  of  Wethersfield  Springs,  Eliza 
Webster,  of  Warsaw,  who  was  born  June  9, 
1804,  the  first  child  born  in  that  town,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Elizer  Webster.  Their  children 
were:  i.  David  A.,  bom  in  1828,  lives  in  Red 
Wing,  Minnesota ;  has  two  children.  2.  Lucy, 
bom  1862,  married  Emery  Purdy,  resides  at 
Red  Wing.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  1834,  living  in 
Red  Wing.  4.  William,  born  in  1841,  died  in 
infancy.  5.  Mary  E.,  born  1846,  married  E. 
K.  Sparrel;  living  in  Red  Wing. 


Robert  Hickey,  the  first  mem- 
HICKEY  ber  of  this  family  of  whom  we 
have  definite  information,  was 
a  farmer  in  Tipperary,  Ireland.  His  wife's 
name  is  unknown.  Children :  John ;  Robert ; 
Frank;  James;  Richard;  William;  Michael, 
referred  to  below ;  Bridget ;  Ellen. 

(H)  Michael,  son  of  Robert  Hickey,  was 
born  in  Tipperary,  Ireland,  and  died  there. 
He  served  on  the  police  force  of  Tipperary, 
and  was  promoted  sergeant  and  held  the  of- 
fice until  he  was  pensioned  off,  and  retired  to 
a  small  farm.  He  married  Ann  Stack.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  married  Elizabeth  0*Hare ;  Mary 
Ann,  married  James  O'Leary;  Robert,  re- 
ferred to  below ;  William ;  Bridget. 

(Ill)  Robert,  son  of  Michael  and  Ann 
(Stack)  Hickey,  was  bom  in  Cork,  Ireland, 
April  22,  1847,  ^"^  ^s  now  living  in  Olean, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York.  He  was  a 
shoemaker  by  trade,  and  in  1865  he  emigrated 
to  New  York  City  in  the  steamer  "Calabria." 
From  there  he  went  on  a  visit  to  Canada  to 
see  an  uncle,  and  remained  there  for  two  years 
in  the  lumber  business,  after  which  he  removed 
to  Titusville,  Pennsylvania,  and  went  to  work 
for  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  1905,  being  employed  in  posi- 
tions of  responsibility  in  different  departments. 
In  1880  he  was  sent  by  them  to  Olean,  New 
York,  where  he  has  remained  ever  since.  In 
1905  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company,  and  took  a  position  with  his 


sons.  The  family  are  Roman  Catholic  in  re- 
ligion, and  Democrats  in  politics.  Mr.  Hickey 
is  a  member  of  the  C.  M.  B.  A.  He  married, 
September  22,  1874,  Ellen,  daughter  of  James 
and  Johanna  (Fahn)  Barry,  who  was  bom  in 
Cork,  Ireland,  in  185 1,  and  is  now  living  in 
Olean.  Her  father,  James  Barry,  was  an 
only  child,  and  lived  in  Cork,  where  he 
was  a  shoemaker  and  a  farmer.  Her 
mother,  Joanna,  was  a  daughter  of   Homer 

(Ratterly)   Fahn,  and  granddaughter 

of  Donald  and  Ellen  (Lane)  Fahn.  Chil- 
dren of  James  and  Joanna  (Fahn)  Barry: 
Nora,  married  John  Deegan;  Ellen,  referred 
to  below  and  above;  Mary,  married  Jeremiah 
Ford;  Johanna,  James,  Michael  and  Bridget, 
all  died  in  infancy;  Ellen  (Barry)  Hickey, 
came  over  to  America  in  1865,  in  the  steamer 
"Edinboro,"  and  was  seven  weeks  in  making 
the  voyage.  She  remained  in  New  York  for 
seven  years,  and  then  went  to  Titusville, 
Pennsylvania,  where  she  met  Mr.  Hickey. 
They  are  charming  people  to  meet.  Children 
of  Robert  and  Ellen  (Barry)  Hickey,  three 
born  in  Titusville  and  one  in  Olean:  i.  John, 
born  September  30,  1875,  learned  the  iron 
molders'  trade;  married,  September  23,  1903, 
Harriet  Carr;  children:  Helen,  born  Novem- 
ber 5,  1904;  James,  born  June  6,  1908.  2. 
WilHam,  born  October  14,  1876;  is  in 
with  Robert;  for  six  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  Olean,  and  identi- 
fied with  many  other  industrial  interests  of  the 
city.  3.  Robert  E.,  referred  to  below.  4. 
Anna,  born  July  6,  1882 ;  married,  October  4, 
191 1,  Daniel  O'Connell. 

(IV)  Robert  E.,  son  of  Robert  and  El- 
len (Barry)  Hickey,  was  born  in  Titusville, 
Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania,  October  2, 
1878,  and  is  now  living  in  Olean,  Cattaraugiis 
county,  New  York.  With  his  brothers  he  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Olean.  He  and  his  brother,  William,  both 
learned  the  trade  of  steam  fitter  and  plumber. 
In  March,  1905,  the  two  brothers  founded  the 
Olean  Plumbing,  Heating  and  Lighting  Com- 
pany, later  changing  the  name  to  Hickey 
Brothers,  which  is  now  doing  the  largest 
plumbing  business  in  Cattaraugus  county. 
Their  well-equipped  store  is  located  at  256 
North  Union  street,  Olean,  where  the  com- 
pany handles  all  kinds  of  plumbing,  heating 
and  lighting  goods,  and  carries  a  large  and 
high-class  stock.  They  do  all  kinds  of  instal- 
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workmen.  There  shop  is  open  evenings,  and 
is  connected  with  both  phones,  and  they  are 
always  prepared  to  furnish  estimates  on  any 
work,  no  matter  how  extensive.  In  addition 
to  their  store,  they  have  a  warehouse  where 
they  carry  a  large  line  of  goods  required  in 
their  work.  Both  brothers  are  members  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians.  They  are  Roman  Cath- 
olics in  religion,  and  Democrats  in  politics. 
Robert  Hickey  married  Lillian  Dorr.  Child: 
Margaret,  born  in  September,  1908. 


William    Bentley,    immigrant 
BENTLEY     ancestor,  first  appears  in  this 

country  in  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  a  currier  by  trade,  and  is 
first  mentioned  on  the  records,  July  29,  1679, 
when  he  and  forty-one  others  of  Narragansett 
sent  a  petition  to  the  King,  asking  that  "he 
would  put  an  end  to  these  differences  about 
the  government  thereof,  which  hath  been  so 
fatal  to  the  prosperity  of  the  place ;  animosities 
still  arising  in  people's  minds,  as  they  stand 
affected  to  this  or  that  government."  He  was 
taxed  in  1687.  In  April,  1705,  he  had  liberty 
granted  by  the  town  to  set  up  a  house  con- 
venient for  the  carrying  on  of  his  currying 
trade.  On  January  20,  171 2,  he  and  his  wife, 
Sarah  (Leithfield)  Bentley,  deeded  to  their 
son  James  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  acres 
of  land;  on  June  14,  1714,  he  bought  eleven 
acres,  November  i,  1715,  he  deeded  to  his  son 
Thomas  the  eleven  acres  mentioned  above.  In 
1720  his  will  was  executed  and  proved,  with 
his  wife  and  son  Benjamin  as  executors.  To 
his  eldest  son  he  left  five  shillings,  and  a  like 
amount  to  sons  James  and  Thomas  and  daugh- 
ter Jane  Whitman.  To  his  wife  the  remainder 
of  his  per.sonal  property  was  left.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Leithfield,  and  they  both  died  in 
1720.  Children:  William,  mentioned  below; 
James;  Thomas;  Benjamin,  died  1744;  Jane, 
married,  January  6,  1700,  John  Wightman. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Bentley,  was  born  about  1680.  He  lived  in 
Kingston,  Westerly,  Richmond,  Rhode  Island. 
He  was  made  freeman  in  171 2.  He  made  his 
will,  August  16,  1748,  and  it  was  proved  Au- 
gust 12,  1760.  His  wife  Bathsheba  was  exe- 
cutrix. To  his  eldest  son  he  left  five  shillings, 
he  having  had  his  share,  and  a  like  amount 
to  sons  George,  Caleb  and  Ezekiel,  and  daugh- 
ters Elizabeth  Potter,  Tabitha  Sweet,  Ruhama 
James  and  Mary  James.     He  left  to  his  wife 


all  his  household  goods  and  movable  estate. 
His  wife  was  to  sell  the  homestead  and  house 
when  son  Benjamin  came  to  the  age 
of  fourteen  and  divide  the  proceeds 
equally  among  the  five  youngest  children. 
To  his  wife  was  left  also  the  income  of 
the  entire  estate,  to  bring  up  the  five 
youngest  children.  He  died  in  1760.  He 
married  (first),  April  21,  1703,  Mary  Eliot. 
He  married  (second),  August  i,  1734,  Bath- 
sheba Lewis,  widow  of  Israel  Lewis.  She 
died  in  1760.  Children  of  first  wife:  John; 
George,  mentioned  below ;  Caleb ;  Ezekiel ; 
Elizabeth;  Tabitha;  Ruhama;  Mary.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  William,  born  May  29, 
1735;  Thomas;  James,  born  June  6,  1739; 
Greene,  March  25,  1741-42 ;  Benjamin,  June 
II,  1744.  William  Bentley  and  wife,  Mary, 
owned  the  covenant  at  Stonington,  June  5, 
1704,  and  their  children,  John  and  Mary,  were 
baptized  there. 

(III)  George,  son  of  William  (2)  Bentley, 
was  born  about  1705  in  Rhode  Island.  It  is 
said  that  he  married  Jane  Carson.  He  settled 
in  Stonington,  and  George  Bentley  married 
there,  March  4,  1723-24,  Ruth  Barber.  Among 
their  children  was  Caleb,  born  May  20,  1742, 
settled  at  Berlin,  New  York,  was  supervisor, 
died  there  March  5,  1827,  aged  eighty-four 
years;  came  from  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
and  settled  at  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county,  New 
York ;  captain  in  the  revolution  under  Colonel 
Stephen  John  Schuyler,  and  also  served  in 
the  Sixth  Regiment,  Albany  County  Militia 
(p.  94,  **New  York  in  the  Revolution"). 

(IV)  WilHam  (3)  Bentley,  believed  to  be  a 
brother  of  Caleb,  and  son  of  George  Bentley, 
was  born  about  1745.  Joseph  was  born  in 
Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  son  of 
George  Bentley,  and  presumably,  therefore, 
brother  of  Caleb  and  William  (p.  39,  Bent- 
ley Family).  Uriah  Bentley,  who  was  a  son 
of  Caleb,  came  from  Rensselaer  county  to 
Chautauqua  county  in  May,  1810,  and  settled 
on  lot  No.  9,  township  2,  range  12,  on  the 
north  part  of  the  town  of  Busti.  Uriah  was 
born  in  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county,  New  York, 
June  21,  1779,  and  married,  December  28, 
1800,  Nancy  Sweet,  born  May  7,  1779. 
Joshua  Bentley  settled  in  what  is  now  Elling- 
ton in  18 1 2  and  kept  a  tavern  for  a  number 
of  years;  his  son,  Joshua  Jr.,  came  from  Ste- 
phentown,  Rensselaer  county,  and  settled  on 
lot  No.  15,  September  i,  1815.  Gardner  Bent- 
ley came  to  Ellington  or  at  any  rate  he  bought 


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land  there  in  May,  1822.  Elder  Bentley,  bro- 
ther of  Joshua  Bentley,  settled  on  lot  No.  15 
at  Ellington   (pp.  23-24-25,  Bentley  Family). 

(V)  Reuben  Bentley,  son  or  grandson  of 
William  (3)  Bentley,  was  of  the  Rensselaer 
county  branch,  his  ancestors  coming  thither 
from  Stonington,  Connecticut,  or  the  neigh- 
boring towns  in  Rhode  Island.  With  various 
relatives  he  came  to  the  town  of  Ellington, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York.  The  records 
of  the  town  do  not  give  the  necessary  vital 
records  to  establish  the  lineage  beyond  a 
doubt,  though  there  is  no  doubt  of  the  close 
relationship  of  the  Ellington  Bentleys  men- 
tioned. Reuben  Bentley  had  children:  Reu- 
ben, Calvin,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  Sam- 
uel, Elizabeth,  Mercy. 

One  account  of  the  family  states  that  Noah 
Bentley  came  from  Manchester,  England  (but 
it  is  known  that  he  belongs  to  the  Rhode 
Island  family  described  here)  about  1750,  mi- 
grated to  Rhode  Island  with  his  family,  con- 
sisting of  a  wife,  sons  William  and  Niles  and 
daughter  Polly.  The  latter  "died  on  the  voy- 
age over."  "Shortly  after  their  arrival  here 
another  son  Noah  was  born  to  them."  Will- 
iam, the  elder  son,  removed  to  New  York 
state  shortly  after  Noah's  birth  and  finally  set- 
tled in  what  is  now  New  Lebanon,  Columbia 
county;  married  a  Bromley,  and  had  Noah, 
Niles  and  others.  One  of  his  daughters, 
Mercy,  married  Calvin  Bentley,  third  son  of 
Noah  Jr.  Niles,  son  of  Noah  Sr.,  was  acci- 
dentally killed  in  Rhode  Island.  Noah  Jr., 
when  young,  settled  in  Rensselaer  county,  near 
his  brother  William. 

(VI)  Calvin,  son  of  Reuben  Bentley,  was 
bom,  probably  in  Connecticut,  and  died  at  El- 
lington, New  York,  in  1846.  He  settled  in 
the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua  county,  on 
lot  No.  23,  town  No.  3,  range  No.  10,  which 
he  purchased  of  Morse,  Beardsley  &  Stuart, 
one  hundred  acres,  by  deed  dated  September 
8.  1828,  for  $225.  He  married,  in  1824, 
Amanda  Hildum,  born  in  Providence,  Maine, 
in  November,  1808,  died  about  1881-82, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Hildum.  The 
Hildum  family  came  from  Rensselaer  county 
also  in  1825,  and  located  in  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York.  Calvin  and  Amanda  are 
both  buried  in  the  Conewango  cemetery.  Chil- 
dren: Eunice;  Susan,  married  Lucius  Ami- 
don  and  had  a  daughter  Amelia,  who  married 
Asa  Bentley,  now  living  in  Conewango  Valley, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York ;  Burton,  men- 


tioned below;  Lorenzo,  died  aged  two  years 
and  a  half;  Betsey,  died  aged  six  months; 
Drusilla. 

(VII)  Burton,  son  of  Calvin  Bentley,  was 
born  at  Ellington,  New  York,  and  except  for 
about  eighteen  months  resided  there  all  his 
life.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
one  acres,  lot  No.  57,  town  No.  3,  range  No. 
10,  from  Arad  Fuller,  by  deed  dated  Febru- 
ary 27,  1864.  He  was  a  useful  citizen,  of 
sterling  character,  and  commanded  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  the  community.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  and  he  served  on  the  board 
of  education.  He  married  Sarah  Angeline, 
daughter  of  Covil  and  Corlana  (Youngs) 
Nickerson.  She  died  April  24,  1900,  aged 
about  sixty-seven  years.  Children:  i.  Denio 
J.,  born  October  2,  1854;  now  a  resident  of 
Ellington ;  married  (first)  Josephine  Gilbert ; 
(second)  Bird  Waggoner;  had  no  children. 
2.  Calvin  Eugene,  mentioned  below.  3.  Addie 
M.,  born  June  6,  1858;  taught  school  a  number 
of  years,  now  a  nurse,  residing  in  Jamestown ; 
unmarried.  4.  Effie  E.,  bom  April  24,  1861 ; 
married  Charles  L.  Swanson  and  had  Hazel; 
they  live  at  Jamestown.  5.  Rose  L.,  born 
February  26,  1869;  married  Fred  J.  Naxton; 
children:  Mabel,  Lloyd,  Burton,  Genevieve 
and  Fred ;  they  reside  at  Onoville,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York. 

(VIII)  Calvin  Eugene,  son  of  Burton  Bent- 
ley, was  born  in  Potter  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  I,  1856.  He  lived  during  childhood  on 
the  homestead  at  Ellington;  he  attended  the 
public  schools  there,  the  Ellington  Academy, 
Jamestown  Union  School  and  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute at  Jamestown.  He  taught  school  for  a 
short  time,  and  for  ten  years  worked  at  the 
trade  of  carpenter  and  at  other  mechanical 
trades  in  the  town  of  Ellington  and  the  city 
of  Jamestown.  In  1890  he  adopted  the  pro- 
fession of  surveyor  and  civil  engineer,  for 
which  he  was  well  prepared,  and  he  was  assis- 
tant city  engineer  for  one  year.  He  has  fol- 
lowed this  profession  with  eminent  success  to 
the  present  time.  His  offices  are  in  the  Cha- 
daokin  Building,  and  his  home  at  513  Blast 
Fifth  street,  Jamestown.  In  1884  he  bought 
a  lot  on  Eleventh  street  and  built  a  residence. 
Afterward  he  exchanged  this  property  for  a 
lot  on  Main  street,  and  in  1892  bought  house 
and  lot  on  Crescent  street,  which  was  later 
sold,  and  finally,  after  two  or  three  months, 
removed  to  his  present  home.     He  is  a  com- 


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municant  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
In  poHtics  he  is  a  Republican- 
He  married,  March  17,  1883,  at  Ellington, 
Elizabeth  T.  Currie,  born  in  New  Utrecht, 
New  York,  daughter  of  Robert  Ormiston. 
They  had  one  child,  Carl,  who  died  aeed  four 
months.  Mrs.  Bentley  received  a  thorough 
musical  education  and  has  taught  music  in  the 
Institute  for  the  Blind  in  New  York  City; 
also  at  Culpeper,  Virginia,  Lawrenceville, 
New  York,  and  in  various  towns  of  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York.  Her  father  was  a 
minister  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  at 
New  Utrecht  for  morp  than  thirty  years. 


This    in   an   ancient   and 
LIVINGSTON    noble  family  of  Scottish 

origin,  more  remotely  de- 
scended from  Leving,  a  Hungarian  noble, 
who  came  to  Scotland  in  the  train  of  Mar- 
garet, queen  of  King  Malcolm  III.,  of  Scot- 
land, about  1078.  This  once  powerful  family 
of  Livingston  through  their  romantic  attach- 
ment to  a  "lost  cause"  (the  line  of  the 
Stuarts),  suffered  a  complete  downfall  in 
Scotland.  Sir  William  de  Livingston,  founder 
of  the  House  of  Calender,  served  under  Sir 
William  Douglass  at  the  siege  of  Sterling 
Castle  in  1339.  King  David,  son  of  Robert 
the  Bruce,  granted  him  the  forfeited.  Calender 
estates.  Sir  William  afterward  married  the 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  Patrick  Calender. 
In  America  the  family  name  is  an  honored 
one,  and  above  one  of  the  dormer  windows 
in  the  state  capitol  at  Albany  their  armorial 
bearings  are  sculptured,  a  mark  of  public 
honor.  The  arms  of  the  -American  family 
are  the  quartered  arms  of  Livingston  of  Cal- 
ender and  date  back  to  the  fourteenth  century. 
Chancellor  Livington  stands  chief  among  the 
chancellors  of  New  York  state  and  is  honored 
with  a  bronze  full  figure  statue  in  the  state 
capitol.  William  Livingston  was  the  famous 
"war  governor"  of  New  Jersey  during  the 
revolution.  At  the  battles  of  Saratoga,  eight 
Livingstons  were  in  command  of  troops,  three 
of  them  leading  their  regiments  at  critical 
points  of  the  battles.  The  history  of  the  fam- 
ily is  a  history  of  over  a  century  and  a'  half 
of  the  most  exciting  and  important  years  of 
American  life.  The  name  is  found  every- 
where in  honorable  position  and  all  are  de- 
scended from  the  Rev.  John  Livingston,  here- 
after mentioned,  Robert  Livingston,  "the 
nephew,"  and  James  Livingston,  whose  descen- 


dants left  the  Hudson  valley,  settling  in  the 
Schoharie  valley  and  along  the  upper  Susque- 
hanna. The  line  of  descent  from  Leving 
(1068)  to  Rev.  John  Livingston  (1603)  fol- 
lows by  generations. 

(I)  Leving.  (II)  Thurstan.  (Ill)  Alex- 
ander. (IV)  Sir  William  de  Levingstoune, 
the  first  to  assume  the  full  name  and  title,  had 
son,  Sir  William,  who  left  no  issue.  The  title 
descended  to  his  Uncle  Archibald,  brother  of 
Sir  William  (I).  Archibald's  son,  William, 
succeeded.  (V)  Sir  William  de  Livingstone. 
(VI)  Sir  William  de  Livingston,  married 
Christian,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Sir  Pat- 
rick Calender.  (VII)  Sir  William  Living- 
ston. (VIII)  Sir  John  Livingston.  (IX)  Sir 
Alexander  Livingston.  His  estates  were  for- 
feited to  the  crown,  but  later  were  restored. 
(X)  James,  first  Lord  Livingston,  died  with- 
out issue,  the  estate  going  to  Alexander,  son 
of  Alexander,  brother  of  James.  (XI)  Alex- 
ander, second  Lord  Livingston.  (XII)  John, 
third  Lord  Livingston.  (XIII)  William, 
fourth  Lord  Livingston.  (XIV)  Alexander, 
fifth  Lord  Livingston.  (XV)  Thomas,  third 
son  of  Alexander,  fifth  Lord  Livingston. 
(XVI)  Alexander,  fourth  son  of  Thomas 
Livingston.  (XVII)  Rev.  William  Living- 
ston, of  Lanark,  Scotland. 

(XVIID  The  immediate  English  ancestor 
is  Rev.  Jonn  Livingston,  son  of  Rev.  William 
Livingston,  minister  of  Lanark,  Scotland. 
Rev.  John  Livingston  was  born  at  Kilsyth  in 
Stirlingshire,  Scotland,  June  21,  1603.  He 
was  for  a  time  chaplain  to  the  countess  of 
Wigton,  and  was  shortly  afterward  installed 
over  the  church  of  Killinchie  in  Ireland.  Be- 
ing persecuted  for  non-conformity,  he  deter- 
mined to  emigrate  to  America,  actually  em- 
barking for  that  purpose  in  a  vessel  bound  for 
Boston,  but  being  driven  back  by  contrary 
winds,  he  abandoned  his  purpose  and  settled 
in  1638  in  Stranraer  in  Scotland.  In  1648  he 
removed  to  Ancrum,  in  Teviotdale,  where  his 
son  Robert  was  born.  In  March,  1650,  he  was 
sent  as  a  commissioner  to  Brede  to  negotiate 
terms  for  the  restoration  of  Charles  II.  After 
that  event,  the  persecution  against  him  being 
revived,  he  went  to  Rotterdam,  Holland.  Here 
he  began  to  publish  an  edition  of  the  Bible 
which  he  did  not  live  to  complete-  He  died 
at  Rotterdam,  Holland,  in  August,  1672. 

He  married,  at  Edinburgh,  in  the  West 
church,  June  23,  1635,  Janet,  eldest  daughter 
of  Bartholomew  Fleming,  of  the  old  Scottish 


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family  of  that  name,  of  which  the  then  head 
was  the  Earl  of  Wigton,  who  with  his  eldest 
son,  Lord  Fleming,  was  present  at  the  wed- 
ding. She  was  born  at  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
November  i6,  1613,  died  at  Rotterdam,  Hol- 
land, February  13,  1693-94,  and  was  buried 
in  the  French  church  in  that  city.  Children, 
fifteen  in  number,  all  born  in  Scotland,  except 
John,  the  eldest,  who  was  bom  at  Milton,  Ire- 
land, June  30,  1636.  The  youngest  son,  Rob- 
ert, is  the  ancestor  of  the  American  family  of 
Livingston  Manor.  James,  the  ninth  child, 
is  the  father  of  Robert  Livingston,  "the 
nephew." 

(The  Jamestown  Family). 

(I)  John  Livingston,  founder  of  this  branch 
of  the  Livingston  family  in  America,  was  a 
native  of  county  Monaghan,  Ireland.  He  is 
said,  by  good  authorities,  to  have  been  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Rev.  John  Livingston,  through 
the  latter's  son  James,  who  was  also  the 
father  of  Robert,  "the  nephew,"  who  came 
over  at  the  invitation  of  his  Uncle  Robert,  first 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Livingston,  an  immense 
estate  in  Columbia  county.  New  York.  John 
Livingston  was  one  of  the  company  who  came 
to  the  American  colonies  in  1764,  or  soon 
after,  with  Rev.  Thomas  Clark,  M.  D.,  from 
Ballybay,  Ireland.  After  a  brief  stay  in  Still- 
water, Saratoga  county.  New  York,  where  his 
son.  Dr.  William,  was  born  in  1768,  he  moved 
northward  to  Salem,  Washington  county,  for- 
merly called  "White  Creek"  and  "New  Perth." 
He  served  during  several  brief  periods  as  a 
private  in  the  war  of  the  revolution.  Older 
brothers  of  John  also  came  to  America  and 
fought  in  the  war  of  the  revolution  on  the 
colonial  side.  He  married,  in  Ireland,  a  Miss 
Boyd.  Children :  John,  Francis,  Robert,  Jo- 
seph, Benjamin,  William  and  Samuel;  one 
daughter  Mary. 

(II)  Dr.  WiUiam  Livingston,  son  of 
John  Livingston,  "the  founder,"  was 
bom  February  15,  1768,  in  Stillwater, 
Saratoga  county,  New  York,  died  May  8, 
i860.  His  birthplace  overlooked  the  later, 
historical  battlegrounds  of  Stillwater  and 
Saratoga,  where  many  of  his  name  bore  prom- 
inent part.  He  studied  medicine  and  became 
a  leading  physician  of  his  day.  His  home  was 
in  Hebron,  Washington  county,  where  he 
practiced  for  many  years,  later  in  Essex 
county,  New  York.  About  1830  he  came  for 
a  time  to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  re- 
siding in  Hartfield,  but  later  returned  to  Essex 


county,  where  he  died.  At  Hebron  he  owned 
a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on 
which  he  built  first  a  log  house,  later  a  frame 
house,  which  he  kept  open  as  an  inn  for  the 
entertainment  of  travelers.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent Whig  and  represented  Washington 
county  in  the  state  legislature  four  terms.  He 
married  (first),  March  11,  1790,  Sarah  Tracy, 
of  Salem,  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 13,  1770,  died  July  8,  1828.  Children : 
Daughter,  died  unmarried ;  Anna,  born  May  6, 
1795  J  ^  son,  died  unmarried;  John  Jay,  of 
whom  further ;  William  Tracy,  born  June  16, 
1800;  James  Gray,  March  22,  1802;  Jane  Ag- 
nes, July  23,  1804;  Sarah  Gifford,  May  4, 
1806;  Wealthy  Maria,  March  13,  1808;  Rob- 
ert Wilson.  April  2,  1810. 

(Ill)  John  Jay,  son  of  Dr.  William  Living- 
ston, was  born  at  Hebron,  Washington  county. 
New  York,  October  19,  1798,  died  August  3, 
1890,  at  Jamestown,  New  York.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Hebron  and  lived  in  Washington  and 
Essex  counties  until  1830,  when  he  came  to 
Chautauqua  county,  remaining  two  years.  In 
1832  he  located  in  Venango  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  for  fifty-eight  years  he  was  a 
resident  of  Shippenville.  He  was  of  a  studi- 
ous disposition  and  mastered  a  fluent  control 
of  both  the  French  and  German  languages. 
At  that  early  day  capable  surveyors  were  in 
demand  and  Mr.  Livingston,  taking  up  that 
study,  mastered  it  and  followed  surveying  and 
civil  engineering  from  1832  until  1883,  over 
half  a  century,  when  not  engaged  in  teaching 
or  mercantile  business.  After  his  eightieth 
birthday  he  performed  field  work  with  his 
instruments  for  twenty-seven  consecutive  days. 
He  attained  the  same  age  as  his  honored 
father,  ninety-two  years,  spending  his  last 
years  in  Jamestown  with  his  son,  Dr.  Alfred 
T.  Livingston.  He  lived  a  clean,  manly,  up- 
right life  and  was  not  only  one  of  the  oldest 
men  of  Western  New  York,  but  one  of  the 
most  highly  respected.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  a  consistent  observer  of  his  Christian  ob- 
ligations. 

He  married  (first)  Mary  Ball,  who  died  six 
months  later;  (second)  Maria  Rice,  of  Wash- 
ington county;  (third)  Elizabeth  Jane  White- 
hill,  bom  April  8,  1809,  near  Bellefonte,  Penn- 
sylvania, died  June  7,  1886,  daughter  of  James 
Whitehill,  born  March  3,  1771 ;  lived  three 
miles  southwest  from  Shippenville,  a  black- 
smith and  a  skillful  mechanic.    He  conducted 


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a  forge  and  foundry  in  Center  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, near  Bellefonte,  where  he  forged 
axes  and  edged  tools,  marketing  them  in 
Pittsburg.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable 
prominence  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  He  married,  January  6,  1800,  Bar- 
bara Milliken,  born  February  22,  1780.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel,  James,  EHzabeth,  Jane,  Mar- 
garet, Jane  and  .     Children  of  John 

Jay  Livingston  by  second  wife:  Dr.  James 
Benjamin,  a  physician  of  West  Middlesex, 
Mercer  county,  Pennsylvania,  now  aged 
eighty-three  years;  William  H.,  of  Centre 
Chain,  Michigan,  now  deceased ;  Mary,  widow 
of  Isaac  G.  Lacy,  now  residing  at  Warren, 
Pennsylvania;  Harriet  Elizabeth,  unmarried, 
resides  with  her  brother,  Dr.  Alfred  T.  Liv- 
ingston. Child  by  third  wife:  Alfred  Tracy, 
of  whom  further.  (Name  generally  written 
Alfred  Tennyson,  because  his  college  diploma 
and  that  from  the  medical  college  were  so 
written). 

(IV)  Dr.  Alfred  Tracy  Livingston,  only 
child  of  John  Jay  Livingston  by  his  third  wifd, 
Elizabeth  Jane  Whitehill,  was  born  at  Ship- 
penville,  Clarion  county,  Pennsylvania,  April 
I,  1849.  When  he  was  five  years  old  his  par- 
ents moved  to  Tylersburg,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  school  and  James- 
town Academy.  For  a  short  time  he  was  clerk 
in  the  postoffice  at  Titusville,  Pennsylvania. 
In  the  fall  of  1865  he  entered  Allegheny  Col- 
lege and  having  spent  one  year  in  teaching 
was  graduated  in  1870.  He  began  the  study 
of  medicine  with  his  brother,  Dr.  James  B. 
Livingston,  and  then  studied  for  a  short  time 
with  Dr.  Benton,  at  Tarr  Farm,  Pennsylvania, 
afterwards  entering  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  whence  he  was 
graduated  in  class  of  1873.  He  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Buffalo,  but  in 
less  than  a  year  accepted  the  appointment  of 
assistant  physician  at  the  State  Insane  Asylum 
at  Utica,  New  York,  where  he  remained  five 
years.  He  then  located  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
svlvania,  where  he  established  the  first  known 
home  hospital  for  the  treatment  of  those  suf- 
fering from  mental  disorders.  He  continued 
there  eight  years,  specializing  in  mental  and 
habit  cases.  In  1886  he  located  in  Jamestown 
and  continued  practice  in  the  same  specialties. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American,  New  York 
State  and  Chautauqua  County  Medical  Asso- 
ciations. He  is  an  authority  in  his  specialties, 
and   has   written   frequently  on  medical  sub- 


jects. Eight  years  ago  he  purchased  a  fruit 
plantation  in  Porto  Rico  at  La  Sardinera,  near 
Dorado,  where  he  spends  about  half  the  year. 
His  summer  home  is  at  Driftwood-on-Chau- 
tauqua. 

He  married  (first),  January  16,  1879,  in 
Williamsport,  Pennsylvania,  Catherine  Packer, 
born  May  13,  1853,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  B. 
and  Catherine  J.  Packer,  who  died  July  13, 
1883.  He  married  (second),  June  21,  1899, 
Nellie  Elizabeth  Hallock,  born  January  26, 
1862,  daughter  of  Rev.  William  Allen  and 
Qara  M.  (Hall)  Hallock.  Children  by  first 
marriage :  A  son,  died  at  birth ;  Alf  reda,  died 
aged  four  months.  Child  by  second  marriage : 
Clara  Elizabeth,  born  in  Jamestown,  May  5, 
1900. 

(The    Hallock    Line). 

Rev.  William  Allen  Hallock,  for  a  number 
of  years  a  resident  of  Jamestown,  New  YoA, 
died  September  4,  191 1,  after  a  lingering  ill- 
ness of  nearly  a  year.  Thus  a  long  and  active 
and  useful  career  came  to  a  peaceful  end. 

He  was  born  at  Plainfield,  Massachusetts, 
August  2^,  1832,  where  his  grandfather.  Rev. 
Moses  Hallock,  had  been  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  for  forty-five  years.  Leav- 
itt  Hallock,  his  father,  was  an  energetic  and 
capable  business  man,  conducting  a  farm,  a 
tannery  and  store.  He  also  served  as  post- 
master, town  clerk,  justice  of  the  peace  and 
represented  his  town  in  the  legislature  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. William  Allen,  named  after  his 
uncle.  Rev.  Dr.  Hallock,  for  more  than  fifty 
years  secretary  of  the  American  Tract  So- 
ciety, had  the  advantage  of  a  good  education, 
having  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in 
1855.  Meeting  with  an  injury  to  his  head 
after  entering  Yale  Theological  Seminary,  he 
took  a  sea  voyage  to  Constantinople  on  a  sail- 
ing vessel  and  finished  his  theological  studies 
at  what  is  now  the  Hartford  Theological  Semi- 
nary, in  1859.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  at  Gilead,  Connecticut,  nearly 
four  years  when  he  met  with  a  serious  rail- 
way accident  which  made  him  an  invalid  for 
nearly  two  years.  After  regaining  his  health 
he  preached  in  Kiantone,  Frewsburg,  Sugar 
Grove  and  Ashville  and  returning  to  New 
England,  served  twelve  years  as  pastor  of  the 
Congregational  church  at  Bloomfield,  Con- 
necticut. He  returned  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  in  1887  ^"d  made  this  his  home,  though 
the  last  few  years  were  mostly  spent  in  Porto 
Rico,  where  he  found  a  congenial  climate.    He 


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was  an  original  thinker,  a  forceful  preacher 
and  a  man  of  great  energy,  activity  and  en- 
thusiasm. All  the  churches  that  he  served 
prospered  under  his  administration.  He  was 
greatly  interested  in  the  Sunday  school  out  of 
which  grew  the  Pilgrim  Memorial  Church  of 
Jamestown.  He  gave  the  site  on  which  the 
building  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation now  stands  and  his  portrait  adorns 
the  wall  of  the  library. 

In  September,  i860,  he  married  Clara  M., 
daughter  of  William  and  Julia  Hall.  To  them 
were  born  two  children,  Nellie  Elizabeth,  and 
William  Hall.  William  graduated  with  honor 
from  Amherst  College  in  1885.  After  several 
years  of  study  in  Germany  he  came  home  an 
invalid  and  died  in  1894.  Nellie  Elizabeth 
graduated  from  Smith  College,  in  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  in  1885,  and  married  Al- 
fred T.  Livingston,  M.  D.  (see  Livingston 
IV). 

The  funeral  of  Rev.  William  A.  Hallock 
was  held  from  Pilgrim  Memorial  Congrega- 
tional Church,  and  was  marked  by  a  large 
attendance.  Rev.  George  Extence,  pastor  of 
the  church,  Dev.  Dr.  Leavitt  H.  Hallock,  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Lewiston,  Maine,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  H. 
Small,  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  of  Jamestown,  officiated.  The  part 
taken  in  the  service  by  the  brother,  Rev.  Dr. 
Hallock,  was  particularly  impressive.  Seldom 
does  a  minister  officiate  at  his  own  brother's 
funeral,  and  it  is  still  more  unusual  for  a 
minister  to  deliver  a  last  tribute  over  the  re- 
mains of  his  own  brother,  who  was  also  a 
minister.  The  tribute  paid  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hal- 
lock to  his  brother  was  most  impressive. 


Grover  Cleveland,  son  of 
CLEVELAND    Rev.  Richard  Falley  and 

Anne  (Neale)  Cleveland, 
was  bom  in  Caldwell,  New  Jersey,  March  18, 
1837.  His  father's  predecessor  in  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Caldwell 
was  a  man  greatly  beloved  by  his  congrega- 
tion, who  had  recently  died,  and,  as  tribute  of 
respect  to  this  good  man,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cleve- 
land named  their  boy  after  him,  Stephen  Gro- 
ver. In  later  life  he  dropped  the  name  Ste- 
phen and  became  known  only  as  Grover  Cleve- 
land. 

During  Grover's  boyhood,  his  father  held 
various  pastorates,  notably  at  Fayetteville, 
Qinton  and  Holland  Patent,  New  York,  where 


he  died  when  Grover  was  sixteen  years  old. 
At  fourteen  years  of  age,  Grover  left  school 
to  go  to  work  in  a  store  at  Fayetteville,  re- 
ceiving the  salary  of  $50  for  the  first  year  and 
$100  for  the  second.    The  death  of  his  father 
ended  his  hopes  of  a  university  education.  His 
elder  brother  William  was  then  engaged  as 
a  teacher  in  the  Institution  for  the  Blind  in 
New  York.    He  secured  for  Grover  a  position 
in  that  institution  as  a  clerk  and  bookkeeper 
at  a  salary  considerably  larger  than  the  coun- 
try store  had  been  able  to  pay.     Grover  re- 
mained in  New  York  for  about  a  year  when 
he  determined  to  try  his  fortunes  in  the  west. 
He  started  for  Cleveland,  Ohio,  a  city  named 
for  a  member  of  his  family.     He  stopped  at 
Buffalo  to  visit  his  uncle,  Lewis  F.  Allen,  who 
then  owned   a   large   stock   farm   on   Grand 
Island.    Mr.  Allen  was  celebrated  as  a  breeder 
of  shorthorns,  and  was  at  that  time  preparing 
a  descriptive  catalogue  called  the  "American 
Shorthorn  Herd  Book."    He  gave  Grover  em- 
ployment in  the  preparation  of  this  book,  and 
soon  afterward  secured  for  him  an  opportunity 
to  study  law  in  the  office  of  Rogers,  Bowen 
&  Rogers.     Four  years  later,  in  1859,  ^^  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  but  he   remained  with 
Rogers,  Bowen  &  Rogers  as  their  managing 
clerk  until  1862.    The  following  year  he  was 
appointed   an    assistant   district   attorney    for 
Erie   county.     At    about    this    time    he    was 
drafted  for  war  service,  but  being  obliged  to 
support  his  mother  and  sisters,  he  was  unable 
to  go.     He  was  so  short  of  funds,  however, 
that  he  had  to  borrow  the  money  to  hire  a 
substitute,  and  it  was  some  years  before  he 
was  able  to  repay  this  loan.    He  had  two  bro- 
thers in  the  military  service,  and  his  decision 
to  remain  at  home  and  take  care  of  his  wid- 
owed mother  and  his  sisters  was  not  only  jus- 
tifiable, but  usual  with  families  in  similar  cir- 
cumstances at  that  time. 

At  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  assistant 
district  attorney  in  1865,  he  was  nominated  as 
the  Democratic  candidate  for  district  attorney. 
His  opponent  was  Lyman  K.  Bass,  who  later 
became  his  law  partner.  He  was  defeated  by 
only  602  plurality,  running  somewhat  better 
than  other  candidates  on  the  Democratic  ticket. 
Five  years  later  some  of  his  friends  proposed 
him  as  a  candidate  for  congress,  but  the 
choice  of  the  convention  fell  upon  William 
Williams.  In  order  to  strengthen  the  ticket 
as  much  as  possible,  it  was  thought  desirable 
to  find  a  popular  man  for  sheriff,  and  the  party 


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managers  asked  Mr.  Cleveland  to  take  the 
place.  He  did  not  care  for  it,  b&t  accepted 
as  a  party  duty.  His  standing  in  the  com- 
munity at  that  time  may  be  judged  by  the 
fact  that  the  leading  Republican  newspaper 
referred  to  him  as  "the  ablest  and  most  popu- 
lar of  the  younger  members  of  the  bar  in 
Erie  county  who  affiliate  with  the  Democracy." 
The  nomination,  however,  was  not  obtained 
without  opposition.  The  two  rivals  whose 
names  were  presented  to  the  convention  were 
George  W.  Nickles  and  Darius  A.  Hovey, 
both  representing  the  country  towns.  Cleve- 
land received  66  votes,  Nickles  37,  and  Hovey 
II.  Mr.  Cleveland's  Republican  opponent  was 
Colonel  John  B.  Weber,  who  was  defeated  by 
403  plurality.  The  term  of  the  office  was 
three  years,  and  Mr.  Cleveland  performed  its 
duties  with  credit.  After  retiring  as  assistant 
district  attorney  he  had  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship with  Isaac  V.  Vanderpool,  and  in  1869 
he  entered  the  firm  of  Lanning,  Qeveland  & 
Folsom.  After  the  expiration  of  his  term  as 
sheriff  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Lyman 
K.  Bass  and  Wilson  S.  Bissell,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Bass,  Cleveland  &  Bissell.  He  con- 
tinued with  this  firm  until  he  was  elected 
mayor  in  the  fall  of  1881,  and  it  had  then 
come  to  be  known  as  one  of  the  leading  law 
firms  in  the  city.  Buffalo  in  1881  was  suffer- 
ing from  ring  rule,  which  had  its  seat  princi- 
pally in  the  board  of  aldermen.  There  was 
much  complaint  about  extravagance  and  politi- 
cal favoritism.  There  had  been  several  in- 
vestigations. The  street  commissioner  had 
been  removed  from  office  on  charges  of  a  fail- 
ure properly  to  perform  his  duties,  and  there 
was  a  general  feeling  that  the  time  was  ripe 
for  reform.  Mr.  Cleveland,  always  interested 
in  public  affairs,  suggested  to  some  of  the 
Democratic  leaders  that,  if  desired,  he  would 
run  for  alderman  in  the  ninth  ward,  where 
he  boarded.  The  salary  of  an  alderman  was 
then  only  $250  a  year.  The  office  would  have 
required  a  considerable  sacrifice  of  Mr.  Cleve- 
land's time,  virtually  without  compensation, 
but  he  believed  he  could  be  of  some  use  in 
improving  existing  conditions.  The  active 
leader  of  the  Democratic  party  at  that  time 
was  Charles  W.  Goodyear,  while  John  C. 
Sheehan,  who  was  the  then  city  comptroller, 
headed  a  rival  faction.  Mr.  Goodyear  and 
other  friends  of  Mr.  Cleveland  believed  that 
he  was  suited  to  a  higher  office  than  alder- 
man, and  proposed  that  he  run  for  mayor. 


The  convention,  however,  was  in  the  control 
of  Mr.  Sheehan,  but  he  declined  a  renomina- 
tion  for  comptroller,  thereby  allowing  Mr. 
Cleveland  not  only  to  have  the  unanimous 
nomination  for  mayor,  but  to  have  as  an  asso- 
ciate on  the  ticket  his  friend,  Timothy  J.  Ma- 
honey,  who  was  named  for  comptroller.  Mr. 
Cleveland  had  the  united  support  of  his  own 
party  and  also  of  a  large  element  among  the 
Republicans.  Two  Republican  newspapers 
promptly  indorsed  him,  while  the  one  which 
remained  in  opposition  could  find  nothing 
worse  to  say  about  him  than  that  he  was  "a 
wealthy  old  bachelor  who  is  pretty  .  well 
thought  of."  His  Republican  opponent  was 
Milton  E.  Beebe,  the  president  of  the  board 
of  aldermen.  In  addition  to  the  local  issues, 
the  canvass  was  considerably  helped  by  the 
Stalwart-Halfbreed  war  then  raging  in  the 
Republican  party,  and  he  was  elected  by  3,620 
plurality.  Within  a  few  weeks  after  his  in- 
auguration Mr.  Cleveland  had  established  his 
reputation  as  a  reform  mayor  and  particularly 
as  a  vetoing  mayor,  despite  the  fact  that  the 
council  was  controlled  by  his  own  party. 
There  were  no  less  than  fifty-five  vetoes  of 
importance  during  the  scant  ten  months  that 
he  remained  in  office,  not  mentioning  many 
minor  ones.  His  very  closest  friends  were  un- 
able to  influence  where  he  believed  the  public 
interests  were  opposed  to  their  requests.  The 
so-called  "Plain  Speech  Veto"  was  the  most 
famous  of  all,  wherein  he  rejected  a  street- 
cleaning  contract  which  had  been  awarded  for 
$100,000  more  than  the  lowest  bid.  The  mes- 
sage derived  its  popular  name  from  the  fol- 
lowing passage:  "This  is  a  time  for  plain 
speech,  and  my  objection  to  the  action  of  your 
honorable  body,  now  under-  consideration, 
shall  be  plainly  stated.  I  withhold  my  assent 
from  the  same  because  I  regard  it  as  the  cul- 
mination of  a  most  barefaced,  impudent  and 
shameless  scheme  to  betray  the  interests  of 
the  people,  and  worse  than  to  squander  the 
public  money."  The  veto  had  the  desired  ef- 
fect in  securing  a  proper  award  of  the  con- 
tract. Moreover,  it  attracted  attention  to  Mr. 
Cleveland  throughout  the  state  and  contribu- 
ted more  than  any  other  one  thing  to  making 
him  his  party's  nominee  for  governor.  As 
the  time  for  the  fall  campaign  approached, 
Cleveland  clubs  sprang  up  all  over  Buffalo 
and  in  many  other  parts  of  Western  New 
York.  His  friends  were  able  to  take  to  the 
state  convention  a  solid  delegation  of  forty- 


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three  men  from  the  western  counties.  After 
two  ballots  had  been  taken  without  result,  the 
convention  stampeded  to  Mr.  Cleveland.  He 
carried  the  state  by  the  then  unprecedented 
plurality  of  192,800  votes. 

With  his  election  as  governor  his  Buffalo 
career  virtually  came  to  an  end.  His  life  here 
had  been  given  solely  to  work  and  politics. 
He  never  had  any  other  home  here  than  his 
law  office  and  his  boarding  house.  While  the 
best  social  privileges,  the  homes  of  wealth  and 
refinement  were  open  to  him,  he  preferred  to 
remain  a  hermit  so  far  as  anything  outside  of 
law  and  politics  were  concerned.  He  did  not 
return  to  Buffalo  after  the  expiration  of  his 
term  as  President. 


John  Stone,  immigrant  ancestor, 
STONE  was  born  in  England.  He  set- 
tled at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
and  was  buried  there  October  25  or  26,  1743. 
The  church  records,  kept  by  the  Indian  Apos- 
tle, Rev.  John  Eliot,  says  "Goodman  Stone 
died  *  *  *  an  old  Kentish  man  not  of  the 
church  yet  on  his  sick  bed  some  had  hopes  of 
him."  He  left  children  and  the  land  of  his 
heirs  is  mentioned  in  the  proprietors'  list,  but 
their  names  are  not  known.  Pope  thinks 
Thomas  Stone,  who  married  at  Boston,  De- 
cember 4,  1639,  Mary  Cragg,  was  a  son  per- 
haps. Daniel  and  Mary  Stone,  of  Boston,  had 
a  son  Daniel,  died  February  27,  1660;  the 
wife  Mary,  died  August  8,  1658,  and  Daniel 
himself  died  in  1687. 

John  Stone,  of  Boston,  perhaps  another  son 
of  John  Stone,  had  a  wife  Sarah;  their  son 
John  died  September  12,  1661.  John  and 
Mary  Stone  had  a  daughter,  Sarah,  at  Bos- 
ton, September  16,  1659.  John  Stone  died  in 
1664. 

(II)  Nicholas  Stone  may  have  been  a  son 
or  grandson  of  John  Stone,  of  Roxbury.  No 
connection  can  be  established  with  the  other 
pioneers,  Simon  and  Gregory,  of  Watertown, 
John,  of  Salem,  and  John,  of  Lynn.    Nicholas 

Stone  married  Hannah .  Children,  bom 

at  Boston:  Hannah,  January  8,  165 1 ;  Josiah, 
mentioned  below ;  Hopestill,  January  7,  1655 ; 
Abigail,  November  20,  1658;  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1661 ;  Benjamin,'  February  7,  1663, 
married  Joanna  and  had  Joanna,  John,  Sam- 
uel and  Abigail. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  Nicholas  Stone,  was 
born  in  Boston,  February  4,  1653,  died  in 
1717.     He  married  Mary  .     Children, 


born  in  Boston:  Mary,  August  4,  1686;  Sa- 
rah, May  3,  1688;  Eliza,  December  22,  1689; 
Luke,  August  30,  1692,  lived  in  Boston;  Joy, 
March  2,  1699;  Benjamin,  December  2,  1701; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail,  January  29, 

1705. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  or  nephew  of  Josiah 
Stone,  of  Boston,  was  bom  about  1703.  He 
went  to  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  when  a 
young  man,  and  married  there,  January  11, 
1725-26,  or  May  11,  1726  (both  records  given 
in  vital  records  of  town),  Mary  Wood.  That 
he  was  closely  related  to  Daniel,  Josiah  and 
Samuel  Stone,  of  the  adjacent  town  of  Fram- 
ingham,  appears  probable  from  the  similarity 
of  names  in  the  families,  and  the  location  of 
their  homes.  Their  descendants  went  to  Rut- 
land about  the  same  time  also.  Children,  born 
at  Hopkinton:  Martha,  born  November  12, 
1726;  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  De- 
cember 6,  1732  (see  Josiah  below) ;  Benja- 
min, January  9-16,  1742;  Sarah,  June  11, 
1745 ;  Samuel,  June  13,  1751. 

(V)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Daniel  Stone,  was 
born  at  Hopkinton,  July  29,  1730.  At  the 
time  of  the  death  of  his  brother  Daniel  both 
were  living  in  Rutland,  west  wing,  now  Oak- 
ham, Massachusetts.  In  the  probate  papers 
the  brother  is  called  Daniel  Jr.  and  Josiah  was 
appointed  administrator  of  Daniel's  estate  on 
petition  of  the  widow  Hannah,  December  3, 
^759'  The  inventory  was  filed  March  21, 
1760,  and  the  account,  April  3,  1764.  His 
father  Daniel  was  a  surety  on  his  bond.  This 
probate  record  clears  up  an  old  problem  of 
genealogists,  due  to  the  large  number  of  Dan- 
iels and  Josiahs  in  this  family.  Josiah  (2) 
Stone  received  from  his  father  by  deed 
dated  March  9,  1762,  land  in  Oakham 
on  the  New  Braintree  line  (vol.  43,  p. 
408).  John  and  Sarah  Stone  witnessed 
this  deed.  Josiah  Stone  lived  in  Oak- 
ham from  about  1759,  when  he  came 
there  with  his  father  and  brother  and  perhaps 
others  of  the  family.  He  married  there  (In- 
tention dated  March  12,  1760)  Mary  San- 
ford,  of  Western  (record  both  at  Warren, 
formerly  Western,  and  at  Oakham).  He  re- 
moved from  Oakham  some  time  prior  to  the 
revolution,  for  we  find  that  he  and  his  son 
Benjamin  were  both  in  the  revolution  from 
Colerain.  The  year  of  Josiah's  service  is  not 
given,  but  he  was  for  eight  months  in  the 
Fifth  Hampshire  County  Regiment  under  Col- 
onel David  Field  (Mass.  Soldiers  and  Sailors 


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in  the  Revolution,  vol.  XV,  p.  1 1 1 ) .  He  was 
probably  the  Josiah  Stone,  of  Brookfield,  who 
served  on  the  Lexington  alarm  in  Captain  Ith- 
amar  Wright's  company  and  later  in  1775  ^^ 
Captain  Sylvanus  Walker's  company,  Colonel 
Timothy  Danielson's  regiment;  Brookfield 
was  near  Oakham.  Josiah  Stone  also  served 
without  doubt  under  Captain  Walter  McPar- 
land,  who  was  of  Hopkinton,  in  Colonel 
Howe's  regiment,  June  24,  to  October  30, 
1780. 

Josiah  Stone  and  wife  Mary  exchanged 
land  with  Stephen  Minot  by  deed  dated  Sep- 
tember II,  1762.  He  had  bought  land  of  Mi- 
not, July  20,  1762,  in  Oakham.  He  bought 
land  of  John  Barr,  of  New  Braintree,  October 
20,  1763  (see  Worcester  Deeds,  vol.  48,  pp. 
57  and  471).  He  bought  of  Josiah  Crosby 
land  in  New  Braintree,  June  10,  1763.  Land 
owned  in  common  by  Josiah  Stone,  Joseph 
Tidd  and  David  Gilbert  was  divided  March 
24,  1766.  He  was  called  of  New  Braintree 
district,  but  was  living  in  what  is  now  Oak- 
ham. Children  of  Josiah  and  Mary  Stone, 
born  at  Oakham:  i.  Anna,  July  19,  1761. 
2.  Benjamin,  April  10,  1763;  was  a  soldier 
from  Colerain  in  the  revolution  in  1779,  aged 
sixteen,  and  in  1780,  aged  seventeen  (p.  86, 
Mass.  Soldiers  and  Sailors,  vol.  XV)  ;  settled 
at  Cazenovia,  near  Syracuse,  New  York;  died 
July  5,  1839,  aged  seventy-six,  at  Ballina,  near 
Cazenovia,  New  York.  3.  Eli,  not  recorded; 
lived  and  died  at  Northville,  New  York ;  mar- 
ried Deborah  Cambell.  Born  at  Colerain:  4. 
Joseph,  mentioned  below.  5.  Sarah,  born  June 
^3f  ^775-  6.  Huldah,  bom  September  16, 
1779.  According  to  the  census  of  1790  Eli 
(Elias  in  census)  Benjamin  and  Josiah  had 
families  in  Colerain  and  these  only  of  the 
Stone  surname. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Stone,  was 
born  in  Colerain,  Massachusetts,  July  13, 
1772,  died  August  19,  1841,  in  Luzerne,  New 
York.  He  settled,  between  1802  and  1808,  in 
Luzerne,  New  York,  and  was  deacon  of  the 
Baptist  Church  there.  He  married  (first) 
Abigail  Call,  of  Colerain,  born  March  19, 
1776,  died  June  5,  1838.  He  married  (second) 
Widow  Sage.  Elizabeth  Call,  sister  of  Abi- 
gail (Call)  Stone,  married  Jacob  Randall  and 
they  were  the  great-grandparents,  on  the  ma- 
ternal side,  of  Fred  C.  Stone,  mentioned  be- 
low. Children  of  Joseph  and  Abigail  Stone, 
bom  in  Colerain :  Adin,  born  October  18,  1795  ; 
Alpha,  May  15,  1797;  Achsah,  July  20,  1799, 


died  June  26,  1814;  Daniel,  mentioned  below; 
Olive,  February  20,  1804;  Lydia,  March  13, 
1806,  died  May  17,  1808 ;  Joel,  May  24,  1808 ; 
Lydia,  January  18,  1810;  Rufus,  December 
14,  1813,  died  July  19,  1815 ;  Achsah,  June  5, 
1816;  Rufus,  November  13,  1817,  died  March 
31,  1889,  at  Jamestown,  New  York;  Huldah, 
June  15,  182 1. 

(VH)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Stone,  was 
born  at  Colerain,  November  17,  1801,  died  in 
the  town  of  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  February  7,  1875.  ^^  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Colerain  and  Luzerne.  After 
his  marriage  in  Luzerne  he  removed  to  Chau- 
tauqua county,  settling  first  in  the  town  of 
Stockton,  later  in  Dexterville  (now  East 
Jamestown)  ;  he  later  owned  a  farm  of  ninety- 
eight  acres  in  the  town  of  Poland.  He  was 
a  man  of  strong  character,  peace-loving,  but 
when  thoroughly  aroused  it  was  said  of  him 
that  "he  was  hard  to  handle."  He  was  of  a 
powerful,  athletic  build,  with  a  quick  wit,  as 
anecdotes  told  of  him  testify.  He  was  greatly 
disappointed  that  he  was  refused  enlistment 
in  the  army  during  the  civil  war  on  account 
of  his  age.  While  he  never  advised  any  of 
his  sons  to  enlist,  three  of  them  served  in 
the  Union  army.  He  married,  September  18, 
1823,  at  Luzerne,  New  York,  Velonia  Rolph, 
bom  in  Corinth,  Saratoga  county.  New  York, 
February  28,  1806,  died  in  the  town  of 
Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
October  14,  1890,  eldest  daughter  of  Benja- 
min and  Asenath  (Cook)  Rolph.  Stephen 
Rolph,  her  grandfather,  came  from  England 
about  1770  to  avoid  service  in  the  English 
army.  Abigail  Temple,  sister  of  Henry, 
father  of  Charlotte  Temple,  came  with  him. 
They  were  married  immediately  on  reaching 
New  York.  They  settled  in  New  England, 
near  the  Vermont-Massachusetts  boundary 
line,  but  after  five  years  Stephen  was  obliged 
to  flee  to  avoid  recapture  by  the  British  sol- 
diers, and  was  never  again  heard  from.  It  is 
believed  he  joined  the  revolutionary  army 
under  an  assumed  name  and  was  killed.  Chil- 
dren of  Daniel  and  Velonia  (Rolph)  Stone: 
I.  Henrietta,  born  October  28,  1824;  married 
Ashael  Allen.  2.  James  Hadley,  born  April 
21,  1828,  killed  by  cars,  September  27,  1888; 
unmarried.  3.  Thomas  Benjamin,  born  De- 
cember 17,  1832,  in  Stockton,  New  York; 
married  Margaret  A.  Millspaugh.  4.  Harri- 
son Columbus,  born  June  24,  1835,  at  Levant ; 
married  Thankful  Seekins.    5.  CaroHne,  bom 


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January  25, 1838,  in  Jamestown;  married  (first) 
Sanf ord  Bunce ;  (second)  Joseph  W.  White.  6. 
William  Seward,  of  whom  further.  7.  Abner 
Almon,  born  October  30,  1842,  in  James- 
town; married  Asenath  Ann  Fisher.  8.  Nor- 
man Ormandus,  of  whom  further.  9.  Levi 
Madison,  born  December  5,  1847,  i^  town  of 
South  Valley;  married  Florence  Covey.  10. 
Lana  Thayer   (adopted)   born  June  i,  1856. 

(VIII)  William  Seward,  fourth  son  of 
Daniel  and  Velonia  (Rolph)  Stone,  was  born 
in  East  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  June  25,  1840.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  grew  up  on  the  farm. 
He  followed  farming  in  different  localities  for 
several  years,  and  in  1889  came  to  Jamestown, 
where  for  several  years  he  engaged  in  a  gen- 
eral teaming  business.  He  served  nine  months 
in  the  civil  war,  enlisting  August  23,  1864, 
in  Company  C,  Thirteenth  Regiment,  New 
York  Heavy  Artillery,  being  honorably  dis- 
charged at  Norfolk,  Virginia,  June  21,  1865, 
at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  is  now  living  a  retired  life  in 
Jamestown.  He  married,  March  27,  1862,  at 
Ellington,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  March  3,  1840,  at  Lu- 
zerne, New  York,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Nourse  Kellogg,  for  many  years  a  pilot  on 
the  Hudson  river,  later  a  farmer;  died  in 
East  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  aged 
eighty  years;  he  married  (first)  Martha  Ran- 
dall; (second)  Mrs.  Ann  Pope  Lindsey.  Mrs. 
Mary  (Kellogg)  Stone  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Children  of  Wil- 
liam Seward  Stone:  i.  John  Nelson,  born  at 
Randolph,  New  York,  March  19,  1863;  mar- 
ried, Louise  A.  Page,  September  8,  1903.  2. 
William  Henry,  born  at  Randolph,  July  14, 
1864;  married,  in  Jamestown,  August  18, 
1887,  Nellie  Snow;  children:  Rulan  W.,  born 
June  23,  1888,  died  August  12,  1893 ;  Roland 
E.,  June  18,  1895;  Bethel  E.,  December  11, 
1897.  3.  Fred  Clayton,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Edith  Maria,  born  at  French  Creek,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York,  October  i,  1874;  mar- 
ried, at  Jamestown,  September  10,  1896;  Bur- 
ton M.  Gay;  children:  William  Burton,  born 
June  29,  1902;  Marian  Elizabeth,  February 
28,  1904. 

(IX)  Fred  Cla)^on,  third  son  of  William 
Seward  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Kellogg)  Stone, 
was  born  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  October  19,  1868.  When  he  was  one 
year  old  his  parents  moved  to  French  Creek, 


where  they  remained  eight  years,  then  lived 
in  town  of  Randolph  and  in  Poland.  In  1889 
he  made  permanent  settlement  in  Jamestown. 
Fred  Clayton  Stone  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  these  towns  and  at  Chamberlain 
Institute,  finishing  with  a  course  at  Jamestown 
Business  College.  After  settling  in  James- 
town he  entered  the  government  postal  service 
as  letter  carrier,  continuing  thirteen  years, 
then  served  for  some  time  as  clerk  in  the 
Jamestown  postoffice.  During  this  latter  pe- 
riod he  took  up  the  study  of  ophthalmology, 
later  entering  the  Northern  Illinois  College  of 
Ophthalmology  and  Otology,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  June,  1906.  He  located  in 
Warren,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  successfully 
practiced  his  profession  for  four  years.  He 
then  returned  to  Jamestown,  where  he  is  es- 
tablished at  202  Main  street.  He  is  a  skilled 
optometrist  and  commands  a  liberal  patron- 
age. He  is  a  member  of  the  Chautauqua 
County  Optometric  Society,  the  Optical  So- 
ciety of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  the  Am- 
erican Optical  Association.  His  fraternal 
bodies  are :  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  Western  Sun  Chapter, 
No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jamestown  Com- 
mandery,  No.  61,  Knights  Templar.  He  be- 
longs in  his  father's  right  to  James  Hall 
Camp,  Sons  of  Veterans.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  He  married,  at  Jamestown,  August 
15,  1891,  Adelaide  Miriam  Blanchard,  born 
in  that  city,  December  18,  1871.  She  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  graduated  from 
the  high  school,  and  for  some  years  prior  to 
her  marriage  taught  in  the  Jamestown  schools. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star  and  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Silas 
Wright  and  Maria  (Keyes)  Blanchard,  of 
Jamestown  (see  Blanchard-Keyes).  Children 
of  Fred  C.  Stone:  Fred  Kellogg,  born  Sep- 
tember 4,  1892;  Robert  Keyes,  December  24, 

1893- 

(The  Blanchard-Keyes   Line). 

Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  (Blanchard)  Stone  de- 
scends maternally  from  Robert  Keyes,  who 
came  to  America  about  the  year  1633,  settling- 
at  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  He  died  at 
Sudbury,  1647.  His  widow  Sarah  married 
(second)  in  1664,  John  Gage.  Children  of 
Robert  Keyes:  Solomon,  Sarah,  Peter,  Re- 
becca, Phebe,  Mary,  Elias,  of  whom  further; 
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(II)  Elias,  youngest  son  of  Robert  and 
Sarah  Keyes,  born  Alay  20,  1643,  resided  in 
Sudbury,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Blanford,  or  Blanchard. 
Children :  Elias,  John,  James,  Sarah,  Thomas. 

(III)  Elias  (2),  son  of  Elias  (i)  and  Sarah 
(Blanford  or  Blanchard)  Keyes,  born  No- 
vember 15,  1666,  resided  in  Marlboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, with  a  family,  1696-1702.  All  rec- 
ords were  destroyed  at  the  burning  of  the 
court  house  at  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  ren- 
dering it  impossible  to  give  further  details  of 
this  generation. 

(IV)  Eli,  son  of  Elias  (2)  Keyes,  married 
Mary  Wheelock  in  1732  and  resided  in 
Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts.  Children :  Eli, 
Nathaniel,  Ebenezer,  Mary,  Ezra. 

(V)  Eli  (2) ,  eldest  son  of  Eli  ( i )  and  Mary 
(Wheelbck)  Keyes,  was  born  in  Shrewsbury, 
Massachusetts,  March  24,  1733.  He  married, 
at  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts,  April  i,  1762, 
Hannah  Howe,  and  in  1803  was  living  in 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution,  serving  as  a  private  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts line.  His  first  enlistment  was  for 
three  years  in  the  Sixth  Worcester  County 
Regiment,  Captain  Wheeler's  company,  Col- 
onel Thomas  Nixon,  and  in  December,  1779, 
enlisted  ''for  the  war"  in  Captain  Heywood's 
company,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Calvin  Smith, 
Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  The  rec- 
ords show  him  on  duty  at  various  places  dur- 
ing the  entire  war.  Children :  Ezra,  Daniel, 
Azubah,  Abigail,  Sally,  Nathan. 

(VI)  Ezra,  eldest  son  Eli  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Howe)  Keyes,  was  born  in  Holden,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  27,  1763,  died  in  Reads- 
boro,  Vermont,  December  29,  1841.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  years  he  enlisted  and  served 
in  the  revolutionary  army.  He  married,  De- 
cember 6,  1792,  Hannah  Knowlton,  born  Au- 
gust 13,  1770.  Children:  Eli,  Sally,  Ruel,  of 
whom  further;  Hannah,  Polly,  Ezra,  Heman, 
Daniel,  Nathan,  Azubah,  Lawton. 

(VII)  Ruel,  second  son  of  Ezra  and  Han- 
nah (Knowlton)  Keyes,  was  born  June  22, 
1797,  died  in  Kiantone,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  December  22,  1870.  He  settled 
in  New  York  state  in  1823,  first  in  the  town 
of  Perry,  in  Genesee  county,  and  two  years 
later  in  Kiantone.  He  was  a  farmer,  and 
at  one  time  owned  a  saw  mill  on  Stillwater 
Creek. 

When  quite  an  old  man  he  kept  the 
toll  gate  on  the  "old  plank  road"  at  Kiantone, 


and  while  trying  to  collect  toll  from  two 
drunken  ruffians  was  run  over,  and  died  from 
the  effects  of  a  blow  on  the  head  from  the 
hoof  of  the  horses  they  were  driving.  He 
married,  in  1823,  Hannah  Bottum,  of  Shafts- 
bury,  Vermont.  Children:  i.  Lucretia,  died 
unmarried,  February,  1862,  aged  thirty-six 
years.  2.  William,  died  in  1854,  aged  twenty- 
six  years ;  unmarried.  3.  Lyman  Bottum,  born 
1830;  married  Adelia  Burt;  he  served  in  the 
civil  war  as  a  private  in  Company  F,  Third 
Regiment,  New  York  Volunteers.  4.  Alfred, 
born  June  15,  1834;  resided  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  now  deceased;  unmarried.  5. 
Mary  Ann,  born  November  10,  1836;  mar- 
ried, April  9,  1862,  Edwin  R.  Kimberly.  6. 
Maria,  of  whom  further. 

(VIII)  Maria,  youngest  child  of  Ruel  and 
Hannah  (Bottum)  Keyes,  was  bom  in  Car- 
roll, New  York,  February  2,  1844.  She  mar- 
ried. May  19,  1870,  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
Silas  Wright  Blanchard,  who  is  of  Huguenot 
descent  and  who  comes  from  a  family  many 
times  represented  among  the  Massachusetts 
soldiers  in  the  war  for  independence.  He  was 
born  at  Sherburne,  Chenango  county,  New 
York,  October  15,  1846,  son  of  Lorenzo  and 
Miriam  (Hill)  Blanchard.  He  came  to  James- 
town with  his  sister  when  about  eighteen 
years  of  age,  and  for  a  number  of  years  was 
employed  by  the  firm  of  Allen  &  Grandin, 
afterward  Allen  &  Preston,  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  woolen  cloth.  Later  he  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  furniture,  being  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Blanchard  &  Miller,  one 
of  the  pioneer  firms  in  that  business.  Blan- 
chard &  Miller  later  sold  out  to  Norquist  & 
Nord,  now  one  of  the  oldest  firms  in  their 
line  in  the  city.  Mr.  Blanchard  was  then 
engaged  for  four  years  as  letter  carrier  in 
the  Jamestown  postoffice  (1885-89),  since 
when  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Jamestown,  in  farming  at  Ken- 
nedy, Chautauqua  county,  and  now  resides  in 
Jamestown.  In  his  younger  days  he  was  a 
member  of  the  original  Rescue  Fire  Com- 
pany of  Jamestown,  receiving  a  certificate  of 
honorable  discharge  after  seven  years' 
service. 

The  children  of  Silas  Wright  and 
Maria  (Keyes)  Blanchard,  ninth  generation: 

1.  Adelaide  Miriam,  born  December  18,  1871, 
at  Jamestown;  married,  in  that  city,  August 
15,  1 89 1,  Fred  Clayton  Stone  (see  Stone  IX). 

2.  Earl,  born  April  11,  1879. 


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(VIII)  Norman  Ormandus 
STONE  Stone,  soh  of  Daniel  (2)  Stone 
(q.  V.)  was  bom  in  the  town 
of  Carroll,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
August  4,  1845.  He  has  devoted  his  atten- 
tion to  the  occupation  of  farming  from  which 
he  has  derived  a  comfortable  livelihood.  He 
is  an  Independent  in  politics.  He  enlisted, 
September  i,  1864,  in  the  Thirteenth  New 
York  Heavy  Artillery,  New  York  Volunteers, 
for  term  of  one  year ;  he  served  nine  months 
and  twenty  days;  was  sick  in  hospital  three 
months,  and  was  honorably  discharged,  June 
25,  1865.  He  was  married  (first)  July  3, 
1867,  in  Napoli,  at  the  residence  of  his  bro- 
ther, William  S.  Stone,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Baird, 
to  Oril  A.  Newton,  born  April  19,  1845,  J^ 
New  Albion,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
daughter  of  Jesse  and  Louisa  (Puddy)  New- 
ton, and  great-granddaughter  of  Lord  Venn. 
She  died  March  5,  1907.    Anna  Venn  was  the 

daughter  of  Lord  Venn;  she  married 

Puddy ;  children :  Lisher,  Jared,  Louisa,  Lucy 
and  Charles.  Children  of  Jesse  and  Louisa 
(Puddy)  Newton:  Caroline,  Edwin,  Augus- 
tine, Reuben,  Truman,  Oril  and  Harlin  New- 
ton. Mr.  Stone  married  (second)  August 
4,  1908,  Katherine  M.,  daughter  of  Patrick  K. 
and  Mary  (Mclnemey)  Kane.  Children  of 
first  wife :  i.  Cleon  C,  born  August  11,  1869, 
in  Poland,  New  York,  died  April  5,  1908,  bur- 
ied at  Clark,  New  York,  in  the  same  cemetery 
in  which  are  interred  the  remains  of  his  pa- 
ternal grandparents  and  his  mother.  ^  He  mar- 
ried, October  16,  1897,  Ida  M.  Peck,  at  the 
home  of  William  Peck,  at  Helena,  Ohio ;  chil- 
dren: Beatrice  Goldie,  born  September  11, 
1898;  Gladys  Vieanna,  bom  August  20,  1901 ; 
Hila  Amena,  born  January  10,  1904;  Floy 
Oril,  born  August  22,  1906;  the  widow  and 
children  reside  in  Helena,  Ohio.  2.  Qaude 
De  Val,  mentioned  below.  3.  Hila  Louise, 
bom  May  23,  1873  5  married  Merritt  L.  Jones, 
July  25,  1895;  died  November  13,  1900;  had 
one  daughter.  Hazel,  born  July  28,  1896,  died 
July  8,  1900. 

(IX)  Claude  De  Val,  son  of  Norman  Or- 
mandus Stone,  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Po- 
land, Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 29,  1870.  He  attended  the  district  school, 
the  high  school  of  Jamestown,  and  the  Cham- 
berlain Institute,  Randolph,  New  York.  He 
is  recognized  as.  a  progressive  farmer,  taking 
every  advantage  of  raising  the  standard  of 
farming.     He  owns  and  occupies  the   farm 


purchased  in  1850,  by  his  grandfather,  Daniel 
Stone;  the  original  house  (built  of  logs)  erect- 
ed by  his  grandfather  was  destroyed  by  fire, 
after  which  a  frame  house  was  erected,  a 
portion  of  which  was  moved  to  another  part 
of  the  farm  and  is  now  owned  by  a  neighbor, 
the  part  remaining  being  destroyed  by  fire, 
July  3>  1895.  Hie  was  at  one  time  engaged 
in  the  oil  business,  drilling  a  number  of 
wells.  He  was  one  of  the  original  stock- 
holders in  the  Ivory  Telephone  Company, 
which  was  later  sold  to  the  Home  Telephone 
Company  of  Jamestown,  New  York.  Mr. 
Stone  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  at  the 
present  time  (19 12)  is  serving  his  second  term 
as  constable.  He  is  a  member  of  James  Hall 
Camp,  No.  iii.  Sons  of  Veterans,  of  James- 
town, New  York ;  Order  of  Owls,  Jamestown ; 
Local  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry*  Frevi's- 
burg,  in  which  he  has  taken  an  active  inter- 
est, and  Carroll  Farmers  Club.  He  is  one 
of  the  enterprising,  substantial  residents  of 
the  community,  honorable  and  straightfor- 
ward in  his  dealings  with  his  townspeople  and 
neighbors. 

Mr.  Stone  married,  August  19,  1903,  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  in  Carroll 
New  York,  Cora  Allene,  born  in  the  town  of 
Carroll,  Chautauqua  county,  August  17,  1882, 
daughter  of  Clarence  Henry  and  Belvera 
Sarah  (McCuUough)  Love,  who  were  the  par- 
ents of  five  children,  namely:  Cora  Allene, 
Reuben  Van  Rensselaer,  Ethel  Lillian,  George 
Henry  and  Claribel.  Mr.  Love  is  a  farmer  by 
occupation.  Mrs.  Stone  was  educated  in  the 
district  schools,  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  Frewsburg,  Friendship  Club,  the 
Ladies'  Aid  Society,  and  is  also  a  member 
of  the  local  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
Frewsburg,  New  York,  and  Carroll  Farmers' 
Qub. 


The  first  settlement  of  the  Poler 
POLER     family  in  New  York  state  was 

made  in  Saratoga  county;  from 
there  they  spread  to  other  localities,  the 
branch  herein  recorded  settling  in  Orleans 
county.  Simon  Poler  was  bom  in  1778,  died 
in  Orleans  county.  New  York,  January  8, 
1868.  He  resided  in  Saratoga  county  until 
1830,  when  he  removed  to  Orleans  county, 
where  he  purchased  of  the  Holland  Patent 
Company  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Shelby  on 
the  Salt  Works  Road,  containing  one  hun- 
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thicket.  Here  he  resided  thirty  years,  clear- 
ing his  farm  and  developing  it  into  a  very 
productive  property,  which  is  still  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  family.  •  He  was  a  man  of  un- 
tiring energ>%  and  was  particularly  noted  for 
his  unusually  fine  wheat  crops.  He  married 
Fanny  Sayles.  Children:  i.  John  S.,  bom 
in  Saratoga  county,  New  York,  October,  1820, 
died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  March  28,  1899, 
being  at  the  time  in  government  employ.  2. 
Avery,  of  whom  further.  3.  George.  4.  Mary, 
born  July  10,  1831,  died  March  12,  1895.  5. 
Albert  H.,  born  1845. 

(II)  Avery,  second  son  of  Simon  and 
Fanny  (Sayles)  Poler,  was  born  in  Saratoga 
county,  New  York,  September  12,  1823,  died 
in  the  town  of  Shelby,  Orleans  county,  New 
York,  September  18,  1890.  He  came  with 
his  parents  from  Saratoga  county  in  1830  to 
Shelby,  where  he  attended  school  in  the  win- 
ter and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  until 
he  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one.  In  1845 
he  took  the  management  of  one  of  his  father's 
farms,  continuing  its  cultivation  until  1852. 
In  that  year  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  Joseph  Pixley. 
He  cultivated  this  property  and  resided  there 
until  his  death.  He  was  also  a  noted  wheat 
grower,  although  he  carried  on  general  farm- 
ing. He  was  a  man  of  good  standing,  an 
attendant  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  strong 
Democrat  in  politics.  He  married  Nancy  D. 
Blair,  born  June  13,  1825,  died  May  7,  1910. 
Children:  i.  A.  Blair,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Anna  M.,  born  November  8,  1853.  3-  R^" 
becca,  born  July  23,-  1855.  4.  Fraley,  born 
July  6,  1857.  5.  Frederick,  April  13,  1859. 
6.  F.  Marion,  of  whom  further.  7.  Emmet  J., 
of  whom  further.    8.  Nancy,  April  30,  1870. 

(III)  A.  Blair,  son  of  Avery  and  Nancy  D. 
(Blair)  Poler,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Shelby,  Orleans  county,.  New  York,  on  what 
is  known  as  the  "old  Ashton  farm,"  Novem- 
ber 8,  185 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  town 
schools,  Medina  public  school,  Nunda  Acad- 
emy, completing  his  studies  with  a  course  at 
Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  College.  He  re- 
mained on  the  home  farm  after  finishing  his 
school  course  until  his  marriage,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  property  in  Medina.  Here  he  re- 
sided until  shortly  after  his  father's  death  in 
1890,  when  he  returned  to  the  homestead 
where  he  yet  resides.  He  has  a  well-improved, 
productive  farm,  twenty-five  acres  of  which 
is  devoted  to  the  culture  of  pears  and  apples. 


He  is  a  member  of  the  State  Grange,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry ;  The  City  Qub  of  Medina ;  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  of 
Medina,  and  the  Ridgeway  Reading  Club.  He 
is  an  attendant  of  the  Universalist  church,  and 
an  Independent  in  politics.  He  married, 
March  4,  1885,  at  Medina,  New  Yprk,  Flora 
J.  Fuller,  born  January  9,  1857,  daughter  of 
Darwin  and  Rosalind  I.  (Weld)  Fuller  (see 
Fuller  VI).  Qiildren:  i.  Jessie  Irene,  born 
October  27,  1887;  married,  September  17, 
1910,  J.  Cornelius  Possom,  of  Millville,  New 
York.  2.  Darwin,  born  April  i,  1890;  mar- 
ried, January  11,  191 1,  Zoie  Comptonj  bom 
September  15,  1889. 

(IH)  F.  Marion,  son  of  Avery  and  Nancy 
D.  (Blair)  Poler,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Shelby,  Orleans  county.  New  York,  August 
I,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Shelby;  Medina  Academy  and  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Brockport,  New  York. 
He  was  his  father's  assistant  on  the  farm  and 
later  worked  the  homestead  farm  on  the  share 
plan,  continuing  this  until  1889.  He  then 
came  to  Medina  and  entered  the  employ  of 
the  A.  L.  Swett  Iron  Works,  as  office  man 
and  traveling  salesman.  He  spent  most  of 
his  time  on  the  road  until  1895,  when  he  re- 
signed, and  for  two  and  one-half  years  was 
employed  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  He  returned 
to  Medina,.  New  York,  in  May,  1898,  and  on 
the  organization  of  the  A.  L.  Swett  Iron 
Company  was  elected  secretary,  a  position  he 
yet  fills  (1912).  Since  1904  he  has  also  been 
general  manager  of  the  company's  plant  at 
Medina.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order,  belonging  to  Lodge,  Chapter,  at  Me- 
dina, Council  and  Commandery  at  Lockport. 
He  is  an  Independent  in  politics,  serving  on 
the  board  of  education.  In  religious  faith  he 
is  a  Baptist  and  for  several  years  was  clerk  of 
the  church  at  Medina. 

He  married,  February  28,  1894,  Edith,  born 
October  10,  1874,  daughter  of  Enmions  and 
Amelia  (Alderman)  Edson,  of  Spencerport, 
New  York.  Children:  Emmons  Edson,  born 
January  23,  1908;  Christine  Hamilton,  May 
31,  1910. 

(Ill) Emmet  J.,  son  of  Avery  and  Nancy  D. 
(Blair)  Poler,  was  born  September  15,  1863, 
in  the  town  of  Shelby,  Orleans  county.  New 
York.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  Medina  Academy.  After 
he  left  school  he  went  west  and  spent  several 
years  in  various  occupations.     Returning  to 


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his  native  town,  he  assisted  his  father  on  the 
homestead.  In  1892  he  became  connected 
with  the  Central  Foundry  at  Medina  and 
afterward  with  the  A.  L.  Swett  Iron  Com- 
pany for  which  he  is  at  present  a  traveling 
salesman.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist,  and  in 
politics  a  Democrat.  He  married,  June  30, 1892, 
at  Medina,  Lena  A.  Swett,  born  October  12, 
1864.  Children:  Frances  D.,  born  May  17, 
1893;  E.  Carroll,  September  19,  1894;  Donald, 
June  21,  1896;  Justin,  May  10,  1899,  died 
March  27,  1901 ;  Norman,  January  23,  1905. 

(The  Fuller  Line). 

The  first  of  the  Fuller  family  of  whom  there 
is  record  is  Jepotha  Fuller,  of  Ulster  county. 
New  York,  a  private  in  the  revolution,  serv- 
ing in  the  Second  Regiment,  Ulster  county 
militia.  He  married  Sarah  Daggett,  March 
10,  1736,  and  had  issue. 

(II)  Amos,  son  of  Jepotha  and  Sarah  (Dag- 
gett) Fuller,  was  born  September  14,  1739. 
He  was  a  resident,  perhaps  a  native,  of  Little 
Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county,  later  a  pion- 
eer farmer  of  the  town  of  Petersburg,  Rens- 
selaer county,  New  York,  where  he  settled  in 
the  wilderness,  cleared  a  farm  and  ended  his 
days.  He  married  and  had  sons:  Lewis  and 
Daniel. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Amos  Fuller,  was  bom 
January  9,  1763.  He  married  Rhoda  Prin- 
dle,  born  March  13,  1764.    They  had  issu^. 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Daniel  and  Rhoda  (Prin- 
dle)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Rensselaer  county, 
New  York,  February  19,  1793.  He  settled  in 
South  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county,  where  he  re- 
sided until  his  marriage,  then  removed  to  Or- 
leans county,  where  he  followed  farming  un- 
til death.  He  married  Mary  Godfrey,  born 
February  20,  1794. 

(V)  Darwin,  son  of  Ezra  and  Mary  (God- 
frey) Fuller,  was  bom  May  13,  183 1,  at 
Rodmansville,  Jefferson  county.  New  York, 
settled  in  Orleans  county,  where  he  became 
wealthy  and  influential.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1850,  Rosalind  I.  Weld. 

(VI)  Flora  J.,  daughter  of  Darwin  and 
Rosalind  I.  (Weld)  Fuller,  was  born  January 
9,  1857;  married,  March  4,  1885,  A.  Blair 
Poler  (see  Poler  III). 


The  late  William  Broad- 
BROADHEAD    head,  Jamestown's  "grand 

old  man,"  and   foremost 
manufacturer,  stood  forth  as  a  central  figure 


in  the  business  life  of  Jamestown  for  more 
than  half  a  century,  and  to  his  discretion,  fore- 
sight and  superior  ability  is  due  the  splendid 
success  that  crowned  His  efforts.  In  addition 
to  his  business  interests  his  energies  were 
devoted  to  the  furtherance  of  many  enter- 
prises which  had  for  their  object  the  uplift- 
ing of  man  and  the  promulgation  of  higher 
standards  among  humanity.  Honorable  in 
business,  loyal  in  citizenship,  charitable  in 
thought,  kindly  in  action,  true  to  every  trust 
confided  to  his  care,  his  life  was  the  highest 
type  of  christian  manhood. 

William  Broadhead  was  born  in  Thonxton, 
Yorkshire,  England,  February  17,  1819.  He 
served  an  apprenticeship  at  the  trade  of 
weaver  in  his  native  county,  and  later  worked 
with  his  father  in  the  village  smithy  until  he 
decided  to  emigrate  to  the  United  States,  be- 
lieving that  the  prospects  for  advancement 
were  better  there  than  in  his  native  land. 
Accordingly  in  January,  1843,  he  set  sail,  set- 
tling first  in  Busti,  New  York,  where  his 
uncle,  Rev.  John  Broadhead,  was  residing. 
Seeing  that  Jamestown  offered  a  much  more 
favorable  opening  for  a  good  mechanic,  he 
sought  employment  there  and  found  it  in  the 
shop  of  SafFord  Eddy,  but  being  too  ambitious 
to  remain  long  a  day  laborer,  he  was  ever  on 
the  lookout  for  something  more  profitable, 
and  soon  formed  a  partnership  with  Adam  B. 
Cobb.  The  firm  of  Cobb  &  Broadhead,  scythe 
snath  manufacturers,  continued  nine  years, 
when  it  was  dissolved,  Mr.  Cobb  continuing 
to  make  snaths  and  grain  cradles,  and  Mr. 
Broadhead  purchasing  an  axe  factory,  where 
he  manufactured  axes  and  forks. 

Later  Mr.  Broadhead  engaged  in  another 
field  of  labor,  opening  a  clothing  store,  taking 
his  eldest  son,  Sheldon  B.  Broadhead,  into 
partnership  with  him,  and  subsequently  he 
gave  his  younger  son,  Almet  N.  Broadhead, 
an  interest,  under  the  firm  name  of  William 
Broadhead  &  Sons.  Their  business  increased 
rapidly  until  they  soon  had  the  largest  mer- 
chant tailoring  establishment  in  the  county, 
drawing  patronage  from  Dunkirk,  Warren, 
Salamanca,  and  other  nearby  towns. 

In  1872,  Mr.  Broadhead,  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  eldest  daughter,  visited  his  na- 
tive place  and  found  the  little  village  de- 
veloped into  thriving  manufacturing  town. 
His  early  interest  in  weaving  was  rekindled 
by  the  signs  of  prosperity  and  success  due  to 
these  mills,   and  he  returned  to  Jamestown, 


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New  York,  thoroughly  impressed  with  the 
feasibility  of  establishing  a  mill  for  the  manu- 
facture of  dress  goods,  and  to  him  in  a  large 
measure  is  due  the  fact  that  Jamestown  is  to- 
day a  progressive  and  prosperous  manufac- 
turing city.  Although  past  his  fiftieth  year 
he  entered  into  this  project  with  all  the  energy 
of  youth,  united  his  own  capital  with  that  of 
others  and  the  result  was  that  within  two  years 
there  were  two  worsted  mills  in  Jamestown, 
instead  of  the  one  first  planned,  both  of  which 
have  made  Jamestown  goods  famous  through 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  There 
are  many  living  at  the  present  time  who  will 
recall  the  discouragement  under  which  he 
labored  and  the  predictions  of  disaster  which 
were  freely  made  by  pessimists.  The  first  mill 
was  operated  under  the  style  of  Hall,  Broad- 
head  &  Turner.  This  mill,  devoted  to  the 
manufacture  of  alpaca,  was  owned  by  them 
for  eighteen  months,  at  the  expiration  of 
which  time  Mr.  Broadhead  retired.  Shortly 
afterward  he  built  a  mill  for  the  manufacture 
of  similar  cloth,  having  for  partners  his  two 
sons,  and  for  a  time  their  attention  was  given 
to  the  manufacture  of  ladies'  dress  goods,  their 
salesmen  traversing  nearly  every  state  in  the 
Union.  He  also  built  the  Meadowbrook 
worsted  mills  at  Falconer,  which  was  con- 
ducted in  connection  with  the  Broadhead  mills 
in  Jamestown. 

As  Mr.  Broadhead  foresaw,  these  mills  con- 
tributed immeasurably  to  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  the  city,  and  considerable  of  the 
rapid  increase  in  population  is  due  to  their 
continued  demands  for  skilled  workmen. 
Though  controlled  by  different  owners  most 
of  the  worsted  mills  of  Jamestown,  with  all 
their  wealth  and  importance,  owe  their  origin 
to  Mr.  Broadhead.  He  outlived  most  of  the 
men  who  had  been  associated  with  him  in  es- 
tablishing the  textile  industry  in  Jamestown, 
and  he  was  justly  proud  of  this  great  busi- 
ness development  achieved  in  less  than  forty 
years,  and  his  name  is  known  far  and  wide  as 
synonymous  with  business  enterprise  and  in- 
tegrity. Later  the  Broadheads,  father  and 
sons,  engaged  in  extensive  street  railway  en- 
terprises, being  the  leading  promoters  of  the 
Jamestown  Street  railway  which  his  son,  Al-  . 
met  N.  Broadhead,  later  controlled.  They 
built  business  blocks,  established  the  Rose 
Gardens,  and  in  every  way  manifested  their 
interest  in  the  home  town,  Mr.  Broadhead 
having  been  a  director  and  vice-president  of 


the  First  National  Bank  of  Jamestown.  Mr. 
Broadhead's  large  manufacturing  interests 
naturally  made  him  a  believer  in  a  protective 
tariff  and  consequently  he  was  always  an  ar- 
dent Republican,  although  he  never  sought 
nor  held  public  office. 

The  father  and  sons  were  a  unit  in  purpose 
and  business.  Their  success  has  been  a  con- 
stant commentary  upon  their  good  manage- 
ment and  the  good  will  that  pervaded  their 
establishment.  Fairly  well  educated  for  busi- 
ness life,  these  sons  were  successes  from  the 
start,  interested  in  each  other's  welfare  and 
both  feeling  it  a  duty  to  guard  well  their 
father's  interests,  they  were  bound  by  the 
strongest  earthly  ties  and  are  exemplifying 
in  conduct  what  they  proposed  in  words. 

In  his  native  town,  Mr.  Broadhead  belonged 
to  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church  and  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  On  set- 
tling in  Jamestown  he  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  as  the  nearest  like  the  Wes- 
leyan. During  the  exciting  period  before  the 
civil  war,  when  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  took  a  stand  in  favor  of  slavery,  a 
number  of  staunch  Abolitionists,  among  them 
Mr.  Broadhead,  left  the  church  and  formed 
a  Wesleyan  Society.  When  after  some  years, 
the  church  building  having  been  destroyed  by 
fire,  the  organization  was  given  up,  Mr.  Broad- 
head became  a  member  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church,  where  he  was  an  active 
member  up  to  the  time  of  his  decease,  con- 
tributing liberally  to  its  support. 

On  October  27,  1887,  a  banquet  was  given 
by  the*  employees  of  the  Broadhead  Worsted 
Mills,  in  the  Sherman  House,  welcoming  Mr. 
Broadhead  home  from  England  and  the  con- 
tinent. At  the  head  of  the  table  were  seated 
Mr.  Broadhead,  President  Edward  Appleyard 
and  the  invited  guests  of  the  evening.  At 
each  plate  was  a  buttonhole  bouquet,  a  toast 
card  and  a  very  handsome  souvenir  menu  card, 
the  covers  of  which  showed  in  lithograph  a 
portrait  of  Mr.  Broadhead  with  suitable  in- 
scription and  on  the  reverse  a  picture  of  the 
mammoth  worsted  mills  of  William  Broad- 
head &  Sons.  The  greeting  to  Mr.  Broadhead 
was  delivered  by  President  Appleyard,  who 
then  presented,  on  behalf  of  the  employees, 
a  very  handsomely  engrossed  copy  of  the  ad- 
dress, in  a  rich  frame  of  oak;  the  designing 
and  pen  work  of  which  was  done  by  Richard 
E.  Toothill,  the  designer  in  the  mills.  Mr. 
Broadhead  responded  to  the  greeting.     The 


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NEW   YORK. 


toast  was  delivered  by  Dr.  G.  W.  Hazeltine; 
it  was  "Our  Honored  Guest."  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  toast  to  "Our  City"  by  Mayor 
Oscar  F.  Price;  a  toast,  "Jamestown's  Pio- 
neer Citizen,"  by  C.  R.  Lockwood;  a  toast, 
"The  Bar,"  by  Judge  Richard  P.  Marvin,  and 
a  toast,  "The  Board  of  Trade,"  by  Orsino  E. 
Jones;  a  toast,  "Our  Local  Industries,"  by 
Hon.  Jerome  Preston;  a  toast,  "Our  Coun- 
try,*' by  Jerome  B.  Fisher,  and  Frederick 
Hyde  spoke  for  "The  Press." 

On  February  15,  1900,  Mr.  Broadhead  was 
signally  honored  by  his  fellow  citizens  at  a 
great  banquet  given  in  the  Sherman  House 
in  honor  of  his  eighty-first  birthday,  which 
was  to  come  two  days  later.  The  most  promi- 
nent men  of  Jamestown  sat  down  at  the  ban- 
quet tables  and  noted  men  came  from  other 
places  to  honor  the  Jamestown  manufacturer 
and  city  builder.  The  banquet  was  one  of 
the  notable  events  in  the  city's  histor}%  and 
Mr.  Broadhead's  worth  as  the  developer  of 
great  enterprises  that  had  exerted  powerful 
influences  in  the  growth  of  the  city  were  re- 
ferred to  by  brilliant   speakers. 

Mr.  Broadhead  married,  October  29.  1845, 
Lucy  Cobb,  born  March  11,  1825,  at  Schroon, 
Essex  county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Adam 
B.  and  Thetis  (Bishop)  Cobb.  Children:  i. 
Sheldon  Brady,  who  married,  in  1870,  Mary 
Woodworth.  2.  Herwood,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  seven  years.  3.  Almet  Norval,  who 
married,  in  1886,  Margaret  Allen  Bradshaw. 
4.  Mary  T.,  who  married,  in  1878,  Adna  H. 
Reynolds  Jr.,  and  died  in  February,  1894.  5. 
Stella  Florine.  6.  Mertie  M.  Mrs.*  Broad- 
head, while  interested  in  every  project  that 
was  worthy,  and  for  the  best  interests  of  all. 
was  quiet  and  retiring,  and  her  church,  the 
First  Congregational,  with  which  she  united 
many  years  ago,  its  various  societies,  and  the 
Jamestown  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  were  the  only  organizations 
with  which  she  was  identified  at  the  time  of 
her  death,  which  occurred  January  17,  1908. 
She  was  charitable  but  most  unostentatious 
in  her  charities,  and  few  outside  of  those  to 
be  benefited  knew  of  the  extent  of  her  gifts. 
She  was  a  woman  of  gentle  ways,  of  kindli- 
ness, of  sweet  disposition,  but  of  great 
strength  of  character,  and  her  influence  and 
example  will  be  long  remembered  and  cher- 
ished. 

Mr.  Broadhead  passed  away  May  21.  1910, 
aged    ninety-one   years,    three    months,    four 


days.  To  few  men  are  given  the  years  of 
health  and  activity  that  were  allotted  to  him, 
and  fewer  still  have  made  better  use  of  those 
years.  Although  he  had  long  since  passed  the 
scriptural  span  of  life,  almost  to  the  end  he 
maintained  his  mental  and  physical  vigor  in 
a  marked  degree.  The  news  of  Mr.  Broad- 
head's  death  was  received  throughout  the  city 
with  genuine  sorrow,  for  all  who  knew  him 
respected  him  for  his  sterling  qualities  and 
splendid  character. 

The  funeral  services  were  held  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  Rev.  Dr.  Charles  H. 
Small,  pastor  of  the  church,  assisted  by  Rev. 
Eliot  C.  Hall,  officiating.  Rev.  Dr.  Small 
spoke  as  follows : 

From  abundant  labors  through  an  unusually  long 
life,  William  Broadhead  has  gone  to  his  rest  and  to 
his  eternal  reward,  and  his  works  do  follow  him. 
They  need  not  be  recounted  here,  they  are  known 
and  read  of  all  men,  but  we  do  well  to  honor  his 
memory.  He  came  from  a  land  where  kings  arc 
born,  and  in  this  land  of  freedom  and  opportunity  he 
made  himself  a  king  among  men  and  he  is  crowned 
with  glory  and  honor. 

There  were  three  interests  dear  to  his  heart.  His 
home  and  all  who  helped  to  make  it  home  were  ex- 
ceeding dear  to  him.  His  love  for  them  and  his  in- 
terest in  them  was  strong  and  beautiful.  The  com- 
panion who  shared  his  life  for  more  than  sixty  years 
and  who  was  recently  taken  from  him  still  seemed 
to  be  near  and  waiting  for  him  on  the  other  side. 
It  was  an  inspiring  faith  with  which  he  looked  for- 
ward to  being  with  her  again  and  forever.  While 
he  clung  to  those  who  gave  him  such  splendid  and 
such  devoted  care  and  attention,  he  was  ready  and 
eager  to  go  to  the  home  over  there. 

"But  with  his  God  to  guide  his  way, 
Twas  equal  joy  to  go  or  stay." 

At  last  he  saw  the  beckoning  hand  and  said  with 
the  aged  servant  of  old,  "Now  lettest  thy  servant 
depart  in  peace." 

His  business  was  dear  to  Mr.  Broadhead.  He  be- 
lieved that  a  man  is  put  into  this  world  to  do  his 
part  with  energy,  with  faithfulness,  and  cheerfully. 
He  has  left  to  young  men  a  noble  example:  that  it 
is  good  and  honorable  and  desirable  to  work,  to  do 
things  worthily  and  eagerly.  He  has  wrought  the 
energy  of  his  life  into  this  community  and  it  will 
abide;  he  has  left  it  richer  for  his  having  labored, 
richer  because  of  what  he  has  accomplished,  richer 
because  of  what  he  has  inspired.  With  a  noble  man- 
hood, strong  principles,  integrity  of  purpose  and  a 
fidelity  to  duty  he  has  left  a  lasting  contribution  and 
an  abiding  influence. 

His  church  was  dear  to  Mr.  Broadhead.  He  was 
faithful  in  his  attendance,  liberal  in  his  support  and 
he  participated  eagerly  in  its  devotions.  We  who 
were  permitted  to  hear  his  words  at  the  prayer  serv- 
ice will  not  soon  forget  the  simple  but  earnest  and 
heartful  utterances,  and  his  prayer  to  the  dear  Sav- 
iour, whom  he  loved  and  served  and  trusted,  will 
linger  in  our  memories. 


NEW    YORK. 


885 


We  shall  miss  him  in  the  church  family  where  he 
entered  so  fully  into  the  life  and  every  interest.  His 
sweet,  earnest,  friendly  Christian  spirit  ^'i\\  be  a 
blessed  memory. 

He  will  be  missed  from  the  places  where  business 
is  done,  where  for  so  long  he  was  a  potent  factor 
and  an  inspiring  figure. 

But  he  will  be  missed  the  sorest  by  those  who 
knew  him  best  and  loved  him  most  and  feel  his  loss 
the  keenest,  the  family  and  kindred  to  whom  his 
memory  will  be  a  blessed  heritage,  to  whom  we  give 
our  heartfelt  sympathy,  and  with  whom  we  mingle 
our  tears  of  sorrow;  and  we  commend  them  to  the 
God  of  all  comfort,  their  father's  God. 

Mr.  Broadhead's  faith  was  simple  and  genuine,  his 
Saviour  was  real  to  him,  and  we  are  sure  that 

"He  saw  his  Pilot  face  to  face 
When  he  had  crossed  the  bar." 

"Beautiful  toiler,  thy  work  well  done; 

Beautiful  soul,  into  glory  gone; 
Beautiful  life,  with  thy  crown  full  won; 
God  giveth  thee  peace." 

(The  Cobb  Line). 

(II)  Matthias  Cobb,  who  is  supposed  to  be 
son  of  Benjamin  Cobb,  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
William  Broadhead,  was  a  native  of  Connecti- 
cut, but  early  in  manhood  emigrated  to  Essex 
county,  New  York,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing until  his  death.  During  the  revolution, 
like  Putnam,  he  left  his  plow,  and  with  mus- 
ket on  his  shoulder,  remained  in  the  colonial 
service  until  the  contest  was  decided,  and 
again,  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  second  war 
with  England,  he  went  to  the  front.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Brady  and  they  reared  a  large 
family,  among  whom  was  Adam  B.,  see  for- 
ward. 

(III)  Adam  B.,  son  of  Matthias  Cobb,  and 
father  of  Mrs.  William  Broadhead,  was  born 
in  Essex  county,  New  York,  in  1801,  died  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  in  1883.  At  the  age 
of  thirty-two  years,  accompanied  by  his  fam- 
ily, he  removed  to  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  He  was  a  Whig,  afterwards  a  Re- 
publican. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  his  son,  William  J.  Cobb,  in  the 
manufacturing  business,  but  several  years 
prior  to  his  death  disposed  of  the  business. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church,  in  which  faith  he  died.  He  married, 
in  1822,  Thetis  Bishop,  born  March  4,  1800, 
daughter  of  Elijah  Bishop,  born  in  New  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  in  1760.  During  his  early 
life  he  emigrated  to  Vermont,  and  later  re- 
moved to  New  York,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred. He  was  a  man  of  considerable  in- 
genuity, which  he  employed  to  good  advan- 


tage. During  the  war  of  181 2  he  served  as 
major  with  distinction.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  having  been  Tabitha  Dorcas  Holconib, 
who  bore  him  eight  children,  among  them  be- 
ing Thetis,  aforementioned.  Children  of 
Adam  B.  and  Thetis  Cobb:  William  J.,  Xor- 
val  B.,  who  served  on  the  Union  side  during 
the  rebellion ;  Sheldon  B. ;  Lucy,  aforemen- 
tioned as  the  wife  of  William  Broadhead; 
Thornton  A. 


William    Churchill,    immi- 
CHURCHILL    grant     ancestor,     is     first 

mentioned  in  the  year  1672, 
when  he  married.  It  is  thought  he  was  son  of 
Joseph  Churchill,  of  London,  though  no  re- 
lationship has  been  found.  He  may  have 
been  a  soldier  in  England.  When  Will- 
iam of  Orange  was  placed  on  the  throne, 
the  provinces  repudiated  the  officers  of  King 
James  II.,  and  organized  a' self-government. 
Jacob  Leisler,  a  (German  by  birth,  had  been 
appointed  by  King  James,  and  he  was  chosen 
to  become  the  leader  of  the  party  until  the 
new  king  should  appoint  officers.  William 
Churchill  was  appointed  lieutenant  and  Joost 
Stoll,  ensign.  Lieutenant  Churchill  became  a 
chief  military  officer  until  Lieutenant-Gover- 
nor Leisler,  through  enemies,  was  seized,  con- 
demned and  executed  without  authority  from 
the  new  king,  after  the  new  royal  governor 
was  sent  over,  although  he  had  served  him 
faithfully.  Churchill,  though  he  was  impris- 
oned, escaped  the  fate  of  his  superior  officer, 
and  was  released.  When  he  was  tried,  the 
judge  who  tried  him  said  he  was  "apparently 
illiterate/'  but  despite  lack  of  education,  he 
was  a  strong,  honest  and  fearless  man.  In 
1696  he  was  summoned  before  the  court  be- 
cause he  refused  to  appear  before  at  muster 
in  arms  on  a  training  day ;  he  was  enrolled  as 
a  "Sentinell,"  or  private,  in  Captain  Tudor's 
company;  he  was  "commanded  by  the  Lieut- 
Coll,  in  his  own  person,'*  and  replied  to  him  in 
"insolent  language."  Churchill  said  that  he 
had  a  commission  for  a  lieutenant  under  Leis- 
ler, and  "did  then  say  that  he  would  not  ap- 
pear in  arms  in  any  inferior  station,"  that  be- 
ing sufficient  to  discharge  him.  For  contempt 
of  court  he  was  fined  ten  pounds  or  six 
months'  imprisonment.  In  1698  he  was  admit- 
ted freeman  at  New  York.  He  was  a  brick- 
laver.  The  lot  on  which  he  lived  is  said  to 
have  been  on  Wall  street,  and  in  1676  he  re- 


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ceivecl  eighty  acres  on  the  northwest  side  of 
Staten  Island,  with  six  acres  of  salt  meadow, 
and  four  acres  of  fresh  meadow  in  the  cove. 
It  is  thought  that  he  moved  to  Jamaica,  Long 
Island,  about  1690,  but  no  authority  has  been 
found.  His  will  was  dated  September  19, 
1702,  bequeathing  most  of  his  property  to  his 
wife  Susannah,  but  for  some  reason  the  will 
was  declared  invalid  and  the  property  went  to 
his  elder  son,  Charles,  mariner.  On  Septem- 
ber 25,  1714,  Charles  deeded  the  property  over 
to  his  mother. 

He  married,  at  Manhattan,  after  March  10, 
1672,  Susannah  Baryster  or  Brasyer.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Manhattan, .  now  New  York 
City:  Anne,  born  September,  1673;  Charles, 
May,  1675;  Richard,  March,  1676;  Robert, 
mentioned  below;  Edward,  1679. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  William  Churchill,  was 
bom  in  Manhattan,  and  settled  at  or  near 
Fairfield,  Connecticut.  His  will  was  dated 
November  3,  1733,  bequeathing  his  property 
to  his  children.  He  married,  about  1693-94, 
Sarah .  Children,  born  at  or  near  Fair- 
field: Abigail,  baptized  February  17,  1695; 
Sarah,  baptized  February  17,  1695;  Elinor, 
baptized  October  20,  1695;  Nehemiah,  bap- 
tized March  21,  1698;  Edward,  mentioned  be- 
low; Robert;  Patience. 

(III)  Edward,  son  of  Robert  Churchill, 
was  born  about  17 18,  and  lived  in  Greenwich, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  in  Walesburg,  New 
Haven  county,  Connecticut,  1741,  Esther, 
daughter  of  Abijah  and  Abigail  Hull.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Greenwich:  James,  December 
25,  1742,  died  in  infancy;  John,  June  3,  1744; 
Esther,  May  11,  1746;  Edward,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah,  1750. 

(IV)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward  (i) 
Churchill,  was  born  in  Greenwich,  Connecti- 
cut, September  4,  1748.  He  lived  in  West 
Haven,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  early 
manhood,  leaving  two  children.  He  was  a 
cooper  by  trade.  Children:  Edward,  men- 
tioned below;  Abigail-,  born  February  5,  1774. 

(V)  Edward  (3),  son  of  Edward  (2) 
Churchill,  was  born  at  Hartford,  or  West  Ha- 
ven, Connecticut,  about  1773.  His  son  John 
wrote  about  him :  "My  father's  parents  died 
when  he  was  an  infant ;  he  had  one  sister,  by 
the  name  of  Abigail.  He  was  bound  out  to  a 
Mr.  Buckingham,  and  suffered  many  hard- 
ships in  his  early  days.  In  1830  he  removed 
to  Boston,  Erie  county,  New  York,  and  there 
died  aged  about  one  hundred  years.    He  was 


a  very  temperate  man,  honest  and  upright  in 
his  dealings,  a  Baptist  in  his  religious  faith. 
He  livai  to  see  five  generations  of  his  de- 
scendants. My  mother  died  fifty-eight  years 
ago  (1826),  and  my  father  married  her  sis- 
ter Martha."  His  grandson,  Byron  A. 
Churchill,  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  gives  the 
date  of  his  birth  as  1767  and  death  as  1867, 
and  first  wife's  death  as  18 19.  He  says  his 
grandfather  was  a  shoemaker  and  farmer,  of 
very  small  stature,  never  weighing  more  than 
one  hundred  and  thirty  pounds;  he  says  that 
he  was  very  energetic  all  his  life ;  one  example 
was  that  he  one  day,  when  he  was  ninety-two 
years  of  age,  rode  a  horse  without  a  saddle, 
forty-five  miles.  He  had  a  property  amount- 
ing to  nearly  $20,000. 

He  married  (first),  in  Litchfield,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1797,  Margery  Morse,  who  died  before 
1826;  married  (second)  Martha  Morse,  who 
died  in  1865.  Children  by  first  wife:  Sarah, 
born  September  17,  1799;  Martha,  December 
I,  1800;  Abigail,  October  20,  1802;  Edward, 
February  25,  1805 ;  Levi  Morse,  July  10,  1807 ; 
Laura,  December  20,  1808;  Achsie  Maria, 
April  29,  181 1 ;  John,  mentioned  below;  Ste- 
phen, April  30,  1816;  Luman  B.,  March  3, 
1819;  Margery,  June  5,  1821,  died  in  infancy. 
Child  by  second  wife:  Olive,  married  Reu- 
ben Dye. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Edward  (3)  Churchill, 
was  born  in  Bangall,  New  York,  December 
14,  1813.  He  was  living  in  Spring^ille,  Erie 
county,  New  York,  October  i,  1884,  and  wrote 
a  letter  and  filled  out  a  blank  concerning  his 
father's  and  his  own  families.  He  died  re- 
cently nearly  a  hundred  years  old.  He  was  a 
Republican,  town  clerk,  and  held  other  offices 
of  trust.  He  was  a  prominent  and  influential 
citizen.  In  religion  he  was  a  Baptist,  a  dea- 
con of  the  church  and  lay-preacher.  He  mar- 
ried Laura  Wellington,  who  died  May  26, 
1884.  Children:  John  Ozro,  born  October  i, 
1837 ;  George  Morse,  mentioned  below ;  Laura 
Martha,  October  28,  1842 ;  Lovina  Maria,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1844,  died  March  28,  1846;  Edward, 
May  14,  1848,  died  March  19,  1850;  Gerard, 
July  25,  1851,  died  October  22,  1865;  Geral- 
dine,  February  24,  1854. 

(VII)  George  Morse,  son  of  John  Church- 
ill, was  bom  at  Springville,  New  York,  April 
I,  1840,  died  October  2,  1890.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  was  a  mer- 
chant and  farmer  in  Boston,  Erie  county,  New 
York,  afterward  removing  to  La  Crosse,  Wis- 


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consin,  where  he  was  with  the  firm  of  Monta- 
gue &  Company  in  the  marble  business.  He 
lived  in  the  west  most  of  his  life.  He  married 
Frances  Morris,  born  February  12,  1841,  died 
Octobef  2,  1900,  daughter  of  Edward  Morris, 
of  Boston,  Erie  county,  New  York,  a  farmer. 
Children :  DeForest,  mentioned  below ;  Osce- 
ola, February  9,  1864,  married,  June  3,  1884, 
John  J.  Stambach,  of  Buffalo,  New  York; 
Clement  George,  August  20,  1874;  Llewellyn 
L.,  April  25,  1871,  died  in  infancy.  His 
widow  married  (second)  Henry  L.  Griffith, 
and  is  living  at  Boston,  New  York  (1911). 

(VIII)  DeForest,  son  of  George  Morse 
Churchill,  was  born  at  Boston,  Erie  county, 
New  York,  September  27,  1861.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  the  high  school  at  La 
Crosse,  Wisconsin,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  a  teacher's  certificate.  He  also  took 
a  course  in  Lambert's  Business  College  of  that 
city.  He  came  to  Buffalo  about  1879,  and 
was  employed  by  the  firm  of  Fortier,  Sand- 
rock  &  Bailey,  general  insurance  agents,  and 
remained  with  them  nine  years,  leaving  to  go 
in  business  for  himself.  He  later  consolidated 
with  the  firm  of  Williams  &  Mitchel,  as  a 
special  interest  partner,  leaving  them  in  1898 
to  incorporate  the  Buffalo  Fire  Office,  Inc.,  D. 
F.  Churchill,  manager,  the  company  taking 
over  the  business  of  the  Fayette  A.  Cook 
agency.  This  company  is  organized  under 
the  laws  of  the  state  of  New  York  and  has 
been  successful  since  its  organization.  His 
agency  is  one  of  the  largest  m  the  city.  He 
has  been  director  in  various  other  corpora- 
tions from  time  to  time.  In  politics  he  is  an 
independent  Democrat.  He  is  a  communicant 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which 
he  was  treasurer  for  many  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  Crescent  Lodge,  No.  551,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  the  Knights 
of  the  Maccabees;  Chamber  of  Commerce; 
the  Automobile,  Eagle  and  Turnverein  clubs. 

He  married,  September  25,  1884,  at  Buffalo, 
Jennie  M.  Moxham,  bom  December  12,  1861, 
daughter  of  James  Moxham.  Children:  i. 
Florence  Ethel,  born  July  21,  1885,  died  July 
25,  1887.  2.  Clinton  Harrington,  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  Clinton  Harrington,  son  of  DeForest 
Churchill,  was  born  August  10,  1888.  He 
graduated  from  public  school  No.  8,  and  Mas- 
ten  Park  high  school,  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 
He  is  now  engaged  with  his  father  in  the 
insurance  business  in   Buffalo.     He  married 


January  i,  1907,  Sarah  Dennison,  of  Buffalo. 


The   surname   Holdredge 
HOLDREDGE    is  identical  with  Oldredge, 

Holdred,  dldred  and 
Holdridge.  It  is  spelled  in  various  ways. 
Originally,  it  is  likely  that  it  was  the  same  as 
Aldridge,  Aldredge,  Aldred,  Eldred,  Eldredge, 
Aldrich,  variations  of  the  same  original  sur-  • 
name. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  name  of  Holdredge  in 
this  country  was  William  Holdredge,  of  Hav- 
erhill, Massachusetts.  He  was  a  tanner  by 
trade,  and  came  from  St.  Alphage,  Cripple- 
gate,  London,  England,  in  the  ship  "Eliza- 
beth," in  1635,  giving  his  age  at  that  time 
as  twenty-five.  He  was  for  a  time  at  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  afterward  at  Haverhill. 
Children  of  William  and  Isabella  Holdredge: 
Sarah,  born  1640,  died  young;  Mary,  April 
22,  1641,  died  young;  Rebecca,  June  20,  1643. 
William,  March  15,  1647;  Sarah,  December 
26,  1650;  Mehitable,  April  14,  1652;  Abigail, 
November  12,  1654^  died  young;  Mary,  De- 
cember 24,  1656;  Samuel,  November  6,  1659. 

(II)  John,  son  or  nephew  of  William  Hold- 
redge, settled  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.    He 

married  Elizabeth r.    Children,  bom  at 

Roxbury:  Sarah,  November  15,  1665;  John, 
February  25,  1668;  Thomas,  May  23,  1670; 
Elizabeth,  February  14,  1672;  Mary,  baptized 
November  22,  1674 ;  Samuel,  bom  March  12, 
1676,  died  young;  Samuel,  June  8,  1679; 
Mercy,  May  16,  1684. 

(III)  The  third  generation  of  the  family 
went  from  Roxbury  to  Windham  and  New 
London  counties,  Connecticut.  Windham 
county  was  settled  first  by  Roxbury  men. 
The  records  of  Roxbury  are  fragmentary  and 
those  of  Connecticut  not  available  for  tracing 
the  generations  in  detail.  New  London  county 
has  been  the  seat  of  the  family  since  about 
1700.  The  census  of  Connecticut,  taken  in 
1790,  does  not  separate  the  towns  in  New 
London  county,  but  it  gives  eight  families 
there  at  that  time,  Nathaniel,  Benajah,  Phin- 
eas,  Rufus,  Samuel,  Samuel  Jr.,  and  two 
Williams.  One  other  family  is  given  in  Con- 
necticut, Hezekiah's  of  Washington,  Litchfield 
county.  But  in  1790  many  had  moved  west- 
ward to  New  York  state,  and  in  1790  Abra- 
ham, Amon,  Arnold,  Felix,  Gershom,  Heze- 
kiah,  Israel,  John,  Richard,  Richard  Jr.  and 
Thomas  had  families  in  New  York,  largely  in 
Columbia  and  Albany  counties.     Some  were 


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at  Hillsdale,  some  at  Canaan,  New  York.  In 
Massachusetts  we  find  Dudley  Holdredge  at 
New  Ashford,  Berkshire  county,  with  five 
females  in  his  family,  and  John  Holdrich,  also 
in  Massachusetts.  In  the  revolution,  Amasa, 
Benajah,  Dudley,  Ephraim,  Hezekiah,  John, 
Robert,  Rufus  and  William  were  soldiers  from 
Connecticut.  Dudley,  John  and  William,  as 
we  have  seen  went  from  New  London  county 
to  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  after  the 
revolution.  William  Holdredge  was  a  soldier 
from  October  i8  to  December  lo,  1775,  in 
Captain  John  Tyler's  company,  of  Preston, 
Connecticut;  also  a  drum  major  in  Colonel 
Henry  Sherburne^s  regiment,  1777-80,  and 
drummer  in  Captain  John  Williams's  company 
in  1779,  in  the  same  regiment.  William  was 
afterward  drum  major  in  a  Massachusetts 
regiment  (vol.  VIII).  Dudley  Holdredge  was 
a  lieutenant  in  a  Berkshire  county  regiment, 
and  John  was  in  the  revolution  from  Loudon 
and  Spencertown,  Massachusetts.  Benajah 
Holdredge  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Or- 
ton  Heights.  Abraham,  Amasa,  Amesiah, 
John  and  Richard  served  in  New  York  regi- 
ments. 

(IV)  Darius  Holdredge,  of  the  New  Lon- 
don county  family  mentioned  above,  was  born 
in  Connecticut  in  1801,  died  in  1865  at  Mid- 
dleport,  New  York.  He  came  from  Connecti- 
cut with  his  family  in  18 10  and  settled  at 
Bethany,  New  York,  afterward  locating  at 
Middleport  in  that  state.     He  bought  a  hun- 

'  dred  acres  of  Holland  purchase  land  and 
cleared  a  farm.  In  Middleport  he  followed 
the  cooper's  trade  in  winter  and  farming  in 
thfe  summer  months.  He  married  Rebecca 
Bishop.  Children:  i.  William  Orlando,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Sarah  Ann,  born  in  182 1 ; 
married  Stephen  Fuller,  and  had  three  chil- 
dren. 3.  Emeline,  married  George  Slocum, 
of  Michigan,  and  had  four  children.  4.  Ed- 
win, born  in  1825 ;  married  and  had  two  chil- 
dren.   5.  George,  born  in  1827. 

(V)  William  Orlando,  son  of  Darius  Hold- 
redge, was  born  in  1819  at  Bethany,  New 
York.  He  there  attended  the  public  schools, 
and  during  his  youth  worked  on  his  father's 
farm.  In  1853  he  bought  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  in  the  town  of  Shelby 
and  resided  there  until  after  1870.  He  then 
removed  to  Medina,  New  York,  but  con- 
tinued to  carry  on  his  farm.  At  the  age  of 
ninety-two  he  is  residing  with  his  daughters 
in  Middleport.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 


tian church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat  and 
he  has  voted  for  every  Democratic  candidate 
for  president  since  Polk. 

He  married,  November  5,  1845,  R-  J^^^ 
Fuller.  Children:  i.  Celestia,  born  March  10, 
1847.  2.  Daniel  D.,  mentioned  below.  3. 
George  E.,  June  3,  1853  *  "^w  living  in  Cali- 
fornia. 4.  Hattie  I.,  August  23,  1855,  died 
July  4,  1890;  married  Henry  Chubbuck.  5. 
Helen  A.,  June  15,  1857,  died  January  10, 
1883;  married  Charles  Colton.  6.  Emily  A., 
July  27,  i860. 

(VI)  Daniel  D.,  son  of  William  Orlando 
Holdredge,  was  born  June  21,  1849,  ^t  Royal- 
ton,  Niagara  county.  New  York.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  at  Royalton  and  the  Starkey 
Seminary,  near  Watkins  Glen,  Yates  county, 
for  two  years.  He  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  during  his  boyhood,  when  not  in  school, 
and  continued  with  his  father  until  1876,  when 
he  located  at  Medina  and  in  partnership  with 
S.  J.  McCormick  engaged  in  the  furniture 
business,  in  which  he  has  continued  to  the 
present  time,  a  period  of  thirty-six  years. 
The  firm  is  now  Holdredge,  Hart  &  Hill.  Mr. 
Holdredge  is  extensively  interested  in  real  es- 
tate also.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  has  been  in  active  mem- 
bership for  thirty-seven  years  and  is  now  on 
the  board  of  trustees  and  was  for  twenty-five 
years  its  treasurer. 

He  married,  June  3,  1880,  Ida  W.,  bom  De- 
cember 27,  1852,  at  Flint,  Michigan,  daughter 
of  James  C.  and  Mary  A.  (Rutherford) 
Decker.  Children:  i.  William  D.,  born  Sep* 
tember  25,  1882,  died  October  22,  1902 ;  mar- 
ried Edna  Easlip,  and  has  one  son,  William  D. 
2.  Helen  D.,  November  18,  1885.  3.  Ruther- 
ford D.,  June  IS,  1892.  4.  Beatrice  V.  D., 
January  23,  1895.  They  have  an  adopted  son, 
WilUam  D.  Holdredge,  born  February  23, 
1903. 


Michael  Quinn,  the  first  member 
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landed  in  New  York  City,  going  on  from 
there  to  Poughkeepsie,  where  he  started  in 
farming ;  he  remained  there  for  a  while,  then 
removed  to  Callicoon,  New  York,  where  he 
opened  a  general  store  and  established  himself 
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termination  and  enterprise  he  prospered  in 
this  undertaking,  and  came  to  be  one  of  the 
foremost  citizens  of  the  place,  highly  esteemed 
by  all  and  prominent  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  made  road  commissioner,  holding  this  im- 
portant post  for  a  number  of  years ;  in  his  re- 
ligious views  he  was  a  strong  Roman  Catho- 
lic. 

While  in  Poughkeepsie,  Mr.  Quinn  met 
his  future  wife,  Mary  Kenelley,  who  was  from 
Waterford  county,  Ireland,  and  a  co-patriot; 
they  were  married  before  his  removal  to  Calli- 
coon,  and  the  following  children  were  born 
to  them:  i.  Mary  A.  2.  Martin  F.,  married 
Mary  E.  Collins.  3.  Rose  A.,  married  Thomas 
McGrath.     4.  Thomas  H.,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Thomas  H.,  son  of  Michael  and  Mary 
(Kenelley)  Quinn,  was  born  in  Callicoon,New 
York,  October  16,  1858.  His  education  was 
acquired  in  the  public  schools.  In  1876  he 
became  interested  in  farming  near  Sullivan, 
New  York,  and  in  1881  engaged  in  the  chemi- 
cal business.  Possessing  the  natural  gifts 
which  have  distinguished  his  family,  his 
shrewdness  and  enterprise  were  abundantly 
rewarded  ^nd  he  proved  singularly  success- 
ful in  whatever  he  undertook  to  perform.  In 
1885  he  was  employed  and  later  became  super- 
intendent for  his  brother,  Martin  F.  Quinn, 
and  F.  S.  Sherman,  in  their  general  store  and 
lumber  business  in  Forest  City,  Susquehanna 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  had  charge  of 
the  business  of  peeling  bark,  running  mills  and 
shipping  sawed  lumber.  In  1888  the  business 
was  removed  to  Cameron  county,  and  here  they 
continued  their  lumber  and  other  enterprises. 
In  1 89 1  Mr.  F.  H.  Quinn  became  a  partner  in 
the  business  and  it  was  removed  to  Quinn- 
wood,  McKean  county,  Pennsylvania,  conduct- 
ing the  same  operations  until  1895.  Upon  the 
subsequent  removal  to  Straight,  Elk  county, 
Pennsylvania,  they  added  the  acid  industry 
to  the  business,  which  they  still  continue.  Mr. 
Quinn  made  his  home  in  Straight  until  Octo- 
ber, 1910,  when  he  removed  to  Olean,  New 
York,  where  he  has  one  of  the  finest  houses 
in  the  city,  located  on  Union  street,  and  he 
and  his  family  are  surrounded  with  all  the 
luxuries  that  money  can  procure.  Mr.  Quinn 
has  shared  the  general  prosperity  of  the  firm 
and  has  acquired  a  considerable  fortune.  He 
is  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church. 
In  politics  he  is  an  ardent  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party,  and  occupied  the  important 


post  of  road  superintendent  in  Straight.     He 
is  ajnember  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus. 

Mr.  Quinn  married,  December  20,  1887, 
Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Margaret 
(Rodgers)  Moran.  They  came  from  county 
Langford,  Ireland,  in  a  sailing  vessel,  when 
Mary  A.,  who  was  born  November  9,  1859, 
was  only  three  years  old;  she  was  the  only 
child.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Quinn  have  three  chil- 
dren: Margaret  L.,  born  in  November,  1889; 
Raymond  M.,  born  in  July,  1892 ;  Rose,  born 
in  April,  1898. 

This  Williams  family  origi- 
WILLIAMS     nated  in  Wales.     The  coat- 

of-arms  is  described:  A 
white  lion  rampant  on  a  shield  sable.  Crest: 
a  cock.  Motto:  "What  God  Willeth  Will 
Be."  The  side  motto :  "Watches  His  Oppor- 
tunity." 

(I)  Robert  Williams,  the  immigrant,  was 
bom  in  Norwich,  England,  and  married,  be- 
fore coming  to  America,  Elizabeth  Stratton. 
He  landed  at  Boston  with  his  wife  and  two 
children,  Samuel  and  John,  in  1637,  and  be- 
fore the  end  of  the  year  had  joined  the  settle- 
ment at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  he  and 
his  wife  had  become  members  of  the  church 
of  Eliot,  the  Indian  Apostle.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  about  the  same  time.  From 
1647  to  1653  he  was  one  of  the  five  selectmen 
there.  Ellis,  the  town  historian,  calls  him  one 
of  the  most  influential  men  in  town  affairs, 
and  Farmer,  in  his  "General  Register,"  calls 
him  the  common  ancestor  of  the  divines,  civil- 
ians and  warriors  of  the  name,  who  have 
honored  the  country  of  their  birth.  His  will 
is  dated  November  26,  1685,  and  was  proved 
September  29,  1693.  He  died  at  Roxbury, 
September  i,  1693,  aged  one  hundred  years. 
His  wife  died  July  28,  1674,  aged  eighty,  and 
was  buried  in  the  ancient  burial  ground  of 
Roxbury.  Professor  S.  Wells  Williams,  the 
learned  Chinese  scholar,  a  descendant  of  Rob- 
ert, says:  "There  is  an  interesting  tradition 
in  the  Williams  family  about  the  wife  of 
Robert  Williams,  as  follows :  that  when  Rob- 
ert Williams  of  England  desired  to  come  to 
this  country,  his  wife,  of  good  family  and 
delicately  brought  up,  shrunk  from  the  hard- 
ships to  be  encountered.  While  the  subject 
was  under  consideration  she  had  a  dream, 
foreshowing  that  if  she  went  to  America  she 
would  become  the  mother  of  a  long  line  of 
worthy  ministers.     The  dream  so  impressed 


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her  that  she  rose  up  cheerfully  and  prepared 
for  the  journey.  Nine  years  after  she  died, 
those  two  grandsons,  John  and  William,  sons 
of  Samuel  and  Isaac  (Isaac,  the  founder  of 
Williams  College,  descended  from  Eleazer,  the 
son  of  Isaac,  grandson  of  Robert),  came  out 
of  Harvard  College,  and  the  day  of  fulfilment 
began." 

He  is  said  to  have  married  (second)  Mar- 
garet Fearing,  widow  of  John,  November  3, 
1676,  and  (third)  Martha  Strong,  who  died 
December  22,  1704,  aged  ninety-one  years. 
Children:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Stephen, 
born  November  8,  1640;  John,  died  October  6, 
1658;  Samuel. 

(II)  Captain  Isaac  Williams,  son  of  Robert 
Williams,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  September  i, 
1638.  He  settled  in  Newton,  Massachusetts, 
and  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  five  or  six 
years,  and  captain  of  a  troop  of  horse.  His 
will  was  proved  July  27,  1706.  He  married 
(first)  Martha  Park;  (second)  Judith  Cooper. 
Children,  born  at  Newton:  Isaac,  December 
II,  1661;  Martha,  December  27,  1663;  Rev. 
William,  February  2,  1665  5  Jobn,  August  31, 
1667,  settled  in  Connecticut;  Ebenezer,  Octo- 
ber 22,  1669,  settled  in  Stonington,  Connecti- 
cut; Thomas,  October  23,  1673.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Peter,  August  31,  1680;  Sarah, 
October  2,  1683;  and  Ephraim,  October  21, 
1691. 

(III)  Captain  Isaac  (2)  Williams,  son  of 
Captain  Isaac  (i)  Williams,  was  born  at 
Newton,  December  11,  1661,  and  died  in  1739. 

He  married   Elizabeth  and   lived   at 

Roxbury.  She  died  there  June  26,  1699. 
Children:  Isaac,  born  November  i,  1686; 
Jonathan,  November  5,  1687 ;  Mary,  February 
27,  1688 ;  John,  April  30,  1689 ;  William,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1690;  Ebenezer,  June  18,  1691 ; 
Samuel,  February  11,  1692.  Martha,  Septem- 
ber II,  1693;  Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Eliza- 
beth, September  23,  1697. 

(IV)  Daniel, son  of  Captain  Isaac  (2)  Will- 
iams, was  born  in  Roxbury,  October  22,  1695. 
He  settled  at  Canterbury,  Connecticut.  Sev- 
eral of  his  family  and  many  other  Roxbury 
men  located  in  Woodstock  and  other  parts  of 
Windham  county,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
in  1724,  Hannah  Holbrook.  Children:  Daniel, 
mentioned  below;  Isaac,  August  5,  1726;  Ben- 
jamin, January  9,  1730;  P^ebe;  Mary. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Will- 
iams, was  born  August  15,  1725.  He  lived 
at  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  but  for  want  of 


records  the  details  of  his  family  have  not 
been  learned. 

(VI)  Alexander,  son  or  nephew  of  Daniel 
(2)  Williams,  was  bom  about  1750,  at  Can- 
terbury, or  an  adjacent  town.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution  from  Voluntown,  in 
Major  James  Gordon's  company  on  the  Lex- 
ington alarm.  Afterward  in  1775  he  was  in 
Captain  Obadiah  Johnson's  company  from 
Canterbury,  and  in  1776  he  was  in  Captain 
Gallup's  company,  Colonel  Parsons's  regiment. 
In  the  same  company  we  find  Solomon,  Isaac, 
Robert,  David  and  John  Williams,  his  brothers 
or  cousins. 

(VII)  Alexander  (2),  son  of  Alexander 
(i)  Williams,  was  bom  about  1775-80,  in 
Windham  county,  Connecticut.  He  removed 
to  Vermont,  and  settled  in  what  is  known  as 
the  Black  River  Country.  As  the  name  of 
Alexander  Williams  is  not  found  in  the  census 
of  1790  as  a  head  of  a  family  (only  the  heads 
of  families  ar  mentioned  by  name),  we  con- 
clude that  he  was  married  after  that  date,  and 
that  his  father  died  before  that  date.  Early 
in  the  nineteenth  century  he  moved  to  New 
York  state,  and  died  at  Pembroke,  Genesee 
county,  New  York.  He  married  Sally  (Morey 
or  Drake)  at  Clarence  Hollow,  New  York, 
now  called  Williamsville  for  his  family.  His 
widow  died  at  Crescent  City,  Illinois.  Chil- 
dren: Hannah,  born  at  Geneva,  New  York; 
married  Erastus  Sawyer;  children:  Helen, 
Chauncey,  Henry,  Walter,  Lx)uise,  Augusta 
and  Carrie.  2.  Lydia,  married  Alvin  D.  Har- 
roun ;  children :  Eliza,  Alvin  D.  Jr.,  Sylvahus, 
Henry,  Edgar  and  Ellen  Harroun.  3.  John, 
married  Emeline  Allen;  children:  Cytheria, 
Allen  E.  and  Aimer  A.  4.  Alexander,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Sylvanus,  married  Sarah 
Robinson ;  children :  Edward,  Mary  Jane  and 
Charles. 

(VIII)  AJexander  (3),  son  of  Alexander 
(2)  Williams,  was  born  in  Pembroke,  New 
York,  in  181 1,  and  died  August  26,  1853,  ^^ 
the  town  of  Sheridan,  New  York.  He  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  Pembroke,  and  held  the 
office  of  constable  while  living  there.  After- 
ward he  was  in  the  hotel  business  at  Irving, 
on  Cattaugus  creek,  New  York,  and  finally 
became  the  owner  of  the  old  Kensington  Hotel 
at  Sheridan,  New  York,  and  conducted  it  un- 
til about  two  years  before  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried Caroline  Cone,  born  in  18 17,  in  May- 
ville,  New  York,  and  died  in  September,  1858 
(see  Cone).     Children:     i.  Alexander,  men- 


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tioned  below.  2.  John,  died  aged  about  twenty 
years,  of  disease  contracted  in  army  service 
at  Folly  Island,  South  Carolina;  was  sergeant 
of  the  ii2th  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry. 

(IX)  Alexander  (4),  son  of  Alexander  (3) 
Williams,  was  born  February  24,  1839,  at 
Pembroke,  New  York.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  he  went  to  live  with  Aaron  Fisk,  who 
married  a  cousin  of  his  mother,  on  a  farm  in 
Sheridan,  New  York,  and  lived  with  him  for  ' 
three  years,  during  which  he  attended  the 
spring  and  fall  terms  of  the  Fredonia  Acad- 
emy. Afterward  he  became  a  clerk  in  the 
store  of  L.  B.  Grant,  at  Fredonia.  In  1861, 
when  the  civil  war  came,  he  enlisted  as  a  pri- 
vate in  Company  K,  Ninth  Regiment,  New 
York  Cavalry,  September  11,  and  was  mus- 
tered into  service  at  Fredonia,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 2  following.  He  was  promoted  sergeant 
October  4,  1861,  and  became  quartermaster- 
sergeant  December  i,  r86i.  He  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  regimental  non-commissioned 
staff,  February  26,  1863,  as  hospital  steward, 
and  continued  in  this  department  until  he  was 
discharged,  October  i,  1864,  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  enlistment.  Before  his  bat- 
talion was  mounted,  it  was  transferred  to 
Hunt's  Regular  Reserve  Artillery,  and  he  was 
assigned  to  Battery  M,  under  Lieutenant  Sin- 
clair. He  served  in  the  artillery  with  the 
rank  of  brigade  sergeant  major  from  March 
9  to  May  22,  1862,  when  his  battalion  was 
ordered  to  Washington  to  be  mounted.  His 
first  active  service  was  the  siege  of  Yorktown, 
and  later  he  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Will- 
iamsburg, Cedar  Mountain,  Second  Bull  Run, 
Fredericksburg,  Upperville,  Beverly  Ford, 
Brandy  Station,  Gettysburg,  Boonesboro, 
Frederickstown,  Falling  Waters,  Maryland, 
and  in -many  other  minor  engagements.  He 
was  never  wounded  nor  taken  prisoner.  He 
was  sent  to  Judiciary  Square  Hosital  in  No- 
vember, 1863,  ^"d  remained  there  until  mus- 
tered out. 

As  soon  as  he  was  able,  after  coming 
to  the  hospital,  he  was  assigned  to  duty 
in  the  dispensary,  and  during  the  last  few 
months  was  in  charge  of  that  department.  Mr. 
Williams's  regiment  was  the  first  to  enter 
Gettysburg  the  day  before  the  battle,  and  fired 
the  first  shot  of  the  great  fight,  losing  the 
first  man  killed  and  capturing  the  first  prison- 
er. In  the  evening,  when  the  regiment  fell 
back  through  Gettysburg  to  the  new  line,  the 


Confederates  followed  so  close  that  the  Fed- 
erals had  to  dismount  and  drive  them  back. 

After  his  discharge  from  the  army,  Mr. 
Williams  lived  in  Lockport,  for  three  years, 
working  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store.  In 
March,  1868,  he  opened  a  fancy  goods  store 
in  partnership  with  Clinton  H.  Smith,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Williams  &  Smith,  at  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  and  built  up  a  large  retail 
and  wholesale  trade.  In  1874  they  sold  the 
retail  business,  and  it  seemed  advisable  to 
remove  the  business  of  the  firm  to  New  York 
City.  In  1876  their  store  was  burned,  and 
the  firm  thereupon  was  dissolved,  and  Mr. 
Williams  returned  to  Dunkirk  and  engaged 
in  the  retail  dry  goods  trade  there.  In  1882 
he  sold  his  store  and  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  shirts,  with  abundant  success,  em- 
ploying about  one  hundred  hands  and  contin- 
uing until  1904. 

Not  only  in  business,  but  in  public  affairs, 
Mr.  Williams  has  been  prominent  and  distin- 
guished. He  served  several  terms  in  the  com- 
mon council  of  the  city  of  Dunkirk,  from  the 
third  ward,  and  in  1898  he  was  elected  mayor 
for  one  year,  but  owing  to  a  legislative  change 
in  the  city  charter  his  term  was  extended  to 
January  i,  1900.  In  1904  he  was  elected  re- 
ceiver of  taxes  of  Dunkirk,  and  re-elected  in 
1906,  1908  and  1910.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  In  all  of  the  offices  he  has  held  he 
has  performed  his  duties  with  characteristic 
fidelity  and  zeal,  thoroughness  and  upright- 
ness. He  is  a  member  of  Dunkirk  Lodge,  No. 
367,  Free  Masons,  of  Dunkirk,;  Dunkirk 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Dunkirk  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  Masters;  and  Dunkirk 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  served 
three  terms  as  the  head  of  the  council  and 
two  as  commander  of  the  commandery.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Consistory. 
He  belongs  to  W.  O.  Stevens  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  and  was  for  many 
years  and  is  at  present  its  commander.  He 
attends  the  Dunkirk  Presbyterian  Church  and 
is  one  of  its  trustees. 

He  married,  October  15,  1861,  at  Lockport, 
New  York,  Evelina  P.  Baright,  born  at  Lock- 
port,  September  15,  1841,  daughter  of  Allen 
and  Evelina  (Peck)  Baright.  Her  father  was 
born  at  Chatham,  Columbia  county,  New 
York,  May  5,  1810,  and  died  August  17,  1888; 
her  mother  was  a  native  of  Westmoreland, 
Oneida  county,  New  York.  Children  of  Mr. 
and   Mrs.  Williams:      i.   Carrie  E.,  born   at 


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Lockport,  June  30,  1866.  2.  Zella  B.,  born 
at  Dunkirk,  New  York,  September  i,  1873. 
3.  Alexander  Jr.,  born  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
June  22,  1875 ;  married  Elizabeth  D.  Scott,  of 
Dunkirk,  and  had :  Alexander,  born  January 
18,  1899;  Roger  Scott,  January  30,  190 1.  4. 
Evelina  B.,  born  November  3,  1876,  at  Dun- 
kirk, New  York;  married  Owen  F.  Asberry, 
of  Houston,  Texas;  child:  John  Egbert  As- 
berry, born  December  9,  191 1.  5.  John  Eg- 
bert, born  July  21,  1879;  died  April  16,  1880. 

(The  Cone  Line). 

(I)  Daniel  Cone,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  at  Haddam,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Mehitable  Spencer,  of  Hartford,  daughter  of 
Jared  and  Alice  Spencer.  Her  father  settled 
in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1634;  at 
Lynn,  1637;  and  at  Hartford  in  1660;  finally 
at  Haddam  in  1662.  Cone  married  (second) 
Rebecca  Wakeley,  widow  of  Richard,  in  1692. 
He  lived  at  Haddam  until  j68o,  removed  to 
the  east  side  of  the  river  at  Machi-Moodus  in 
1(595,  ^^d  returned  to  Haddam,  where  he  died 
October  24,  1706,  aged  eighty  years.  He 
deeded  land  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  to 
his  son  Caleb.  Children:  Ruth,  born  Janu- 
ary 7,  1662;  Hannah,  April  6,  1664;  Daniel, 
January  21,  1666;  Jared,  January  7,  1668;  Re- 
becca, February  6,  1670;  Ebenezer,  baptized 
March  25,  1673  J  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ; 
Stephen,  baptized  March  26,  1678 ;  Caleb,  born 
at  Haddam,  1679,  baptized  March  19,  1682, 
at  Middletown. 

(H)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Daniel  Cone,  was 
born  in  Haddam,  Connecticut,  in  1674,  and 
baptized  in  Middletown.  Connecticut,  June  6, 
1675.  He  married,  in  East  Haddam,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Gray)  Hun- 
gerford.  She  was  born  in  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, 1679,  and  died  in  East  Haddam,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1753.  They  were  both  members  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  at  East  Had- 
dam. He  died  there,  1731-32.  Children: 
James,  born  August  24,  1698;  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  February  11,  1703; 
Nathaniel,  baptized  June  18,  1704,  died  young; 
Esther,  born  April  27,  1705 ;  Lucy,  May  27, 
1707;  Mehitable,  May  10,  1710;  Nathaniel, 
January  19,  1712;  Jemima,  March  20,  1714; 
Jonathan,  January   11,   17 16. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah 
(Hungerford)  Cone,  was  born  in  East  Had- 
dam, May  9,  1701.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Spencer,  March   14,   1728.     He 


was  justice  of  the  peace  for  over  twenty  years, 
and  held  other  local  offices.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  church  July  23,  172 1,  and  died  in  East 
Haddam,  in  June,  1756.  His  wife  married 
(second)  Phineas  Norton,  in  1760.  Children: 
Daniel,  born  November  2,  1728;  Temperance, 
September  29,  1730;  Lydia,  February  5,  1732; 
Rachel,  October  9,  1735 ;  Elihu,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mahitable,  1739;  Mary,  1742;  Ann,  1745. 

(IV)  Elihu,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Spen- 
cer) Cone,  was  born  at  East  Haddam,  Connec- 
ticut, about  1737.  ^  He  married  (first)  Mary 
Spencer,  1770,  and  she  died  soon  afterwards. 
He  married  (second)  Dorothy  Smith,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1775.  In  1790  they  moved  to  SpaflFord, 
Onondaga  county,  New  York,  where  they 
lived  until  death.  Children :  Horatio,  died  in 
Ripley,  New  York;  Elihu,  committed  suicide 
in  LaPorte,  Indiana,  in  1850 ;  Marcia,  married 
Laban  Crehore;  Spencer,  mentioned  below; 
Ophir,  born  July  29,  1785,  married  Sarah 
Fisher,  and  died  September  7,  i860;  Obed 
W.,  born  February  12,  1789,  married  Sabrina 
Whaley,  died  March  28,  1867 ;  Marinda,  born 
September  24,  1796,  married  Winsor  Brig- 
ham,  and  died  December  25,  1885. 

(V)  Spencer,  son  of  Elihu  Cone,  married 
Qarissa,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Margaret 
Fisher,  and  lived  in  Mayville,  New  York.  She 
was  born  in  1785,  and  died  in  1852,  in  Pem- 
broke, New  York.  Children:  Eliza,  born 
July  20,  1815,  married  Joseph  Stockwell,  had 
George  B.,  Ella  M.  and  Clara  L,  and  died  Au- 
gust 20,  1864;  Caroline,  born  1817,  married 
Alex.  Williams,  and  died  September,  1858  (see 
Williams)  ;  Marinda,  born  December  26,  1818, 
married  Charles  Harroun,  and  died  January 
16,  1898;  children:  Sarah  A.,  Alkenzar, 
Mary. 


This  family  is  of  English  ori- 
WALLER     gin,   and   was  early    found   in 

America,  both  north  and  south, 
being  largely  represented  in  Virginia.  It  was 
early  established  at. Boston,  where  many  of  the 
descendants  continued  and  has  thence  spread 
over  many  sections  of  the  United  States. 

(I)  Joseph  Waller  is  found  of  record  in 
Boston  as  early  as  1670,  and  others  of  the 
name  were  residing  there  at  the  same  time. 
He  soon  removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  in  1672.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate,  made  December  25,  that  year,  showed 
a  very  small  provision  for  the  support  of  his 
widow   and   two    children.      His   wife    Lydia 


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soon  after  married  John  Davis,  with  whom 
she  removed  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut.  Jo- 
seph Waller's  children  were  Joseph  and  Lydia. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Lydia  Waller,  was  born  February  3,  1670,  in 
Boston,  and  grew  up  in  Woodbury,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  died  in  1727,  "in  the  great  sick- 
ness." His  wife's  name  was  Albigail.  Their 
first  three  children,  Sarah,  Lydia  and  Abigail, 
were  baptized  September  25,  1698,  in  Wood- 
bury. Others  were  Joseph,  born  April  3,  1701 ; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Martha,  September 
6,  1705;  Mary,  baptized  1708;  Bathsheba, 
May  19,  1710;  Daniel,  May  23,  1713. 

(III)  Samuel,  second  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Abigail  Waller,'  was  baptized  March  8, 
1703,  in  Woodbury,  and  died  there  in  1745. 
His  wife  Esther  survived  him  four  years,  dy- 
ing October  6,  1749.  Children :  Jane,  bap- 
tized June  22,  1729;  Lydia,  April  18,  1731 ; 
Joseph,  born  June,  1733;  Samuel,  April  17, 
1735;  Elijah,  baptized  April  3,  1737;  Esther, 
born  December,  1738;  David,  December,  1740; 
Martha,  baptized  July  7,  1745 ;  Peter,  August 
3,  1747.  It  seems  that  some  of  this  family 
settled  in  Washington  county,  New  York,  but 
the  absence  of  vital  records  in  this  state  makes 
it  impossible  to  trace  the  line  to  connection 
with  the  family  below. 

(IV)  The  earliest  of  the  descendants  of 
Samuel  Waller  of  whom  we  have  knowledge 
was  Philander  Waller,  a  farmer  of  the  town 
of  Hartford,  New  York,  who  was  an  active 
and  influential  member  of  the  Methodist 
church.  He  married  Thankful  Kenyon,  born 
1802,  died  February  22,  1876,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  eight  children. 

(V)  Eli,  eldest  child  of  Philander  and 
Thankful  (Kenyon)  Waller,  was  born  in 
Hartford,  Washington  county.  New  York,  in 
1 82 1,  died  1898.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  grew  up  a  farmer.  After 
his  marriage  he  purchased  a  tract  of  one  hun- 
dred acres  which  he  cleared  and  cultivated 
until  1867.  I^  ^^^^  y^^^  ^^  closed  out  his 
Washington  county  interests  and  came  to  Cat- 
taraugus county,  settling  in  the  town  of  Day- 
ton, where  he  rented  a  farm  which  he  culti- 
vated for  many  years.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  Elizabeth  Elkins.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Amelia,  died  January,  1892,  married 
Luther  Luce,  of  Dunkirk,  New  York :  chil- 
dren: Rollin,  married  Ethel  Topping;  Mabel, 
married  Marcia  Adams ;  Bert,  married  Bertha 


Miller;  Minnie.  2.  Estella,  died  in  infancy. 
3.  Loraine,  died  in  infancy.  4.  George  E.,  of 
further  mention.  5.  Flora,  married  William 
Easton.  6.  Clarence,  married  Elsie  Schofield ; 
children:  Emma,  Iva,  Edna,  Gerald,  Leone, 
and  Alice.  7.  May,  died  July,  1894;  married 
Charles  Hartway;  child,  Gladys.  8.  Bertha, 
married  Daniel  Henderson ;  children :  Rheva, 
Margaret  and  Ruth. 

(VI)  George  E.,  son  of  Eli  and  Elizabeth 
(Elkins)  Waller,  was  born  in  Hartford, 
Washington  county.  New  York,  November  21, 
i860.  He  was  six  years  of  age  when  his 
father  came  to  Cattaraugus  county,  where 
George  attended  the  public  schools  of  Dayton. 
He  took  a  course  at  Houghton  Academy,  Alle- 
gany county.  New  York,  and  later  a  special 
course  in  the  Chautauqua  Summer  School. 
He  taught  one  year  at  Well's  Hill,  Leon,  one 
year  at  Wesley,  then  at  Perrysburg  and  Day- 
ton, then  was  appointed  principal  of  the  Little 
Valley  high  school,  which  latter  position  he 
occupied  most  satisfactorily  for  seven  years. 
On  April  7,  1899,  he  was  appointed  school 
commissioner  for  the  third  district  of  Catta- 
raugus county,  a  position  he  still  holds  (1911). 
He  is  in  charge  of  the  schools  of  ten  town- 
ships, and  under  his  administration  he  has 
been  able  to  accomplish  a  great  deal  for  the 
cause  of  education.  He  is  a  member  and  trus- 
tee of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  order.  Lodge  No.  812,  and 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Lodge  No.  671.  Politically  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. 

He  married,  August  12,  1891,  Lottie  W. 
Graves,  born  August  26,  i860,  daughter  of 
Charles  F.  Graves,  born  March  19,  1825,  died 
•March  15,  1890,  married,  September  11,  1854, 
]Melissa  Atwell,  born  1833,  ^i^^  August  28, 
1895.  Charles  F.  was  a  son  of  Lester  Graves, 
born  December  21,  1790,  died  January  24, 
1869,  married,  October  20,  1817,  Sophia  Rans- 
ford,  born  January  6,  1794,  died  February  28, 
1863.  Lester  was  a  son  of  Jonathan  Graves, 
born  1750,  married,  August  15,  1771,  Jemima 
Scott.  Jonathan  was  a  son  of  Elisha  Graves, 
born  1724,  of  the  French  and  Indian  war;  he 
married,  December  29,  1748,  Rachel  Scott, 
who  died  August  7,  1762.  Elisha  was  the 
son  of  Jonathan  Graves,  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Sunderland,  Massachusetts;  he  mar- 
ried (first),  June  2,  1715,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Coombs,  who  died  172 1 ;  he  married  (second) 
Hannah .    Jonathan  was  a  son  of  Sam- 


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nel  Graves,  born  about  1657,  ^"^  ^^  ^^^  early 
first  settlers  of  Sunderland,  died  March   11, 
173 1,  married  Sarah ,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 15,  1734.     Samuel  was  the  son  of  John 
Graves,  bom  in  England,  lived  in  Wethers- 
field,  and  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  1661,  mar- 
ried  Mary,   daughter  of   Lieutenant   Samuel 
Smith,    born    1630,    died    1668;    he    married 
(second),    1671,    Mary,    daughter    of    John 
Bronson,  and  widow  of  John  Wyatt,  of  Had- 
dam,  Connecticut.    John  Graves  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  at  the  attack  on  Hatfield,  Septem- 
ber 19,  1667.     John  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Graves,  the  American  ancestor,  born  in  Eng- 
land  before    1585;    was    of   Hartford,    Con- 
necticut,   1645,    nioved    to    Hatfield,    Massa- 
chusetts,  1661,  where  he  lived  with  his  son 
Isaac  until  his  death,  November,  1662  leaving 
estates  in  both  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut. 
His    wife    Sarah    died    December    17,    1666. 
Charles  F.  Graves  was  a  farmer  and  a  Metho- 
dist.   His  wife,  Melissa  Atwell,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Betsey  (Leggett)  Atwell, 
of   Steuben   county.    Children  of  Charles  F. 
Graves:     i.     Burt,  born  November  9,   1855, 
married     Jennie     B.     Stillson;     children:     i. 
Byron,      married     Leah      Searle;     children, 
Helen,  John  A.     ii.    Elizabeth,     iii.    Charles 
F.      (2).     iv.     Arthur     B.     2.     Cora     Es- 
tella,  born  July  10,  1859,  ^i^d  J"^^  ^4'  ^866. 
3.     Nora  G.,  born  November  26,  1858,  died 
June    17,    1884;   married   Frank   E.   Haight; 
child,  Charles  F.,  died  December  5,  1908.    4. 
Lottie  W.,  married,  August  12,  1891,  George 
E.  Waller.     5.    Edith  E.,  born  June  8,  1867, 
died  November,   1895.     6.    George  R.,  born 
October  24,    1869;  married   Millie  F.  John- 
son ;  child,  Norris. 

Child  of  George  and  Lottie  W.  (Graves) 
Waller:     Harold    Graves,   born    October    7, 

1895 

The  grandfather  of  George 
FREEMAN     W.  Freeman,  of  Jamestown, 

New  Yctfk,  William  Free- 
man, married  Lydia  Jane  Perkins.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  Hartfield,  New  York. 

(II)  Leon  Wellington,  only  child  of  Will- 
iam and  Lydia  Jane  (Perkins)  Freeman,  was 
born  at  Hartfield,  New  York,  April  29,  1852. 
He  was  a  lumberman  and  farmer  of  New 
York  until  1889,  when  he  moved  to  Iowa,  lo- 
cating in  Keswick,  Keokuk  county,  where  he 
conducted  a  restaurant.  In  1890  he  invented 
and  patented  the  Freeman  roller-bed  washing 


machine.  Since  1895  he  has  lived  on  a  farm 
in  the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York.  He  is  a  Spiritualist  in  religious 
belief,  and  a  Socialist  in  politics.  He  married, 
at  Nashville,  New  York,  October  7,  1883, 
Mary  Ann  Gibbs,  of  English  parentage,  born 
in  Saratoga  county.  New  York,  January  3, 
1865,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Mary  Ann 
(Larington)  Gibbs.  Children:  George  W., 
of  further  mention ;  Alice  Edith,  born  October 
17,  1886;  Elsie  Dora,  July  26,  1888;  William 
Henry,  August  18,  1893;  Calla  Lillian,  July 
16,  1896;  Jennie  Belle,  June  6,  1904. 

(JII)    George    Wellington,    son    of    Leon 
Wellington  and  Mary  Ann  (Gibbs)  Freeman, 
was  born   at   Nashville,   Chautauqua   county. 
New  York,  February  19,  1885.     He  was  edu- 
cated in  the   district  schools  of  Chautauqua 
county,  which  he  attended  until  he  was  fifteen 
years  of  age.    At  that  age  he  was  obliged  to 
leave  school  and  work  on  a  farm.     This  did 
not  quench  his  thirst  for  an  education,  but  he 
continued  his  studies  evenings  and  such  times 
as  he  could  manage  during   working  hours. 
He  entered  as  a  student  in  the  Home  Corre- 
spondence School  of  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, taking  first  a  business  course,  later  math- 
ematics and  the  common  school  branches.    At 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  had  so  improved 
his  limited  opportunities   that   he  secured   a 
teacher's  certificate.     A  review  of  the  years 
from   seven   to   fifteen    reveals   some   of  the 
hardships  of  an  ambitious  boy  without  means. 
At   seven   years   he   was   a   canvasser   for   a 
paper,  and  at  eight  he  dug   sassafras  roots 
and  carried  them  six  miles  to  Kennedy  for  a 
market,  earning  in  this  way  several  dollars. 
This  continued  until  at  fourteen  he  traveled 
with  his  mother,  who  gave  an  illustrated  lec- 
ture on  Cuba  and  the  Philippine  Islands.  The 
lad  was  enthusiastic  over  the  war  between  the 
United  States  and  Spain,  and  composed  sev- 
eral  patriotic   songs,   which   he  sang  to  the 
crowds  who  attended  the  lectures.    At  fifteen 
he  began  farm  work,  as  stated,  and  at  eighteen 
entered  the  schoolroom  as  a  teacher.    His  first 
school  was  in  District  No.  6,  Gerry,  Chautau- 
qua county,  but  he  continued  his  private  study 
and  added  to  his  mental  equipment.     From 
that  time  he  taught  school  winters  and  worked 
at   different   vocations   during   the   summers, 
gradually  working  his  way  into  higher  schools 
and  better  salaries.     When   he  was  twenty- 
three  he  entered  Ellington  high  school,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  at  the  head  of  his 


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class  after  five  months'  work.  He  also  took 
a  course  in  electric  lighting  and  railways,  un- 
der the  International  Correspondence  Schools 
of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania;  a  course  in  taxi- 
dermy, under  the  Northwestern  School  of 
Taxidermy,  Omaha,  Nebraska;  also  a  course 
in  civil  investigation  and  business  law,  under 
the  American  Police  and  Secret  Service 
Schools.  In  the  autumn  of  1906  he  visited 
Florida,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching.  While 
there  he  became  interested  in  the  universal 
language,  "Esperanto,"  which  he  studied  until 
he  gained  proficiency,  and  conducted  a  corre- 
spondence school  for  the  purpose  of  teaching 
the  language  to  others.  In  1909  he  started  a 
school  at  Lily  Dale,  New  York,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  teaching  "Esperanto,**  but  this  enter- 
prise failed  through  the  illness  of  his  business 
associate,  A.  W.  Damon.  In  the  autumn  of 
1909  he  again  visited  Florida  with  his  wife, 
but  failing  health  compelled  an  early  return  in 
the  spring.  During  the  summer  of  19 10  he 
taught  several  weeks  at  Berlin  Heights,  Ohio, 
and  in  the  fall  he  was  chosen  principal  of  the 
Unidti  School,  at  Portland,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York. 

Professor  Freeman  married,  at  Stockton, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  June  5,  1909, 
Dorothea  M.  Gampp,  born  at  East  Otto,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York,  August  22,  1889, 
eldest  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Eleanor 
(Burchard)  Gampp,  whose  children  are:  Dor- 
othea M.,  Leslie  M.,  Genevieve  and  George. 
Abraham  Gampp  is  a  resident  of  Hamlet,  New 
York,  where  he  is  engaged  in  cheese  and  but- 
ter making. 

The  clan  Armstrong  was 
ARMSTRONG    famed    in    Scotland    for 

courage  and  patriotism. 
Scott,  in  the  "Lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel," 
makes  the  chief  say,  when  about  to  assemble 
the  clans  for  some  daring  enterprise : 

"Ye  need  not  go  to  Liddisdale, 
For  when  they  see  the  blazing  bale 
Eliots  and  Armstrongs  never  fail." 

The  family  tradition  is  that  the  name  was 
originally  bestowed  upon  a  Highland  chief  for 
his  great  courage  and  physical  powers.  An- 
other and  better  authenticated  tradition  is  that 
the  name  Armstrong  is  derived  from  the  fol- 
lowing circumstance:  "An  ancient  king  of 
Scotland,  having  his  horse  killed  under  him 
in    battle,    was    immediately    remounted    by 


Fairbaim,  his  armor  bearer,  who  took  the 
king  by  the  thigh  and  placed  him  in  the 
saddle,  although  heavily  weighted  by  armor. 
For  this  timely  assistance  and  feat  of  strength, 
the  king  amply  rewarded  him  with  lands  on 
the  border ;  gave  him  the  name  of  Armstrong, 
and  assigned  him  for  crest  an  armed  hand  and 
arm ;  in  the  left  hand  a  leg  and  foot  in  armor 
couped  at  the  thigh  all  proper." 

(I)  The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Arm- 
strongs of  Jamestown  herein  recorded  is 
George  Armstrong,  a  descendant  of  the  Scotch 
family  that  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  He 
may  have  been  connected  with  the  Armstrongs 
of  New  England,  but  seems  to  have  been  an 
independent  branch  in  this  country.  He  was 
born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  and  in  1836  came 
to  America  with  his  wife  and  children,  settling 
in  the  province  of  Ontario,  Canada.  He  was 
a  farmer,  and  a  faithful  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal church.  He  married  Eleanor  Harper. 
Children:  William,  Isabella,  Elmer,  Thomas 
Gilbert,  of  whom  further;  Amelia,  Christo- 
pher, Nellie,  George,  Mercy. 

(II)  Thomas  Gilbert,  son  of  George  Arm- 
strong, was  born  in  Ireland,  December  11, 
1835,  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  March 
30,  1907.  When  he  was  one  year  of  age  his 
parents  emigrated  to  Canada,  settling  at  Lis- 
terville,  province  of  Ontario.  Here  he  grew 
to  manhood,  receiving  his  education  in  the 
public  schools,  and  working  with  his  father 
on  the  farm.  In  1859  ^^  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^  United 
States,  and  from  that  date  until  within  a  few 
years  of  his  death  he  was  actively  engaged  in 
railroad  construction  and  operation.     During 

.the  earlier  part  of  the  civil  war  he  was  super- 
intendent of  the  construction  of  the  Rock 
Island  &  Arkansas  Railroad,  representing  an 
English  syndicate.  In  1863  he  became  super- 
intendent of  construction  of  the  Franklin 
(Pennsylvania)  branch  of  the  Erie  railroad, 
and  later  in  charge  of  the  work  at  Salamanca, 
New  York.  In  1871  he  was  appointed  super- 
intendent of  the  MeadviUe  division  of  the 
Erie,  which  position  he  retained  until  his  fail- 
ing health  compelled  him  to  retire  from  active 
business.  He  resided  in  Jamestown  forty 
years  and  of  him  it  was  said  most  deservedly 
that  he  wore  from  youth  "the  white  flower 
of  a  blameless  life."  His  relations  with  the 
men  over  whom  he  had  charge,  as  well  as  with 
the  officials  of  the  Erie  and  the  traveling 
public,  were  most  cordial,  his  straightforward 
dealings  and  sturdy  honesty  of  purpose  win- 


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ning  him  universal  respect.  He  was  a  de- 
voted churchman,  was  warden  and  vestry  man 
of  St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church  at  Jamestown 
and  for  twenty  years  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school.  While  in  Salamanca  he  was 
one  of  the  organizers  and  a  member  of  St. 
Mary's  Episcopal  Church.  His  naturally 
strong  and  manly  character  was  strengthened 
and  ennobled  by  his  christian  devotion  and 
association  with  the  church,  and  made  him  a 
man  of  great  influence  with  his  associates. 

He  married,  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania, 
February  28,  1865,  Ruth  Hale,  born  in  Sugar 
Creek  township,  Venango  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, February  13,  1844,  daughter  of  George 
W.  and  Mary  Jane  (Canon)  Parker  (see  Par- 
ker forward).  She  survives  her  husband,  a 
resident  of  Jamestown,  where  she  has  several 
of  her  children  with  her.  Children:  i.  Nellie 
Jane,  bom  in  Jamestown,  April  18,  1866; 
since  1886  she  has  been  a  teacher  in  the 
Jamestown  public  schools  and  is  now  (1911) 
principal  of  the  South  Side  grammar  school, 
2.  Mary  Belle,  born  February  2,  1868,  died 
May  4,  1875.  3*  Ruth  Eleanor,  born  March 
12,  187 1 ;  married  Dr.  Henry  William  Lang- 
heim ;  now  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions.  4.  George  Thomas,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 5.  Belle  Amelia,  born  March  17,  1882; 
married,  January  19,  1907,  Howard  Smith 
Kelsey.  6.  Grace  Parker,  born  February  17, 
1886;  now  a  government  teacher  in  the  Philip- 
pine Islands. 

(Ill)  George  Thomas,  only  son  of  Thomas 
Gilbert  and  Ruth  Hale  (Parker)  Armstrong, 
was  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  January 
27,  1874.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
that  city  and  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school.  He  decided  upon  the  legal  profession 
and  began  study  in  1893  with  the  law  firm  of 
Booty,  Fowler  &  Weeks.  In  1895  he  entered 
Cornell  University  (Law  School)  whence  he 
was  graduated  LL.  B..  class  of  1897.  In  that 
year  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  state 
courts  of  New  York,  and  in  1899  to  practice 
in  the  United  States  supreme  court.  He  be- 
gan practice  with  G.  Glenn  Worden,  the  firm 
being  Worden  &  Armstrong.  A  year  later 
the  firm  dissolved,  Mr.  Worden  going  to  New 
York  City,  Mr.  Armstrong  continuing  alone 
until  1909,  when  he  formed  a  law  partnership 
with  Frank  H.  Mott,  as  Armstrong  &  Mott. 
The  firm  is  a  very  successful  one,  their  busi- 
ness being  a   general   one   in   its    character. 


They  are  attorneys  for  the  Warren  Traction 
Company  and  other  corporations  of  James- 
town and  vicinity  and  stand  well  in  their  pro- 
fession. Mr.  Armstrong  is  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church;  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks ;  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  He  is  an 
active  Democrat;  has  served  as  secretary  and 
chairman  of  the  Chautauqua  Democratic 
county  committee.  He  was  appointed  by  the 
late  mayor,  Emil  Johnson,  to  the  office  of 
secretary  of  the  city  civil  service  commission 
and  is  also  an  examiner  of  the  New  York 
stnte  civil  service  commission.  His  club  is 
the  Jamestown. 

He  married,  in  Jamestown,  October  4,  1900, 
Elizabeth  Oliver,  born  in  that  city,  September 
14,  1878,  daughter  of  Charles  A.  and  Celes- 
tia  Priscilla  (Cook)  Breed,  and  maternal 
granddaughter  of  Judge  Orswell  Cook.  Chil- 
dren: Priscilla,  born  January  26,  1902; 
Ruth,  January  2,  1904;  Elizabeth  Breed,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1909. 

(The   Parker  Line). 

Mrs.  Ruth  Hale  (Parker)  Armstrong  is  a 
granddaiighter  of  William  Parker,  born  Jan- 
uary 27,  1772,  died  March  3,  1844.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania, 
later  of  Venango  county,  where  he  settled  in 
18 18  in  Sugar  Creek  township.  He  married 
Ruth  Dougherty,  born  in  Lancaster  county, 
1772,  died  August  2T,  1831.  Children:  i. 
Mary  Ann,  died  an  infant,  April  7,  1813.  2. 
George  Washington,  born  May  29,  1813,  in 
Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  Octo- 
ber 6,  1889,  at  the  homestead  in  Venango 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  but  five  years 
old  when  his  parents  moved  to  Venango 
county,  and  there  his  after  life  was  spent.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  fol- 
lowed agriculture  all  his  active  life.  His  prop- 
erty was  in  the  Venango  oil  belt,  which  added 
greatly  to  its  value.  He  was  one  of  the  pros- 
perous, respected,  and  influential  men  of  his 
town.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  held  many  of 
the  township  offices.  In  religious  faith  he  was 
an  Episcopalian.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Can- 
on, born  July  17.  18 16,  died  July  30,  1894, 
daughter  of  John  and  Margery  (Dean)  Can- 
on and  maternal  granddaughter  of  James 
Dean.  Children:  i.  William  C,  born  March 
31,  1842,  died  August  7,  1888.  ii.  Ruth  Hale, 
Septembej  13.  1844;  married  Thomas  Gilbert 
Armstrong    (see  Armstrong  H).     iii.   Mary 


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G.,  March  9,  1846,  died  April  30,  1909. 
Charles  B.,  1848.  v.  Henry  R.,  1850. 
Jennie,  1865. 


IV. 

vi. 


In   the    earlier   develop- 
WADSWORTH     ment    of    the.    Genesee 

country,  the  Wadsworth 
brothers,  James  and  General  William,  played  a 
conspicuous  part.  Like  many  more  of  the 
first  settlers  in  that  region,  they  were  of  Yan- 
kee stock. 

James  Wadsworth  was  born  in  Connecticut 
in  1767.  He  graduated  from  Yale  College  at 
the  age  of  20,  and  about  this  time  his  father 
died.  From  the  family  home  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  James  went  north  to  Montreal, 
Canada,  and  there  taught  school  a  year.  The 
father's  estate  was  then  administered  and 
James  received  for  his  share  something  like 
$15,000,  for  the  time  a  considerable  sum.  An 
uncle  with  an  interest  in  what  was  known  as 
the  Phelps  and  Gorham  purchase,  a  land  ven- 
ture, induced  the  Wadsworth  brothers  to  take 
2,000  acres,  the  cost  of  which  extensive  tract 
in  that  day  was  but  $160.  In  the  spring  of 
1790,  William  (later  the  General)  went  by 
ox  team  from  the  old  Hartford  home  to  settle 
on  the  place  at  Geneseo,  while  James  pro- 
ceeded to  New  York  to  purchase  them  an 
outfit.  Proceeding  up  the  river,  he  had  for 
fellow  passenger  by  sloop  the  first  John  Jacob 
Astor,  then  on  his  way  to  Canada  and  the 
northwest  to  purchase  furs.  They  struck  up 
an  acquaintance  on  the  trip  which  lasted  dur- 
ing life.  The  brothers  made  their  way 
through  the  woods  and  waters  of  the  primeval 
wilderness  that  lay  between  them  and  their 
destination,  and  were  the  first  settlers  at  Gene- 
seo. They  built  a  cabin  and  bought  4,000 
acres  more,  paying  for  it  fifty  cents  an  acre. 
In  1796'  James  Wadsworth  was  in  London, 
selling  lands.  An  observer  of  that  period 
says:  *'No  land  agent  of  the  Genesee  coiAi- 
try  is  so  successful  as  James  Wadsworth.  He 
sells  three  times  as  much  as  any  one  else."  In 
that  statement,  we  have  an  indication  of  his 
energy  and  business  qualifications,  and  of  the 
part  he  played  in  the  up-building  of  those 
parts.  He  was  active  also  in  public  affairs. 
In  1 81 6  he  was  elected  commissioner  of  com- 
mon schools.  In  a  story  told  of  him  in  the 
"History  of  Livingston  County"  is  an  ex- 
ample of  his  energy  and  liberality.  It  is  to 
this  effect :  He  won  a  bet  by  the  election  of 
Polk  to  the  presidency  in  1844,  when  he  de- 


feated Clay.  With  'this  money  James  Wads- 
worth conveyed  water  in  log  pipes  from  what 
was  known  as  Mammoth  Spring  to  Main 
street,  where  a  reservoir  was  constructed.  He 
declined  office,  but  did  much  privately  thus 
for  the  public  good. 

His  life  was  uneventful,  but  full  of  acts  of 
charity  and  liberality.  The  education  of  the 
people  was  one  of  his  hobbies.  He  was  the 
father  of  the  district  school  library.  That 
measure  he  urged  upon  the  legislature  as  long 
ago  as  183s,  which  body,  yielding  to  his  sug- 
gestions, passed  the  first  law*  for  that  pur- 
pose. Nor  did  he  stop  there,  but  went  on  to 
secure  the  publication  of  suitable  works  for 
such  libraries,  and  assumed  expenses  for  dis- 
tricts in  his  own  locality  which  were  never  re- 
paid. He  took  great  interest  in  the  subject 
of  agricultural  chemistry  and  spent  consider- 
able sums  to  secure  the  publication  of  works 
and  tracts  on  that  subject.  He  is  said  to  have 
influenced  also  his  friend  Astor  in  the  foun- 
dation of  the  great  public  library  of  New 
York.  The  crowning  act  of  his  life  career 
was  the  establishment  at  Geneseo  of  the  Athe- 
naeum, now  known  as  the  Wadsworth  Library, 
with  an  endowment  for  its'  support  and  im- 
provement. This  institution  is  free,  and  the 
pride  of  the  county. 

In  1804,  he  married  Naomi  Walcott,  of 
East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  a  woman  of  taste, 
intelligence  and  congenial  disposition.  In 
1833  General  William  Wadsworth,  his  bro- 
ther, died  without  children  and  James  Wads- 
worth inherited  his  estate.  In  1843  his  health 
began  to  decline.  He  tried  a  change  of  cli- 
mate, but  without  result.  Returning  to  Gene- 
seo, he  died,  June  7,  1844,  aged  yj  years.  Mr. 
Wadsworth,  we  are  told  by  one  who  knew 
him,  was  dignified  but  courteous.  His  con- 
versational talents  were  great.  He  was  com- 
plementary to  his  brother,  the  more  intellectual 
of  the  two.  He  w.as  the  *^inside"  man  of  their 
partnership,  William,  the  "outside."  General 
James  Samuel  Wadsworth,  who  served  the 
north  gallantly  during  the  civil  war  at  Chan- 
oellorsville,  Gettysburg^  and  other  engage- 
ments, and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  May  6,  1864,  was  the  eldest  son 
of  James  Wadsworth. 

(VIII)    Isaac    (2)    Eddy,  son   of 

EDDY    Rev.     Isaac     (i)     Eddy     (q.v.), 

was  bom  October  22,  1800,  died 

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of  Jamestown,  New  Yorlc,  later  purchased  and 
cultivated  a  farm  now  a  part  of  that  city.  He 
was  a  Whig,  later  a  Republican,  and  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  married  Ann  Howe,  bom  1800,  died  1891. 
Children:  Myron  Winslow,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Isaac  Webster,  Elizabeth  Ann,  Cory- 
don  W. 

(IX)  Myron  Winslow,  eldest  son  of  Isaac 
(2)  and  Ann  (Howe)  Eddy,  was  bom  in 
Genesee  county.  New  York,  January  i,  1826, 
died  March  15,  1889.  He  was  two  years  of 
age  when  his  parents  moved  to  Jamestown, 
New  York,  where  he  was  educated  and  gjew 
to  manhood.  He  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
penter, and  during  his  earlier  life  followed 
that  trade  as  an  occupation.  He  later  en- 
gaged in  farming,  owning  a  good  farm  of 
eighty-eight  acres  at  Oak  Hill.  After  his 
marriage  he  was  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  May- 
ville.  During  the  civil  war  he  served  as  Uni- 
ted States  deputy  provost  marshal,  having 
headquarters  at  Dunkirk.  For  five  terms  he 
was  deputy  sheriff  of  Chautauqua  county.  He 
was  a  Republican  and  took  an  active  part  in 
county  politics.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church. 

He  married,  June,  1852,  Louisa  Marie  Sher- 
man, born  at  Sherman's  bay,  Busti,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York,  December  28,  1826, 
died  January  2T,  1898,  daughter  of  Merritt 
and  Laura  (Barnes)  Sherman.  Children:  i. 
Fred  Sherman,  of  whom  further.  2.  Willis 
C,  bom  October  14,  1857;  married  Rose 
Hawkins  and  had  Luella  Louisa,  Gwendoline 
and  Lura  Mabel.  This  family  resides  at  Au- 
buradale,  Massachusetts,  where  Willis  C.  is 
engaged  as  a  printer.  3.  Charles  Sumner, 
born  August  19,  i860;  for  thirty  years  asso- 
ciated with  the  B.  F.  Goodrich  Rubber  Com- 
pany of  Akron,  Ohio,  now  living  retired;  he 

married   Ellen  ,  and  has  a  daughter, 

Ethel  N.,  married  Maurice,  Toomey,  son,  Da- 
vid E. 

(X)  Fred  Sherman,  eldest  son  of  Myron 
Winslow  and  Louisa  Marie  (Sherman)  Eddy, 
was  born  in  Jamestown,  May  7,  1853.  He 
attended  "old  No.  i"  school,  passing  from 
there  to  the  high  school.  He  began  business 
life  as  a  bookkeeper  with  E.  A.  Dickerson, 
remaining  two  years.  For  the  ensuing  two 
and  one-half  years  he  occupied  a  similar  posi- 
tion with  the  Proudfit  Clothing  Company.  He 
spent  the  next  three  years  in  Qeveland,  Ohio, 
engaged  in  bookkeeping.    He  then  returned  to 


Jamestown,  becoming  clerk  of  the  Sherman 
House,  a  position  he  most  capably  filled  for 
seventeen  years.  Following  his  experience  at 
the  Sherman  House  came  a  series  of  short 
engagements  of  similar  nature  in  Olean  and 
Salamanca,  New  York,  Adrian,  Michigan,  and 
in  Ohio,  returning  to  the  Sherman  House.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  Lakewood  Hotel  three  sea- 
sons, then  for  eight  years  in  the  employ  of 
R.  H.  Johnson.  On  September  25,  1905,  he 
embarked  in  the  retail  tobacco  business  in 
Jamestown,  which  he  still  continues  at  the 
corner  of  East  Third  and  Pine  streets.  Mr. 
Eddy  is  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  Jamestown,  belongs  to 
the  Congregational  church  and  is  a  Republican 
in  politics. 

He  married,  October  24,  1888,  Harriet  Eli- 
nore  Meek,  born  at  Fostona,  Wood  county, 
Ohio,  August  6,  1863,  daughter  of  George 
and  Hannah  Meek.  Child,  a  daughter,  died 
in  infancy. 


This  branch  of  the  Carl- 
CARLSTROM     strom  family  in  America 

was  founded  by  Carl 
Peter  Carlstrom,  born  in  Lilla  Salshult,  Kors- 
berga,  Sweden,  in  1832.  He  was  the  son  of 
Johannes  Nilson  Carlstrom,  born  in  1801,  and 
Stine  (Jones)  Carlstrom,  born  in  1793;  and 
had  one  brother,  Johannes  Carlstrom,  bom  in 

1834. 

(H)  Carl  Peter  Carlstrom  was  educated  in 

the  district  schools  of  his  native  land,  after 
which  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter  and 
joiner  which  he  followed  in  his  own  country 
for  many  years,  becoming  prominent  in  his 
calling  and  doing  contracting  work.  In  the 
fall  of  1878  he  emigrated  to  this  country,  ac- 
companied by  his  eldest  son,  John;  landing 
here  in  November,  he  located  at  Jatnestown, 
New  York,  where  he  found  work  at  his  trade. 
Owing  to  business  depression,  however,  he 
soon  removed  to  Youngstown,  Ohio,  finding 
employment  in  the  iron  works  there  for  a 
short  time,  after  which  he  returned  to  James- 
town, resuming  his  old  trade,  which,  in  con- 
nection with  cabinetmaking,  he  followed  for 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  After  he  had  firmly 
established  himself  in  this  country,  he  was 
joined  in  April,  1879,  by  his  wife  and  the 
remainder  of  his  children,  making  their  home 
in  Jamestown  and  attaining  prominence  in 
the  community.  The  family  are  now  among 
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this  place,  alike  in  social,  religious  and  politi- 
cal circles,  and  lend  their  beneficent  influence 
to  its  advancement  and  progress  in  which  their 
interest  is  keen,  Mr.  Carlstrom  having  been  a 
member  of  the  Swedish  Mission  Church,  and 
in  politics  a  leading  Republican.  He  died  Oc- 
tober 21,  1902,  universally  esteemed  and 
mourned. 

Mr.  Carlstrom  was  married  in  his  native 
country  to  Louise  Catherine  Carlson,  bom  at 
Sologard,  Nye,  Sweden,  February  13,  1843, 
and  died  in  this  country,  March  12,  1902,  a 
few  months  prior  to  the  death  of  her  husband. 
Their  children: 

I.  Jennie,  who  was  born  at  Sologard, 
Nye,  Sweden,  November  21,  1863;  came  to 
America  with  her  mother  in  April,  1879;  mar- 
ried August  Erickson,  July  5,  1884.  Children: 
Mabel,  deceased ;  Iver  W.,  Irene,  Lloyd,  Le- 
vern.  The  family  resides  at  No.  102  Broad- 
head  avenue,  Jamestown,  New  York.  2.  John 
A.,  born  at  Hester,  Baxheda,  Sweden,  July 
6,  1866;  came  to  America  with  his  father  in 
1878,  and  is  now  a  member  and  director  of  the 
John  J.  Mitchell  Garment  Cutting  School  in 
New  York  City,  and  is  editor  of  their  trade 
journal;  his  residence  is  at  Flushing,  New 
York.  He  married,  April  20,  1892,  Anna 
Penny,  who  died  October  8,  191 1.  One  son, 
Claud,  was  born  to  them.  3.  August  Eduard, 
born  at  Hammarsdal,  Korsberga,  Sweden, 
November  26,  1870 ;  came  to  America  with  his 
mother  and  sisters  in  1879,  ^^^  ^s  now  fore- 
man of  the  machine  floor  of  the  Watson 
Manufacturing  Company,  Jamestown,  New 
York.  He  married  Alma  Anderson,  born  Oc- 
tober 23,  1877,  and  they  have  two  children, 
Elton  and  Bernes.  4.  Anna  E.,  born  at 
Kallas,  Nye,  Sweden,  February  22,  1877;  she 
came  to  America  in  1879  with  her  mother, 
and  January  i,  1903,  was  married  to  Edward 
J.  Donelson,  one  of  the  most  respected  mer- 
chants and  business  men  of  Jamestown ;  they 
have  no  children.  5.  Ellen  M.,  born  at  James- 
town, New  York,  February  18,  1882;  mar- 
ried Algot  Larson,  September  22,  1909,  and 
one  son  was  born  to  them  in  191 1.  6.  Rey- 
nold Frederick,  see  forward. 

(HI)  Reynold  Frederick,  youngest  child  of 
Carl  Peter  and  Louise  Catherine  (Carlson) 
Carlstrom,  was  born  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  December  21,  1885.  He  passed  his 
early  years  in  his  native  city  where  he  at- 
tended the  public  schools.  His  business  ca- 
reer was  begun  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder. 


as  he  started  as  an  errand  boy  in  the  depart- 
ment store  of  Jones  ^»  Audette;  he  remained 
with  this  firm  for  two  years,  when  he  con- 
nected himself  in  the  same  capacity  with  the 
Proudfit  Clothing  Company,  working  himself 
up  through  the  various  branches  of  the  mer- 
chant tailoring  business  until  he  became  an 
assistant  cutter  after  an  engagement  of  four 
years  with  this  company,  which  is  distin- 
guished as  being  one  of  the  oldest  and  best 
houses  in  this  line  in  Western  New  York. 
He  then  went  to  New  York  City,  taking  a 
general  course  of  instruction  in  the  cutting 
of  men's  garments,  after  which  he  went  to 
Springfield,  Illinois,  in  the  capacity  of  cutter 
for  the  firm  of  Thornberry  &  Danner,  re- 
maining with  them  for  about  eighteen  months, 
and  resigning  in  order  to  accept  a  similar 
position  with  the  firm  of  Edward  Olson,  200 
Broadway,  New  York  City.  After  this  he 
did  work  in  the  same  line  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  and  for  two  years  associated 
himself  with  William  Casel,  of  Youngstown, 
Ohio. 

He  then  became  cutter  for  Charles  Ep- 
stein, of  Parkersburg,  West  Virginia,  where 
he  remained  for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  re- 
signing and  returning  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  to  enter  into  business  for  himself.  In 
January,  191 1,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Mr.  Enoch  C.  J.  Swanson,  establishing  the 
firm  and  business  of  the  Interstate  Woolen 
Mills  Company,  custom  tailoring,  and  making 
a  specialty  of  fifteen  dollar  suits  and  over- 
coats, doing  a  general  line  of  gentlemen's 
tailoring. 

The  firm  has  built  up^  a  large  busi- 
ness and  won  a  reputation'  for  high  grade 
work,  having  offices  and  show  rooms  in  the 
New  Gokey  Building,  and  shops  in  the  Union 
Building  on  West  Third  street;  twelve  jour- 
neymen are  also  regularly  employed.  Mr. 
Carlstrom,  who  is  the  head  of  the  firm,  has 
proved  himself  a  most  enterprising  and  suc- 
cessful young  business  man,  winning  for  him- 
self and  the  house  which  he  has  established 
the  commendation  and  esteem  of  the  entire 
community.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Lu- 
theran church,  and  stands  well  in  social  cir- 
cles; in  politics  he  is  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party. 

Mr.  Carlstrom  married,  in  Warren,  Ohio, 
August  21,  1909,  Elva  Theodora,  daughter 
of  Vicrus  and  Rachel  (Cook)  Ellis,  and  was 
born  at  Elmira,  New  York- 


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This    family    was   planted   in 
ROBERTS     England     many     generations 

ago  and  has  •  been  borne  by 
men  high  on  the  roll  of  fame.  In  the  United 
States  this  branch  is  of  recent  settlement. 
William  Roberts  was  born  in  England,  emi- 
grated to  the  province  of  Ontaria,  Canada, 
where  he  died  at  Brantford  in  1870.  He  mar- 
ried, in  England,  Ellen  Hicks.  Children,  all 
born  in  Brantford:  Robert  N.,  of  whom 
further;  John,  born  1866,  died  1876;  William, 
born  1868,  now  engaged  in  the  printing  busi- 
ness in  Lockport,  New  York. 

(U)  Robert  Nathaniel,  eldest  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Ellen  (Hicks)  Roberts,  was  born  in 
Brantford,  Ontario,  Canada,  October  3,  1864. 
His  education  was  obtained  in  the  schools  of 
Fort  Erie,  Ontario ;  Gasport,  New  York ;  Port 
Huron,  Michigan;  Lockport,  New  York.  He 
learned  the  art  of  type  setting  and  printing, 
working  in  different  places.  In  1872  he  es- 
tablished for  himself  in  Lockport,  where  he  is 
now  (1911)  in  successful  publishing  business. 
He  organized  and  is  treasurer  of  the  Roberts 
Brothers  Printing  Company,  job,  book  and 
newspaper  publishers,  and  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Lockport  Journal  company.  The 
Journal  is  an  influential  county  paper,  devoted 
to  the  interests  of  Niagara  county  and  the 
city  of  Lockport.  Mr.  Roberts  is  a  man  of 
wide  experience  and  capability  and  is  highly 
esteemed  by  his  friends  and  associates.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  made  The 
Journal  an  outspoken,  fearless  advocate  of 
Republican   principles. 

Mr.  Roberts  served  efficiently  for  nine  years 
as  supervisor  from  the  third  ward  of  Lock- 
port,  and  in  1907  was  appointed  postmaster 
by  President  Roosevelt.  He  is  secretary  of 
the  Niagara  County  Agricultural  Society,  and 
has  other  interests  and  affiliations.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  chdrch; 
Niagara  Lodge,  No.  375,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  in  1901  was  elected  master;  is 
a  member  of  Ames  Chapter,  No.  88,  Royal 
Arch  Masons ;  past  grand  of  Cataract  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  past 
grand  inside  guardian  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the 
state  of  New  York. 

He  married,  March  i,  1887,  at  Lockport, 
Sarah  E.,  born  in  England,  December  25, 
1864,  daughter  of  William  Sipson,  a  musician, 
who  came  to  the  United  States  about  1873 
and  located  in  Lockport.    Children :    E.  Wes- 


ley, born  1889;  Harrison  E.,  1892;  Florence, 
1893 ;  Olive  W.,  1897. 


The  name  of  Fenton  has  dis- 
FEXTON     tinction  in  Chautauqua  county 

as  that  of  one  of  the  pioneer 
families,  and  in  the  Empire  state  as  that  of 
one  of  her  eminent  sons,  one  of  the  most 
notable  of  her  national  representatives  in  civil 
war  times,  and  during  a  considerable  period 
after,  a  rival  of  Seymour,  and  competitor, 
within  party  lines,  of  no  less  a  figure  than 
Roscoe  Conkling  himself. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  Fentons  on  this  side 
of  the  water  came  from  England  in  the  year 
1635,  a  very  early  and  primitive  day.  He  was 
the  great-grandfather  of  Governor  Fenton, 
and  settled  in  Connecticut.  On  the  distaff 
side,  according  to  the  authorities,  the  Gover- 
nor's ancestry  was  Scotch-Irish. 

(II)  Roswell  Fenton,  who,  at  the  age  of 
thirty- four,  in  1769,  moved  from  Connecticut 
to  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  and  subse- 
quently to  the  state  of  New  York,  was  a  son 
of  the  immigrant  and  grandfather  of  Gover- 
nor Fenton. 

(III)  George  W.  Fenton,  son  of  Rosw^ell 
Fenton,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  De- 
cember 30,  1783.  He  grew  to  manhood,  how- 
ever, in  New  York.  In  1804,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  he  left  the  paternal  roof  to  seek 
his  fortune  in  the  region  which  was  then 
known  as  "the  west."  He  went  to  Philadel- 
phia, thence  to  Pittsburgh,  and  from  there 
down  the  Ohio  to  Louisville,  Kentucky;  after 
which  he  taught  school  in  Pennsylvania  for 
a  time.  In  1806  he  married  Elsie  Owen, 
daughter  of  John  Owen,  a  soldier  of  the 
French  and  Indian  war  and  of  the  revolution, 
a  native  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  who  died  in 
1843,  aged  one  hundred  and  eight  years.  The 
Governor's  stock  it  will  be  seen  is  storied  and 
revolutionary.  George  W.  Fenton  married 
in  Carroll  and  built  a  log  cabin  there  on  the 
southern  side  of  the  Chautauqua  outlet.  He 
was  a  very  intelligent  man,  and  followed  the 
business  of  farming  successfully  the  rest  of 
his  life.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fenton  had  the  fol- 
lowing children :  Roswell  O.,  George  W.  Jr., 
William  H.  H.,  John  F.,  and  Reuben  E. 

(IV)  Governor  Reuben  E.  Fenton,  son  of 
George  W.  Fenton,  was  born  in  the  little  log 
cabin  above  mentioned  as  built  by  his  father, 
July  4,  1 819.  He  went  to  school  in  his  boy- 
hood,  in  the  little  old   log  school  house   of 


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the  district.  At  fifteen  he  was-  sent  to  Gary's 
Academy,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years  and  finished  at  seventeen, 
with  a  term  at  Fredonia  Academy,  Fredonia, 
New  York.  Then  he  read  law  for  two  years 
with  Waite  Brothers,  of  Jamestown,  New 
York.  About  this  time,  his  health  faiHng,  he 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  on  the  Alle- 
gheny and  Ohio  rivers,  in  which  he  was  suc- 
cessful. His  father  had  met  with  business 
reverses  and  it  was  to  repair  the  shattered 
family  fortune  that  he  was  constrained  to 
embark  in  this  enterprise. 

In  fourteen  years,  between  1838  and  1852, 
he  acquired  a  fortune.  It  was  said  of  him: 
"He  had  a  genius  for  business;  was  a  born 
financier.*'  Public  life  interested  him  early. 
Pie  was  supervisor  of  the  home  town  from 
1846  to  1852;  in  the  latter  year,  he  was 
elected  to  congress  at  the  age  of  thirty-three. 
He  was  the  Democratic  nominee.  That  ended 
his  business  career;  from  this  time  on,  he  was 
in  the  public  service.  Two  years  later  he 
was  defeated  for  congress  by  the  "Know- 
Nothing"  candidate.  Then,  having  reason  to 
change  his  views  by  the  course  of  events,  he 
joined  the  Republican  party  and  was  presid- 
ing officer  at  its  first  conveintion  in  New 
York  state.  To  that  party  he  attached  him- 
self and  through  it  rose  to  high  honors.  It 
elected  him  to  congress  in  1856,  and  again 
and  again  until  1864.  Then  he  ran  against 
Horatio  Seymour  for  Governor  of  New  York. 
It  was  a  presidential  year,  and  he  led  the 
presidential  vote  in  the  balloting  by  several 
thousand.  His  success  made  him  at  once  a 
figure  of  national  importance. 

As  Governor  during  the  last  year  of  the 
civil  war,  his  energy  did  much  to  sustain  the 
hands  of  Lincoln.  Within  four  days  after  his 
inauguration,  for  example,  he  had  raised  the 
state's  quota  of  troops  and  sent  them  to  the 
front.  At  the  close  of  his  term,  he  was  re- 
elected, over  John  T.  Hoffman.  His  reputa- 
tion by  this  time  had  spread  over  the  land, 
and  the  New  York  delegates  to  the  Republi- 
can national  convention  at  Chicago  in  1868 
were  instructed  to  present  his  name  for  Vice- 
President.  On  that  occasion,  Colfax  received 
the  vote ;  but  Fenton  stood  next  to  him. 

The  following  year  the  legislature  of  New 
York  elected  him  United  States  senator  for 
the  term  expiring  in  March,  1875.  As  sena- 
tor he  interested  himself  in  questions  of  debt, 
taxation,  banking  and  currency — the  financial 


problem  in  a  word.  His  speeches  on  these 
subjects  were  regarded  as  very  clear  and  very 
able.  In  1878  after  his  senatorial  term  had 
expired  he  still  occupied  a  distinguished  posi- 
tion. That  year  President  Hayes  appointed 
him,  with  William  S.  Groesbeck  of  Ohio,  and 
Gen.  Francis  A.  Walker  of  Massachusetts, 
commissioner  of  the  United  States  to  the  In- 
ternational Monetary  Conference  at  Paris. 
Mr.  Fenton  was  chairman  of  that  commission. 
On  his  return  from  that  trip,  he  was  chosen 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Jamestown,  New  York,  which  position  he  held 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  suddenly,  at 
his  desk,  August  20,  1885.  I"  ^Js  home  town 
especially,  this  death  was  regarded  as  a  great 
bereavement.  His  obsequies  were  impressive ; 
the  Fenton  Guard,  named  after  him,  acted  as 
his  guard  of  honor.  The  Governor  of  the 
state,  and  his  staff,  and  many  other  distin- 
guished persons  participated  in  his  funeral. 

In  politics  Governor  Fenton  had  a  great 
name  as  an  organizer.  He  was  a  careful  and 
methodical  man  of  business  and  a  conscien- 
tious legislator.  His  benefactions  were  num- 
erous and  judiciously  bestowed.  He  con- 
tributed generously  to  the  support  of  Syra- 
cuse University  of  which  he  was  regent  and 
he  was  a  director  of  Meadville  College  and 
Qiamberlain  Institute.  Personally  he  was  of 
commanding  presence.  He  was  six  feet  in 
height,  of  powerful  frame,  and  gentlemanly  in 
his  manner,  a  man  of  polish  and  elegance, 
kind  and  courteous,  especially  to  young  men, 
to  more  than  one  of  whom  he  rendered  timely 
aid,  both  in  financial  and  other  ways. 

Governor  Fenton  was  twice  married.  His 
first  wife,  Jane  Few,  died  two  years  after 
their  marriage,  leaving  one  child,  a  girl.  By 
his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Scudder.  he  had 
three  children :  Josephine,  who  married  Frank 
E.  Gifford;  Jeannette,  married  Albert  Gilbert 
Jr.,  Reuben  Earle,  who  died  on  his  way  home 
from  a  trip  to  the  Holy  Land  in  1895,  aged 
thirty  years. 


Jonathan  Gifford  came  from 
GIFFORD    the     north     of     England     to 

America,  in  1630,  with  his  bro- 
ther William.  He  married  and  had  a  son 
Silas. 

(II)  Silas,  son  of  Jonathan  Gifford,  born 
1650,  was  of  Falmouth,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  and  had  a  son  Jonathan. 

(III)  Jonathan   (2),  son  of  Silas  Gifford, 


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born  1680,  was  of  Falmouth.    He  married  and 
had  a  son  Silas. 

(IV)  Silas  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Gif- 
ford,  born  1710,  was  of  Dartmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts.    He  married  and  had  a  son  Gideon. 

(V)  Gideon,  son  of  Silas  (2)  Gifford,  was 
born  about  1740.  He  came  from  Ponagansett, 
Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  Pawlet,  Ver- 
mont, in  1792.  He  is  said  to  have  served 
throughout  the  revolutionary  war.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade.  He  married  (first)  Ruth 
Butts,  of  Rhode  Island,  who  died  1796,  leav- 
ing eight  children.  He  married  (second)  Bet- 
sey Willey. 

(VI)  Caleb,  son  of  Gideon  Gifford,  was  a 
resident  of  Dartmouth,  later  removing  to 
Cambridge,  Washington  county,  New  York. 
He  married,  November  7,  1782,  at  Dartmouth, 
Jedidah  Cushman.  a  direct  descendant  of 
Robert  Cushman,  born  in  England,  1580-85, 
a  leader  of  the  Puritan  exiles  at  Leyden,  Hol- 
land. With  Carver  and  Martin  he  organized 
the  expedition  in  the  "Mayflower"  in  1620. 
He  sailed  in  the  "Mayflower,''  August  5,  1620, 
in  company  with  the  "Speedwell,"  and  was 
chosen  assistant  governor.  The  "Speedwell" 
becoming  unseaworthy,  he  returned  in  her  to 
England  and  took  charge  of  the  remaining 
Puritan  band,  emigrating  with  them  the  next 
year  in  the  ship  "Fortune,"  arriving  at  Plym- 
outh, New  England,  November  9,  1621.  He 
returned  to  England  in  the  "Fortune,"  leaving 
his  son  Thomas,  a  lad  of  fifteen  years,  in 
charge  of  Governor  Bradford.  He  was  cap- 
tured on  the  return  voyage  and  held  a  pris- 
oner in  France  fourteen  days.  He  wrote  and 
published  a  vindication  of  the  Plymouth  enter- 
prise, and  made  an  appeal  for  Christian  mis- 
sions to  the  Indians.  He  was  agent  for  the 
colonies  in  Great  Britain  and  obtained  a  royal 
charter  for  territory  on  Cape  Ann.  He  is 
supposed  to  have  died  in  England.  He  was 
the  leading  and  most  energetic  spirit  of  the 
Puritans,  both  in  England  and  at  Leyden.  He 
married,  at  Leyden,  1617,  Mary  Singleton,  of 
Sandwich,  England  (second  wife).  Children 
by  first  wife:  Sarah;  Thomas,  born  1608, 
who  came  to  America  with  his  father  in  the 
'Tortune"  in  1621 ;  he  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Allerton ;  their  son,  Eleazer,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Combes ;  their  son,  James,  born 
in  Plymouth,  1709,  lived  in  Dartmouth,  mar- 
ried and  had  a  son  Seth,  of  Dartmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  born  1740;  his  daughter,  Jedidah, 
married,    1782,   Caleb   Gifford.     Children   of 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gifford:    Alden,  Gideon,  Isaac, 
Theron,  Mary,  Calista. 

(VII)  Gideon  (2),  second  son  of  Caleb 
Gifford,  was  born  in  New  Bedford,  Massachu- 
setts, April  18,  1789.  He  removed  to  Wash- 
ington county.  New  York,  with  his  father,  re- 
maining until  the  spring  of  1828,  when  he 
came  to  Chautauqua  county  with  his  family 
and  household  goods,  making  the  journey  in  a 
covered  wagon  drawn  by  a  team  of  young 
horses.  He  purchased  over  three  hundred 
acres  bordering  on  Lake  Chautauqua,  the 
southern  portion  of  which  he  selected  for  the 
site  of  his  future  home.  The  original  farm 
(town  of  Busti)  is  nearly  all  owned  by  his 
descendants  at  this  date  (1911).  The  first 
house  built  upon  the  farm  was  a  post 
and  beam  house,  and  was  shingled  all  over  the 
outside  with  pine-shaved  shingles,  some  of 
which  were  ten  to  twelve  inches  in  width. 
The  nails  were  cut  nails,  headed  by  hand. 
The  door  trimmings  and  nails  were  brought 
in  the  wagon  from  Washington  county.  He 
was  surveyor  and  became  widely  and  favor- 
ably known  throughout  Chautauqua  county. 
In  the  early  years  of  his  residence  he  traveled 
on  foot  over  a  large  part  of  the  county  in 
the  employ  of  Mr.  Peacock,  of  Mayville,  agent 
of  the  Holland  Land  Company.  For  a  long 
term  of  years  and  until  his  eyesight  failed 
he  spent  much  time  in  surveying  in  the  south- 
ern part  of  the  county,  especially  in  laying 
out  roads  and  establishing  disputed  boundar- 
ies. He  married,  May  26,  1810,  Millicent 
Cornell,  born  January  28,  1792.  Children :  i. 
Alice,  born  Ajpril  28,  i8ii,  died  December, 
1890;  married,  in  1838,  Simeon  Bentley.  2. 
Daniel,  December  2,  1815,  died  1888.  3. 
Matthew  C,  November  29,  1820,  died  1866. 

4.  Mary,  1824,  died  1889;  married  (first) 
Richard  Stoneham;   (second)    Stephen  Hunt. 

5.  Jane,  May  17,  1826;  married  Washington 
Palmeter.  6.  Walter  C,  May  8,  1829.  7. 
Cyrus,  August  11,  1832,  died  in  Kentucky  in 
1865. 

(VIII)  Daniel,  son  of  Gideon  Gifford,  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Washington  county.  New 
York,  December  2,  181 5.  He  came  to  Chau- 
tauqua county  with  his  parents  and  became  a 
well-to-do  farmer  of  the  county.  He  married 
Ann  M.  Sherman.  Children:  George,  married 
Anna  Bisbee,  no  issue;  Charles  D.,  of  whom 
further. 

(IX)  Charles  D.,  second  son  of  Daniel  Gif- 
ford, was  born  in  the  town  of  Busti,  Chau- 


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tauqua  county,  New  York,  on  the  homestead 
farm  of  his  father  and  grandfather,  July  16, 
1846,  died  there  December  18,  1903.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Jamestown  schools  and  fin- 
ished his  education  at  Chamberlain  Institute, 
at  Randolph,  New  York.  He  spent  his  early 
years  on  the  farm,  but  after  finishing  his 
studies  taught  school  for  about  three  years. 
He  then  became  an  agriculturist  and  was  one 
of  the  most  successful  and  prominent  farmers 
of  Chautauqua  county.  He  was  especially 
noted  as  a  breeder  of  fine  cattle,  making  a 
specialty  of  Durhams  and  Jerseys.  His  fine 
horses,  stock  and  the  abundance  of  his  crops 
were  of  especial  note  in  agricultural  circles. 
His  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
acres  was  beautifully  located  along  Lake  Chau- 
tauqua, near  the  summer  resorts  of  Celoron 
and  Lakewood,  while  its  close  proximity  to 
the  Erie  railway  station  and  the  electric  cars 
made  it  one  of  the  most  desirable  as  well  as 
most  beautiful  properties  in  Western  New 
York.  The  modern  house  he  built  is  now  the 
residence  of  his  widow  (1911).  He  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
was  a  charter  member  of  Union  Grange,  of 
which  he  was  master,  also  was  a  member  and 
master  of  Pomona  Grange.  He  was  an  ex- 
president  of  the  Kiantone  Farmers'  Club,  and 
for  a  long  term  of  years  was  an  active  mem- 
ber and  a  director  of  the  Chautauqua  County 
Agricultural  Society.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  a  director  of  the  Farmers'  and  Me- 
chanics' Bank,  of  Jamestown.  He  wjls  an 
attendant  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  in  politics  a  Republican.  Although  al- 
ways interested  in  public  affairs  and  keenly 
alive  to  his  duties  as  a  citizen,  he  would  never 
accept  public  office,  although  for  a  short  time 
he  consented  to  serve  as  assessor.  He  ^yas 
a  man  of  high  honor  and  strict  integrity, 
broad  and  liberal  in  his  views,  and  always 
lent  his  eflForts  and  influence  for  the  better- 
ment of  his  community.  He  was  honored  and 
respected  in  his  town  and  had  many  warm 

friends.  ^^      ^, 

He  married,  September  22,  1869,  Clemen- 
tine Jeanette  Hitchcock,  of  Ripley,  New  York 
(see  Hitchcock  IX).  Children:  i.  Marion, 
born  January  30,  187 1 ;  married,  June  26, 
1895,  Melville  Maltby  Martin,  now  connected 
with  the  Erie  Railroad  Company ;  child,  Will- 
iam Giflford;  they  reside  on  the  home  farm. 
2.  Elmer  Corydon,  bom  January  11,  1873; 
was  educated  in  the  Jamestown  public  schools, 


finishing  his  studies  with  a  course  at  JameV 
town  Business  College.  He  is  a  modern 
farmer  and  conducts  a  successful  business.  He 
is  a  member  of  Union  Grange,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry;  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  and  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  married  Pearl  E. 
Terry,  bom  May  4,  1873,  daughter  of  Jay  L. 
and  Nettie  Bates  Terry,  of  Sinclairville,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Louise  Jewell,  bom  Au- 
gust 19,  1904;  Charles  Jay,  June  9,  1907; 
Corydon  Daniel,  February  15,  1910. 

(The  Hitchcock  Line). 

This  family  originally  came  from  Wiltshire, 
England,  where  it  had  been  numerous  since 
the  days  of  William  the  Conqueror.  Anciently 
there  were  two  families  bearing  coats-of-arms. 
From  these  the  name  spread  to  other  parts  of 
England,  one  branch  settling  in  Warwick- 
shire. There  were  several  emigrants  of  the 
name  among  the  early  settlers  in  America: 
Thomas  and  William  Hitchcock,  who  settled 
in  Virginia ;  Matthias,  Luke  and  Edward,  who 
settled  in  New  England.  This  branch  de- 
scends from  Luke  Hitchcock,  who  came  from 
Fenny  Compton,  Warwickshire,  England,  and 
settled  in  Connecticut.  He  was  living  in  Weth- 
er sfield  in  1646,  and  died  there  November  i, 
1659.  It  is  said  he  was  very  'friendly  with 
the  Indians,  who  in  return  gave  him  a  deed 
for  the  land  now  covered  by  the  town  of 
Farmington.  His  deed  was  clear  and  valid, 
but  so  little  thought  of  at  that  early  day  that 
his  wife  used  it  to  cover  a  pie  in  the  oven 
and  it  was  destroyed.  Luke  Hitchcock  was 
a .  shoemaker  by  trade  and  had  a  shop  and 
residence  near  the  center  of  the  town.  He 
was  selectman  in  1655-56.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  William  Gibbons,  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  who  came  from  Fenny  Compton, 
England,  and  who  left  a  bequest  in  his  will 
to  his  "brother  Hitchcock."  She  survived  him, 
as  she  did  her  two  subsequent  husbands ;  died 
April  25,  1695.  Children:  John,  Hannah, 
Luke. 

(H)  Deacon  John  Hitchcock,  son  of  Luke 
Hitchcock,  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  at 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  On  May  19,  1676, 
he  was  wounded  in  the  fight  at  Turner's  Falls, 
one  arm  shot  through,  the  other  broken.  He 
married,  September  27,  1666,  Hannah  Chapin. 
Children :  Hannah,  John,  Samuel;  Luke,  Na- 
thaniel, David,  Jonathan,  Sarah. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  John  Hitch- 
cock, was  born  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 


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August  21,  1672.  He  settled  in  New  Milford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  joined  the  church,  No- 
vember 17,  1716.  He  married,  November 
I7»  1695,  Sarah  Weller,  born  in  Deerfield, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Alford)  Weller.  Children:  Samuel,  Jona- 
than, Sarah,  Esther,  Deborah,  John,  Hannah. 

(IV)  Captain  John  (2)  Hitchcock,  son  of 
Samuel  Hitchcock,  was  bom  in  New  Milford, 
Connecticut,  September  28,  171 6.  He  was 
justice  of  the  peace,  captain  of  militia  and 
representative  to  the  state  assembly.  He  and 
and  his  sons  were  grantees  of  the  town  of 
Hinesburg,  Vermont.  He  married  (first)  Sa- 
rah Barnum;  (second)  Sybil  Sherwood; 
(third)  Mrs.  Rebecca  Buel.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Isaac,  Asahel,  Eunice,  Abigail,  John. 
By  second  wife :  Zina,  John.  By  third  wife : 
Sarah,  Buel,  Hannah,  Ebenczer. 

(V)  Asahel,  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Hitchcock,  was  born  in  New  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, September  16,  1740,  died  May  6, 
1829.  He  moved  from  Connecticut  to  Kings- 
bury, Washington  county,  New  York,  where 
i^  1795  h^  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah  Collins;  (second)  Mrs. 
Anna  (Beach)  Northrop.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Collins,  Prudence,  Noble  B.  Child  of 
second  wife :    Hannah  Ann. 

(VI)  Collins,  son  of  Asahel  Hitchcock,  was 
born  September  9,  1767.  He  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge, Washington  county.  New  York,  where 
he  married  and  had  issue. 

(VII)  Oliver,  son  of  Collins  Hitchcock, 
was  bom  about  1795,  in  Washington  county, 
New  York.  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpen- 
ter, and  when  a  young  man  came  to  Chau- 
tauqua county,  where  he  followed  his  trade 
for  several  years.  He  later  purchased  a  farm 
of  eighty  acres  between  Westfield  and  May- 
ville,  on  which  he  resided  until  death.  He 
was  a  regular  attendant  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  took  a  great  interest 
in  church  affairs.  He  married  Elvacinda 
Hunt.  Children :  Alzada,  Emery,  died  young ; 
William,  Corydon. 

(VIII)  William,  son  of  Oliver  Hitchcock, 
was  born  in  Chautauqua  county,  New  York. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and 
became  one  of  the*  successful  farmers  of  his 
county.  He  owned  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  at  Ripley,  on  which  he  re- 
sided until  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Republican. 
He  was  a  man  of  energy,  good  business  ca- 


pacity and  bore  a  most  excellent  character  for 
uprightness  and  fair  dealing.  He  married 
Maria  Gorsline,  born  1821,  died  1900,  a  de- 
voted wife  and  mother.  Children:  i.  Clem- 
entine Jeanette,  of  whom  further.  2.  Cor- 
nelius, died  aged  four  years.  3.  George  W., 
born  in  the  town  and  county  of  Chautauqua, 
New  York,  January  24,  1854;  he  was  post- 
master of  Ripley  and  operated  a  feed  mill. 
He  married  (first)  Ida  Perry;  (second)  Mary 
A.  Cochran.  Children  by  first  marriage: 
Martha  N.  and  Laura  H. 

(IX)  Clementine  Jeanette,  only  daughter 
of  William  and  Maria  (Gorsline)  Hitchcock, 
was  born  in  the  town  and  county  of  Chau- 
tauqua, New  York.  In  1855  her  parents  re- 
moved to  Ripley,  where  she  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  She  married,  September 
22,  1869,  Charles  D.  Gifford  (seaGifford  IX). 
She  survives  her  husband  and  resides  on  the 
beautiful  farm  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Chau- 
tauqua. Her  daughter  resides  with  her,  while 
her  only  son  resides  nearby.  Mrs.  Gifford  is 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  and 
interested  in  church  affairs.  She  is  a  woman 
of  good  business  ability,  and  dispenses  a 
charming  hospitality  to  her  many  friends  and 
acquaintances. 


The  Laidlaws  of  EUicottville, 
LAIDLAW     New    York,    descend   in   the 

third  American  generation 
from  illustrious  Scotch  ancestors.  The  first 
of  the  family  to  come  to  the  United  States 
was  Gilbert  Laidlaw,  who  with  his  wife,  Mar- 
garet Lamb,  and  five  children,  came  from  near 
Jedburgh,  Roxburghshire,  Scotland,  in  1851. 
He  settled  first  near  Rochester,  New  York, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  which  he  culti- 
vated until  1852.  He  then  moved  to  Cattarau- 
gus county,  settling  in  Franklinville,  where  he 
bought  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
which  he  cleared,  brought  under  cultivation, 
and  made  his  home  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  This  locality  has  ever  since  been 
known  as  the  Laidlaw  district.  Margaret,  his 
wife,  died  soon  after  the  settlement  in  Cat- 
taraugus county.  Gilbert  died  in  1863.  Chil- 
dren: William  G.,  Robert,  James,  Agnes  and 
Betsey. 

(II)  William  Grant,  son  of  Gilbert  Laid- 
law, was  born  near  Jedburgh,  Roxburghshire, 
Scotland,  January  i,  1840,  died  in  EUicott- 
ville, New  York,  August  19,  1908.  He  came 
from  Scotland  with  the  other  members  of  his 


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family  in  185 1,  and  to  Franklinville,  Cattarau- 
gus county,  New  York,  in  1852.  He  had  re- 
ceived good  school  advantages  in  Scotland, 
but  after  coming  to  Cattaraugus  he  could  only 
attend  school  during  the  twelve  winter  weeks, 
but  there  was  a  most  excellent  school  in  the 
district,  taught  by  well  educated  men,  where 
he  became  well  grounded  in  the  common  and 
gave  some  time  to  the  higher  branches.  He 
procured  an  elementary  geometry  which  he 
studied  at  home.  During  these  youthful  years 
he  assisted  in  clearing  the  farm  and  in  all  the 
different  kinds  of  work  incidental  to  bringing 
new  land  under  cultivation.  When  quite  well 
grown  he  hired  out  to  a  neighboring  farmer 
for  six  months,  receiving  twelve  dollars  per 
month.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  a  private 
school  was  started  in  Franklinville  by  Mr. 
Kimball,  which  he  attended,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing winter  secured  a  school  and  began  teach- 
ing at  a  salary  of  twenty  dollars  per  month. 
For  several  terms  he  attended  a  private  school 
studying  the  higher  branches,  Latin,  Greek, 
etc.,  part  of  the  time  teaching  a  class  in  the 
school.  He  taught  in  all  three  winters,  and 
about  i860  began  the  study  of  law  with  Judge 
Samuel  S.  Spring,  at  Franklinville.  In  the 
.  summer  of  1861  a  party  of  young  men  from 
Olean  and  Hinsdale  were  making  preparations 
to  enlist  in  the  United  States  navy.  He  had 
become  strongly  anti-slavery  in  his  views,  the 
family  newspaper  having  always  been  Horace 
Greeley's  New  York  Tribune,  He  joined  the 
party,  went  to  New  York  City,  enlisted,  and 
was  assigned  to  the  "Montgomery."  He 
saw  hard  fighting  in  southern  waters,  serving 
on  the  "Cincinnati,"  and  rose  through  several 
promotions  from  landsman  to  ordinary  sea- 
man, able  seaman,  and  captain  of  the  fore- 
castle. He  was  honorably  discharged  May 
I5>  1865,  returned  to  Franklinville,  began 
keeping  house,  and  again  resumed  his  studies 
with  Judge  Spring. 

In  the  fall  of  1866  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  began  practice  in  his  home  town.  His 
practice  really  began  before  his  admission,  for 
he  had  prior  to  that  time  tried  numerous  cases 
in  the  justice's  court,  generally  with  Judge 
Spring  on  the  opposing  side.  In  the  fall  of 
1866  he  was  elected  school  commissioner  for 
the  first  district  of  Cattaraugus  county,  serv- 
ing three  years.  In  the  spring  of  1869  he 
moved  to  Ellicottville,  where  he  formed  a 
law  partnership  with  Judge  Allen  D.  Scott, 
later  admitting  his  brother-in-law,  James  D. 


McVey,  to  the  firm.  In  April,  1871,  he  was 
appointed  by  President  Grant  assessor  of  in- 
ternal revenue,  holding  until  the  following 
year,  when  he  resigned.  In  the  fall  of  1871 
he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Cattaraugus 
county,  served  three  years,  was  reelected,  and 
served  another  term.  In  1873  ^^r-  McVey 
was  elected  surrogate  of  Cattaraugus  county, 
and  the  next  year  moved  to  Franklinville.  In 
1875  Mr.  Laidlaw's  partner,  Mr.  Scott,  was 
elected  county  judge,  and  Mr.  Laidlaw  con- 
tinued practice  alone;  he  later  admitted  a 
former  law  student  of  his,  S.  R.  McNair,  to 
a  partnership,  a  connection  that  existed  many 
years.  In  the  fall  of  1886  he  was  the  success- 
ful candidate  for  the  Republican  party  for 
congress,  and  served  in  the  Fiftieth  Congress 
on  the  claims  committee,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Speaker  Carlisle.  In  1888  he  was 
elected  to  the  Fifty-first  congress,  and  ap- 
pointed chairman  of  the  committee  on  claims, 
by  Speaker  Reed,  the  political  complexion  of 
the  house  having  changed.  This  was  a  very 
important  committee,  dealing  with  claims  in- 
volving vast  amounts  of  money  and  intricate 
points  of  law.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his 
congressional  career  Mr.  Laidlaw  returned  to 
Ellicottville  and  the  practice  of  his  profession 
with  his  son,  continuing  until  his  final  retire- 
ment in  1908.  His  was  a  strong  character, 
possessing  all  the  Scotch  attributes  of  te- 
nacity, loyalty,  honesty  and  thrift.  His  num- 
erous canvasses  for  office  and  his  legal  prac- 
tice caused  him  to  travel  much  in  his  district, 
and  as  "Uncle  Billy"  he  was  known  to  all.  He 
was  learned  in  the  law  and  a  skillful  practi- 
tioner. As  district  attorney  he  prosecuted  all 
criminals  without  fear  or  favor,  while  in  politi- 
cal life  he  served  first  his  country's  needs, 
then  his  constituents.  No  man  could  buy  him, 
none  intimidate  him.  He  served  his  adopted 
country  well  in  war  and  peace,  and  was  loyal 
to  his  adopted  state  and  county.  He  was  a 
member  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  and 
interested  in  local  associations  and  societies. 
He  married,  September  i,  1864,  Elizabeth, 
bom  June  21,  1838,  died  February,  1904, 
daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  (Dow) 
McVey.  Children:  i.  Gilbert  William,  bom 
July  23,  1868;  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
Chamberlain  Institute,  Cornell  University 
(Theological),  finishing  at  the  private  school 
conducted  by  Bishop  Lawrence,  of  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  church.  He  studied  theology 
under  the  bishop  for  two  years,  then  was  or- 


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dained  to  the  priesthood  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church.  He  was  rector  of  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  churches  at  Fall  River  and  Mid- 
dleboro,  Massachusetts;  Newport,  Rhode  Is- 
land, and  is  now  (1911)  associate  rector  of 
St.  Paul's  Episcopal  church,  at  Chicago;  un- 
married. 2.  Archibald  M.,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Clarence  Scott,  bom  September  15,  1874; 
educated  in  public  schools;  was  in  ill  health 
for  several  years,  during  which  he  lived  on 
the  farm,  engaged  in  light  work,  fitting  his 
physical  condition.  He  took  up  clerical  work 
and  so  engaged  with  the  National  Packing 
Company,  of  Richmond,  Virginia ;  unmarried. 

(Ill)  Archibald  McVey,  son  of  William 
Grant  Laidlaw,  was  born  in  EUicottville,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York,  April  17,  1871. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Alfred  University.  He  pursued  a  course  of 
legal  study  under  the  direction  of  his 
father,  and  in  June,  1900,  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  During  his  years  of  study  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools.  He  began  practice  with 
his  father,  who  admitted  him  a  partner  under 
the  firm  name  of  W.  G.  &  A.  M.  Laidlaw. 
This  association  continued  until  the  death  of 
the  senior  partner  in  1908,  since  which  time 
A.  M.  Laidlaw  has  conducted  the  business 
alone.  He  has  been  elected  supervisor  four 
times,  serving  seven  years,  resigning  before 
the  expiration  of  his  last  term.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal church,  which  he  serves  as  clerk  of  the 
vestry. 

He  married,  July  14,  1897,  Helena  M.,  born 
November  25,  1871,  only  child  of  Edwin  S. 
and  Elizabeth  (Brooks)  King,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Alanson  and  Charlotte  (Mun- 
ger)  King;  maternal  granddaughter  of  Ma- 
rena  and  Anna  Minerva  (Kimball)  Brooks. 
Children :  William  King,  born  April  24,  1900 ; 
Archibald  McVey   (2)   King,   September   11, 

1905. 

(The  Maternal  Line). 

Elizabeth  (McVey)  Laidlaw,  was  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Robine,  who  married  (first) 
Janet  Downie,  or  Dourie.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Isaobell  Dounie.  Children  by  first  mar- 
riage: John  (see  forward),  and  Katherine, 
born  December  7,  1669.  Children  by  second 
marriage.  Harry,  born  February  13,  1672, 
and  Thomas,  February  14,  1674. 

(H)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  Ro- 
bine, was  born  May  28,  1665.  He  wrote  his 
name  Robin.     He  married  Margaret  Kemp. 


Qiildren:  Thomas,  see  forward;  Janet,  born 
May  26,  1702,  died  young;  George,  February 
6i  1705;  Janet  (2),  July  10,  1707;  Margaret, 
December  8,  1709;  Alexander,  June  22,  1714. 
(IH)  Thomas,  eldest  son  of  John  (2)  Ro- 
bin, was  born  March  28,  1700.  He  married, 
July  5,  1734,  Margaret  Hodge.  Children: 
Margaret,  born  May  2,  1735;  Elizabeth, 
March  i,  1737;  Janet,  January  10,  1739;  John 
(3),   see   forward;  Jane,  born  December   5, 

1743. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  Thomas  Robin,  was 

born  August  24,  1741.  He  married  Jean  (or 
Jane)  Adam.  Children:  Margaret,  see  for- 
ward;. John  (4),  bom  August  3,  1774. 

(V)  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  (3)  Robin, 
was  born  January  21,  1773.  She  married 
James  Dow.  Children:  Janet,  James,  born 
1804,  Robert,  1805,  Margaret  (see  forward), 
Elizabeth,  born  March  14,  1808;  John,  April 
7,  1814. 

(VI)  Margaret,  daughter  of  James  Dow, 
was  born  March  14,  1808.  She  married  Wil- 
liam McVey,  bom  November  8,  1806.  Chil- 
dren: Margaret  Robin,  born  September  14, 
1834;  Archibald,  September  20,  1836;  Eliza- 
beth (see  forward) ;  Susan,  born  September 
15,  1840;  James  Dow,  March  22,  1843;  Chris- 
tina Templeton,  May  25,  1848. 

(VII)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Mc- 
Vey, was  born  June  21,  1838.  She  married, 
William  Grant  Laidlaw  (see  Laidlaw). 

(VIII)  Archibald  McVey,  son  of  William 
Grant  Laidlaw,  married,  July  14,  1897,  Helena 
M.  King.     (See  Laidlaw  III.) 

(IX)  William  King,  son  of  Archibald  Mc- 
Vey, was  bom  April  24,  1900. 

(IX)  Archibald  McVey  (2),  son  of  Archi- 
bald McVey  Laidlaw,  was  bora  September 
II,  1905. 

(The  King  Line). 

The  King  family  descends  from  ancient 
English  forbears.  The  spelling  of  the  name 
has  varied,  being  found  as  Kinge,  Kynge, 
Kyng  and  King.  No  less  than  thirty-eight 
coats-of-arms  are  given  as  belonging  to  King^ 
families  in  England,  with  fifteen  more  borne 
by  families  spelling  their  names  Kinge.  This 
family  early  settled  in  New  England,  where 
they  shared  in  the  perils  and  hardships  of 
founding  and  defending  a  nation.  Four  Kings 
have  been  governors  of  states  and  seven  mem- 
bers of  congress.  Up  to  1900  forty-seven 
had  been  graduated  from  Harvard  and  thirty- 
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members  who  have  borne  the  name  may  be 
mentioned  Vice-President  Rufus  King,  of  New 
York;  Thomas  Starr  King,  clergyman  and 
author,  who  more  than  any  one  man  kept 
California  in  the  Union;  Charles  King,  sol- 
dier and  writer;  Edward  King,  journalist  and 
essayist,  and  others  whose  name  is  legion. 

(I)  Clement  King,  ancestor  of  the  branch 
herein  recorded,  first  appears  as  constable 
of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1668-70,  but 
the  records  of  that  town  fail  to  disclose  whence 
he  came  or  to  which  of  the  several  King  fam- 
ilies then  in  Plymouth  Colony  he  was  re- 
lated. Though  nothing  can  be  proven,  there 
is  a  strong  probability  that  John  King  of 
Weymouth  was  his  ancestor,  or  closely  re- 
lated. Clement  King  was  proposed  as  a  free- 
man in  1681  and  admitted  June  6,  1682.  In 
a  list  of  Marshfield  townsmen,  dated  May  21, 
1688,  his  name  is  marked  with  a  cross  indi- 
cating his  removal  to  Providence,  Rhode  Is- 
land, where  he  bought  land  at  Pawtuxet  on 
May  20,  1687.  His  name  is  on  the  tax  list, 
1688.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Fourth  com- 
pany, or  train  band,  of  Providence,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1686.  His  wife  Elizabeth  survived  him 
and  married  (second)  Rev.  Thomas  Barnes, 
pastor  of  the  Second  Baptist  Church  of  Swan- 
zey,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  Clement  and 
Elizabeth  King:  John,  of  further  mention; 
James,  died  November  19,  1756,  twice  mar- 
ried, and  left  issue;  Thomas,  born  i6gi,  died 
October  10,  1723;  Ebenezer,  married  Hannah 
Manning,  eight  children;  Joanna,  married 
Joshua  Turner;  a  child,  born  June  19,  1669; 
a  daughter,  married  Richard  Harris. 

(II)  John,  eldest  son  of  Clement  King,  died 
September  18,  1723.  He  resided  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  where  his  name  fre- 
quently appears  as  buyer  and  seller  of  land. 

He  married  (first)  Hannah ,  of  whom 

no  issue  is  known.  He  married  (second) 
Elizabeth  ,  who  survived  him.  Chil- 
dren of  latter:  Sarah,  died  young;  John  (2), 
born  March  13,  1705;  Hannah,  married  John 
Bailey  (2)  ;  Jemima,  married  John  Wheaton; 
Obadiah,  born  about  1708;  Fearnot,  married 
Anne  Briggs;  Isaac,  of  further  mention; 
Sarah,  married  Joseph  Jenckes  (2) ;  Josiah, 
married  Hannah  Field,  (second)  Mary  Bor- 
den; William,  married  Anne  Dunkin. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  John  King,  was  born 
about  1 7 10,  died  at  Scituate,  Rhode  Island, 
July  5,  1757.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  May  6,  1729,  and 


first  purchased  land  at  Scituate,  November, 
1733.  His  will,  dated  April  16,  1752,  proved 
August  I,  1757,  names  wife  Sarah,  and  his 
brother,  Obadiah  King,  executors.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Providence,  about  1723,  Elizabeth 
Bates,  daughter  of  Samuel.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)   Sarah  ,  who  survived  him  and 

married  (second)  Joseph  Jenckes,  of  Provi- 
dence. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Mary,  mar- 
ried John  Stafford.  2.  Elizabeth.  3.  Samuel, 
born  1737,  at  Scituate,  Rhode  Island;  a  sol- 
dier of  the  revolution ;  married  Freelove  Phil- 
lips; (second)  Dinah  J^urton.  4.  Mercy,  born 
1739;  married  Rachel  Carder.  5.  Margaret, 
born  June  2*]^  1742.  6.  Sarah,  married  Joseph 
Bowen  (2).  7.  Keziah,  married  Stephen  Aid- 
rich.  8.  Joshua,  of  further  mention.  9. 
Prudence.  10.  Isaac  (2),  married  (first) 
Catherine  Pattey;  (second)  Keturah  Appleby. 
II.  Nathan,  born  September  6,  1756.  12.-13- 
14.  Hope,  Patience  and  George,  triplets,  born 
November  25,  1755;  Patience  married  Benja- 
min Aldrich. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Isaac  King  by  his  sec- 
ond wife,  was  born  June  13,  1748.  He  re- 
sided in  Scituate  and  Foster,  Rhode  Island, 
where  in  the  census  of  1774  he  is  mentioned 
as  having  two  sons  and  two  daughters  under 
sixteen  years  of  age.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1768,  at  Scituate,  Martha  Place.  Chil- 
dren, first  four  born  at  Scituate,  others  at  Fos- 
ter: Enoch,  May  15,  1769;  Sally,  married 
Josiah  Tyler;  Isaac,  June  23,  1776;  George, 
May  21,  1778;  Joshua  (2),  May  25,  1783; 
Mary,  married  John  Foster;  Arnold,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(V)  Arnold,  son  of  Joshua  King,  was  bom 
at  Foster,  Rhode  Island,  September  2,  1790. 
He  became  a  settler  of  the  town  of  Collins, 
Erie  county,  New  York,  in  181 1.  He  married 
Candace  Cook,  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  Alanson,  son  of  Arnold  and  Candace 
(Cook)  King,  was  bom  in  Collins,  Erie 
county,  New  York,  March  20,  18 16,  died  Au- 
gust 10,  1888,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Candace  M.  Gaylord,  in  Liona,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  was  buried  at  Ashford,  New  York, 
with  Masonic  honors.  Early  in  life  he  was  a 
major  of  militia.  In  1848  he  removed  to  Ash- 
ford, Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  became  a 
prominent  business  man  and  noted  public  offi- 
cial. He  engaged  in  mercantile  life  in  Ashford, 
where  he  also  owned  and  operated  a  flouring 
and  saw  mill.  In  1849  ^e  represented  Ash- 
ford on  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Cattarau- 


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gus  county.  He  was  an  old  time  Whig,  and 
on  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party 
joined  the  ranks  of  that  party.  In  1856  he 
was  elected  to  the  New  York  assembly,  where 
he  distinguished  himself  by  the  work  done 
for  his  constituents.  General  Samuel  W. 
Johnson,  a  Democrat,  said  of  him,  "he  re- 
turned from  the  legislature  as  poor  as  he  en- 
tered it."  Mr.  King  was  a  man  of  more  than 
average  ability,  had  great  influence,  and  bore 
an  unquestioned  reputation  for  integrity  and 
honesty.  In  1861  he  was  appointed  to  a  posi- 
tion in  the  New  Yorjc  City  custom  house, 
which  he  held  until  1871.  He  spent  the  two 
ensuing  years  with  his  son  in  EUicottville, 
New  York,  then  went  to  his  daughter  at 
Liona,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried, January  12,  1843,  ^t  Hanover,  Chautau- 
qua county,  Charlotte  Munger.  Among  his 
children  was  Edwin  S. 

(VII)  Edwin  S.,  son  of  Alanson  King,  was 
bom  in  Collins,  Erie  county,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1844.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
he  commenced  teaching  in  the  public  schools, 
continuing  through  three  winter  terms.  In 
February,  1862,  he  located  in  EUicottville, 
where  in  1872  he  established  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  partnership  with  Charles  H.  Matte- 
son,  whose  interest  he  later  purchased.  He 
was  assistant  assessor  of  internal  revenue  for 
ten  months,  and  when  that  office  was  abolished 
he  was  appointed  deputy  collector,  holding 
eight  years.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Re- 
publican county  committee  and  clerk  of  the 
board  of  supervisors.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Marena  and  Anna  Minerva 
(Kimball)  Brooks.    Child:  Helena  M. 

(VIII)  Helena  M.,  only  child  of  Edwin 
S.  and  Elizabeth  (Brooks)  King,  was  born 
November  25,  1871.  She  married,  July  14, 
1897,  Archibald  McVey  Laidlaw.  (See  Laid- 
law.) 

(IX)  William  King  and  Archibald  McVey 
(2)  King,  sons  of  Archibald  McVey  (i)  and 
Helena  M.  (King)  Laidlaw. 


Theophilus  Whaley,  the  immi- 
WHALEY    grant  ancestor,   was  born   in 

1616.  It  is  said  that  he  was  a 
son  of  wealthy  parents  who  gave  him  a  col- 
lege education.  A  proof  of  this  fact  is  that 
there  is  a  record  of  him  which  states  that  he 
once  said:  "till  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  he 
knew  not  what  it  was  to  want  a  servant  to 
attend  him  with  a   silver  ewer  and  napkin 


»vhenever  he  wanted  to  wash  his  hands."    Be- 
fore he  was  of  age  he  came  to  America  and 
served  in  the  army  in  Virginia,  staying  only 
a  short  time.     He  returned  to  England  and 
served  in  the  Parliamentary  army.     In  1649 
his  regiment  took  part  in  the  execution  of 
King  Charles  I.     It  has  been  surmised  that 
he  was  Robert  Whaley,  a  brother  of  Edward, 
the  Regicide,  and  that  he  changed  his  name  to 
Theophilus  because  of  circumstances  connected 
with  the  execution.     In  1660  he  came  again 
to  Virginia,  and  married  there.    Some  of  his 
children  were  born  there.    In  1680  he  moved 
to  Kings  Town,  as  he  had  religious  troubles 
in  Virginia ;  he  was  a  Baptist  in  religion.   He 
settled  near  the  head  of  Pettaquamscut  Pond, 
in  what  is  now  South  Kingstown,  and  made 
his  living  by  fishing,  weaving  and  teaching. 
Through  his  good  education  he  knew  Hebrew, 
Greek  and  Latin.    He  was  often  required  to 
write  the  deeds  and  papers  of  his  neighbors. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  he  was  one  of  the 
regicide  judges,  and   had  signed   the  death 
warrant  of  King  Charles;  the  visits  of  dis- 
tinguished men  from  Boston  and  other  places 
aid  in  confirming  this  theory.     His  reticence 
about  his  history  leaves  much  mystery  con- 
cerning him;  there  are  few  records  of  him 
in  the  town  history.    His  name  occurs  a  few- 
times  as  witness  to  deeds.    On  September  6, 
1687,  he  was  taxed  3  shillings  11  pence.    On 
January  20,   171 1,  he  received   120  acres   in 
East  Greenwich  from  the  proprietors  of  the 
land  which  now  is  West  Greenwich.    On  Feb- 
ruary 20,   1711,  he  and  his  wife  deeded  to 
their  son  Samuel   120  acres  in  East  Green- 
wich, for  love.    Late  in  life  he  moved  to  the 
house  of  his  son-in-law,  Joseph  Hopkins,   in 
West  Greenwich.    He  died  in  1720,  and  was 
buried  with  military  honors  on  Hopkins  Hill. 
Francis  Willet  told  Dr.  Stiles  that  he  wrote 
a  will  for  Theophilus  Whaley,  but  it  has  not 
been  found.    He  married,  in  1670,  Elizabeth 
Mills,  who  was  born  in  1645,  ^tnd  died  in  171 5. 
Children:  John;  Ann,  unmarried;  Theodosia, 
married^  July  15,  1697,  Robert  Spencer,  who 
was  born  November  6,  1674,  and  died  1748, 
son  of  John  and  Susanna  Spencer;  Elizabeth, 
died    1752,    married    Charles    Hazleton,  died 
March  28,   1712,   son  of  Charles  Hazleton; 
Martha,  born  1680,  died  1773,  married  (first) 
Joseph  Hopkins,  died  May  15,   1735,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  Hopkins,  married    (sec- 
ond) Robert  Spencer,  who  was  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1674,  and  died  1748,  son  of  John  and 


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Susannah  Spencer;  Lydia,  married  John 
Sweet;  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Theophilus  Whaley, 

married  first   Hopkins,   daughter  of 

Samuel  and  Susannah  Hopkins.  He  married 
(second)  Patience,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Sarah  Hearnden.  On  July  i,  1713,  he  and 
his  wife  signed  a  deed.  A  descendant  gave 
the  date  of  his  death  to  Dr.  Stiles  as  about 
1782,  aged  seventy-seven,  but  this  date  would 
apply  better  to  his  son  Samuel.  There  was 
a  Samuel  Hopkins  at  Voluntown,  Connecticut, 
as  early  as  1721 ;  in  that  year  he  was  select- 
man there,  and  was  on  a  committee  in  regard 
to  a  tax  for  the  support  of  a  minister.  Chil- 
dren: Thomas;  Samuel.  By  second  wife: 
Theophilus,  mentioned  below ;  Jeremiah ; 
John;  Ann;  Sarah;  born  August  11,  1729. 

(III)  Theophilus  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Wha- 
ley, was  born  about  1720-5.  He  settled  in 
New  London  county,  Connecticut,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790  (p.  122)  had  in  his 
family  himself  and  three  females.  Theophilus, 
doubtless  his  son,  was  at  Easton,  Albany  coun- 
ty, New  York,  and  had  in  his  family  two 
males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age,  and 
two  females.  At  that  time  Theophilus  was 
the  only  one  of  the  name  head  of  a  family  in 
Connecticut,  according  to  the  census,  unless 
the  name  was  incorrectly  spelled.  At  the  pe- 
riod during  and  following  the  revolution  the 
family  scattered  widely  from  Rhode  Island 
and  New  London  county,  Connecticut.  All 
were  descended  from  Samuel  (II),  but  the 
tracing  of  the  lines  is  made  difficult  and  in 
some  cases  impossible  on  account  of  lack  of 
vital  records  and  the  changing  of  residence. 
In  1790  Alexander  Whaley  was  reported  of 
New  York  City.  Of  this  Alexander  we  know 
that  Alexander  and  his  brother  James,  sons 
or  grandsons  of  Samuel  (II),  lived  in  the 
norSi  parish  of  New  London,  Connecticut. 
Alexander,  who  was  born  in  171 3  and  died  in 
1799,  somewhere  in  New  York  probably,  was 
a  farmer  and  blacksmith;  married,  at  New 
London,  in  1737,  Elizabeth  Shaw.  Alexan- 
der Jr.,  his  son,  born  1745-50,  removed  to 
New  York  state.  Samuel  and  Jonathan 
Whaley,  also  sons  of  Alexander,  lived  at  New 
London.  In  1790  an  Isaac  Whaley  was  liv- 
ing with  his  family  at  Pawling,  Dutchess 
county,  New  York.  Some  of  the  family  re- 
mained at  North  Kingston,  but  the  records 
tell  little  about  them.  We  find  that  Thomas 
Whaley  had  children  at  North  Kingston :  one 


bom  March  5,  1756;  Theophilus,  April  19, 
1758;  Thomas,  March  10,  1760.  Lawrence 
Whaley  had  at  North  Kingston:  Lydia,  May 
13, ;  Susannah,  January  21,  ;  The- 
ophilus, February   14,   ;  Thomas,   April 

10, .     In  1790  we  also  find  in  the  census 

of  New  York,  Isaac  Whaley  of  Eastern,  Rey- 
nolds of  Stephentown,  Isaac  and  James  of 
Pawling,  John  and  Timothy.  The  name  is 
sometimes  found  spelled  Whalley  and  Whealy. 

(IV)  George  Whaley  was  a  descendant  in 
direct  line  from  Samuel,  of  the  branch  that 
went  by  the  way  of  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, to  eastern  New  York,  before  1790.  He 
went  west  and  located  at  Schuyler,  New  York, 
where  he  followed  farming.  He  later  located 
at  Holland,  Erie  county,  New  York.  He 
married  and  had  four  children:  i.  Perry, 
married  Polly  Chase  and  had  Polk,  Amelia, 
William,  Malinda,  Edward  and  Arthur;  Perry, 
settled  first  in  Michigan  and  later  removed  to 
Grand  Valley,  Pennsylvania ;  he  was  a  farmer. 
2.  Almira,  never  married;  taught  school  for 
thirty-three  years  in  Java  and  Holland,  Erie 
county,  New  York.  3.  Sally  Ann,  never  mar- 
ried.   4.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  George  Whaley,  was 
born  February  3,  1821,  at  Schuyler,  New 
York,  and  died  on  his  son's  farm  at 
Strykersville,  New  York,  and  is  buried 
there.  He  married  Keziah  Bond,  who 
died  when  a  young  woman,  and  is  also 
buried  at  Strykersville.  Benjamin  Wha- 
ley was  a  prosperous  farmer,  owning  at 
one  time  no  less  than  fifteen  hundred 
acres  of  land  under  cultivation  and  keeping 
a  herd  of  one  hundred  cows.  Children :  Dex- 
ter, Seymour,  George,  Quincy  (mentioned  be- 
low), Ida  and  Frank.  Dexter  married  Esther 
Kimball,  and  had  Julia,  unmarried;  Seymour 
married  Flora  Parker,  and  had  Mary,  Alice, 
Cora,  Belle  and  Riley ;  George  died  young,  and 
Ida  died  young,  unmarried. 

(VI)  Quincy,  son  of  Benjamin  Whaley, 
was  born  February  11,  1851,  in  Strykersville, 
New  York,  about  twelve  miles  from  East  Au- 
rora. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  has  followed  farming 
on  a  large  scale,  and  is  one  of  the  most  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  Strykersville.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  of 
Strykersville.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  married,  October  17,  1875,  Frances  Moore, 
bom  September  3,  1855,  ^^  Wales,  daughter 
of  Joshua  and  Catherine  (Martin)  Moore,  of 


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Wales,  Erie  county,  New  York.  Children:  i. 
Jennie,  born  December  ii,  1876;  married,  No- 
vember 28,  1894,  Riley  Parker;  children: 
Riley  and  Mildred  Parker.  2.  Carrie,  born 
November  13,  1878;  married,  November  21, 
1894,  Thomas  Jones ;  children :  Anna,  Robert, 
Kenneth  and  Elizabeth  Jones.  3.  George, 
born  October  3,  1880;  unmarried.  4.  Myrtle 
E.,  born  July  20,  1883;  married,  August  15, 
1897,  Everett  Stratton;  children:  Dorris  and 
Velma.  5.  Emma,  born  December  22,  1887; 
resides  with  her  parents,  unmarried.  6.  Gould, 
bom  November  25,  1890,  resides  with  his 
parents. 


The    pedigree    of    this    family 
ADAMS     traces  the  ancestry,  according  to 

one  account,  to  Ap  Adam,  the 
father  of  John  or  Lord  Ap  Adam,  who  was 
called  to  Parliament  by  Edward  I,  and  Baron 
of  the  Realm  from  1296  to  1307,  and  states 
that  he  came  out  of  the  Marches  of  Wales 
into  Devonshire.  This  statement  has  been  dis- 
credited by  genealogists,  though  proof  of  er- 
ror seems  as  much  wanting  as  proof  of  cor- 
rectness. If  correct,  the  lineage  includes  kings 
of  England  and  France  and  goes  back  to 
Charlemagne. 

(I)  Henry  Adams,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  and  came  from  Brain- 
tree,  England,  to  Braintree,  Massachusetts, 
about  1632-3.  He  was  allotted  forty  acres 
of  land  for  the  ten  persons  in  his  family,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1639-40.  President  John  Adams, 
a  descendant,  believed  that  Henry  Adams  came 
from  Devonshire,  and  erected  a  monument  to 
him  in  the  old  burying  ground  at  Braintree, 
now  Quincy,  with  this  inscription :  "In  mem- 
ory of  Henry  Adams  who  took  flight  from  the 
Dragon  persecution  in  Devonshire,  England, 
and  alighted  with  eight  sons  near  Mount  Wol- 
laston.  One  of  the  sons  returned  to  England ; 
and  after  taking  time  to  explore  the  country 
four  removed  to  Medfield,  and  two  to  Chelms- 
ford. One  only,  Joseph,  who  lies  here  at  his 
left  hand,  remained  here — an  original  pro- 
prietor in  the  township  of  Braintree."  The 
monument  commemorates  the  "piety,  humil- 
ity, simplicity,  prudence,  patience,  temperance, 
frugality,  industry  and  perseverance"  of  the 
Adams  ancestor.  President  John  Quincy  Ad- 
ams, however,  dissented  from  the  conclusion 
of  his  father  that  Henry  Adams  was  of  Dev- 
onshire. Savage  agrees  with  the  younger 
Adams  that  the  immigrant  was  of  Braintree, 


England,  in  county  Essex,  and  some  of  the 
sons  from  Chelmsford  in  that  county.  It  is 
generally  believed  that  the  wife  of  Henry  Ad- 
ams returned  to  England  with  her  daughter 
Ursula,  and  died  there.  Henry  died  at  Brain- 
tree, October  6,  1646,  and  was  buried  Oc- 
tober 8.  In  his  will,  proved  Jupe  8,  1647,  ^^ 
mentioned  his  sons  Peter,  John,  Joseph,  Ed- 
ward, Samuel,  and  daughter  Ursula.  Chil- 
dren :  Lieutenant  Henry,  born  1604 ;  Lieuten- 
ant Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Captain  Sam- 
uel, born  1617;  Deacon  Jonathan,  i6ip;  Peter, 
1622;  John,  1624;  Joseph,  1626;  Ensign  Ed- 
ward, 1630;  Ursula,  mentioned  in  father's 
will. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Adams,  son  of 
Henry  Adams,  was  born  in  England,  in  1612, 
and  died  in  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  July 
20,  1688.  He  removed  from  Braintree  to 
Concord  and  thence  to  Chelmsford.  He  was 
chosen  chief  sergeant  of  the  military  company 
in  1659,  but  the  court  refused  to  confirm  him 
on  account  of  his  religious  views.  He  was 
confirmed  in  April,  1660,  upon  agreeing  not 
to  disseminate  any  views  contrary  to  those  of 
the  church  sanctioned.  He  was  chosen  ensign 
in  1678  and  lieutenant  in  1682,  in  the  com- 
pany in  which  his  brother  Samuel  was  cap- 
tain. He  served  as  town  clerk,  selectman,  and 
deputy  to  the  general  court.  His  will  was 
dated  March  28,  1688,  and  proved  October  7, 
1690.  He  married,  in  Braintree,  in  1642, 
Mary  (Blackmore?).  Children:  Mary,  born 
in  Braintree,  July  24,  1643,  died  young;  Jona- 
than, twin,  born  in  Concord,  January  6,  1646 ; 
Peletiah,  twin  of  Jonathan;  Timothy  born 
April  2  or  February  15,  1648;  George,  born 
March  29,  1650,  died  young;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below;  Edith,  born  February  21,  1655; 
Rebecca,  September  18,  1657,  died  young; 
Elizabeth,  December  21,  1658-9,  died  young; 
Thomas,  July  22,  1660,  died  November  20 
following;  Mary,  born  October  29,  1664. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Adams,  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  about  1652-3. 
He  was  a  millwright  by  trade  and  removed 
to  Charlestown  and  thence  to  Canterbury, 
Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen. He  was  one  of  the  first  board  of  select- 
men in  Canterbury,  in  1699.  His  will  was 
dated  August  7,  1727,  and  proved  December 
4,  1727.     He  died  November  26,  1727.     He 

married  Mary ,  who  died  March  28,  1718. 

Children:  Abigail,  born  in  Chelmsford,  about 
1682-3 ;    Captain    Joseph,    mentioned    below ; 


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Henry;  Thomas;  Samuel;  Susanna,  born  in 
Charlestown,  March  13,  1692;  Katherine,  born 
May  2T,  1695;  Margaret,  born  in  Canterbury; 
Rebecca,  died  July  5,  1709. 

(IV)  Captain  Joseph  Adams,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Adams,  was  born  in  Chelmsford  about 
1682-3,  and  died  March  3,  1752,  aged  sev- 
enty. He  was  a  first  settler  at  Canterbury, 
a  large  land  dealer  and  a  prominent  man. 
He  married  (first)  July  23,  1708,  Eunice 
Spalding,  who  died  April  5,  1726.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  April  4,  1728,  Mrs.  Susanna 
(Woodward)  Adams,  born  1693,  died  April 
29,  1790,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Dana)  Woodward  and  widow  of  William 
Adams.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Joseph, 
born  in  Canterbury,  June  10,  1709,  died  Sep- 
tember 7,  1709;  Captain  Samuel,  born  Septem- 
ber 4,  1710;  Eunice,  July  25,  1713;  Lieutenant 
Joseph,  September  6,  1715;  Mary,  August  5, 
1 7 19;  Parker,  April  18,  1722.  Children  of 
second  wife :  Susanna,  born  January  19, 
1728-9,  died  October  3,  1728;  Elihu,  men- 
tioned below;  Captain  Thomas,  born  July  31, 

1734. 

(V)  Elihu,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  Adams, 

was  born  in  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  June  11, 
1 73 1,  and  died  December  22,  1804.  He  mar- 
ried, March  6,  1752,  Jerusha,  daughter  of 
Eliashib  and  Deborah  (Tracey)  Adams;  she 
was  born  August  24,  1729,  and  died  January 
24,  1799.  Children,  born  in  Canterbury: 
Roswell,  June  13,  1753;  Daniel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elihu,  September  28,  1759,  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1777;  Jerusha,  born  September  12, 
1762;  Susanna,  April  16,  1765;  Joseph,  No- 
vember 9,  1767. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Elihu  Adams,  was 
born  in  Canterbury,  October  7,  1754-5,  and 
died  February,  1829.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  same  company  and  regiment  with  his 
brother  Roswell,  May  19  to  December  16, 
1775;  Roswell  was  a  private  in  Captain  Oba- 
diah  Johnson's  company,  Colonel  Israel  Put- 
nam's regiment.  Daniel  lived  in  Preston,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  November  28,  1782, 
Alice  Ens  worth,  bom  1752,  died  September 
9,  1823.  Children,  bom  in  Preston:  Captain 
Elihu,  May  20,  1784;  Guy  Fitch,  mentioned 
below;  Sophronia,  March  7,  1790;  Alice,  born 
January  6,  1796. 

(VII)  Guy  Fitch,  son  of  Daniel  Adams, 
was  born  in  Preston,  Connecticut,  July  13, 
1786;  he  settled  in  Ledyard,  Connecticut;  he 
died  at  sea,  August  8,  1832;  he  married  (first) 


July  7,  181 1,  Temperance,  born  April  27, 
1783,  died  November  29,  1813,  daughter  of 
Captain  Israel  Morgan.  Captain  Adams  mar- 
ried (second)  August  6,  1820,  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Paul  and  Susanna  (Adams)  Da- 
venport, granddaughter  of  Daniel  Adams. 
Children  of  second  wife,  born  in  Ledyard, 
except  first,  born  in  Canterbury :  i .  Fitch  Da- 
venport, born  August  30,  1822,  died  in  Sep- 
tember, 1904;  married,  September  2,  1844, 
Nancy  Wheeler,  who  died  in  Xewton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, January  16,  1895,  was  a  master 
car  builder,  working  ten  years  with  the  Buf- 
falo &  Erie  railroad  at  Buffalo,  New  York, 
and  serving  as  superintendent  of  car  shops  for 
twenty-six  years  for  the  Boston  &  Albany 
railroad;  was  second  president  of  the  Na- 
tional Car  Builders'  Association.  2.  Caroline, 
born  December  26,  1824,  died  December  27, 
1824.  3.  Charles  Bingley,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Thomas  Peck,  bom  October  17,  1828, 
died  February,  1902,  unmarried;  lives  at  Po- 
quetanuck,  Preston,  Connecticut.  5.  Susanna, 
born  March  15,  1831,  died  June  26,  1831.  6. 
Susanna  Temper,  born  December  22,  1832. 

(VIII)  Charles  Bingley,  son  of  Guy  Fitch 
Adams,  was  born  in  Ledyard,  Connecticut; 
January  6,  1827.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter.  In  1853  he  came  to 
Buffalo,  New  York,  and  found  employment  in 
the  railroad  carshops  with  his  brother,  Fitch 
D.  Adams,  under  their  cousin,  Abner  C.  Ar- 
ams, then  superintendent  of  the  Buffalo  Car 
Works  at  Black  Rock.  He  had  previously 
worked  in  the  carshops  at  Norwich,  Connecti- 
cut. In  1857  ^he  car  works  failed  during  the 
great  panic,  and  Mr.  Adams  went  to  work 
for  the  Lake  Shore  railroad.  In  1862  he  en- 
listed in  the  ii6th  Regiment  New  York  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  under  Captain  Sizer,  in  Com- 
pany G.  Captain  Sizer  occupied  the  famous 
Sizer  mansion  in  Buffalo.  Mr.  Adams  con- 
tinued in  civil  war  service  until  he  was 
wounded  and  had  to  come  home  in  1864.  He 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  Plain  Store,  Cox's 
Plantation,  Port  Hudson,  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 
Winchester  and  Pleasant  Hill.  He  received 
his  wound  in  the  battle  of  Winchester,  and 
his  leg  was  amputated.  He  was  quartermas- 
ter of  his  company  five  years  and  was  made 
sergeant  September  10,  1862.  He  arrived 
home  December  24,  1864.  After  his  return 
he  was  given  a  cane  on  which  is  engraved 
the  names  of  the  battles  in  which  he  fought, 


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the  gift  of  his  fellow-workmen  in  the  Buf- 
falo &  Erie  railroad  shops.  For  a  few  years 
after  his  return  from  the  service  he  was  a 
time-keeper  for  the  Lake  Shore  railroad. 
From  1870  to  1890  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  Buf- 
falo post  office,  and  since  then  he  has  made 
his  home  at  East  Aurora,  New  York.  He  is 
a  member  of  Arthur  Smith  Post,  No.  306, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  East  Aurora. 
He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church,  and  for  several  years  was  a 
vestryman  of  St.  James*  Church  of  Buffalo, 
and  is  now  a  member  of  St.  Matthew's  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  of  East  Aurora.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  September  10,  1849,  Olive 
Maples  Ford,  bom  September  16,  1826, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Sherwood  and  Sarah 
(Maples)  Ford,  of  Bozrah,  Connecticut, 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  Ford  and  of  Ste- 
phen Maples.  Children:  i.  Charles  Fitch, 
born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  March  12, 
1853;  married,  May  10,  1873,  Kate  Fieler,  of 
Buffalo;  child:  Edward  Max,  born  in  Buf- 
falo, November  4,  1874,  resides  at  Hamburg, 
New  York.  2.  Alice  Isabel,  born  in  Norwich, 
September  11,  1855;  married,  November  6, 
1873,  John  E.  Wellington  Lynn,  of  Buffalo; 
she  died  at  Buffalo  July  6,  1877;  children: 
John  Franklin  Adams  Lynn,  born  at  Port 
Hope,  Ontario,  December  6,  1874;  Everett 
Harvey  Lynn,  born  in  Buffalo,  January  2, 
1876.  3.  John  Franklin,  born  in  Buffalo, 
March  10,  1857;  married,  June  20,  1882,  at 
Omaha,  Nebraska,  Alice  Cornwell,  who  died 
July  28,  1898;  resides  at  Buffalo;  child:  Ruth 
Cornwell,  born  in  Buffalo,  September  15, 
1884.  4.  Mary  Nellie,  born  in  Buffalo,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1861,  resides  at  Willink,  New  York. 


William  E.  Richmond,  son 
RICHMOND     of  Dean  (q.  v.)  and  Mary 

E.  (Mead)  Richmond,  was 
born  in  Attica,  New  York,  August  12,  1848. 
He  was  educated  in  private  schools  or  with 
tutors,  and  at  Oxford.  After  finishing  school 
he  traveled  for  about  two  years  on  the  conti- 
nent. On  returning  home,  he  worked  for  a 
time  in  the  New  York  Central  railroad  offices. 
Later  he  became  interested  in  the  lake-carry- 
ing trade.  He  was  the  owner  of  several  ves-, 
sels  and  managed  them  successfully  for  many 
years.  Toward  the  close  of  his  life  he  bought 
a  large  farm  near  Hamburg,  in  which  he  be- 
came much  interested.     He  was  a  Democrat 


in  politics,  but  was  no  office-seeker.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Club,  a  Mason,  and 
an  Elk.  He  belonged  to  the  Episcopal  church, 
in  which  he  was  greatly  interested. 

He  married,  in  1871,  Clarice  Nims,  daugh- 
ter of  Ozias  and  Sarah  (King)  Nims,  who 
was  born  in  Fremont,  Ohio.  He  died  in  Buf- 
falo, May  14,  1906.-  Children,  born  in  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut:  i.  Watts  Lansing,  April 
29,  1872;  married,  1899,  Mabel  Wood;  re- 
sides in  Batavia,  New  York.  2.  Eugene,  born 
April,  1873;  niarried.  May  6,  1906,  May  Bar- 
nard; is  a  manufacturer  in  Buffalo,  where  he 
lives.  3.  Adelaide  K.,  born  in  1878.  4.  Har- 
old, born  September  17,  1881.  5.  Qarice  N., 
born  1883,  died  in  1886.  6.  Frances  N.,  bom 
September  8,  1889;  educated  in  Buffalo.  7. 
Dean,  bom  1895. 


The  Mills  family  of  Livingston 
MILLS     county  is  of  New  England  origin 

and  Puritan  stock.  It  has  had 
distinguished  representatives  in  this  state  in 
the  ministry,  in  the  militia  and  public  affairs 
of  the  country,  and  in  the  profession  of  medi- 
cine. Rev.  Samuel  Mills,  first  of  the  name  to 
settle  here,  was  the  first  ordained  minister  in 
the  Genesee  Valley.  General  William  Augus- 
tus Mills  was  the  founder  of  the  village  of 
Mt.  Morris,  and  of  note  as  major  general  of 
the  citizen  soldiery.  Dr.  Myron  Holley  Mills 
was  a  surgeon  in  the  Mexican  war  and  the 
first  to  introduce  what  is  known  as  the  *'flap 
operation"  in  amputations. 

(I)  Rev.  Samuel  Mills,  first  of  the  family 
to  settle  in  this  state,  was  a  native  of  Derby, 
Connecticut,  born  there  in  1744.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  Yale,  and  came  to  the  Genesee 
country  in  middle  life  and  located  at  a  place 
between  Mt.  Morris  and  Geneseo,  then  known 
as  Williamsburg,  but  which  has  since  disap- 
peared from  the  map.  He  was  a  distinguished 
scholar  and  we  are  told,  * 'possessed  in  a 
marked  degree,  the  Christian  graces."  He 
died  of  what  was  known  as  the  Geneseo  or 
spotted  fever,  one  of  the  ailments  character- 
istic of  the  opening  era  of  that  then  new 
country. 

(II)  General  William  Augustus  Mills,  son 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Mills,  was  born  at  New  Bed- 
ford, Massachusetts,  May  27,  1777.  He  be- 
gan his  career  at  an  early  age.  When  his 
father  died  the  family  returned  to  New  Bed- 
ford, but  William  A.  remained  behind.  At 
seventeen   we  find  him  tramping  across  the 


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valley  from  Williamsburg  to  Mt.  Morris,  then 
Allan's  Hill,  to  take  up  land.  His  possessions 
were  simply  a  suit  of  clothes,  the  indispen- 
sable axe  of  the  pioneer  day,  and  a  five-franc 
piece,  the  equivalent  of  a  dollar  bill.  Here 
on  land  of  Robert  Morris,  he  built  a  cabin 
and  settled.  The  Indians  were  his  neighbors ; 
he  was  very  friendly  with  them;  they  called 
him  "So-no-jo-na,"  the  big  kettle  or  generous 
man,  and  it  is  said  that  Mt.  Morris,  as  his 
place  of  residence  is  known  by  that  name 
among  the  survivors  of  "red  blood''  on  the 
Cattaraugus  reservation  to  this  day.  Mr. 
Mills  paid  thirty  dollars  an  acre  for  a  portion 
of  the  land  on  which  he  settled  in  181 1.  He 
was  exceedingly  energetic  and  enterprising 
and  later  as  his  means  grew  bought  more  and 
more  land.  When  he  died  he  was  a  very  ex- 
tensive land  owner  and  one  of  the  most  pros- 
perous and  prominent  citizens  of  the  county. 
He  was  the  founder  of  the  village  of  Mt. 
Morris.  He  saw  early  the  need  for  develop- 
ment of  water  power  there  and  the  inconveni- 
ence of  going  twenty  miles  to  mill,  and  it  was 
through  his  arguments  and  advocacy  that  the 
general  assembly,  in  spite  of  strong  objection 
made  by  the  boating  interests,  granted  the 
right  for  the  dam. 

General  Mills  was  patriotic.  Upon  the  out- 
break of  the  war  of  18 12,  he  organized  a  mi- 
litia company  in  Livingston  county,  which  he 
commanded  and  rose  afterward  in  the  service 
to  the  rank  of  major  general,  his  command 
then  comprising  the  state  soldiery  of  six  coun- 
ties. He  was  a  kindly  man,  of  liberal  dispo- 
sition, as  his  Indian  nickname  shows.  He 
"went  good"  often  also  for  the  land  pay- 
ments of  struggling  pioneers,  and  is  credited 
with  many  charitable  acts.  He  married  at  the 
age  of  twenty-six,  Susannah  H.  Harris,  of  Ti- 
oga Point,  Pennsylvania.  By  this  union  he 
had  ten  children,  of  whom  nine  reached  ma- 
turity. One  of  the  most  distinguished  of  these 
was  the  surgeon  Dr.  Myron  H.  Mills,  who 
after  graduation  from  the  Geneva  Medical 
College,  practiced  a  while  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, and  saw  service  in  the  field  in  the  Mexi- 
can war.  After  that  war  he  lived  in  Roches- 
ter some  twenty  years,  and  then  returned  to 
pass  the  remainder  of  his  days  in  Mt.  Morris. 

General  Mills,  the  father,  passed  away  sud- 
denly, April  7,  1844,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven. 
While  still  in  apparent  vigor,  he  was  stricken 
with  heart  failure.  He  left  a  large  landed 
estate,  and  an  unclouded  memory. 


Peter  Worden,  the  immigrant 
WORDEN     ancestor,  came  probably  from 

Clayton,  Lancashire,  England, 
and  lived  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  for  a  short 
time.  He  was  among  the  early  settlers  of  the 
section  of  Cape  Cod  just  north  from  Nantucket. 
His  will  was  dated  February  9,  1639,  ^^^  ^^ 
was  proved  March  9  same  year.  He  was  the 
first  among  the  English  to  die  there.  He 
called  himself  a  hatter,  and  in  the  Plymouth 
records  was  said  to  be  "old."  He  had  lands 
at  Yarmouth  Port,  Barnstable  county,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  doubtless  was  buried  there. 
His  will  is  on  record  at  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  had  one  son,  Peter,  mentioned 
below.  It  is  said  there  was  a  daughter  Elea- 
nor, who  married  John  Adams  and  Kenelm 
Winslow,  but  she  was  not  mentioned  in  the 
will. 

(II)  Peter  (2),  son  of  Peter  (i)  Worden, 
inherited  his  father's  estates  in  England  and  in 
America.  He  was  executor  of  the  estates. 
He  was  born  probably  in  England  in  1609. 
He  is  often  spoken  of  in  the  records  as  juror. 
In  1643  h^  was  one  of  fifty-two  who  were 
enrolled  at  Yarmouth  with  those  required  "to 
provide  a  place  of  defence  against  sudden 
assault."  In  1648  he  was  given  a  grant  of 
land  and  probably  moved  at  that  time  to  "Se- 
suet,"  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town.  He 
and  one  other  person  were  fined  a  few  shill- 
ings in  1667  **for  disturbance  at  the  Yarmouth 
meeting-house."  In  1676  he  was  taxed  for 
the  war  £8  2s.  3d.  This  was  during  the  time 
of  the  wars  with  the  Narragansetts  and  King 
Philip.  His  tax  was  one  of  the  largest  in 
town.  His  will  was  dated  January  9,  1680, 
and  proved  March  3,  1681.  He  was  seventy- 
two  years  of  age  when  he  died.  He  married 
Mary  (Sears?  or  Winslow?),  who  survived 
him  six  years,  and  died  aged  seventy-seven  (  ?) 
years.  Her  will  was  dated  March,  1686,  and 
proved  May,  1687.  In  the  northeast  part  of 
the  town  of  Dennis,  which  was  formed  from 
the  east  end  of  Yarmouth,  near  the  line  of 
the  town  of  Brewster,  is  the  Worden  grave- 
yard, which  sometimes  is  called  the  Winslow 
graveyard  from  the  fact  that  the  Winslow 
family  keep  it  in  good  condition,  since  they 
live  near  and  have  intermarried  with  the  Wor-  * 
dens.  It  is  situated  on  a  slight  elevation  south 
of  the  highway.  There  is  a  fine  view  of  Cape 
Cod  Bay  from  the  graveyard;  in  front  of  it 
are  works  for  evaporating  salt  from  the  bay 
water,  and  in  the  back  is  an  old  windmill. 


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Peter  Worden  and  his  wife  are  thought  to 
be  buried  in  about  the  center  of  the  yard. 
Several  of  the  Winslow  and  Burgess  families 
are  buried  there,  as  well  as  other  relatives  and 
neighbors.  Children:  Mary,  born  1639; 
Mercy,  1640;  Martha,  1643?;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Dr.  Samuel  Worden,  son  of  Peter 
(2)  Woraen,  was  born  in  1646,  and  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1 716.  He  was  a  physician  and  land 
holder.  Among  other  offices  he  served  as 
juryman  in  Yarmouth.  In  1695  he  bought 
lands  in  the  Pettiquamscut  purchase,  Rhode 
Island,  of  Benedict  and  James  Arnold.  In 
December,  1696,  he  was  one  of  those  active 
in  organizing  Kingstowne.  Worden's  pond, 
at  the  "head  of  the  Pawcatuck,'*  was  named 
after  him.  He  moved  before  171 5  to  Ston- 
ington,  Connecticut.  In  the  town  clerk's  book 
at  Norwich  is  this  record:  "Sept.  13,  1715, 
it  was  to  me  that  woful  day  in  which  my  dear 
and  tender  and  loving  wife  departed  this  life 
and  was  buried  on  ye  15th  day.  Samuel  Wor- 
den." On  February  12,  1696-7,  he  deeded  to 
Isaac  Chapman,  of  Bristol,  his  fann  in  Se- 
suet,  Yarmouth,  except  for  a  half-acre  which 
he  reserved  for  a  burying  place.  The  farm 
included  145  to  150  acres.  He  married 
(1665?)  Hopestill  Holley,  bom  1646,  died 
1715,  aged  seventy  years.  Children:  Peter, 
born  in  Yarmouth,  1668;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Isaac,  born  1673?;  Dr.  Thomas,  born 

1675. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  (i) 

Worden,  was  born  in  1670.  He  was  made 
freeman  in  1694  in  Massachusetts,  and  at 
Kingstown  in  1696.  His  father  in  171 5 
deeded  him  100  acres  on  the  Great  Neck. 
He  probably  died  in  1729  or  before,  as  his 
five  sons  and  daughter  deeded  each  other 
twenty-five  acres  of  land,  valued  at  £200  a 

portion.     He  married  Rose  .     Children: 

Samuel,    married    Abigail  ;  Edmund; 

Daniel ;  James ;  Jeremiah ;  Hannah,  married 
J.  Collins.  The  five  brothers  were  made  free- 
men from  1723  to  1735. 

(V)  Probably  Samuel,  Jeremiah,  James  or 
Edmund  Worden  was  father  of  the  Samuel 
mentioned  below.     Daniel  Worden  moved  to 

'  Stonington  and  had  a  Samuel  in  1745.  A 
Samuel  Worden  and  his  wife  Thankful, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Nathaniel  Worden,  in  Green- 
wich records,  had  a  Samuel  in  1742;  this 
Samuel  had  a  Samuel  in  1766.  Samuel,  son 
of    Samuel,   mentioned   above,    who   married 


Rose,  is  last  on  the  records  in  1740,  when  he 
and  his  mother  Rose  sold  lands  to  James 
Perry. 

(VT)  Samuel  (3)  Worden  was  born  in 
South  Kingstown,  in  1753.  In  177 1  he  bought 
twenty  acres  from  Nathan  Lewis  in  Charles- 
town  for  £37,  and  in  1773  he  sold  Jeremiah 
Worden  twenty  acres  for  £41.  On  June  i, 
1774,  he  had  two  daughters  under  sixteen, 
at  Richmond.  In  1780  he  was  of  Charles- 
town,  when  he  bought  42^  acres  of  Miel 
Salisbury  for  £2,700.  In  1786  he  bought  40^ 
acres  of  Daniel  Crandal  for  £305.  In  1788 
Christopher,  Samuel,  and  Benjamin  Worden 
voted  against  adopting  the  federal  constitu- 
tion, and  probably  these  were  his  brothers. 
He  died  in  1828,  aged  seventy-five.  Children: 
James,  born  1778;  Isaac;  Susan;  Patience, and 
another  daughter,  both  of  whom  married  and 
moved  West. 

(VI)  Christopher,  brother  or  cousin  of 
Samuel  Worden,  was  probably  bom  at 
Charlestown,  Rhode  Island.  According  to 
the  Rhode  Island  census  of  1774  he  was  at 
Charlestown,  and  had  in  his  family  two  males 
over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age,  and  one  fe- 
male. In  1790  he  was  also  at  Charlestown, 
according  to  the  first  federal  census,  and  had 
in  his  family  then  one  son  under  sixteen  and 
five  females.  Neither  his  birth  nor  that  of  his 
children  are  on  record.  The  marriage  record 
of  Gardner  or  Garner,  proves  that  he  was  a 
son  of  Christopher,  however.  In  1788,  Chris- 
topher, Samuel  and  Benjamin,  believed  to  be 
brothers  (p.  141  Worden  Genealogy),  voted 
against  the  federal  constitution. 

(VII)  Garner,  son  of  Christopher  Wor- 
den, was  born  at  Charlestown,  in  1760.  He 
married,  according  to  the  town  records  (by 
Peleg  Cross,  magistrate)  March  18,  1793,  at 
Charlestown,  Rhode  Island,  Nancy,  daughter 
of  William  Worden,  a  relative  of  Garner.  In 
18 10  we  find  a  deed  of  Benjamin  Worden, 
of  Richmond,  Rhode  Island,  to  Garner  Wor- 
den. In  1794,  Garner  and  Nancy  Worden,  of 
Charlestown,  deeded  land  to  Christopher 
Worden,  of  Charlestown,  land  at  Hopkinton, 
Rhode  Island.  In  1834  Gamer  and  his  sec- 
ond wife  Lucy  deeded  land.  Gamer  had  one 
child,  Gardner,  or  Garner,  mentioned  below. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  the  largest  landowner 
in  the  state. 

(VIII)  Garner  (2),  son  of  Gamer  (i) 
Worden,  was  born,  according  to  family  rec- 
ords, January  6,  1793  (if  the  marriage  record 


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is  correct,  this  should  be  1794).  He  married 
Esther  Prosser,  who"  was  born  in  Charles- 
town,  according  to  family  records,  July  8, 
1797.  Her  mother  was  a  Larkin.  Garner 
Jr.  located  at  Alfred,  New  York.  He  was 
a  tavern  keeper.  Children  of  Garner  and  Es- 
ther   Worden :     William    A.,    married    

Eastman;  Frances,  died  young;  John  Patent, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary  Ann ;  Jane ;  Alexan- 
der Dexter ;  George  P.,  now  living  at  Hornell, 
New  York. 

(IX)  John  Patent  Worden,  son  of  Garner 
Worden,  was  born  May  i,  1826,  and  died 
March  26,  1908.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  when  a  young  man  worked 
in  a  saw  mill  and  in  the  lumber  business. 
Some  time  after  1849,  when  gold  was  discov- 
ered in  California,  and  in  1853  or  thereabouts, 
he  went  out  as  a  gold  seeker.  In  1857  he 
returned  to  settle  his  father's  estate  and  took 
charge  of  the  farm.  He  made  a  specialty  of 
cheese  manufacture  and  did  some  lumbering. 
In  politics  he  was  a  prominent  Democrat.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge,  and  a  Royal 
Arch  Mason.  He  married  Susan  Pendleton 
Barber,  who  was  born  in  1836  and  died  Feb- 
ruary I,  1879,  daughter  of  Hosea  and  Eunice 
(Pendleton)  Barber.  Her  father  settled  in 
Alfred,  New  York,  at  Five  Corners,  and  was 
a  manufacturer  of  leather,  boots  and  shoes, 
and  was  a  quiet,  industrious  citizen,  highly 
respected  by  his  neighbors.  Children  of  Ho- 
sea and  Eunice  Barber:  William;  Amos; 
Freelove,  married  Jefferson  M.  Thomas; 
Susan,  mentioned  above;  John,  died  in  ser- 
vice in  the  civil  war;  Charles,  and  Harrison 
Barber.  Children  of  John  Patent  and  Susan 
(Pendleton)  Worden:  i.  Irving  Eugene, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Wilson  E.,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1861,  married  and  has  three  chil- 
dren. 3.  Ethel  L.,  born  March  10,  1870,  mar- 
ried Allaire  A.  Crowell. 

(X)  Irving  Eugene  Worden,  son  of  John 
Patent  Worden,  was  born  in  Ward,  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  December  17,  1859. 
He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  Friend- 
ship Academy,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1880.  From  1882  to  1884  he  was  employed 
in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Richburg,  New 
York,  and  in  the  following  year  was  teller  of 
the  State  Bank  at  Bolivar,  New  York.  He 
came  to  the  Exchange  National  Bank  of 
Olean,  New  York,  June  i,  1885,  and  has  con- 
tinued there  to  the  present  time,  winning  pro- 
motion by  faithful  service  and  being  elected 


cashier  in  January,  1907,  an  office  he  still  fills. 
He  has  been  treasurer  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  Olean.  He  ranks  high  among  the 
bankers  of  Western  New  York,  having  a  na- 
tural aptitude  for  the  business,  as  well  as  the 
best  of  experience.  He  has  also  been  occu- 
pied much  with  the  settlement  of  large  estates 
and  the  administration  of  private  trusts.  He 
is  a  member  of  Olean  Lodge,  No.  252,  Free 
Masons,  of  Olean;  of  Olean  Chapter,  No.  150, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  of  St.  John's  Comman- 
dery,  No.  24,  Knights  Templar;  of  Ismailia 
Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Buffalo.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  City  Club,  and  of  the 
Hamilton  Country  Qub ;  a  director  in  the  Ex- 
change National  Bank,  and  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  has  a  financial 
interest  in  various  industrial  companies  of 
Olean.  In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and 
is  a  vestryman  of  St.  Stephen's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  of  Olean. 

He  married,  April  22,  1896,  Bessie  Sart- 
well,  who  was  born  in  June,  1873.  daughter 
of  Henry  Solomon  and  Kate  B.  (Coleman) 
Sartwell.  She  has  one  sister,  Ethel  B.  Sart- 
well,  born  January  19,  1875,  married  May  28, 
1900,  George  B.  Cowper,  born  May  25,  1874. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Worden  have  two  children: 
John  Sartwell,  born  December  29,  1898,  and 
Katherine,  born  October  8,  1900. 


John  Sibley,  immigrant  ancestor, 
SIBLEY     born  in  England,  came  to  New 

England  on  the  ship  "Fleet,"  in 
1629,  with  the  Higginson  fleet.  Richard  Sib- 
ley, believed  to  be  his  brother,  was  with  him. 
He  settled  at  Salem,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man there  May  6,  1635.  He  may  be  the  son 
of  John  Sibley,  of  Charlestown,  who  with  his 
wife  Sarah  was  admitted  to  the  church  there 
February  21,  1634-35,  and  who  was  admitted 
a  freeman  there  September  3,  1634;  he  was  a 
proprietor  of  Charlestown,  and  may  have  been 
selectman  of  Salem  in  1636,  instead  of  the 
John  Sibley  first  mentioned.  There  are  rea- 
sons for  believing  that  John  Sibley  (i)  was 
too  young  to  have  held  such  an  important 
office  at  that  date.  John  Sibley,  of  Charles- 
town, died  November  30,  1649.  ^^^  ^or  this 
death  record,  all  the  references  to  John  Sib- 
ley in  both  towns  could  refer  to  one  and  the 
same  man.  It  may  be  that  this  death  was  of 
an  infant  son.  John  Sibley  was  a  proprietor 
of  Salem,  served  on  the  jury  in  1636,  was 
constable,  and  member  of  the  church.    He  re- 


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sided  at  Manchester  then  called  Jeffreys 
Creek,  in  1637.  He  died  in  1661.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel,  daughter  of  John  Pickworth. 
Children,  with  dates  of  baptism:  i.  Sarah, 
born  in  Salem,  baptized  September  18,  1642. 

2.  Mary,  September  8,  1644;  married  Jona- 
than Walcott.  3.  Rachel,  May  3,  1646;  mar- 
ried    Bishop.    4.  John,  May  4,  1648.     5. 

Hannah,  June  22,  1657;  married  Stephen 
Small.  6.  Samuel,  April  12,  1657.  7-  ^^t)i- 
gail,  July  3,  1659.*  8.  Joseph,  mentioned 
below. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Sibley,  was  born 
probably  in  1655,  in  Salem.  He  was  a  fisher- 
man. On  his  return  from  a  fishing  voyage  he 
was  impressed  on  a  British  frigate  and  put 
to  hard  service  for  seven  weeks,  then  re- 
leased and  sent  home.  His  five  sons  settled 
in  Sutton,  and  were  ancestors  of  a  numerous 
family  there.  Joseph,  John  and  Jonathan 
were  among  the  thirty  original  settlers  there. 
He  married,  February  4,  1684,  Susanna, 
daughter  of  William  Follett,  of  Dover,  New 
Hampshire.  Children:  i.  Joseph,  born  No- 
vember 9.  1684.    2.  John,  September  18,  1687. 

3.  Jonathan,  May  1,  1690.  4.  Hannah,  bap- 
tized May  9,  169s ;  married,  August  10,  1722, 
Ebenezer  Daggett.  5.  Samuel,  born  1697.  6. 
William,  September  7,  1700,  died  October  18, 
1763;  married,  July  4,  1726,  Sarah  Dike.  7. 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Joseph  Sibley,  was 
born  in  Salem,  September  19,  1703.  He  re- 
moved with  his  brothers  to  Sutton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  settled  there.  About  1729  he 
removed  to  the  adjacent  town  of  Oxford, 
Worcester  county,  where  the  daughter  Zeru- 
iah  was  born  August  31,  1729.  He  went  with 
his  family  soon  afterward  to  Union,  Connec- 
ticut, lived  also  at  Ashford  and  Ellington, 
Connecticut,  and  died  at  Ashford  or  Union. 
Children,  born  at  Sutton:  Priscilla;  Benja- 
min Jr.  Child  born  at  Oxford :  Zeruiah,  Au- 
gust 31,  1729.  Children  born  at  Union:  Jo- 
seph; Ezekiel,  mentioned  below;  Samuel; 
Jonathan. 

(IV)  Ezekiel,  third  son  of  Benjamin  Sibley, 
was  born  in  Union,  Connecticut,  about  1735. 
He  resided  in  Ellington,  Connecticut,  where 
other  members  of  his  family  also  settled.  He 
married  Sarah  Yeomans  and  had  issue :  John, 
Ezekiel,  Moses,  Aaron,  and  three  daughters. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Ezekiel  Sibley,  was  born 
at  Ellington,  Connecticut,  April  26,  1774,  died 
in  Westford,  Otsego  county,  New   York,  in 


1849.  I^  ^^807  he  moved  to  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  being  the  founder  of  this  brandi 
in  that  state.  He  married,  April  7,  1793, 
Esther  Bellamy,  born  May  16,  1777,  a  rela- 
tive of  Governor  Bellamy,  of  Massachusetts. 
Qiildren:  1.  Esther,  born  March  15,  1794, 
died  1870.  2.  John  (2),  June  6,  1797,  died 
June,  1878.  3.  Aaron,  April  16,  1799;  l^iHed 
by  a  falling  tree  in  New  Albion,  New  York, 
April  28,  1842.    4.  Charles,  mentioned  below. 

5.  Orrin,  April   14,  1803,  died  March,   1878. 

6.  Ira,  November  16,  1805,  died  November  12, 
1891 ;  married  (first)  Polly  Hazen;  (second) 
Miranda  Sprague  Gowan.  7.  Sarah,  1808, 
died  in  infancy.  8.  Cynthia,  July  29,  181 1, 
died  1870.  9.  Laura,  December  12,  1813,  died 
in  1836. 

(VI)  Charles,  third  son  of  John  Sibley, 
was  born  in  Ashford,  Connecticut,  July  4, 
1 801,  died  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  December  14,  1869.  He  was  six 
years  of  age  when  his  parents  moved  to  Ot- 
sego county,  where  he  was  educated,  grew 
to  manhood  and  married.  In  1832  he  moved 
with  his  family  to  the  town  of  New  Albion, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York.  After  a  resi- 
dence there  of  ten  years  he  moved  to  the 
town  of  Napoli,  same  county.  In  1836  he 
erected  the  first  grist  mill  in  New  Albion.  It 
was  located  on  a  branch  of  Conewango  creek 
and  was  used  for  a  mill  about  twenty  years. 
He  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  1833. 

He  married,  in  Otsego  county,  Sarah  Darl- 
ing, born  in  Columbia  county.  New  York, 
February  15,  1798,  died  in  Napoli,  Cattarau- 
gus county,  February  21,  1885,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Darling,  born  March  16,  1775,  died 
October  9,  181 5 ;  married  Rebecca  Allen,  bom 
May  23,  1779,  died  April  23,  1865.  Children: 
Sarah,  married  Charles  Sibley;  John,  Allen, 
Phoebe,  Luther,  Diana,  Smyrna,  William  and 
Rebecca.  Children  of  Charles  and  Sarah  Sib- 
ley: I.  Harriet,  born  February  26,  1819,  died 
December,  1891 ;  married  Stephen  A.  Green. 

2.  Sherman,  born  November  2^^  1820,  died 
March  14,  1888;  married  Mary  Ann  Moshier. 

3.  Charlotte,  born  September  6,  1822;  mar- 
ried George  S.  Boyle.  4.  Amanda,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 2,y,  1824,  died  August  2,^,  1903;  mar- 
ried, March  16,  1838,  Francis  Allen.  5.  Jud- 
son,  mentioned  below.  6.  Horace  C,  born 
November  16,  1827,  died  January  30,  1852; 
married,  October  2,  1850,  Mary  Kendall.  7. 
Orrin,  born  November  11,  1829;  he  left  home 
in  1847  ^^^^  ^  drove  of  cattle  for  Philadel- 


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phia;  visited  his  home  once  or  twice  there- 
after, then  disappeared.  8.  Eben,  born  July 
20,  1831,  died  September  26,  1896;  he  mar- 
ried (first)  January  i,  1851,  Sarah  A.  Glad- 
den; married  (second)  December  25,  1866, 
Mary  Gladden,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  9. 
Amenzo,  born  April  24,  1838;  married,  March 
7,  1858,  Alzina  Stratton. 

(VII)  Judson,  second  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Charles  Sibley,  was  born  near  Cooperstown, 
Otsego  county,  New  York,  May  30,  1826.  He 
was  six  years  old  when  his  parents  came  to 
New  Albion,  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  As  a 
boy  and  young  man  he  worked  with  his  father 
on  the  farm,  in  the  mill,  at  lumbering,  and 
in  making  potash,  also  driving  a  team  to  Buf- 
falo, where  the  potash  was  sold.  Later  he 
went  to  Albany,  New  York,  where  he  entered 
the  State  Normal  College,  graduating  in  1848. 
After  his  graduation  he  taught  school  for  sev- 
eral years  in  Cattaraugus  county.  Among 
other  positions  he  held  was  the  principalship 
of  schools  in  Gowanda  and  Randolph.  He 
then  returned  to  Napoli,  going  from  thence 
to  Little  Valley,  New  York,  his  present  home. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church 
and  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  October  i,  1850,  Ann  Eliza, 
born  October  17,  1826,  died  June  26,  1889, 
daughter  of  Silas  and  Nancy  (Crane)  Mil- 
ler. Silas  Miller  was  born  March  14,  1799, 
died  December  12,  1876;  married,  January 
23,  1825,  Nancy  Crane,  born  May  24,  1800, 
died  April  16,  1881.  Silas  was  a  son  of  Moses 
Miller,  bom  August  13,  1766,  died  June  i, 
1851;  married,  February  22,  1791,  Elizabeth, 
born  April  2,  1771,  died  1848,  daughter  of 
Silas  Hopping,  born  on  Long  Island,  1740. 
Silas  and  Nancy  (Crane)  Miller  had  two  chil-. 
dren:  i.  Ann  Eliza,  married  Judson  Sibley. 
2.  Betsey  Ann,  born  February  8,  1831 ;  mar- 
ried, October  3,  1855,  George  E.  Thorpe,  born 
March  11,  1831,  died  November  19,  1887; 
children:  Clayton  M.,  born  December  27, 
1857;  Minnie  A.,  born  December  22,  1859; 
Kate  M^,  born  March  25,  1862;  Lewis  S., 
born  September  22,  1872.  Children  of  Jud- 
son and  Ann  Eliza  (Miller)  Sibley:  i.  Ella, 
born  February  7,  1852;  married,  December 
23,  1880,  Charles  E.  Van  Aken;  children: 
Edith  v.,  born  August  28,  1882,  a  teacher; 
Harry  Clinton,  born  September  28,  1884;  cm- 
ployed  on  The  Olean  Herald.  Charles  E.  is 
a  son  of  Martin  Van  Aken,  born  September 


17,  1827;  married,  May  25,  1854,  Martha  N. 
Swain,  born  January  31,  1830,  daughter  of 
John  B.  and  Elmira  (Tyler)  Swain;  children: 
Lucius,  Lena  I.  and  Charles  E.     Martin  was 

a   son  of  Peter   M.    and   (Cole)    Van 

Aken.    2.  Herbert  Delano,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Herbert  Delano,  only  son  of  Jud- 
son and  Ann  Eliza  (Miller)  Sibley,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county. 
New  York,  December  8,  1861.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  Chamberlain  In- 
stitute (under  Dr.  Edwards),  Auburn  high 
school,  entered  Cornell  University,  whence  he 
was  graduated,  class  of  1884,  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He,  early  in  his  college 
life,  evinced  great  adaptability  and  interest  in 
newspaper  work;  was  one  of  the  editors  of 
The  Cornell  Daily  Sun,  published  by  the  stu- 
dents, and  was  an  associate  on  the  editorial 
staff  of  The  Ithaca  Daily  Democrat,  a  city 
paper.  After  graduation  he  was  connected 
with  The  Rochester  Morning  Herald,  con- 
tinuing until  January,  1885,  when  he  located 
in  Olean,  New  York,  where  he  secured  an  in- 
terest in  The  Olean  Herald,  in  association 
with  Charles  F.  Persons,  who  in  1888  went 
to  New  York  with  the  American  Press  Asso- 
ciation. Mr.  Persons  advanced  through  vari- 
ous offices  until  his  death,  when  he  was  vice- 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Ameri- 
can Press  Association.  Mr.  Sibley  greatly 
improved  the  character  and  value  of  The 
Herald,  and  in  1894  admitted  his  brother-in- 
law,  W.  L.  Ostrom,  to  a  partnership.  Later 
the  business  was,  incorporated  as  The  Olean 
Herald  Company,  with  Mr.  Sibley  president 
and  treasurer,  Mr.  Ostrom,  vice-president  and 
secretary.  The  Herald  is  a  recognized  organ 
of  the  Democratic  party  in  Cattaraugus 
county,  and  through  it  the  editor  wields  a 
strong  influence  in  molding  public  opinion. 
When  Mr.  Sibley  first  came  to  Olean  The 
Herald  was  only  a  weekly  and  Sunday  paper 
and  it  was  made  a  daily  in  June,  1885.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Associated 
Dailies,  the  City  Club  of  Olean,  and  the  Ham- 
ilton Country  Club.  He  has  served  for  a 
number  of  years  on  the  water  board  of  Olean, 
and  has  been  secretary  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  the  Olean  Public  Library.  He  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church,  of  Olean,  of  which'he  has  long 
been  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

Mr.  Sibley  married,  June  16,  1884,  Mar- 
garet Eleanor,  born  April   i,  i860,  daughter 


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of  Rev.  John  and  Elizabeth  (Reed)  Camp- 
bell. Prior  to  his  death  the  Rev.  John 
Campbell  was  a  Presbyterian  clergyman  in 
Markham,  Canada.  His  brother,  Rev.  Rob- 
ert Campbell,  has  been  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  in  Montreal  for  the  past  fifty 
years. 


William  Ames,  the  immigrant 
AMES     ancestor,    was     son    of    Richard 

Ames,  of  Bruton,  Somersetshire, 
England.  He  came  to  America  with  his 
brother  John,  and  settled  in  Braintree,  Mas- 
sachusetts, as  early  as  1640.    He  died  in  1654. 

He  married  Hannah  .     John  Ames,  his 

brother,  came  from  Duxbury  to  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  an  original 
proprietor ;  he  married  Elizabeth  Hayward,  in 
1645;  "^  children;  he  Ifeft  his  large  estate  by 
deeds  in  1697  to  his  nephew  John,  mentioned 
below,  and  to  the  sons  of  his  nephew ;  he  died 
in  1698.  Children  of  William  and  Hannah 
Ames:  Hannah,  born  1641 ;  Rebecca,  1642; 
Lydia,  1645;  John,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
1650;  Deliverance,  1653. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Ames  and  ne- 
phew of  John  Ames,  was  born  in  1647.  ^^ 
settled  in  West  Bridgewater  as  early  as  1672, 
probably  earlier.  His  estate  was  settled  in 
1723.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John 
Willis.  Children :  John,  bom  1672 ;  William, 
1673;  Nathaniel,  1677;  Elizabeth,  1680; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  1685;  Da- 
vid, 1688;  Hannah. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Ames,  was  born 
in  1682.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Hayward,  in  1706.  She  may  have  mar- 
ried (second)  in  1739,  John  Buck,  or  it  may 
have  been  her  daughter  Mary  who  married 
him.  Children:  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
Solomon,  born  1709;  Joseph,  171 1 ;  Ebenezer, 
1715;  Mary,  1717;  Susanna,  1720;  Nathan, 
1722;  Sarah,  1724;  Betty,  1727. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Ames,  was  born  in  1707,  died  in  1774,  aged 
sixty-seven  years.  He  married  Keziah, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Howard,  in  1731. 
Children:  Keziah,  bom  1732;  Susanna,  1734; 
Thomas,  1736;  John,  mentioned  below;  Me- 
hitable,  1740;  Silvanus,  1744. 

(V)  Captain  John  (2)  Ames,  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  Ames,  was  born  in  1738.  He 
married  Susanna,  daughter  of  Ephraim  How- 
ard, in  1759.  Children:  David,  mentioned 
below;  Keziah;  Susanna;  Huldah,  born  1768; 


Abigail,    1769;    Cynthia,    1772;   John,    1775; 
Olive,  1777. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Ames,  was  born  in  1760.  He  and  his  family 
moved  to  Springfield  from  West  Bridgewa- 
ter. The  first  six  of  his  children  were  bap- 
tized at  West  Bridgewater.  He  married  Re- 
beckah,  daughter  of  Major  Isaac  Johnson,  in 
1 781.  Children:  Lucinda,  Mary,  Rebecca, 
Susanna,  David  (mentioned  below),  Abigail, 
Galen,  Charlotte,  John. 

(VII)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Ames, 
was  born  about  1788.  He  married  (first) 
Mary,  daughter  of  Nahum  Mitchell,  of 
Bridgewater;  (second)  Sarah  Hardy.  Among 
the  children  of  the  second  marriage  was  Da- 
vid, mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  David  (3),  son  of  David  (2)  Ames, 
was  born  in  181 7,  died  at  Charlotte,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York,  in  18^3.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  and  resided  near  Cas- 
adaga.  He  married  Clarissa  Edson,  bom  in 
1816,  died  in  1889.  Children:  David  Edson, 
mentioned  below;  Homer  Adelbert,  who  was 
a  captain  in  the  154th  Regiment  New  York 
Volunteers,  married  Maria  Darrow;  Adeline 
Adelia,  married  Thomas  Henry  Hart,  in  1867, 
and  moved  to  the  state  of  Kansas  the  same 
year;  Jonathan  Milton,  a  soldier  in  the  154th 
Regiment  New  York  Volunteers,  married 
Sylvia  Tarbox;  Charles  Quincy,  died  at  age 
of  fourteen  years ;  Mary  A.,  married  Dr.  Will- 
iam A.  Putnam. 

(IX)  David  Edson,  son  of  David  (3)  Ames, 
was  bom  in  Charlotte,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  October  14,  1840.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  en- 
listed in  Company  F,  154th  Regiment  New 
York  volunteer  Infantry,  August  15,  1862;  he 
was  taken  prisoner  at  Gettysburg,  but  escaped ; 
was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Rocky  Face 
Ridge ;  was  discharged  with  his  regiment,  June 
II,  1865,  at  Bladensburg,  Maryland.  In 
March,  1867,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  he 
moved  to  Great  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
the  wholesale  produce  business.  He  retired 
from  business  several  years  ago,  and  is  now 
located  in  his  pleasant  home  at  Ellicottville, 
New  York.  He  is  a  Presbyterian  in  religion, 
and  a  strong  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a 
member  of  Van  Aernam  Post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic.  He  married,  January  i,  1867, 
Clementine  Carolyn,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Loruhama  (Abbey)  Hart.    Thomas  Hart  was 


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born  in  1805,  died  1870;  his  wife  was  born  in 
1815,  died  1888;  their  children  were:  i. 
Thomas  Henry,  married,  1867,  Adeline  A. 
Ames ;  children :  Hattie,  deceased ;  Dr.  Clinton 
T.,  deceased;  Harry,  of  Hutchinson,  Kansas; 
Mrs.  Alice  Swan,  of  Pittsburg,  Kansas; 
Thomas  Henry  Hart  died  in  1910.  2,  Cath; 
erine,  married,  1875,  William  O.  Ensign;  chil- 
dren: Guert  W.,  graduated  from  Allegheny 
College,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  assistant 
superintendent  of  public  highways  for  state 
of  Pennsylvania,  located  at  Harrisburg;  Earl 
H.,  deceased.  3.  Qementine  Carolyn,  afore- 
mentioned as  wife  of  David  Edson  Ames.  4. 
De  Witt  Clinton,  married,  1877,  Emma 
Stephens;  died  1909,  leaving  one  son,  Dr. 
Floyd  T.  Hart,  of  Jamestown,  New  York, 
class  of  1905,  Buffalo  Dental  College.  Chil- 
dren of  David  Edson  and  Clementine  Carolyn 
(Hart)  Ames: 

1.  Adelbert  David,  son  of  David  Edson 
Ames,  was  born  September  18,  1869,  ^^ 
Humphrey,  New  York.  He  w^as  reared  on 
the  home  farm,  and  is  still  interested  in  agri- 
culture, owning  a  large  dairy  farm.  Early 
in  life  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business, 
and  later  took  up  the  study  of  dentistry,  grad- 
uating from  the  Kansas  City  Dental  College, 
of  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in  1898,  and  has 
since  practiced  his  profession  at  Ellicottville, 
New  York.  He  is  closely  allied  with  the  busi- 
ness interests  of  the  town,  and  holds  offices 
in  many  of  the  stock  companies.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  bodies  at  Ellicottville 
and  Salamanca,  and  also  of  Ismailia  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  at  Buffalo,  New  York. 

2.  De  Hart  Henry,  born  January  30,  1872, 
at  Great  Valley,  New  York.  He  was  reared 
on  the  home  farm,  and  graduated  from  Ten 
Broeck  Academy  at  Franklinville,  New  York, 
in  1892.  He  became  interested  in  politics,  his 
allegiance  being  given  to  the  Republican  party, 
and  was  employed  in  the  county  clerk's  office 
from  1893  ^^  1901*  when  he  received  the  ap- 
pointment of  under  sheriff  for  the  county, 
which  position  he  held  for  six  years,  and  in 
the  fall  of  1906  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
sheriff  of  the  county  for  a  term  of  three  years. 
He  is  now  (1912)  interested  in  the  real  es- 
tate business  with  his  brother,  Guy  Clarence, 
at  Franklinville,  New  York.  He  is  the  owner 
of  an  extensive  dairy  farm.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity. 

3.  Guy  Qarence,  born  October  5,  1873,  ^^ 


Great  Valley,  New  York.  He  was  reared  on 
the  home  farm,  and  received  his  education 
at  Ten  Broeck  Academy  and  Fredonia  Nor- 
mal School.  He  engaged  in  banking  and  later 
in  real  estate  and  insurance  business  at  Frank- 
linville, New  York,  where  he  now  resides. 
He  is  the  owner  of  a  large  dairy  farm,  and 
is  a  stockholder  in  various  enterprises  of  the 
town.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. He  married,  July  11,  1900,  Josephine, 
daughter  of  F.  M.  Perley,  one  of  the  first 
editors  of  a  weekly  newspaper  in  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  and  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  Perley,  an  associate  of  Horace  Gree- 
ley in  the  ownership  of  a  paper  published  at 
Erie,  Pennsylvania.  Children :  Elizabeth  Per- 
ley, born  September  12,  1901 ;  Russell  De 
Hart,  January  30,  1904;  Virginia  Josephine, 
January  8,  1909. 

4.  Allan  Edson,  born  September  13,  1875, 
at  Great  Valley,  New  York.  He  was  reared 
on  the  home  farm,  and  graduated  from  Ten 
Broeck  Academy  in  1897.  He  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  at  Ellicottville,  New  York, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  firrA  of  Ames  &  Clark, 
dealers  in  men's  furnishings,  clothing,  boots 
and  shoes.  He  is  also  interested  in  several 
of  the  manufacturing  plants  of  the  town,  and 
in  agriculture,  being  the  owner  of  an  exten- 
sive dairy  farm.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity.  He  married,  August  30, 
1910,  Julia  H.,  daughter  of  J.  W.  Mudgett, 
one  of  the  leading  wholesale  produce  dealers 
in  Western  New  York. 

5.  Lora  Kathryn,  born  March  20,  1880,  at 
Great  Valley,  New  York.  She  was  reared  on 
the  home  farm,  educated  at  Ten  Broeck 
Academy  and  Fredonia  Normal  School,  and 
is  a  graduate  of  Ithaca  Conservatory  of  Mu- 
sic, class  of  1905.  She  married,  October  6, 
1906,  Charles  M.  Cross,  of  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, a  graduate  of  Cornell  University,  in 
electrical  and  mechanical  engineering,  class  of 
1904,  now  connected  with  the  Ridgway  Dyna- 
mo Works  at  Ridgway,  Pennsylvania.  One 
child,  Robert  A.,  bom  February  6,  191 1. 


This  branch  of  the  Cole  family  was 
COLE  founded  in  America  by  Rev.  Ben- 
nett Coleman,  born  in  the  parish  of 
Thules,  county  Clare,  Ireland,  August  5,  1754. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  Dublin  University,  and 
educated  for  the  priesthood,  but  did  not  take 
holy  orders.  In  1776  he  came  to  the  Ameri- 
can colonies  as  a  British  soldier  with  the  army 


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of  Lord  Howe.  He  was  in  the  battles  around 
New  York,  and  at  White  Plains  managed  to 
be  taken  prisoner  by  Captain  Lee,  of  Wash- 
ington's army.  He  was  taken  to  Washing- 
ton's headquarters,  where  he  declared  his 
wish  to  become  a  soldier  of  the  army  of  in- 
dependence, October  3,  1776.  He  was  en- 
listed in  Troop  B,  Second  Light  Dragoons, 
under  the  name  which  he  ever  afterward  bore, 
Benjamin  Cole.  He  was  detailed  as  clerk 
in  the  office  of  the  adjutant-general,  serving 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  was  present 
at  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis,  at  Yorktown. 
He  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Charles- 
ton, South  Carolina,  twelve  hundred  miles 
from  Franklin,  Massachusetts,  where  he  set- 
tled, covering  the  distance  on  foot.  He  was 
borne  on  the  rolls  as  a  revolutionary  pen- 
sioner from  March  18,  181 8,  until  his  death. 
His  papers,  etc.,  are  now  in  the  possession  of 
Barnard  Salisbury,  EUicottville,  New  York. 
In  Franklin  he  taught  school,  married,  and 
then  entered  the  employ  of  the  original  Ameri- 
can Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society,  travel- 
ing and  preaching  in  every  one  of  the  thirteen 
states  of  the  original  Union.  He  moved  his 
residence  to  Marlboro,  Vermont,  from  thence 
to  Phelps,  Ontario  county,  New  York,  finally 
coming  to  Humphrey,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  in  1824,  where  he  died  in  January 
1834.  He  married,  Rachel  Salisbury.  Chil- 
dren:   Mary,    married    General    Phineas    E 

Mather ;     Seth,    married    Lucretia    

Stephen  S.,  of  further  mention;   Benjamin 
Betsey,  married  Foster  B.  Salisbury;  Sarah 
married  David  Wheeler  (2)  ;  Elijah,  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-four  years. 

(H)  Stephen  S.,  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin 
Cole,  was  born  in  Marlboro,  Wyndham  county, 
Vermont,  1804,  died  1887.  He  grew  up  on  a 
Vermont  farm  but  in  early  youth  went  to 
Phelps,  New  York,  and  lived  with  a  relative 
until  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age,  then  with 
his  brother  Benjamin,  he  came  to  Humphrey, 
New  York,  in  March,  1822,  and  settled  near 
his  older  brother  Seth.  He  took  up  land, 
prospered,  and  added  other  parcels  until  his 
farm  comprised  four  hundred  acres,  on  which 
he  built  a  comfortable  home.  He  rose  to 
prominence  in  public  life;  was  supervisor, 
justice  of  the  peace  many  years,  and  in  1850 
and  185 1  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New 
York  legislature.  He  stumped  Cattaraugus 
county  for  the  first  Republican  candidate.  Gen- 
eral John  C.  Fremont,  and  was  always  allied 


with  that  party.  He  was  offered  the  nomina- 
tion of  his  party  for  congress  when  Fenton 
was  nominated,  but  declined  the  honor.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  recruiting  volunteers  for 
the  Union  army  during  the  civil  war,  and 
used  his  voice  and  influence  in  opposition  to 
the  extension  of  slavery.  He  was  a  man  of 
extraordinary  talents.  As  an  orator  he  was 
unsurpassed  in  the  county,  having  a  wonder- 
ful voice  and  a  well  stored  mind.  He  spent 
his  last  days  in  retirement  on  the  farm,  but 
retained  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  generous  contribu- 
tor to  all  churches  and  was  everywhere  re- 
garded a  good  man  and  a  most  useful  citizen. 
He  married,  in  January,  1838,  Lemira  P., 
daughter  of  Alonzo  P.  Berry,  of  Humphrey, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Marvin  S.,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  2.  Rosalia,  married  (first) 
Mark  Sill;  (second)  Eugene  Reynolds;  chil- 
dren: i..  Minnie,  married,  and  had  Ona  and 
Claire,  ii.  Lemira.  3.  Helen  L.,  married  Al- 
bert McKoon;  children:  i.  Bertha,  married 
Frank  Hyatt,  of  Auburn,  New  York;  eight 
children,  ii.  Vera,  married  Lyman  Phipps; 
three  children,  iii.  Eusebia,  married  Julius 
Vahne;  three  children,  iv.  Kitty.     4.  Delia, 

married Reynolds.     5.  George  Wilson 

(q.  v.). 

(HI)  Marvin  S.,  eldest  son  of  Stephen  S. 
Cole,  was  born  in  Humphrey,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  February  25,  1839.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  \\b.s 
engaged  as  a  teacher  until  the  first  call  for 
volunteers  at  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war. 
He  enlisted  for  two  years  in  Company  H,  37th 
Regiment  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
served  in  all  the  battles  in  which  this  hard 
fought  regiment  took  part.  At  the  battle  of 
Charles  City  Cross  Roads  he  received  two 
buckshot  in  his  leg ;  a  bullet  was  turned  aside 
by  a  combination  knife,  fork  and  spoon  he 
was  carrying  in  his  trousers  pocket.  Beyond 
inflicting  a  severe  bruise,  this  bullet  did  no 
other  damage,  one  of  the  miraculous  escapes 
of  the  war.  Mr.  Cole  enlisted  as  sergeant,  and 
by  bravery  and  soldierly  conduct  was  pro- 
moted first  sergeant  of  Company  H,  being- 
mustered  out  with  that  rank  and  receiving 
an  honorable  discharge.  After  his  two  years 
spent  in  a  brave  defense  of  his  country's  flag^ 
he  returned  home  and  resumed  his  profession 
of  teaching.  In  1868  he  located  in  Olean. 
New  York,  and  in  1870  reorganized  the 
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department.  He  was  principal  of  this  school 
for  five  years,  after  which  he  taught  in  Lime- 
stone for  three  years.  He  then  discontinued 
teaching  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  West- 
ern New  York  &  Pennsylvania  railroad  as 
cashier,  at  Eldred,  Pennsylvania,  in  1883  he 
came  to  Machias,  New  York,  where  for  six- 
teen years  he  was  station  agent.  In  1899  he 
went  to  Fanning,  Cattaraugus  county.  In 
1901  he  was  appointed  postmaster  by  Presi- 
dent McKinley,  an  office  he  still  holds.  He 
has  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  eight 
years,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  men  in 
his  section.  His  long  life  of  activity,  mostly 
spent  in  Cattaraugus  county,  brought  him  in 
contact  with  representatives  of  every  walk  of 
life.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  church.  He 
belongs  to  Phillips  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  is  a  man  of  marked  ability 
and  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  his  town.  He 
has  met  every  demand  made  upon  him  and 
whether  as  teacher,  soldier,  business  man  or 
citizen,  has  borne  well  his  part. 

He  married  Mary  Jane,  born  January  2, 
1842,  daughter  of  Rev.  D.  W.  McKoon.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Rhoba  C,  married  George  R.  Price, 
of  Perry,  New  York ;  three  children :  Mary  J., 
Mildred  C,  George  R.  2.  Mamie  C,  married 
Martin  W.  Bookman;  children:  Martha  W., 
Ada  and  Marvin  J.  (2).  3.  Claude  C,  married 
Elizabeth  Manning ;  child :  La  Derne  S. 

A    brave,    hardy,    patriotic 
SHATTUCK    and   liberty-loving   race   in 

America  have  sprung  from 
early  colonists  of  this  name  in  Massachusetts. 
The  citizens  of  this  cognomen  performed  yeo- 
man service  in  the  Colonial  days  in  the  found- 
ing of  the  civil  liberties  that  their  descendants, 
in  common  with  all  other  Americans,  now 
enjoy.  A  goodly  per  cent  of  Shattucks  have 
fought  in  all  the  principal  wars  of  the  nation, 
and  a  due  proportion  have  filled  places  of  in- 
fluence, honor  and  trust  in  the  various  pro- 
fessions and  institutions  of  learning,  and  un- 
der the  government.  The  number  of  persons 
of  this  name  now  living  in  the  United  States 
is  probably  about  fifteen  thousand.  The 
American  spelling  of  the  name  is  Shattuck, 
the  old  English  form  Shattocke.  There  are 
many  other  early  forms  now  in  use. 

(I)  William  Shattuck  is  the  most  remote 
ancestor  with  whom  the  persons  of  the  Shat- 
tuck family  in  America  are  enabled  to  con- 


nect themselves.  Of  his  parentage  and  birth- 
place nothing  definite  is  known,  though  there 
is  no  doubt  that  his  imipediate  ancestors  and 
connections  were  residents  of  England,  and 
that  they  were  either  of  Lancashire,  Somer- 
setshire or  Berkshire.  William  Shattuck  was 
bom  in  England  in  1621  or  1622,  and  died  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  August  14,  1672. 
He  was  a  weaver,  and  in  addition  to  his  trade 
also  engaged  in  agriculture.  His  name  ap- 
pears in  the  old  list  of  proprietors  of  Water- 
town,  made  about  1642,  twelve  years  after 
its  first  settlement,  although  he  was  but  twenty 
years  of  age.  The  first  allotment  of  land  to 
him  was  a  homestall  of  one  acre,  by  estima- 
tion, and  three  acres  of  upland  by  estimation. 
To  this  estate  he  made  large  additions  by 
subsequent  grants  and  purchases.  Among 
other  parcels  of  land  the  records  show  a 
house,  garden  and  thirty  acres  of  land  sit- 
uated on  Common  Hill,  near  his  own  estate ; 
a  farm  at  Stony  Brook  near  the  present 
bounds  of  Weston,  also  a  dwelling  house  and 
a  large  farm  in  another  part  of  the  town.  He 
resided  in  Watertown  about  thirty  years,  and 
acquired  for  the  times  in  which  he  lived  a 
large  property,  the  inventory  of  which  at  his 
death  amounted  to  four,  hundred  and  thirty- 
four  pounds,  nineteen  shillings,  eleven  and  a 
half  pence  sterling,  of  which  two  hundred 
pounds  was  in  real  estate,  and  two  hundred 
and  thirty-four  pounds,  nineteen  shillings  and 
eleven  and  one-half  pence  in  personal  estate, 
including  one  hundred  and  three  pounds, 
seventeen  shillings,  seven  and  one-half  pence 
in  money.  He  appears,  so  far  as  can  be  as- 
certained from  contemporary  records,  to  have 
sustained  the  character  of  a  sagacious,  ener- 
getic and  successful  business  man ;  of  an  hon- 
est, upright  and  worthy  citizen;  and  of  a  good 
and  peaceful  neighbor.  He  held  a  respectable 
social  position  among  his  fellow  townsmen, 
and  his  family  and  the  families  to  whom  they 
were  allied  by  marriage  were  highly  re- 
spected, and  among  the  most  wealthy  and 
influential  in  Watertown.  He  was  buried  in 
the  ancient  burying  ground  situated  on  the 
old  road  leading  from  Cambridge  to  Water- 
town,  a  short  distance  westerly  of  Mount  Au- 
burn. 

He  married,  about  1642,  Susan  or  Susanna 

.   She  married  (second)  fifteen  months 

after  his  death,  November  18,  1673,  Richard 
Norcross,  who  survived  her.  She  died  in 
Watertown,  December   11,   1686.     The  chil- 


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dren  of  this  union  were:  Susanna,  Mary, 
John,  Philip,  Joanna,  William,  Rebecca,  Abi- 
gail, Benjamin,  Samuel. 

(II)  John,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
William  and  Susan  or  Susanna  Shattuck, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  February  ii,  1647, 
and  according  to  the  records  of  that  town 
"was  drowned  as  he  was  passing  over 
Charlestown  ferry,  September  14,  1675," 
aged  twenty-eight  years.  He  had  lands 
granted  to  him  in  Groton  in  1664,  but  it  does 
not  appear  that  he  was  an  inhabitant  of  that 
town  for  any  length  of  time,  if  at  all.  He 
was  a  carpenter  and  resided  principally  in 
the  Middle  District — the  present  village  of 
Watertown — where  he  was  employed  by  the 
town  in  1669  and  subsequently  to  keep  the 
town  mill,  then  situated  near  the  present 
bridge  leading  to  Newton  Corner.  In  1675, 
the  year  of  the  outbreak  of  King  Philip's  war, 
John  Shattuck  was  appointed  sergeant  in 
Captain  Richard  Beer's  company,  which  pro- 
ceeded to  Hadley.  Hearing  that  Squaw- 
keague,  now  Northfield,  had  been  attacked, 
they  marched  to  its  relief,  September  4,  1675, 
and  while  on  their  route  were  ambushed  by 
a  large  force  of  Indians  and  twenty  of  the 
thirty-six  men  of  the  company  were  killed. 
Sergeant  Shattuck  was  one  of  the  sixteen 
who  escaped,  and  was  immediately  dispatched 
as  a  messenger  to  the  governor  of  the  colony 
to  announce  the  result  of  the  expedition. 
September  14,  ten  days  after  the  battle,  he 
was  drowned  as  above  stated. 

He  married,  June  20,  1664,  Ruth,  born  in 
Watertown,  April  15,  1645,  daughter  of  John 
Whitney.  She  married  (second)  March  6, 
1677,  Enoch  Lawrence,  and  in  1678  they  re- 
moved to  Groton  with  several  of  his  relatives 
at  the  resettlement  of  that  town,  taking  with 
them  the  four  children  by  her  first  husband, 
and  probably  occupied  the  land  granted  to 
John  Shattuck,  in  1664.  From  this  family 
the  Shattucks  in  Groton  and  Pepperell  orig- 
inated. Mr.  Lawrence  died  September  28, 
1744,  aged  ninety-five  years.  The  date  of  his 
wife's  death  is  not  known.  Children  of  John 
and  Ruth  Shattuck:  John,  Ruth,  William, 
Samuel. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Shattuck,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  1673,  died  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  July  22,  1758.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  born  April  27,  1675,  daughter  of 
James  Blood,  killed  by  the  Indians,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1692;  son  of  Richard  Blood,  one  of 


the  original  proprietors  of  the  town  of  Gro- 
ton; son  of  James  Blood,  who  came  to  Con- 
cord about  1638,  died  there  December  17, 
1683;  an  Englishman,  said  to  have  been  a 
brother  or  near  relative  of  Colonel  Thomas 
Blood,  distinguished  in  history  during  the 
reign  of  Charles  II.  as  one  of  the  most  re- 
markable characters  of  his  day  (see  note  in 
Scott's  novel,  "Peveril  of  the  Peak").  She 
died  October  20,  1759.  She  united  with  the 
church  in  1705  and  her  husband  in  1709. 
Children,  born  in  Groton:  Samuel,  married 
Anna  Williams ;  James,  married  Sarah  Cham- 
berlain; Jeremiah,  of  whom  further;  Eliza- 
beth, married  John  Shad;  Ruth,  married 
Jacob  Ames;  John,  married  Sarah  Hobart; 
David,  married  Dorothy  Varnum ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried James  Green ;  Rachel,  married  Nehemiah 
Hobart;  Joseph  (supposed),  married  Joana 
Chandler. 

(IV)  Captain  Jeremiah  Shattuck,  third  son 
of  Samuel  Shattuck,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  June  11,  1703,  died  in  Pepper- 
ell, August  2,  1798,  aged  ninety-five  years 
one  month  twenty-one  days.  He  was  a 
blacksmith,  was  often  chosen  selectman  and 
to  other  offices;  was  captain  of  a  military 
company  and  a  very  prominent  man  of  Pep- 
perell. He  marriel  (first),  July  2,  1723,  Sarah 
Parker,  born  April  12,  1705,  died  June  8. 
1789,  in  her  eighty-fifth  year,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel,  son  of  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph 
(i)  Parker,  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  Chelmsford  and  Groton.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) February  28,  1792,  Ruth  Bixby.  The 
Columbian  Centinel  of  March  10  following, 
chronicles  his  second  marriage  there:  **In 
Pepperell,  Captain  Jeremiah  Shattuck,  aged 
ninety,  to  Mrs.  Ruth  Bixby,  aged  seventy- 
five."  Children  of  first  wife,  all  born  in 
Pepperell:  i.  Nathaniel,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Jeremiah,  married  (first)  Lydia  Lakin;  (sec- 
ond) Kezia  Shattuck.  3.  Elizabeth,  married 
John  Shattuck.  4.  Oliver,  died  aged  ninety- 
six  years,  eleven  months;  married  Mary 
Reed,  died  aged  eighty-nine  years;  no  issue. 
5.  Sarah,  married  Patrick  White.  6.  David, 
married  (first)  Sarah  Burt;  (second)  Lucy 
Sawtell ;  he  lived  to  be  nearly  eighty-five.  7. 
Solomon,  married  Hepzibah  Perkins.  8.  Ne- 
heriiiah,  married  Betsey  Hosley.  9.  Sybil. 
10.  Parker,  died  unmarried. 

(V)  Nathaniel,  eldest  son  of  Captain  Jere- 
miah Shattuck,  was  born  in  Pepperell,  Massa- 
chusetts,  August   12,   1724,   died   during  the 


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great  fever  epidemic  in  Pepperell,  July  17, 
1757,  in  his  thirty-third  year.  He  married 
(first)  Hannah  Symonds,  of  Reading,  Massa- 
chusetts; (second),  April  18,  1757,  Ruth 
Shattuck.  Children,  born  in  Pepperell :  Hannah, 
married  Isaac  Boynton;  Nathaniel,  of  whom 
further;  Elizabeth,  married  James  Lakin. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Shattuck,  was  born  in  Pepperell,  Massachu- 
setts, April  3,  1749,  died  in  Temple,  New 
Hampshire,  January  30,  1828,  in  his  seventy- 
ninth  year.  He  was  one  of  the  fifty-three 
men  who  in  September,  1773,  fell  at  the  rais- 
ing of  the  meeting  house  in  Wilton,  New 
Hampshire.  Three  were  instantly  killed,  two 
more  died  soon  after,  others  were  crippled 
for  life  and  most  of  them  received  injuries. 
Mr.  Shattuck  was  wounded  in  the  head  and 
had  three  ribs  broken.  He  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war  and  was  one  of  the  com- 
pany of  fifty-six  men  who  marched  from 
Temple  to  Cambridge  on  the  Lexington 
alarm,  April  19,  1775,  but  arrived  too  late 
to  engage  in  the  battle ;  service  fourteen  days. 
In  July,  1777,  he  was  one  of  the  seventeen 
men  who  marched  from  Temple  to  Benning- 
ton in  Captain  S.  Parker's  company,  Colonel 
M.  NichoVs  regiment,  General  John  Stark's 
brigade. 

He  married,  in  1773,  Catherine,  born  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  February  16,  1753, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  Andrews,  of  Concord, 
Massachusetts.  She  died  in  Temple,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1845,  ^^^^  ninety-two  years,  nine 
months,  three  days.  At  her  decease  she  had 
two  hundred  and  eight  descendants;  thirteen 
children,  seventy-eight  grandchildren,  one 
hundred  and  fifteen  great-grandchildren  and 
two  great-great-grandchildren.  She  could 
say  "Arise,  daughter,  and  go  to  thy  daughter 
for  thy  daughter's  daughter  hath  a  daughter.'* 
Children,  born  in  Temple,  New  Hampshire : 
Nathaniel,  of  whom  further;  Oliver,  died 
young ;  Parker,  married  Sally  Spoflford ;  Han- 
nah, married  Nathan  Richardson;  Catherine, 
married  George  Kimball;  Polly,  died  young; 
Oliver  (2),  married  Sally  Start;  Polly  (2), 
married  Aaron  K.  Putnam;  Dolly,  married 
Josiah  Wheeler;  Sally,  married  Joseph  Put- 
nam; Milly,  married  John  Bales;  Ralph,  died 
young;  Ralph  (2),  died  young. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Shattuck,  was  born  in  Temple,  New  Hamp- 
shire, February  27,  1774,  died  in  Concord, 
New    Hampshire,    September    i,    1864,   aged 


ninety  years,  six  months,  four  days.  When 
a  young  man,  in  the  winter  seasons  between 
January,  1792,  and  March,  1800,  he  was  em- 
ployed in  teaching  the  common  schools  in 
Parkersfield  (now  Nelson),  Qieshire  county. 
New  Hampshire,  Sharon,  ]\Iason  and  Temple, 
Hillsboro  county.  He  graduated  at  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1801,  in  the  class  of  Daniel 
Webster.  While  in  college  he  became  the 
author  of  the  illustration  of  cube  root  by  the 
use  of  blocks  when  under  the  instruction  of 
tutor,  John  Noyes,  which  was  afterward  intro- 
duced by  Dr.  Daniel  Adams  in  the  subsequent 
editions  of  his  arithmetic,  and  by  others  who 
have  published  their  arithmetics  since  that 
time.  Daniel  Webster  in  his  ''Life  and  Cou- 
respondence,'*  referring  to  his  college  course, 
says :  "I  left  mathematics  to  Shattuck."  After 
reading  law  for  two  years  with  Hon.  Benja- 
min J.  Gilbert,  of  Hanover,  and  two  more 
with  Hon.  Timothy  Bigelow,  of  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
the  county  of  Middlesex,  Massachusetts,  in 
1804.  He  commenced  practice  in  Mil  ford. 
New  Hampshire.  In  1830  he  removed  to 
Mason  village  (now  Greenville),  where  he 
remained  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  till 
the  failure  of  his  eyesight  by  cataracts  in  1844, 
being  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age.  For  two 
years  he  was  totally  blind.  By  a  successful 
operation  his  sight  was  restored  so  that  by 
the  aid  of  glasses  he  could  read  with  facility. 
Having  given  up  his  profession  he  resided 
with  his  children  at  New  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire,  Lancaster  and  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, and  later  at  Manchester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, with  his  son-in-law.  Rev.  A.  W.  Chaffin. 
During  these  years  he  kept  up  his  early  habit 
of  methodical  reading  and  study.  He  was  a 
careful  student  of  the  Bible.  It  was  his  cus- 
tom to  devote  three  or  four  hours  daily  with 
pen  in  hand  to  a  critical  study  of  the  Bible, 
comparing  scripture  with  scripture.  Recently 
when  asked  how  many  times  he  had  read  the 
Bible  through,  his  reply  was,  "Over  fifty 
times."  Prior  to  his  being  blind,  as  a  literary 
labor  he  verified  the  more  important  events 
and  facts  of  scripture.  So  fond  was  he  of 
the  Bible  that  latterly  he  had  but  little  relish 
for  other  reading,  save  that  of  the  ^religious 
and  political  news.     In  his  own  language: 

"The  book  of  books,  the  Bible  ever  new, 
Be  this  our  Chart,  our  Sail  and  Compass,  too; 
And  when  the  beating  storms  of  life  are  o'er, 
Our  souls  be  landed  safe  on  Canaan's  shore." 


924 


NEW   YORK. 


In  the  pending  national  struggle  he  was 
deeply  interested  and  heartily  sympathized 
with  the  government  in  its  effort  to  overcome 
the  rebellion  and  to  extirpate  slavery,  the 
cause  of  it.  Summing  up  his  mental  charac- 
teristics we  may  style  them  as  eminently 
mathematical,  legal  and  poetical.  As  a  law- 
yer but  few  of  his  contemporaries  were  better 
read  and  wiser  or  safer  counsel.  He  used 
his  profession  for  the  benefit  of  others  rather 
than  his  own  pecuniary  profit.  As  a  writer 
he  often'  indulged  in  poetical  rather  than 
prose  compositions;  composing  hymns  and 
odes  and  other  pieces  dedicated  to  friends 
or  used  on  public  occasions.  In  conversation 
he  was  slow  of  speech.  Possessed  of  a  re- 
markable memory,  he  never  wanted  for  an 
anecdote  or  fact  to  point  his  remarks  or  illus- 
trate a  principle.  Happy  in  repartee,  he  was 
scrupulously  careful  not  to  wound  the  feelings 
of  others.  Physically  blessed  with  a  strong 
constitution,  he  attended  carefully  to  the  laws 
of  health.  His  favorite  exercise  was  walking. 
In  his  eightieth  year,  having  been  left  at 
Lawrence,  Massachusetts,  by  the  cars  on  his 
way  to  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  he 
walked  the  whole  distance  (28  miles)  that 
day  rather  than  remain  over  one  train.  His 
last  sickness  was  short  and  violent,  he  having 
an  apoplectic  attack  while  on  a  visit  to  his 
friend  which  resulted  in  mental  derangment 
and  death.  His  remains  were  carried  to  Am- 
herst, where  appropriate  funeral  services  were 
held  in  the  Congregational  chapel,  Rev.  J.  G. 
Davis  officiating.  His  remains  were  deposited 
in  the  burying  ground  near  the  court  house 
in  which  he  spent  so  many  of  his  professional 
days.  He  reposes  there  with  kindred  dust 
awaiting  the  resurrection  morn,  to  come  forth 
in  the  robes  of  Christ's  righteousness  in 
whom  as  the  only  Saviour  he  believed  and 
trusted.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  pre- 
serving the  genealogy  of  the  Shattucks.  The 
compiler  of  the  "Shattuck  Genealogy''  says: 
"We  are  greatly  indebted  to  him  for  much 
valuable  information  concerning  the  family 
and  descendants  of  his  father." 

He  married  (first)  June  15,  1806,  Mary, 
born  in  Temple,  April  5,  1790,  daughter  of 
Hon.  James  and  Betsey  (Kimball)  Wallace, 
of  Milford,  New  Hampshire.  She  died  June 
3,  i8t2,  in  her  twenty-third  year.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  April  4,  1816,  Sally,  born  in 
Amherst,  New  Hampshire,  July  25,  1789, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane  (Seaton)  Stan- 


ley. Child  of  first  wife:  i.  Ann  Jane,  born 
May  12,  1809,  died  August  16,  1847;  married 
B.  F.  Wallace,  of  Antrim,  principal  of  Bid- 
ford  Academy.  Children  by  second  wife:  2. 
Mary  Wallace,  died  in  her  twelfth  year.  3. 
Algernon  Parker,  born  February  15,  1819,  at 
Amherst,  New  Hampshire,  died  August  20, 
1874,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts;  she  was  a 
teacher  of  penmanship  in  various  places  and 
in  1854  was  connected  with  the  New  Eng- 
land Normal  Institute.  4.  Catherine  Kimball, 
born  December  15,  1823,  died  December  20, 
1907,;  she  married,  in  Boston,  April  20,  1848, 
Rev.  Aaron  W.  Chaffin,  professor  of  lan- 
guages and  later  a  minister  of  the  Baptist 
church.  5.  George  Freeman,  died  young.  6. 
Henry  Campbell,  died  young.  7.  George 
Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(VIII)  George  Henry,  youngest  child  of 
Nathaniel  (3)  and  his  second  wife,  Sally 
(Stanley)  Shattuck,  was  born  at  Amherst, 
New  Hampshire,  December  9,  1830.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  Hancock  Lit- 
erary and  Scientific  Institution,  and  the  insti- 
tution at  New  Hampton.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist  in  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire.  He  worked  as  a  journeyman 
at  Windsor  Locks,  Connecticut,  for  a  time, 
and  then  secured  employment  in  Colt's  pistol 
shops  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
worked  until  1850.  In  that  year  he  aban- 
doned his  trade  and  went  to  New  York  City, 
later  going  west,  and  in  1851  settled  in  Or- 
leans county.  New  York.  He  had  under  the 
tuition  of  his  brother  become  an  expert  pen- 
man. In  1853-54  the  association  for  the  exhi- 
bition of  the  Industry  of  All  Nations  awarded 
Mr,  Shattuck  mention,  with  special  appro- 
bation for  specimens  of  penmanship ;  this  was 
on  the  same  ground  as  now  occupied  by  the 
new  public  library  in  New  York  City.  He 
personally  taught  penmanship  in  Western 
New  York  and  in  Western  cities,  and  was 
employed  by  the  publishers  to  introduce 
Pay  son,  Dunton  &  Scribners  copy  books 
in  Western  New  York.  He  continued  teach- 
ing in  Western  New  York  for  several  years, 
then  was  sent  by  the  publishers  to  New  York 
City,  where  he  taught  Payson,  Dunton  & 
Scribners  system  of  penmanship,  introduced 
them  in  the  public  school,  and  was  interested 
in  the  publication  of  this  copy  book  until 
1890.  At  that  time  the  American  Book  Com- 
pany was  formed  and  they  took  over  the 
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NEW    YORK. 


925 


1876  he  bought  an  interest  in  Spencerian  and 
was  agent  and  associate  author  until  1890. 
In  1900  Mr.  Shattuck  disposed  of.  his  inter- 
ests in  Payson,  Dunton  &  Scribners  and  Spen- 
cerian copy  books  to  the  •  American  Book 
Company  and  associated  himself  with  Mr. 
H.  W.  Shaylor,  of  Portland,  Maine,  who  has 
been  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  a 
teacher  of  writing  in  that  city  and  the  au- 
thor of  Harper's  copy  books,  also  Ginn  & 
Company  copy  books  and  together  they  pre- 
pared the  Medial  system  which  at  this  writing 
enjoys  a  larger  circulation  than  the  four  sys- 
tems above  named.  Payson,  Dunton  &  Scrib- 
ners system  was  copied  and  reprinted  in 
Canada,  wa3  reproduced  in  Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land, and  issued  under  the  title  of  the  Inter- 
national system.  The  Spencerian  was  re- 
produced in  Tokio,  Japan.  All  of  the  above 
reproductions  were  made  independent  of  and 
without  consulting  the  original  publishers  or 
authors.  The  Medial  was  adopted  for  the 
schools  of  Porto  Rico,  and  at  the  request  of 
the  school  authorities  the  lower  numbers  were 
translated  into  Spanish.  During  his  career 
more  than  eighty  million  of  copy  books  have 
been  used  throughout  the  schools  of  the 
world,  in  which  he  had  an  interest.  Mr. 
Shattuck  retired  to  Medina,  Orleans  county. 
New  York,  where  he  continues  his  residence, 
now  in  his  eighty-second  year,  and  remark- 
ably well  preserved.  He  is  independent  in 
politics;  from  1889  to  1904  he  was  commis- 
sioner of  Boxwood  cemetery  in  Medina,  New 
York.  He  is  a  member  of  Medina  Lodge, 
No.  336,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Medina 
Chapter,  No.  281,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Alpha 
and  Omega  Council,  No.  71,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters;  Morton  Commandery,  No.  4, 
Knights  Templar,  of  New  York,  also  Mecca 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is 
a  communicant  of  the  Episcopal  church.  Mr. 
Shattuck  presented  to  the  New  York  Public 
Library,  New  York  City,  his  entire  collec- 
tion of  books,  pamphlets,  etc.,  relating  to  the 
history  of  penmanship,  the  whole  comprising 
four  hundred  and  twenty-eight  works,  cov- 
ering the  period  from  1659  to  1850,  a  valuable 
and  highly  appreciated  gift.  He  also  pre- 
sented in  1907  to  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts 
Academy  an  interesting  collection  of  cata- 
logues of  art  exhibitions  and  sales  for  thirty 
years,  from  1876,  held  at  the  American  Mu- 
seum of  Natural  History  and  the  National 
Academy  of  Design.     Many  of   these  cata- 


logues contained  the  prices  at  which  paintings 
were  sold  at  that  time  and  they  are  a  source 
of  great  interest  and  very  valuable.  He  also 
presented  to  the  library  of  the  Forty-second 
Separate  Company  bound  copies  of  twenty- 
two  volumes  of  Scribners  that  preceded  the 
Century,  and  bound  volumes  of  the  Century, 
the  successor  of  Scribners,  over  eighty  vol- 
umes in  all,  in  memory  of  his  son  George  H., 
whose  death  was  the  first  in  the  company  and 
who  was  accorded  a  military  funeral,  three 
volleys  were  fired  over  his  grave  and  taps 
were  sounded  by  the  bugler. 

Mr.  Shattuck  married,  June  30,  1862,  at 
Medina,  Margaret  Bathgate,  born  there  De- 
cember 5,  1829,  died  October  5,  1904,  daugh- 
ter of  Simeon  and  Euphemia  (Atchison) 
Bathgate.  Children:  i.  William  B.,  born 
May  5,  1864,  died  October  27,  1864.  2. 
George  H.,  born  March  29,  1866,  died  No- 
vember 17,  1894.  3.  Algernon  B.,  born  De- 
cember 7,  1871 ;  educated  in  the  public  school 
and  Orchard  Lake  Military  Academy,  Michi- 
gan; now  employed  in  the  government  postal 
service  at  Medina,  New  York;  he  served  in 
the  Spanish-American  war  as  second  lieuten- 
ant of  Company  F,  Third  Regiment,  New 
York  Infantry.  Enrolled  May  i,  1898,  at  Me- 
dina to  serve  two  years;  mustered  in  as  sec- 
ond lieutenant  Company  F,  May  17,  1898; 
mustered  out  with  company  November  30, 
1898,  at  Medina,  New  York,  commissioned 
second  lieutenant,  May  17,  1898,  with  rank 
from  same  date  original.  He  married  Flor- 
ence Bilton  and  has  a  daughter,  Margaret  B., 
born  May  4,  1910. 


Thomas  Lapham,  the  immi- 
LAPHAM    grant  ancestor,  came  probably 

from  county  Kent,  England, 
and  was  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  in  1635. 
It  is  thought  that  he  left  England  in  1634,  and 
from  his  friendship  with  Rev.  John  Lothrop, 
pastor  of  the  first  church  of  Scituate,  and  El- 
der Nathaniel  Tilden,  the  first  ruling  elder,  it 
is  believed  he  left  Kent  because  of  religious 
troubles.  He  joined  the  church  of  which  Lo- 
throp was  pastor,  March  24,  1636.  His  home 
was  near  Scituate  harbor.  He  died  in  1648, 
and  his  will,  dated  1646,  is  recorded  in  the  early 
Plymouth  Colony  records,  proved  June  5, 
165 1.  His  wife  was  executrix.  His  name  is 
found  very  rarely  on  the  town  records,  and 
it  is  evident  that  he  was  more  active  in  church 
affairs,  as  his  name  is  found  more  often  on 


926 


NEW   YORK. 


the  church  records  than  anywhere  else.  He 
married,  March  13,  1637,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Elder  Nathaniel  Tilden.  Children,  Elizabeth, 
born  May  6,  1638;  Mary;  Thomas,  mentioned 
below;  Lydia;  Rebecca,  born  1645;  Joseph, 
bom  1648. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Lap- 
ham,  was  born  in   1643.     He  married   Mary 

.    He  married  a  second. time,  and. about 

1700  moved  to  Marshfield.  He  died  in  1720. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Joseph,  born  1670; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  born  1677. 
Child  by  second  wife:     Mary,  born  1704. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Lapham, 
was  born  in  1676.  He  married  Hannah  Rog- 
ers, of  Marshfield,  November  19,  1701.  Chil- 
dren: Hannah,  born  Alpril  i,  1703;  Mary, 
September  13,  1704;  David,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  April  13,.  1708;  Joshua,  December 
22,  1710;  Mercy,  May  10,  1713;  Thankful, 
May,  1 71 5;  Amos,  December  i,  1717;  Lydia, 
May  17,  1724. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Samuel  Lapham,  was 
born  April  3,  1706.  He  married,  1727,  Re- 
becca King.  Children :  Thomas,  born  Sep- 
tember II,  1728;  David,  April  19,  1730;  Amos, 
March  30,  1731 ;  Rebecca,  September  21,  1732 ; 
Elisha,  May  10,  1734;  Elizabeth,  November 
7,  1735 ;  Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin, 
December  10,  1738;  Daniel,  March  10,  1739; 
Isaac,  October  25,  1741 ;  King,  October  4, 
1743;  Lydia,  December  7,  1744;  Asa,  April 
12,  1746. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  David  Lapham,  was 
born  February  10,  1736;  married,  in  1761, 
Ruth  Rogers.  He  and  his  brothers  moved  to 
the  town  of  Washington,  in  Dutchess  county. 
New  York.  According  to  the  census  of  1790 
there  were  four  heads  of  families  there  at  that 
time.  David  had  two  sons  under  sixteen  and 
one  female  in  his  family ;  Jonathan,  five  males 
over  sixteen,  three  under  that  age  and  eight 
females;  Benjamin  had  two  males  over  six- 
teen, one  under  that  age  and  five  females; 
Solon  had  two  over  sixteen,  one  >  under  that 
age  and  two  females.  Stephen  was  in  the 
same  section  of  the  state.  He  settled  at 
Queensbury,  Washington  county,  and  in  1790 
had  in  his  family  two  males  over  sixteen,  one 
under  that  age  and  seven  females  in  his  fam- 
ily. Nathan,  with  a  family  of  twelve,  lived  at 
Danby,  in  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  in  1790, 
and  Asa  Lapham  with  six  in  his  family  lived 
at  Charlotte,  Chittenden  county,  Vermont. 

(VI)  Gideon,  born  January  7,   1787,  died 


September  13,  1871,  was  son  or  nephew  of 
Stephen  Lapham ;  the  records  are  not  available 
to  show  the  exact  relationship,  but  that  he 
was  of  this  family  is  without  doubt.  He 
came  from  Vermont  to  Cayuga  county.  New 
York,  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  county, 
and  afterward  settled  in  Erie  county,  buying 
a  farm  on  the  Big  Tree  road,  near  East  Au- 
rora, New  York.  This  farm  is  now  part  of 
the  town  of  Wales,  in  Erie  county,  and  has 
been  owned  lately  by  Charles  A.  Sill.  From 
this  place  Gideon  moved  to  East  Hill,  just 
south  of  the  village  of  East  Aurora.  He 
married  Dorcas  Bo  wen,  born  April  17,  1790, 
died  September  29,  1869.  Children:  Dr. 
George  Henry  Lapham,  of  whom  further; 
Susan,  born  January  29,  1815 ;  Ann  E.,  July 
9,  1822;  May  E.,  March  21,  1829. 

(VII)  Dr.  George  Henry  Lapham,  son  of 
Gideon  Lapham,  was  born  at  Scipio,  New 
York,  September  5,  1813,  and  died  December 
14,  1885,  in  East  Aurora,  New  York.  He 
was  educated  in  private  schools  and  at  the 
Aurora  Academy.  Under  the  instruction  of 
Dr.  Hought  and  Dr.  Wallis  he  began  the  study 
of  medicine,  and  in  1833  was  a  student  in  the 
State  Medical  College  at  Fairfield,  New  York, 
and  in  the  following  year  at  the  Philadelphia 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1836  with  high  honors.  He  located  in 
1836  in  East  Aurora  and  began  to  practice 
his  pfofession.  In  1840  he  built  a  residence 
on  Main  street,  near  the  East  Aurora  railroad 
station,  and  there  he  had  his  office  and  home 
during  the  rest  of  his  life.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  the  oldest  practicing  physician 
in  Erie  county.  He  had  a  large  practice,  and 
was  a  sagacious  man  of  affairs,  acquiring  a 
competence  in  his  practice  and  wisely  invest- 
ing it.  He  was  for  many  years  one  of  the 
largest  taxpayers  of  the  town.  He  took  a 
keen  interest  in  town  affairs  and  exerted  a 
strong  and  wholesome  interest  in  politics.  He 
was  especially  interested  in  public  education, 
served  for  a  long  time  on  the  board  of  educa- 
tion, and  was  a  prime  mover  in  changing  the 
district  school  and  Aurora  Academy  to  the 
Union  schools.  He  was  superintendent  of 
schools  for  a  number  of  years,  and  also  served 
the  town  as  highway  commissioner.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1840,  Catherine  White,  born  August  5, 
1815,  daughter  of  David  P.  and  Betsey 
(Piatt)  White.  Dr.  James  P.  White,  of  Buf- 
falo, who  built  the  White  Block  in  that  city, 
was  her  brother.    She  died  December  20,  1879, 


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and  Dr.  Lapham  married  (second),  in  July, 
1882,  Mrs.  L.  W.  Graves,  who  survives  him. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Mary  Penfield,  born 
February  18,  1842,  married  Seth  R.  Sill,  of 
Rochester,  New  York;  Henry  White,  born 
October  8,  1845,  ^^^d  January  19,  1882  un- 
married; Clara  E.,  born  August  6,  1853,  died 
June  9,  1866;  Albert  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Albert  H.,  son  of  Dr.  George  Henry 
Lapham,  was  born  April  15,  1857,  at  East 
Aurora,  New  York:  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  conducted  a  general  store 
at  East  Aurora,  and  from  1889  to  1906  he  was 
postmaster  of  that  place.  Since  then  he  has 
not  been  in  active  business.  His  time  is  de- 
voted to  the  care  and  improvement  of  his  real 
estate.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum. 

He  married,  November  30,  1881,  Mary  T. 
Leigh,  born  September  26,  1856.  They  have 
one  child,  Florence  Katherine,  born  May  2, 
1884,  married,  October  12,  1910,  George  R. 
Van  Keuren,  a  hardware  merchant  in  East 
Aurora. 

Mrs.  Lapham  was  the  daughter  of  Edwin 
Leigh,  who  was  born  in  England,  in  1828,  and 
came  to  America  when  seven  years  of  age, 
with  his  parents.  He  married  Abigail  Shaw. 
Children:  Ida  E.,  Mary  T.  (wife  of  Albert 
H.  Lapham),  Emma  S.  and  Nettie  L.  Mr. 
Leigh  was  postmaster  at  Wales,  New  York, 
for  many  years,  and  was  a  merchant  and  suc- 
cessful business  man.  He  died  May  7,  1910, 
and  his  wife  died  June  12,  1904.  Mrs.  Lap- 
ham is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 


Nicholas  Patch,  the  American 
PATCH  progenitor,  was  born  in  the  par- 
ish of  South  Petherton,  Somer- 
setshire, England,  near  Burlescomb,  son  of 
Nicholas  and  Jane  Patch,  and  was  baptized  in 
the  parish  church  there  June  20,  1597.  He 
came  from  England  with  his  wife  Elizabeth 
and  two  sons,  John  and  James,  and  settled 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  1636.  He  had  a 
grant  of  ten  acres  of  land  in  1638,  and  an- 
other of  forty  acres  in  1639.  He  was  a  pro- 
prietor and  freeman  in  1639.  He  was  a  farm- 
er, and  prominent  in  town  and  church,  to 
which  he  made  a  bequest  in  his  will.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Church  of  Salem,  and 
with  his  wife  was  among  the  founders  of 
the  church  at  Beverly,  where  he  died  Novem- 
ber 16,  1673.     His  estate  was  inventoried  in 


1673,  ^"d  division  made  between  his  sons 
Thomas  and  John  by  mutual  agreement.  Chil- 
dren: John,  James,  and  Thomas  -(mentioned 
below).  John  married  Elizabeth  Bracken- 
bury,  daughter  of  Richard,  "called"  the  first 
female  child  born  in  Salem  (Boston  News 
Letter,  N.  E.  Reg.,  iv.  289). 

(II)  Sergeant  Thomas  Patch,  son  of  Nicho- 
las Patch,  was  born  in  1638,  and  died  in  Wen- 
ham,  Massachusetts,  February  19,  1721-22, 
aged  eighty-three  years.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  1670,  and  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1689.  He  married  Mary  Scott, 
daughter  of  Thomas  of  Ipswich.  He  settled 
at  Wenham.  Children  (Savage  and  Wenham 
vital  records)  :  Thomas,  born  July  19,  1674, 
died  October  7,  1754;  Stephen,  April  12,  1680; 
Isaac,  1682,  settled  at  Groton;  Ephraim;  Tim- 
othy, mentioned  below;  Simon,  of  Wenham; 
Sarah,  December  8,  1666;  Marah  (not  Mary 
or  Maria),  February  3,  1669. 

(III)  Timothy,  son  of  Thomas  Patch,  was 
born  about  1670,  and  died  at  Wenham,  June 
24,  1746,  or  May  16,  1751.  He  married,  at 
Beverly,  November  18,  1705,  Elizabeth  Po- 
land, who  died  September  6  or  7,  1742.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Wenham :  Elizabeth,  November 
23,  1706;  Timothy,  September  13,  1708;  Anna, 
March  5,  1711-12;  Sarah,  December  15,  1714; 
Margery,  May  6,  17 18;  Deborah,  Octobef  6, 
1721 ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Timothy  Patch,  was 
born  at  Wenham,  Massachusetts,  July  14, 
1726.  He  lived  at  Wenham,  but  may  have 
spent  his  last  years  at  New  Boston,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married,  February  14,  1744- 
45,  at  Wenham,  Abigail  Williams.  Children, 
bom  at  Wenham:  i.  Reuben,  August  11, 
1745,  probably  died  young.  2.  Samuel,  No- 
vember 3,  1747  (a  Samuel  died  in  West  Indies 
of  broken  leg  and  lockjaw,  December  4,  1765, 
and  another  Samuel  died  August  22,  1788, 
aged  thirty-five,  according  to  Wenham  rec- 
ords. But  this  Samuel  of  his  father  was  in 
New  Boston  in  1790).  3.  Molly,  October  i, 
1749.  4.  Ephraim,  June  21,  1751;  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  at  Chesterfield.  5.  Abigail, 
baptized  August  12,  1753.  6.  Reuben,  bap- 
tized August  13,  1758;  settled  at  New  Boston; 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  7.  Nathaniel,  bap- 
tized November  29,  1761.  8.  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below.  9,  Sally,  baptized  November  29, 
1767. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Samuel  Patch,  was 
born  at  Wenham,  Massachusetts,  and  baptized 


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there  November  29,  1767.  He  went  with  his 
fatnily  to  New  Boston,  New  Hampshire.  Ac- 
cording to  the  first  federal  census  taken  in 
1790  he  had  two  females  in  his  family,  and 
three  males  under  sixteen.  Samuel  Patch,  of 
New  Boston,  had  one  female,  and  was  pre- 
sumably his  father.  His  brother  Reuben  had 
two  females  in  his  family,  and  removed  later 
to  Henniker,  New  Hampshire.  Stephen  Patch 
came  from  New  Boston,  New  Hampshire,  to 
Buffalo,  New  York,  in  1816,  making  the  jour- 
ney in  wagons,  and  he  died  at  Buffalo  two 
years  later.  He  married  Anna  Thompson. 
Children:  David,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812;  Samuel,  went  to  New  Orleans  to 
live;  Joshua;  Oliver;  Thompson;  Martha; 
Nancy ;  Reuben,  settled  in  Ohio ;  Stephen  W., 
of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Stephen  Williams,  son  of  Stephen 
Patch,  was  born  at  New  Boston,  March  7, 
1808,  and  came  to  Buffalo  with  his  father. 
He  married  Thankful  M.  Winsor,  daughter 
of  Abraham  Winsor  and  Sophia  (Bigelow) 
(see  Bigelow).  Children:  i.  Anna  Sophia, 
married  George  Ehresman,  born  in  Bavaria, 
and  came  to  America  when  seven  years  of 
age ;  afterward  a  farmer  in  East  Aurora,  and 
had  one  child,  Daisy  Ehresman,  who  married 
William  S.  Butlin,  of  East  Aurora.  2.  Anne, 
married  Nelson  B.  Randall,  of  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. 3.  Margaret  R.,  born  1862;  married 
(first)  Zenas  Foote;  (second)  John  D.  Weed. 
4.  Alice  M.,  married  Rev.  Schuyler  S.  Ballou, 

a  clergyman. 

(The  Bigelow  Line). 

(I)  John  Bigelow,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
is  believed  to  have  come  from  England,  but 
the  variations  in  spelling  at  the  time  of  his 
immigration  to  New  England  make  it  difficult 
to  trace  the  name.  The  first  mention  of  his 
name  on  the  records  is  found  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  where  September  36,  1642,  he 
married  Mary  Warren,  who  died  October  19, 
169 1.  She  was  daughter  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet Warren.  In  1652  he'  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  there,  and  April  18,  1690,  he  was  ad- 
mitted freeman.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  was  allowed  certain  timber  by  the 
town  for  the  building  of  his  forge.  He  was 
highway  surveyor  in  1652-60 ;  constable  in 
1663,  and  selectman  in  1665-70-71.  His  home- 
stead consisted  of  six  acres.  He  married 
(second),  October  2,  1694,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Bemis,  of  Watertown.  He  died 
July  14,  1703.    His  will  was  dated  January  4, 


1703,  and  proved  July  23,  same  year.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  John,  born  October  2T, 
1643;  Jonathan,  December  11,  1646;  Mary, 
March  14,  1648;  Daniel,  December  i,  1650; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Joshua,  November 
5,  1655;  Elizabeth,  June  15,  1657;  Sary,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1659;  James;  Martha,  April  i, 
1662;  Abigail,  February  4,  1664;  Hannah, 
March  4,  1666;  died  March  8,  1666;  son,  born 
and  died  December  18,  1667. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Bigelow,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  October 
28,  1653.  He  married,  June  3,  1674,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Flagg;  she 
was  born  January  14,  1658,  and  died  Septem- 
ber 7,  1720.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Watertown;  an  innholder,  1702-16;  deputy 
to  the  general  court,  1708-09-10.  His  will, 
dated  September  30,  1720,  proved  February 
21,  1 73 1,  mentions  children  as  given  below, 
and  some  grandchildren.  Children:  John, 
born  May  9,  1675 ;  Mary,  September  12,  1677; 
Samuel,  September  18,  1679;  Sarah,  October 

I,  1691 ;  Thomas,  October  24,  1683;  Mercy 
or  Martha,  April  4,  1686;  Abigail,  May  7, 
1687;  Hannah,  May  24,  171 1;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned   below;    Deliverance,    September    22, 

1695. 

(HI)  Sergeant  Isaac  Bigelow,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Bigelow,  was  born  in  Watertown,  March 
or  May  19,  1691,  and  married,  December  19, 
1709,  Mary  Bond,  of  Watertown;  she  died 
July  9,  1775.  Shortly  after  his  marriage  he 
removed  to  Colchester,  Connecticut,  and 
bought  land  there  May  23,  1712.  He  was  a 
military  man  of  considerable  prominence,  and 
was  commissioned  sergeant  by  the  governor 
in   1744.     He  died  in  Colchester,  September 

II,  1751,  and  left  an  estate  valued  at  £2,087 
IIS.  9d.  Children,  born  in  Colchester:  Mercy, 
July  23,  171 1,  died  young;  Isaac,  May  4,  1713; 
Mercy,  February  4,  1715;  Mary,  July  31, 
1719;  Hannah,  October  2,  1721 ;  Abigail,  April 
13,  1723;  Samuel,  December  21,  1724;  Sarah, 
died  young;  Sarah,  June  27,  1727;  Lydia, 
April  22,  1729 ;  Elisiia,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Elisha,  son  of  Sergeant  Isaac  Bige- 
low, was  born  in  Colchester,  April  14,  1731. 
He  married  (first).  May  25,  1751,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Kilbom ;  she  died  Jan- 
uary II,  1765,  aged  twenty-nine.  He  married 
(second),  October  2,  1765,  Deborah  Chapman, 
of  East  Haddam,  and  she  died  January  20, 
1773,  aged  forty-two.  He  married  (third)', 
August  3,  1773,  Thankful  Beebe.     Children, 


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born  in  Colchester:  by  first  wife:  Elisha, 
January  17,  1752;  Molly,  August  28,  1753, 
died  October  15,  1756;  Bond,  born  May  18, 
1755;  Mary,  May  19,  1757;  Noah,  Febru- 
ary 7?  1759*  Joclj  January  9,  1761;  Lydia, 
December  12,  1762.  By  second  wife: 
Deborah,  born  October  13,  1766;  Hannah, 
February  10,  1768;  Aaron,  June  19,  1769; 
Isaac,  January  23,  1771 ;  Robert,  January  19, 
1773,  died  January  24,  same  year.  By  third 
wife:  Samuel,  May  19,  1774,  died  March 
28,  1775;  Samuel,  November  19,  1775,  died 
February  22,  1778;  Thankful,  April  7,  1777; 
Lucy,  August  30,  1779;  01ynda,July  31,  1781 ; 
Sophia,  August  i,  1783,  married,  1802,  Abra- 
ham Winsor;  Cynthia,  August  i,  1783; 
Betty,  May  9,  1786. 


The  Shearer  family  was  or- 
SHEARER    iginally    from   England,    and 

never  appears  to  have  been 
very  numerous.  The  name  belongs  to  a  large 
class  of  English  surnames  derived  from  the 
trade  of  the  ancestor  at  the  time  of  adopting 
surnames,  doubtless  as  early  as  the  year  1200. 
The  American  family  is  descended  from  a 
branch  that  located  in  the  eighteenth  century 
in  Ulster  Province,  Ireland,  probably  before 
the  days  of  Cromwell,  but  the  name  is  not 
among  the  first  grantees  and  tenants  in  1610 
and  afterward.  In  1890  the  Irish  census 
shows  that  a  small  branch  of  the  family  still 
resides  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  In  that  year 
five  children  bearing  this  surname  were  born 
in  Ireland,  of  whom  four  were  in  Ulster. 

(I)  James  Shearer,  the  American  pioneer, 
came  from  Atntrim,  Ireland,  to  America,  about 
1720,  with  the  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians,  and 
in  1720  he  located  at  Union,  Connecticut, 
where  several  other  Scotch  families  also  set- 
tled. In  1726  he  came  with  the  Nevins  family 
to  the  Elbows,  now  Palmer,  Massachusetts, 
which  was  largely  settled  by  Scotch-Irish 
moving  westward  from  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  born  in  1678,  probably  in  An- 
trim, and  died  in  1747.  He  occupied  a  central 
location  in  Palmer.  He  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners from  the  Elbows  to  the  governor  and 
general  court  in  1732  to  have  the  titles  of 
land  there  confirmed.  The  settlers  bought 
lands  to  which  th«  title  proved  defective,  lack- 
ing the  authority  of  the  general  court.  Among 
the  other  farms  granted  and  confirmed  in  an- 
swer to  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners,  was  a 
hundred  acres  to  James  Shearer.     His  farm 


was  east  of  the  Cedar  Swamp  brook  and  south 
of  Deacon  Sedgwick's  farm.  The  proprie- 
tors helds  their  meetings  at  his  house  fre- 
quently. He  was  on  the  committee  to  collect 
money  and  pay  the  minister,  Rev.  Mr.  Har- 
vey, who  was  ordained  August  23,  1731,  in 
Shearer's  house.  His  gravestone  shows  that 
he  died  January  21,  1747,  in  his  sixty-seventh 
year,  and  that  he  was  born  in  the  county  An- 
trim, Ireland.  Children,  born  in  Ireland :  John, 
James  and  William.  The  gravestone  of  his 
wife  states  that  she  was  born  in  Derby  county, 
Ireland  (England?),  and  died  July  7,  1750,  in 
her  seventy-fifth  year. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Shearer,  was  born 
in  Ireland,  probably  in  Antrim,  in  1706,  and 
died  in  1802.  He  married  Jane  King.  He  set- 
tled in  the  town  of  Brimfield,  near  Palmer, 
in  the  eastern  part  of  what  is  now  Three 
River  Village.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, a  corporal  in  Lieutenant  Joshua  Shaw's 
.company  in  1777.  He  and  his  son  William 
responded  to  the  Lexington  call,  April  10, 
1775,  and  both  served  in  Captain  David 
Speer's  company,  Colonel  Pynchon's  regiment 
(P.  133,  vol.  xiv,  Massachusetts  Soldiers  and 
Sailors;  also  "History  of  Palmer").  John  Jr. 
was  also  in  the  revolution  in  1779.  His  sons 
Joseph  and  Thomas  were  also  in  the  service 
in  1777.  Two  sons  fought  at  the  battle  of 
Bennington  and  two  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga. 
John  signed  the  petition  of  1739  with  his  fath- 
er, complaining  of  the  minister,  Mr.  Harvey, 
and  of  the  faction  that  supported  him.  John 
was  admitted  an  inhabitant  in  1734  on  the 
Abel  Curtis  right.  Children:  Joseph;  John 
Jr.,  born  March  22,  1746,  married,  1774,  Jane 
White;  William,  married  Jerusha  Perry; 
Thomas;  David,  married,  1791,  Kate  King; 
Jonathan,  born  March  29,  1762,  married  Han- 
nah Dickinson ;  Noah,  mentioned  below ;  Dan- 
iel, married  Sarah  King;  Jane,  married  Wal- 
lace Little;  Betsey,  married  William  White. 
The  order  of  births  is  not  known. 

(III)  Noah,  son  of  John  Shearer,  was  born 
1764,  and  married,  in  1791,  Tirzah  Merrick, 
who  died,  according  to  her  gravestone  in  the 
old  Center  cemetery,  October  10,  1820,  in  her 
fifty-first  year.  He  married  (second)  Betsey, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Hobart) 
Heald,  of  Pepperell,  Massachusetts.  Joseph 
Heald  was  a  descendant  of  John  Heald,  a 
pioneeil  of  Concord,  Massachusetts.  Noah 
Shearer  was  a  farmer.  When  he  was  thir- 
teen years  old  he  went  to  the  battle  of  Ben- 


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nington,  in  which  a  brother  was  engaged,  to 
take  horses  to  the  soldiers.  Companies  of 
militia  were  hurried  to  the  support  of  the 
northern  army  at  this  time.  Although  not  an 
enlisted  soldier,  he  volunteered,  like  many 
others  at  the  time,  and  carried  a  musket  in 
the  battle.  His  living  children  are  now  among 
the  few  surviving  children  of  revolutionary 
soldiers.  Children  by  the  first  wife,  born  at 
Palmer:  William,  October  27,  1791 ;  Minerva, 
May  9,  1793;  John  Little;  Hannah  Williams; 
Merrick,  April  3,  1800;  Sextus,  February  28, 
1802;  Louisa,  May  5,  1805;  an  infant,  died 
December  5,  1809.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Elizabeth  Hobart,  bom  1822,  married,  1846, 
Williston  Jones,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman, 
and  resides  in  East  Aurora  with  her  nephew, 
Albert  Shearer  (1911)  ;  she  had  no  children; 
Joseph  Heald,  mentioned  below;  Tirzah  Jane, 
born  June  28,  1826,  died  unmarried;  Albert 
N.,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Joseph  Heald,  son  of  Noah  Shearer; 
was  born  April  13,  1824,  in  Palmer,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  studied  law,  beginning  to  practice 
in  Wyoming  county,  New  York,  in  1855.  In 
1864  he  came  to  East  Aurora,  New  York, 
where  he  continued  in  the  general  practice  of 
law  until  he  retired,  and  where  he  has  lived 
since  that  time.  In  1874  he  was  in  partner- 
ship with  B.  S.  Farrington,  the  office  of  the 
firm  being  in  Buffalo.  For  three  years  he 
was  an  excise  commissioner  of  the  town  of 
Aurora,  and  for  many  years  was  notary  pub- 
lic by  appointment  of  the  governor  of  the 
state.  In  politics  he  is  a  Prohibitionist,  and 
one  of  the  builders  of  that  party.  He  attends 
the  Universalist  church.  He  married,  July  i, 
1852,  Emma  Richcords,  in  East  Aurora.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Albert  R.,  born  April  9,  1853;  "^^ir- 
ried  (first),  Abigail  Persons,  of  East  Aurora; 
(second)  Laura  Weed  ;  no  children.  2.  Clara, 
born  September  27,  1855 ;  married  L.  F.  Per- 
sons; children:  Floyd,  Hobart,  William  and 
Flossie  Persons.  3.  Louisa,  born  April  3, 
1857;  married  George  Noyes;  five  children; 
resides  in  western  Nebraska.  4.  Mary  Jane, 
died  when  ten  years  of  age.  5.  Dora,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1863;  married  Albert  H.  Peirson.  6. 
William  R.,  born  October  3,  1866;  married 
Flora  Gilbert ;  resides  in  Hennessy,  Kingfisher 
county,  Oklahoma;  seven  children.  7.  Child, 
died  an  infant. 

(IV)  Albert  N.,  brother  of  Joseph  Heald 
Shearer,  was  born  in  October,   1828.     When 


a  young  man,  in  1848,  he  went  to  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  and  afterward,  in  1852,  to  San 
Francisco,  California.  Thence  he  went  to 
Australia  as  supercargo  of  a  vessel  which  was 
wrecked  on  the  return  voyage  on  Raven 
Island.  For  some  time  he  and  four  other 
survivors  lived  on  the  island  subsisting  on 
fruit  and  wild  hogs  until  rescued  by  a  passing 
vessel.  He  subsequently  engaged  in  business 
in  Hong  Kong,  and  later  in  Shanghai,  China. 
He  returned  to  this  country,  and  died  in  Cali- 
fornia, after  many  years  of  retirement,  in 
1894.  He  married,  in  1865,  Laura  B.  Smith; 
their  only  child  died  young. 


The  Hunt  family,  of  which  Gov- 
HUNT  ernor  Hunt  was  a  scion,  was  of 
revolutionary  ancestry.  The  gov- 
ernor's father  was  Sanford  Hunt,  a  resident 
of  Greene  county  when  Washington  was  born, 
but  later  moved  to  Livingston  county  and 
gave  the  name  of  Hunt's  Hollow  to  a  settle- 
ment which  he  made  there. 

Washington  Hunt  was  born  in  Windham, 
Greene  county,  this  state,  August  5,  181 1. 
There  he  laid  the  foundations  of  his  educa- 
tion. At  seventeen  he  was  a  resident  of  Lock- 
port,  where  he  was  clerk  in  the  general  store 
of  Tucker  &  Bissell.  Two  years  passed  thus 
and  his  ambitions  rose;  next  he  is  found 
studying  law  with  Lot  Clark.  He  was  more 
of  the  business  man,  however,  than  lawyer; 
after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  found  con- 
genial employment  for  his  talent  in  real  estate 
and  other  investments.  In  1833,  for  instance, 
the  firm  of  Hunt  &  Walbridge  was  formed. 
Its  purpose  was  the  purchase  of  32,000  acres 
of  land  in  Niagara  county  from  the  Albany 
Land  Company.  This  transaction  made  Mr. 
Hunt  a  very  rich  man.  The  following  year 
he  married  Mary  Walbridge,  daughter  of  his 
partner.  A  year  after  his  marriage,  at  the 
early  age  of  twenty-four,  he  was  appointed 
by  (jbvernor  Marcy  "first  judge,"  as  it  was 
then  known,  of  the  county.  This  office  he 
filled  for  five  years  with  great  dignity  and 
ability,  his  youth  notwithstanding. 

He  ran  for  congress  in  the  thirties  on  the 
Democratic  tickiet,  but  was  defeated.  In  the 
year  1840  he  abandoned  that  party,  on  the 
financial  issue,  and  in  1842  was  sent  to  con- 
gress by  the  Whigs.  His  service  in  Wash- 
ington extended  from  1843  to  1849.  I"  con- 
gress he  earned  a  name  for  ability  and  in- 
dustry and  rose  to  be  a  leader  of  his  party. 


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After  this  service,  he  was  appointed  comp- 
troller of  the  city  of  New  York,  and  in  1850 
received  the  nomination  of  the  Whig  party 
for  governor  of  the  Empire  state.  His  oppo- 
nent was  the  redoubtable  and  popular  Horatio 
Seymour.  Hunt  defeated  him  by  two  hundred 
and  sixty-two  votes  in  a  total  poll  of  429,000 ; 
but  in  the  next  gubernatorial  campaign,  both 
being  candidates  again,  Seymour  turned  the 
tables  and  won  over  his  antagonist  similarly 
in  a  close  race.  Hunt  was  a  coalition  candi- 
date for  congress  in  1856,  but  was  defeated; 
again  in  1862,  when  he  was  the  Democratic 
candidate  for  the  place,  he  was  unsuccessful. 
For  some  years  before  his  death,  he  spent  a 
good  part  of  his  time  in  New  York  City. 
There  he  died  of  cancer,  February  2,  1867. 
In  the  development  of  Lockport  along  business 
lines,  Governor  Hunt  was  intimately  identified. 
At  different  times  he  had  interests  there  in 
five  banks.  In  the  development  of  the  water 
power  of  the  canal,  which  he  and  Governor 
Marcy  leased  from  the  state  in  1836,  he  was 
prominent.  He  had  investments  also  in  a 
number  of  the  industrial  concerns  which  util- 
ized the  water  power  and  he  was  a  large 
holder  of  realty  and  railroad  securities. 


The  first  Congdon  of  record 
CONGDON  in  New  England  was  Benja- 
min Congdon,  born  1650, 
who  settled  in  Rhode  Island,  at  Kingstown, 
where  he  bought  two  hundred  and  thirty 
acres  of  land  in  Narragansett,  but  did  not 
occupy  it  for  several  years.  He  was  made  a 
freeman  in  1677.  In  deeds  made  in  1683  he 
styles  himself  "late  of  Portsmouth,  planter." 
He  died  June  19,  1718.  His  will,  dated  July 
2,  1715,  was  probated  December  10,  1718.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  died  November  15,  1720, 
daughter  of  John  and  Dorothy  Albfo.  John 
Albro  was  born  in  England,  in  1617,  came  to 
America  in  the  ship  "Francis,"  and  four  years 
later  (1639)  was  among  those  who  first  set- 
tled Portsmouth.  Rhode  Island,  where  he  mar- 
ried Dorothy,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Potter. 
From  him  descend  all  bearing  the  name  of 
Albro,  who  are  of  early  New  England  ances- 
try. Children  of  Benjamin  Congdon:  i. 
William,  died  1761 ;  had  first  wife  Mary,  and 
second  wife  Margaret;  children  of  first  wife: 
Joseph,  William,  Margaret,  Elizabeth  and 
Abigail.  2.  Benjamin,  married,  1701,  Frances 
Stafford ;  children :  Benjamin,  William,  Stuke- 
ley   and  James.     3.   John,   had   wife   Mary; 


children:     Jeremiah,  Mary,  John  and  James. 
4.  James,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  James,  fourth  child  of  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth  (Albro)  Congdon,  was  born  April 
19,  1686,  and  died  September  27,  1757.  He 
resided  at  Kingstown,  Providence  and  Charles- 
town,  Rhode  Island.  He  married  three  times : 
(first)  Margaret  Eldred,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Martha  (Knowles)  Eldred,  by  whom  he 
had  nine  children:  James,  Penelope,  Benja- 
min, Samuel,  William,  John,  Elizabeth,  Mar- 
tha, Margaret.  Margaret  (Eldred)  Congdon 
died  in  1728.  James  Congdon  married  (sec- 
ond) Dorcas  Westcott,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Bethiah  (Gardner)  Westcott,  by  whom  he 
had  three  children :  Ephraim,  Dorcas  and 
Joseph.  Dorcas  (Westcott)  Congdon  died  in 
1734-  James  Congdon  married  (third)  Mary 
Hoxsie,  widow  of  Joseph  Hoxsie,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Deborah  Taylor.  Mary  (Tay- 
lor) (Hoxsie)  Congdon  was  born  November 
^3>  1703,  and  died  in  1755.  She  was  married 
to  James  Congdon,  November  15,  1739,  at 
her  residence  in  Charlestown,  "that  being  the 
usual  meeting  place  in  Charlestown  of  the 
Quakers."  By  her  James  had  three  children : 
Robert,  Susannah,  Phebe. 

James  Congdon  appears  in  the  town  rec- 
ords as  follows:  1720,  freeman;  1731-32-33- 
34-47-48,  town  council;  1732,  deputy,  1738, 
sold  land  in  South  Kingston  for  £900;  1745- 
55,  moderator  of  town  meeting;  1745-47-48- 
49"5o»  deputy;  his  will,  proved  in  1757,  dis- 
poses of  a  large  estate,  ten  slaves  by  name  to 
various  children,  negroes  to  sons  and  Spanish 
Indian  girls  to  daughters,  lands,  houses,  cat- 
tle, etc.,  to  each  child. 

(HI)  John,  sixth  child  of  James  and  Mar- 
garet (Eldred)  Congdon,  died  a  little  before 
the  revolution,  at  about  forty-five  years  of 
age.  He  married,  October  6,  1745,  at  Charles- 
town, Sarah  Hoxsie,  a  sister  of  Judge  Hox- 
sie, of  Charlestown.  By  her  he  had  eleven 
children:  James,  of  whom  further;  Joseph, 
Sarah,  Isaac,  Mary,  Catherine,  Martha,  Pene- 
lope, Mary  (second),  Frances,  John. 

(IV)  James  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Hoxsie)  Congdon,  was  born  October 
13,  1747,  and  died  May  3,  1803,  at  Charles- 
town, Rhode  Island.  In  a  letter  written  by 
him  he  signed  himself  James  Congdon  3rd. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Shertnan,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1773;  by  her  he  had  no  children; 
(second)  Rebecca  Ryder,  November  2,  1780; 
by  her  he  had  five  children :    John  Ryder,  born 


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January  i6,  1783;  James;  Catherine;  Benja- 
min, of  whom  further ;  and  a  boy  who  died  in 
infancy. 

At  the  time  of  the  revolution,  James  was 
one  of  the  committee  of  safety  in  Charles- 
toWn.  He  spent  a  thousand  dollars  of  his 
own  money  for  the  revolution,  and  after  the 
war  received  a  grant  of  about  one  thousand 
acres  of  land  in  Ohio,  near  Marietta,  in  pay- 
ment. He  was  considered  the  best  and  largest 
farmer  in  Charlestown.  He  was  the  last  of 
the  farnily  to  work  his  farm  with  slave  labor. 

(V)  Benjamin,  fourth  child  of  James  (2) 
and  Rebecca  (Ryder)  Congdon,  was  born 
August  29,  1788,  at  Charlestown,  Rhode 
Island,  and  died  March  20,  1881,  at  Napoli, 
New  York.  He  was  twice  married;  (first) 
to  Harriet,  daughter  of  William  Hazard 
Knowles,  of  Point  Judith,  Rhode  Island,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1816;  by  her  he  had  four  children, 
all  of  whom  died  in  infancy  except  William 
Hazard  Knowles  Congdon,  of  whom  further. 
Benjamin  Congdon  married  (second)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Gardner  Kinyon,  of  Point  Ju- 
dith, Rhode  Island,  and  Susannah  (Boss) 
Kinyon,  December  9,  1824.  By  her  he  had 
nine  children.  Harriett  Augusta,  born  No- 
vember I,  1825,  married  Sydney  Marsh;  Su- 
san Rebecca,  born  September  20,  1827,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Hazard;  Mary  Catherine,  born 
February  12,  1829,  married  Elias  Harmon; 
Emily,  born  January  24,  183 1,  married  Elias 
Rowley ;  Caroline  Elizabeth,  born  December  6, 
1832,  never  married;  Hannah  Maria,  born 
June  18,  1835,  married  Andrew  Vidal;  James 
Gardner,  born  January  5,  1837,  married  Lucy 
M.  Beers;  Lucretia  Kinyon,  born  Match  28, 

1839,  died  in  infancy;  Benjamin  Edwin,  born 
August  8,  1843,  married  Martha  Brown. 

Benjamin  Congdon  served  in  the  war  of 
1812.    He  came  to  Napoli,  New  York,  about 

1840,  and  was  a  well-known  farmer  of  that 
town  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two 
years. 

(VI)  William  Hazard  Knowles  Congdon, 
eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Harriet  (Knowles) 
Congdon,  was  born  September  12,  1818,  at 
Point  Judith,  Rhode  Island,  and  died  August 
14,  1906,  at  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county. 
New  York.  He  was  married,  April  6,  1843, 
at  Napoli,  New  York,  to  Elizabeth  Mariah 
Miller,  born  January  i,  1826,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Hoppin  Miller,  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Napoli,  and  Mariah  (Boardman)  Miller, 
his  wife.    To  them  were  born  six  children: 


Benjamin  Franklin,  of  whom  further;  Joseph 
Miller,  born  January  12,  1846,  married  Alice 
Miriam  Jenkins,  died  September  15,  1907; 
William  Henry,  born  October  20,  1847,  ^^^' 
ried  Ilona  Leone  Booth ;  Florence  Maria,  born 
January  29,  185 1,  married  Ira  Peaslee; 
Charles  Edwin,  born  January  23,  1854,  died 
December  6,  1873;  Silas  Salmon,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1857,  married  Cora  Bryant,  died 
January  11,  1904. 

William  H.  K.  Congdon  was  a  farmer  of 
the  town  of  Napoli  during  the  whole  of  the 
active  period  of  his  life. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Franklin,  eldest  son  of  Will- 
iam H.  K.  and  Elizabeth  M.  (Miller)  Cong- 
don, \vas  born  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county. 
New  York,  May  2,  1844.  ^e  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  Randolph  Academy. 
He  chose  the  profession  of  law,  and  pursued 
legal  study  under  M.  T.  Jenkins,  then  of  East 
Randolph,  Judge  Hazeltine,  of  Jamestown, 
New  York,  and  William  Manley,  of  Ellicott- 
ville.  While  obtaining  his  legal  studies  there 
were  periods  when  he  taught  in  the  schools 
of  his  district.  He  completed  his  law  study 
at  Albany  Law  School  in  1870,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  October  of  the  same  year. 
He  began  practice  with  his  brother,  Joseph 
M.  Congdon,  in  East  Randolph,  New  York, 
continuing  until  1873,  when  he  located  in  Ran- 
dolph, where  for  a  year  he  was  .in  partnership 
with  James  G.  Johnson,  after  which  he  con- 
tinued practice  alone.  He  was  well  read  in 
the  law,  and  commanded  a  good  and  lucra- 
tive practice.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  in  1880  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Cornell  attorney  for  the  Seneca  Nation  of  In- 
dians, a  position  he  held  three  years.  During 
the  legislative  sessions  of  1892  and  1893  he 
was  a  senate  committee  clerk.  He  married, 
December  12,  1872,  Frances  Mary,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Samuel  S.  and  Mary  Jane  (Bell)  Wil- 
cox, of  Napoli.  Of  this  marriage  were  born 
four  children,  i.  Darwin  Wilcox,  attorney; 
born  July  3,  1875;  married,  November  14, 
1906,  Marilla  Adams ;  children :  Frances  Eva, 
born  November  5,  1907;  Elsie  Mary,  March 
7,  1909.  2.  Charles  Edwin,  attorney;  born 
July  17,  1877 ;  married,  October  4,  1905,  Mary 
Isabel  Cotrael ;  children :  William  James,  born 
November  2,  1907;  Elizabeth,  August  2,  1910. 
3.  William  Bell,  born  March  7,  1881,  died 
February  25,  1882.  4.  Harold  Knowles,  of 
further  mention. 

(Vni)   Harold  Knowles,  youngest  son  of 


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Benjamin  F.  and  Frances  M.  (Wilcox)  Cong- 
don,  was  born  in  Randolph,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  Chamberlain  Institute,  graduating 
class  of  1902,  and  entered  Oberlin  College,  re- 
maining two  years.  He  then  took  up  the 
study  of  law  under  his  brother  Darwin,  and 
in  1910  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  is  now 
(191 1)  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
Randolph.  He  is  a  member  of  Randolph 
Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  is  a  trustee  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  for  six 
years  has  been  town  clerk  of  Randolph. 

He  married,  November  24,  1906,  Ethel 
Woodmancy ;  child:  Harold  Knowles  (2), 
born  August  15,   1908. 


Uriah  Persons  came  to  New 
PERSONS     York  state  in  1806,  and  made 

his  home  in  the  town  of  Shel- 
don, in  the  Holland  Purchase.  He  was  born 
March  12,  1763,  died  in  March,  1842,  and 
married  Elizabeth  Dalrymple,  born  June  10, 
1762.  Children:  David,  born  December  10, 
1782;  William,  June  5,  1784;  John,  October 
29,  1786,  died  July  25,  1843;  Uriah  Jr.,  bom 
June  6,  1789,  died  March  11,  1842;  Joseph, 
born  September  5,  1791 ;  Robert,  born  April  i, 
1793,  died  August  31,  1864;  Charles,  April  21, 
1795;  Elihu,  April  15,  1798,  died  May  24, 
1868;  Henry,  born  August  25,  1799,  died  Oc- 
tober, 1819;  Hiram  (twin);  EHzabeth,  born 
August  10,  1801 ;  Polly,  born  August  24, 
1803;  James,  of  whom  further;  Alonzo,  born 
July  I,   181 1,  died  October  26,   1897. 

(H)  James,  son  of  Uriah  Persons,  was  born 
in  Sheldon,  October  i,  1807,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 21,  1896.  He  married  Diana,  daughter 
of  Theophilus  Humphrey,  of  Connecticut. 
Children:  i.  Alonzo,  married  Sarah  Fisher. 
2.  Herrick,  married  Marian,  daughter  of 
James  Blakeley,  and  lived  in  Minnesota;  died 
in  Gordon,  Wisconsin,  December  8,  1910.  3. 
Julia,  married  Warren  Hall,  of  Wales  Centre, 
New  York,  a  farmer  and  prominent  citizen. 
4.  Cynthia,  married  Michael  Higgins,  a 
farmer.  5.  James,  married  Marian,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Wallace.  6.  Lucy,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 7.  Harriet,  married  Oscar  Gail,  a  bro- 
ther of  Dr.  Gail.  8.  Mary,  married  James 
Holcomb,  of  Bloomington,  Illinois.  9.  Wal- 
cott  Humphrey,  married  Jessie,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Wilson,  of  East  Aurora,  New  York. 
(Ill)    Lucy,    daughter  of   James    Persons, 


was  born  February  18,  1839,  at  Yucatan, 
Houston  county,  Minnesota.  She  married, 
November  10,  1864,  Orlando  John  Gardner, 
born  at  Youngstovvn,  Trumbull  county,  Ohio, 
February  5,  1842.  Orlando  John  Gardner  was 
son  of  Clinton  Milo  Gardner,  a  carriage  manu- 
facturer, and  came  to  East  Aurora,  New 
York,  at  the  end  of  the  civil  war.  He  had 
enlisted  in  Minnesota  in  1861,  and  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant,  afterward  first 
lieutenant  of  the  First  Minnesota  Regiment 
of  \'olunteers.  He  was  a  civil  engineer  and 
surveyor,  ^s  well  as  a  carriage  maker  by 
trade,  and  was  employed  to  lay  out  many 
highways  in  East  Aurora.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  local  lodge  of  Free  Masons,  a  well- 
known  and  highly  respected  citizen.  He  died 
at  East  Aurora,  April  7,  1910.  His  widow 
resides  in  the  old  home.  East  Aurora.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Albert,  born  August  29, 
1866,  in  East  Aurora.  2.  Minnie,  born  June 
30,  1869;  married  I.  G.  Ogilvie,  of  East  Au- 
rora. 3.  James,  born  December  10,  1873 ; 
married  Nellie  Curtis,  and  resides  in  Buffalo, 
New  York;  has  one  child,  Bernice. 


Michael  Jansen  Vreeland, 
VREELAND     the  founder  of  his  name  in 

America,  was  born  in  16 10, 
and  came  to  America  from  Scrabbekerk 
Island  of  South  Beveland,  Province  of  Zee- 
land,  Netherland,  by  way  of  Amsterdam,  in 
the  ship  **Arms  of  Norway."  He  arrived  at 
New  Netherlands  (New  York),  August  4, 
1638,  with  his  wife  Fitje  (Sophia),  one  son, 
Claas,  and  two  servants.  He  proceeded  at 
once  up  the  Hudson,  where  he  leased  a  farm 
of  the  Van  Rensselaers,  at  what  is  now  Green 
Bush,  opposite  Albany.  He  soon  became  en- 
gaged in  the  fur  trade  with  the  Indians,  in 
which  it  is  said  *'he  made  his  fortune  in  two 
years."  The  fur  trade,  however,  was  the  pre- 
rogative of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company, 
consequently  he  found  himself  in  difficulty 
with  the  authorities,  and  removed  to  New  Am- 
sterdam before  November  4,  1644,  having 
empowered  Arent  Van  Curler  to  settle  his 
accounts  and  differences  with  Van  Rensselaer. 
In  1646  he  settled  in  Communipaw,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  in  1647-49-50  represented  Pavonia  in 
the  Council  of  Nine.  On  September  15,  1655, 
the  Indians  massacred  every  one  of  the  Pa- 
vonia community  except  the  family  of  Michael 
Jansen  Vreeland,  which  was  obliged  to  take 
refuge   in    New    Amsterdam.      In    February, 


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1656,  he  was  granted  a  lot  in  the  city,  and 
February  21,  1657,  he  was  appointed  one  of 
the  measurers  of  lime  and  grain;  April   13, 

1657,  he  was  enrolled  as  one  of  the  lesser 
burghers;  January  22,  1658,  he  asked  for  per- 
mission to  return  to  Communipaw,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  three  years  later  he  was  living  there 
on  his  own  farm  in  competence.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  magistrates  appointed  for  the 
court  of  Bergen,  and  in  December,  1662,  he 
joined  in  the  petition  to  the  governor  for  a 
minister  of  the  gospel,  to  whose  support  he 
pledged  twenty-five  florins.  He  died  in  1663. 
His  wife,  Fitje  (Hartman)  Vreeland,  died 
September  21,  1697.  She  was  a  widow  of 
thirty-four  years  and  maintained  her  place  at 
the  head  of  her  household  until  she  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty-six  years.  She  came  from 
Amsterdam,  Holland,  and  was  married  in 
1 63 1.  Upon  the  death  of  her  husband  she 
had  the  title  of  the  land  confirmed  to  her  by 
Sir  Philip  Carteret,  held  it  during  her  lifetime 
and  disposed  of  it  in  her  will. 

Beginning  about  the  year  1760  many  of  the 
Bergen  and  Hudson  county  Vreelands  emi- 
grated to  Pennsylvania,  some  of  them  settling 
there,  others  going  northward  into  New  York 
state,  where  they  founded  settlements  and 
built  churches  in  many  diflferent  places,  in- 
cluding the  town  of  Cuba,  Allegany  county. 

(I)  Simon  Vreeland,  the  ancestor  of  the 
line  herein  recorded,  and  probably  a  descen- 
dant of  the  founder  of  the  family,  mentioned 
above,  was  born  in  1763,  died  April  29,  1840. 
He  married  and  among  his  children  was  Si- 
mon, of  whom  further. 

(H)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Vree- 
land. was  born  in  1820,  died  in  1887.  He  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  farming  in  Cuba,  New 
York,  and  was  an  inventor  of  many  devices 
of  value,  among  which  was  a  steel  suspen- 
sion carriage  wheel.  He  removed  to  Olean, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  in  1859,  but 
after  a  residence  of  three  years  there  returned 
to  Cuba.  .He  married  Jerusha  Butterfield. 
Children:  Oliver  S.,  Addison  Gardiner,  and 
Edward  Butterfield,  all  of  whom  are  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(HI)  Judge  Oliver  S.  Vreeland,  son  of 
Simon  (2)  and  Jerusha  (Butterfield)  Vreeland, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Cuba,  Allegany  coun- 
ty. New  York,  September  28,  1842,  died  May 
20,  1897.  He  was  reared  to  farm  labor  and 
attended  the  public  schools.  In  the  fall  of 
1859  his  father  removed  to  Olean,  and  in  the 


spring  he  began  a  two  years'  course  at  Olean 
Academy.  In  1862  the  family  returned  to 
Cuba.  In  the  fall  of  1862  he  entered  Rush- 
ford  Academy,  remaining  there  two  years, 
except  two  winter  terms  when  he  taught  the 
public  school  in  the  town  of  Ischua.  He  then 
spent  a  year  at  Alfred  University,  and  taught 
a  term  at  Hume,  Allegany  county.  In  the  fall 
of  1865  he  entered  Michigan  State  University 
at  Ann  Arbor,  whence  he  was  graduated 
A.  B.,  1869.  ^^  July  oi  that  year  he  began  the 
study  of  law  with  E.  D.  Loveridge,  of  Cuba. 
In  June,  1872,  he  was  admitted  to  the  New 
York  state  bar.  He  at  once  located  at  Sala- 
manca, where  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Hudson  Ansley,  which  continued  until  1879. 
He  then  practiced  alone  until  1887,  when  he 
was  elected  county  judge  of  Cattaraugus 
county,  continuing  in  that  office  until  his  death. 
Judge  Vreeland  gave  much  time  to  the  pub- 
lic service.  He  was  president  of  the  village 
corporation  in  1878-80,  and  represented  his 
town  on  the  board  of  supervisors,  1882-86. 
In  1888  he  was  appointed  counsel  to  the  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  New  York  legisla- 
ture to  investigation  the  conditions  of  the  In- 
dians in  the  state.  This  committee  made  a 
thorough  investigation  which  they  embodied 
in  a  "Report  on  the  Indian  Problem.*'  Judge 
Vreeland  rendered  important  public  service  in 
enabling  the  committee  to  settle  points  hith- 
erto in  controversy.  lie  was  an  able  lawyer, 
and  a  wise,  impartial  judge.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  and  in  town  aflFairs  he  was 
interested  and  helpful.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  September  15,  1870,  Anna  M. 
Guilford,  born  October  2,  1841,  daughter  of 
Samuel  A.  and  Irene  Guilford.  Children:  i. 
Irene  J.,  died  January  11,  1904.  2.  Harry  E., 
born  July  9,  1876.  3.  Charles  G.,  of  whom 
further. 

(Ill)  Addison  Gardiner,  second  son  of  Si- 
mon (2)  and  Jerusha  (Butterfield)  Vreeland, 
was  born  in  Cuba,  October  27,  1844,  died 
September  9,  1904.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  after  completing  his  studies 
removed  to  Syracuse,  New  York,  where  he 
was  clerk  in  a  drug  store.  He  later  became 
a  traveling  drug  salesman,  and  spent  several 
years  upon  the  road.  Later  he  settled  in 
Salamanca,  New  York,  where  he  engaged  in 
mercantile  business.  He  served  three  terms 
as  postmaster  of  the  New  York  senate  at  Al- 
bany.    He  then  removed  to  New  York  City, 


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where  he  was  engaged  in  the  ice  business  un- 
til his  death.  During  his  residence  in  Sala- 
manca, he  was  postmaster  of  the  village.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  order.  He  married  (first) 
Flora  Bradley;  (second),  February  i6,  1880, 
Mary  MacDonald.  Child,  Elizabeth,  born 
January  5,  1883;  married,  October  27,  1906, 
John  F.  Vauchelle. 

(HI)  Edward  Butterfield,  youngest  son  of 
Simon  (2)  and  Jerusha  (Butterfield)  Vree- 
land,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Cuba,  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  December  7,  1857. 
He  was  educated  in  Friendship  Academy,  and 
in  187 1  came  to  Salamanca,  entering  the  Acad- 
emy there,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1876. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  years  he  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  Salamanca  schools,  hold- 
ing that  position  five  years.  During  this 
period  he  began  the  study  of  law.  In  188 1 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  has  never 
been  engaged  in  continuous  practice.  After 
resigning  the  superintendency  and  while  study- 
ing law,  he  opened  a  fire  and  life  insurance 
office  in  Salamanca,  in  which  he  retained  his 
interest  until  a  few  years  ago.  In  1890  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  Salamanca  Trust 
Company,  successor  to  the  Salamanca  Na- 
tional Bank,  which  was  founded  in  1882  by 
A.  G.  Dow,  father  of  the  present  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Trust  Company.  In  1899  he  was 
elected  to  the  national  house  of  representa- 
tives, taking  his  seat  as  a  member  of  the  fifty- 
sixth  congress,  and  has  served  continuously 
in  the  fifty-seventh,  fifty-eighth,  fifty-ninth, 
sixtieth,  sixty-first  and  sixty-second  con- 
gresses. At  the  last  election  he  received 
thirty-two  thousand  three  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-seven votes  against  nineteen  thousand  four 
hundred  and  sixty-six  cast  for  his  opponents. 
He  has  served  on  the  following  committees: 
Pensions,  merchant,  marine  and  fisheries,  la- 
bor and  education,  naval  affairs,  appropria- 
tions, and  is  the  present  chairman  of  banking 
and  currency.  After  the  panic  of  1907  Sena- 
tor Aldrich  introduced  the  emergency  cur- 
rency act,  known  as  the  "Aldrich  Act,"  which 
passed  the  senate.  Congressman  Vreeland 
framed  a  similar  act,  known  as  the  "Vreeland 
Bill,"  which  passed  the  house.  These  bills 
were  consolidated  under  the  name  "Aldrich- 
Vreeland  Emergency  Currency  Bill,"  which 
passed  both  houses.  This  bill  provides  for  a 
commission  of  senators  and  representatives, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  a  study  of  cur- 


rency and  banking  and  report  to  congress, 
with  their  recommendations  for  reform  in  the 
banking  and  currency  laws  of  the  United 
States.  Senator  Aldrich  is  chairman  and  Con- 
gressman Vreeland  vice-chairman  of  the  Na- 
tional monetary  commission.  During  his  long 
congressional  term  Mr.  Vreeland  has  rendered 
valuable  service  to  his  district,  to  his  state 
and  to  his  country.  He  has  attained  a  com- 
manding position  in  the  house,  where  his  ut- 
terances are  received  with  the  closest  atten- 
tion and  the  greatest  respect. 

Although  deeply  immersed  in  public  busi- 
ness he  retains  the  liveliest  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  his  village,  and  has  been  an  impor- 
tant factor  in  its  growth  and  development. 
He  is  a  director  in  the  Salamanca  Veneer 
Panel  Company,  and  the  Salamanca  Furniture 
Manufacturing  Company.  At  the  expiration 
of  the  twenty  year  charter  of  the  Salamanca 
National  Bank,  Mr.  Vreeland  was  active  in  its 
re-organization  as  a  trust  company,  and  when 
the  Salamanca  Trust  company  was  organized 
as  successor  he  was  elected  its  first  president, 
and  is  still  at  the  head  of  that  very  prosperous, 
conservative  and  well-managed  institution. 
He  is  president  of  the  Salamanca  Business  In- 
stitute; director  of  the  Salamanca  Building 
and  Loan  Association,  and  interested  in  other 
business  enterprises  at  home  and  abroad,  in- 
cluding large  holdings  of  oil  producing  prop- 
erty. For  many  years  he  served  on  the  vil- 
lage board  of  education,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  various  literary  and  historical  societies. 
Always  a  strong  Republican,  Mr.  Vreeland 
has,  from  early  life,  taken  a  deep  interest  in 
public  affairs  and  early  became  a  leader  in 
the  party.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Salamanca  in  1889,  resigning  to  take  his  seat 
in  congress.  He  is  an  eloquent  public  speaker 
and  has  rendered  valuable  assistance  as  a  cam- 
paign orator  as  well  as  a  legislator.  He  is 
a  man  of  the  people  and  very  popular  in  his 
district.  In  his  own  village  of  Salamanca  he 
is  every  man's  friend.  Whether  considered 
as  financier,  statesman  or  citizen,  Mr.  Vree- 
land is  emphatically  a  successful  man,  and  all 
agree  that  the  honors  attained  have  been 
fairly  won  and  richly  deserved.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to  Cat- 
taraugus Lodge,  Salamanca  Chapter,  Sala- 
manca Commandery,  Jamestown  Council  of 
the  York  Rite,  Buffalo  Consistory  of  the  Scot- 
tish Rite,  in  which  he  holds  the  thirty-second 
degree,  and  is  a  noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 


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He  also  holds  membership  in  the  Salamanca 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
Knights  of  Pythias ;  and  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  'Jlis  summer  home  is 
Salamanca,  his  permanent  apartments  in 
Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  at  the 
Hotel  Dewey. 

He  married,  February  2y,  1881,  Myra  S. 
Price,  of  Friendship,  New  York,  born  De- 
cember 14,  i860,  daughter  of  Jacob  Orson 
and  Laura  Cornelia  (Bradley)  Price,  grand- 
daughter of  Zachariah  and  Elizabeth  (Ryan) 
Price,  great-granddaughter  of  Jacob  and 
Catherine  (Barrington)  Price.  Her  maternal 
grandparents  are  William  Bronson  and  El- 
mira  (Scott)  Bradley.  Children:  i.  Laura 
Elizabeth,  born  April  10,  1882;  married,  No- 
vember 27,  1902,  Burdette  Whipple,  born 
April  4,  1878.  Children:  James  Vreeland, 
born  August  2,  1904;  Elizabeth,  born  Janu- 
ary 31,  191 1.  2.  Anna  Florence,  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1885 ;  married,  June  24,  1908,  Dr. 
Harry  Reger.  3.  Edward  Price,  born  June 
14,  1889. 

(IV)  Charles  G.,  son  of  Judge  Oliver  S. 
Vreeland,  was  born  July  17,  1878.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Salamanca, 
graduating  from  the  high  school.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Salamanca  Trust  Company,  occupying  a 
clerical  position  for  seven  years:  His  health 
failing,  he  was  compelled  to  adopt  an  occu- 
pation that  would  permit  him  to  be  more  out 
of  doors.  He  obtained  an  appointment  as 
letter  carrier  in  Salamanca,  a. position  he  has 
now  held  for  several  years,  to  which  he  owes 
his  complete  restoration  to  health.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  Cat- 
taraugus Lodge,  No.  236,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  married,  April  2,  1904,  Louise 
Smith,  born  February  17,  1878,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Julian  G.  and  Sarah  E.  (King)  Smith. 
Child:    Oliver  J.,  born  November  15,  1907. 


The   name   of   Wvman    is   of 
WYMAN     German    derivation    and    was 

originally  spelled  Weymann. 
The  American  founders  of  the  family,  John 
and  Francis  Wyman,  were  English  Puritans, 
and  came  to  Massachusetts  between  the  years 
1620  and  1640.  The  Wyman  brothers  were 
original  settlers  of  the  town  of  Wobum  and 
were  both  tanners,  their  home  and  tanning  es- 
tablishments being  on  what  was  known  as 
Wyman's  Lane.     They  were  also  joint  pro- 


prietors of  extensive  tracts  in  other  parts  of 
the  town.  Their  descendants  have  been  many 
and  influential.  Up  to  the  time  of  the  revo- 
lution they  were  mainly  settled  in  and  around 
Woburn.  Thirty-three  of  the  tiame  served 
in  the  war  of  the  revolution,  from  Woburn 
alone,  two  of  them,.  Jabez  and  Nathaniel, 
meeting  death  on  the  battle  fields  of  Lexini^:- 
ton  and  Concord. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Francis  Wyman,  of 
Westmill,  Hertford  county,  England,  was 
baptized  at  Westmill  church,  February  3, 
1621,  one  of  a  family  of  ten  children.  He  is 
first  mentioned  as  a  subscriber  at  Charles- 
town  to  town  orders  for  Woburn,  December, 
1640;  was  taxed  at  Woburn,  September  8. 
1645.  He  was  a  tanner,  prosperous  and  in- 
fluential. He  was  known  as  "Lieutenant" 
John  Wyman.  He  married,  November  5. 
1644,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Miles  Nutt,  of  Wo- 
bum, whom  she  survived,  and  married  (sec- 
ond) August  25,  1684,  Thomas  Fuller,  of 
Woburn.  Lieutenant  John  Wyman  died  May 
9,  1684.  Children:  Samuel,  died  in  infancy; 
John,  of  whom  further;  Sarah,  married  Jo- 
seph Walker;  Solomon,  born  February  26, 
1652;  David,  a  tanner,  married  Isabel 
Farmer;  Elizabeth,  died  young;  Bathsheba, 
married  Nathaniel  Tay;  Jonathan,  comet  of 
Woburn  train  band,  married  (first)  Abigail, 
Fowle;  (second)  Hannah  Fowle  (not  sis- 
ters) ;  Seth,  lieutenant  of  Woburn  Militar\' 
Company,  married  Hester  Johnson;  Jacob, 
married  (first)  Elizabeth  Richardson;  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  Coggin. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  John 
(i)  and  Sarah  (Nutt)  Wyman,  was  born 
March  28,  1648.  He  was  slain  by  the  Indians 
in  the  Narragansett  fight,  December  19,  1695. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Carter,  about  1671.  She  survived  him  and 
married  (second),  October  31,  1696,  Nathan- 
iel Batchelder.  Children  :  John,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Mary,  born  June  25,  1674,  married. 
February  2T,  1693,  Thomas  Peirce. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
(Carter)  Wyman,  was  born  April  23,  1672. 
He  married,  January  28,  1696,  Rebecca  Reed. 
Children:  Rebecca,  born  October  14,  1699: 
John,  of  whom  further;  Israel,  1705;  Mary, 
1709;  Ezekiel,  1712;  Elizabeth,  July  3,  1714: 
Martha,  July  20,  1718;  Abigail,  1722. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  and  Re- 
becca (Reed)  Wyman,  was  born  in  Woburn, 
Massachusetts,  October  30,  1702,  died  Septem- 


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ber  9,  1762,  at  Lunenburg,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Rebecca and  had  issue:  Jo- 
seph, of  whom  further;  Reuben;  John,  died 
"in  his  Majesty's  service  up  Mohawk  river, 
September,  1759,  being  then  twenty  years  of 
age";  David,  bom  April  30,  1744. 

(VI)  Joseph,  soh  of  John  (4)  and  Rebecca 
Wyman,  was  born  in  1734.  He  married 
(first)  June  21,  1759,  Keziah  Parker,  at 
Lunenburg;  (second)  1777,  Sarah  Allen; 
(third)  Sarah  Colton.  Children  of  first  wife, 
bom  at  Lunenburg,  Massachusetts:  John, 
bom  October  14,  1756;  David;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further;  Oliver,  Thomas,  Sarah,  Eliza- 
beth, born  November  10,  1773. 

(VH)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Keziah  (Parker)  Wyman,  was  born  April  3, 
1764,  at  Lunenburg,  Massachusetts,  died  at 
Millville,  New  York,  October  28,  1841.  He 
removed  to  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  later 
to  Orleans  county,  New  York.  He  married 
Betsey  Whalley,  of  Shirley,  Massachusetts, 
and  had  issue. 

(Vni)  Oliver,  son  of  Joseph  and  Betsey 
(Whalley)  Wyman,  was  bom  at  Hillsboro, 
New  Hampshire,  March  28,  1800,  died  at 
Millville,  New  York,  November  28,  186 1.  He 
removed  first  to  Rupert,  Vermont,  thence  to 
Orleans  county.  New  York,  where  he  and  his 
father  were  among  the  pioneers.  He  married, 
October  29,  1826,  Emily  Morse,  bom  at  Win- 
chester, New  Hampshire,  March  18,  1810, 
died  at  Millville,  New  York,  June  16,  1889. 
Children :  Erastus,  died  in  infancy ;  Martha 
E.,  died  aged  thirteen  years;  Albert  G.,  died 
October  20,  1852,  aged  twenty-one  years; 
Orrin  T.,  of  whom  further;  Nelson  T.,  died 
young;  Mary  Ellen,  married,  1862,  James  B. 
Wyman,  died  in  October,  1895 ;  children : 
Flora,  Hattie,  Orrin,  Roy,  Edith,  Fanny. 

(IX)  Orrin  T.,  youngest  son  of  Oliver  and 
Emily  (Morse)  Wyman,  was  bom  at  Mill- 
ville, Orleans  county.  New  York,  August  25, 
1836.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
the  public  school  and  Millville  Academy,  after 
which,  in  1855,  he  entered  Meadville  Theo- 
logical School  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 
The  following  year  he  entered  Antioch  Col- 
lege, Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  then  under  the 
presidency  of  Horace  ]\rann.  On  account  of 
a  severe  illness  he  was  soon  obliged  to  leave 
college,  and  upon  his  recovery  reentered 
Meadville  Theological  School  in  1857,  grad- 
uating in  1859.  Following  the  completion  of 
his  studies  he  became  pastor  for  a  brief  time 


of  the  Christian  Church  at  Oregon,  (now 
Centralia),  New  York.  His  ordination  to 
the  ministry  occurred  at^  De  Wittville,  New 
York,  May  18,  1862,  when  a  special  session 
of  the  Erie  Christian  Conference  was  con- 
vened for  the  purpose.  His  first  charge  after 
ordination  was  at  Conneaut,  Ohio,  upon  which 
he  entered  in  June,  1862,  and  where  he  re- 
mained until  1874.  After  a  pastorate  of  two 
years  in  South  Westerlo,  Albany  county,  New 
York,  he  returned  to  his  first  charge  in  Con- 
neaut, continuing  there  until  1883.  His  other 
pastorates  have  been  De  Wittville,  New  York, 
1883-89;  Newark,  New  York,  1889-91;  De 
Wittville,  New  York,  1891-92;  East  Spring- 
field, Pennsylvania,  1892-93;  West  Shelby, 
New  York,  1896-97.  For  many  years  his 
home  has  been  at  De  Wittville,  New  York, 
but  in  1910  he  removed  to  Sinclairville,  New 
York,  where  he  acted  as  supply  for  nearly 
two  years  for  the  Congregational  church. 
Here  he  now  resides. 

In  his  professional  work  Mr.  Wyman  has 
been  unusually  successful.  As  a  preacher 
his  sermons  are  characterized  by  thoughtful 
preparation,  originality  of  conception  and  a 
clear  expression.  Several  of  Mr.  Wyman's 
sermons  and  addresses  have  found  their  way 
into  print,  notably,  "Doctrines  of  the 
Christian  Church.'*  The  pre-eminent  work 
of  his  ministry  was  the  pastorate  of  twenty 
years  in  Conneaut,  Ohio,  where  he  built  up 
from  a  defunct  organization  a  large  flourish- 
ing church  with  a  very  wide  constituency. 
Here  he  was  the  minister  at  large  for  many 
miles  around  among  the  unchurched,  marry- 
ing the  living  and  burying  the  dead,  in  ad- 
dition to  his  own  parish  duties. 

Mr.  Wyman  married  Tacy  Victoria,  daugh- 
ter of  Newell  and  Lucy  Putnam,  of  Centralia, 
New  York,  September  7,  1859.  Their  only 
child  is  Benson  Newell,  of  whom  further. 

(X)  Benson  Newell,  son  of  Orrin  T. 
qnd  Tacy  Victoria  (Putnam)  Wyman.  was 
born  in  Conneaut,  Ohio,  June  17,  1863.  Here 
his  early  education  was  secured  in  the  public 
schools,  graduating  from  the  high  school  of 
Conneaut  in  1881.  After  a  year  in  the  pre- 
paratory department  he  entered  the  freshman 
class  of  Oberlin  College,  graduating  from  th€ 
classical  course  in  1886.  In  the  fall  of  1887 
he  became  teacher  of  classics  in  Starkey  (now 
Lakemont)  Seminary,  Yates  county.  The 
following  year  he  entered  the  Divinity  School 
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graduating  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Divinity  in  1891.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  upon  his  first  ministerial 
charge,  the  Congregational  church  of  Bald- 
win, Wisconsin,  remaining  until  the  spring  of 
1893.  Here  he  received  his  ordination  Octo- 
ber 20,  1891.  Called  to  a  small  and  dis- 
couraged church  at  Sinclairville,  New  York, 
in  four  and  a  half  years  he  succeeded  in 
bringing  it  to  a  very  flourishing  condition.  In 
the  spring  of  1897,  in  company  with  several 
friends,  Mr.  Wyman  visited  Europe,  landing 
at  Naples.  After  visiting  the  principal  cities 
of  Italy,  the  party  proceeded  northward 
through  Switzerland,  Germany,  Belgium, 
France,  England  and  Scotland,  sailing  from 
Glasgow. 

In  the  fall  of  1897  Mr.  Wyman  accepted 
a  call  from  the  Congregational  church  of 
Savannah,  New  York.  This  was  a  newly 
formed  organization  of  only  twenty  members 
and  without  property.  Within  the  eight 
years  of  his  pastorate  the  membership  more 
than  quadrupled  and  a  beautiful  church  edi- 
fice was  built  with  the  property  practically 
freed  from  debt.  In  1905  Mr.  Wyman  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  Congregational  church  of 
Salamanca,  New  York,  where  he  is  now  labor- 
ing. During  the  present  pastorate  of  about 
sented  the  Western  New  York  Congregational 
six  years  there  have  been  added  one  hundred 
and  seventy-five  members  to  the  church  and 
the  debt  upon  the  property  has  been  reduced 
by  over  $5,000.  Although  primarily  a  pas- 
tor, several  published  articles  have  come  from 
the  pen  of  Mr.  Wyman,  notably,  "The  Prob- 
lem of  the  Country  Church,"  also  several 
articles  of  travel.  In  1910  Mr.  Wyman  repre- 
Association  as  delegate  to  the  National  Coun- 
cil of  Congregational  Churches  held  in  Bos- 
ton. 

(The    Puttnan    Line). 

Tacy  Victoria  (Putnam)  Wyman  is  a  de- 
scendant of  the  early  Puritan  family  of  the 
name  so  well  known  throughout  the  country. 
Her  grandfather,  Captain  Andrew  Putnam, 
sixth  descendant  from  the  original  John  Put- 
nam, of  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  was  born  in 
Winchester,  Massachusetts,  March  11,  1769. 
He  was  married  at  Greenfield,  Massachusetts, 
December  7,  1791,  to  Azuba,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Agnes  (Anger)  Stanhope,  of 
Northfield,  Massachusetts.  Andrew  Putnam 
with  his  wife  and  two  children,  Harriet  and 
Newell,  emigrated  from  Greenfield,  in  1796, 


to  the  township  of  Brookfield,  Madison  county. 
New  York,  where  he  had  purchased  two  hun- 
dred acres  of  wild  land  and  had  erected  a 
temporary  dwelling  the  previous  year.  The 
following  sons  were  born  to  them  in  Brook- 
field:  Gilbert,  Lovell,  Hiram,  Olvin,  Oren, 
Royal,  Union,  Worthy.  On  account  of  the 
dangers  from  hostile  Indians,  a  military  com- 
pany was  formed  and  Andrew  Putnam  was 
chosen  and  commissioned  as  captain.  In  the 
year  1814  the  daughter  Harriet  was  married 
and  emigrated  to  the  wilds  of  Chautauqua 
county.  Three  years  later,  having  received 
an  offer  of  $2,000  for  his  farm,  Andrew  de- 
cided to  remove  to  the  same  locality.  The 
undertaking  was  far  from  easy.  The  family 
was  large,  consisting  of  nine  boys,  ranging 
in  age  from  six  years  to  twenty-two.  The 
moving  outfit  comprised  one  span  of  horses 
and  sleigh,  four  yokes  of  oxen  and  two  sleds, 
followed  by  thirteen  cows  and  young  cattle. 
The  journey  was  in  February  and  the  snow 
was  deep.  Their  route  led  them  over  the 
very  poor  road  prepared  by  the  Holland  Land 
Company  for  the  benefit  of  the  prospective 
settlers  on  their  Western  New  York  lands. 
The  little  hamlet  of  Buffalo  had  just  been 
destroyed  by  the  British  and  they  passed  in 
sight  of  its  charred  dwellings.  Eighteen  days 
after  starting  upon  their  journey  they  ar- 
rived, February  20,  181 7,  at  the  home  of  their 
married  daughter  at  what  is  now  known  as 
Centralia. 

Captain  Putnam  soon  secured  a  claim  upon 
a  tract  of  land  and  was  the  first  in  the  or- 
ganized town  of  Stockton  to  obtain  a  deed. 
He  soon  began  the  clearing  of  the  land  and 
the  erection  of  a  frame  house.  This  was 
built  according  to  the  wish  of  his  wife  in 
the  old  New  England  style  with  a  huge  chim- 
ney in  the  center.  The  house  occupied  two 
years  in  building  and  was  a  most  prominent 
landmark  for  a  period  of  seventy  years.  It 
was  the  first  frame  house  constructed  upon 
the  road  uniting  the  county  seats  of  Chautau- 
qua and  Cattaraugus.  In  May,  1828.  Mr. 
Putnam  had  the  misfortune  to  cut  one  of  his 
knees  and  from  what  was  regarded  a  trivial 
accident  he  came  to  his  death,  June  14,  1828. 
Thus  ended  an  eventful  life.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  energy  and  firmness  of  character. 
In  religious  faith  he  was  a  Baptist,  and  his 
home  was  a  hospitable  tarrying  place  for  min- 
isters of  the  faith. 

Azuba    (Stanhope)    Putnam   was   born   in 


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Northfield,  Massachusetts,  November  25, 
1770,  died  at  the  home  of  her  son  Newell, 
Centralia,  New  York,  January  18,  1864,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  ninety-three  years.  For 
many  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband 
Mrs.  Putnam  continued  to  occupy  the  old 
homestead,  and  what  became  known  as  the 
Old  Yellow  House  became  the  Mecca  for 
her  many  children  and  children's  children  liv- 
ing nearby.  Mrs.  Putnam  was  a  woman  of 
strong  will  and  forceful  character,  well  fitted 
to  meet  the  difficulties  of  a  pioneer  life  and 
the   responsibilities   of  a  large   family. 

Newell  Putnam,  eldest  son  of  Captain  An- 
drew and  Azuba  (Stanhope)  Putnam,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Greenfield,  Massachu- 
setts, February  28,  1795.  The  following  year 
his  parents  removed  to  Brookfield,  Madison 
county,  New  York,  where  he  remained  until 
the  family's  removal  in  1817.  In  the  war 
of  1812  he  enlisted  from  the  town  of  Brook- 
field,  and  for  six  months  was  stationed  at 
the  barracks  of  Sacket  Harbor.  On  account 
of  the  bad  sanitary  arrangements  here,  a 
fever  was  contracted  that  nearly  cost  him  his 
Hfe.  In  January,  181 7,  he  was  married  tb 
Tacy  Fenner,  of  Brookfield,  and  their  wed- 
ding journey  was  the  long  pilgrimage  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  miles  to  Chautauqua 
county,  where  they  settled  near  the  paternal 
home.  Here  he  took  up  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  unbroken  forest  land,  built  him 
a  log  house  and  cleared  the  land.  In  com- 
mon with  other  early  settlers  he  suffered 
many  hardships.  On  one  occasion  food  was 
so  scarce  that  they  were  obliged  to  resort  to 
potato  tops.  But  Mr.  Putnam  was  an  ex- 
cellent marksman  and  he  was  able  to  re- 
plenish the  larder  occasionally  with  venison 
and  other  game  which  was  plentiful.  As  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  this  town  he  helped  to  lay 
the  foundation  of  the  community  life,  and 
for  a  period  of  half  a  century  he  built  himself 
into  its  interests.  He  held  several  offices 
of  trust  and  when  any  affairs  of  important 
public  interest  were  considered.  Squire  Put- 
nam was  consulted. 

In  January,  1833,  his  wife  died  leaving  a 
son  Welcome,  born  1820,  died  October  28, 
1871.  Mr.  Putnam  married  (second),  Sep- 
tember 10,  1833,  Lucy  Winchell,  formerly  of 
Western,  Oneida  county,  New  York.  Of 
several  children  only  one  daughter,  Mrs.  Tacy 
Victoria  (Putnam)  Wyman,  survived.  In 
1867  he  removed  from  Centralia,  New  York, 


to  Conneaut,  Ohio,  where  he  made  his  home 
until  1886,  when  he  returned  to  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  making  his  home  with 
his  daughter  at  De  Wittville.  Here,  January 
12,  1887,  Lucy  (Winchell)  Putnam,  his  wife 
died  in  her  eighty-first  year. 

Removing  with  his  daughter  to  Newark, 
New  York,  he  survived  until  March  12, 
1890,  dying  in  his  ninety-sixth  year.  Thus 
closed  a  long  eventful  life  which  had  wit- 
nessed so  large  a  share  of  the  nation's  de- 
velopment. Born  two  years  before  the  close 
of  Washington's  administration,  he  lived  un- 
der every  president  of  the  United  States  until 
McKinley.  His  first  vote  was  cast  for  John 
Quincy  Adams.  Mr.  Putnam  was  a  strong 
anti-slavery  man  when .  abolitionism  was  not 
popular,  and  his  home  was  a  station  of  the 
underground  railway  for  runaway  slaves.  As 
a  citizen  he  was  distinguished  for  his  public 
spirit,  his  high  standard  of  honor  and  unim- 
peachable honesty.  Religiously  he  was  a  man 
of  decided  convictions  of  duty  and  with  sturdy 
faith  he  conformed  his  life  to  the  strict  dic- 
tates of  his  conscience.  As  he  repaired  regu- 
larly to  the  church  each  Sabbath  morning, 
clad  in  a  long  cloak,  a  high  hat  and  supported 
by  a  cane,  he  embodied  in  reality  all  that 
he  seemed  in  appearance,  a  worthy  successor 
of  his  Puritan  ancestors. 

Tacy  Victoria  (Putnam)  Wyman,  daugh- 
ter of  Newell  and  Lucy  Winchell  Putnam, 
was  born  at  Centralia,  New^  York,  January 
25,  1839.  Her  early  education  was  received 
at  the  common  school  near  her  home  and 
subsequently  at  Ellington  Academy,  an  in- 
stitution of  high  grade  in  a  neighboring  town, 
where  as  a  student  she  took  high  rank.  Re- 
ceiving the  certificate  of  a  teacher  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  she  pursued  that  vocation  for  sev- 
eral years  among  the  schools  of  the  township, 
including  a  large  select  school  in  the  village 
of  Stockton.  Possessed  of  a  love  for  books 
she  has  been  appreciative  of  the  best  litera- 
ture, and  not  only  has  she  valued  these  for 
their  intrinsic  merit  but  gifted  with  a  rich 
imagination  she  has  been  a  contributor  in 
prose  and  verse  to  various  publications.  The 
total  of  these  productions  would  comprise  a 
not  inconsiderable  volume.  True  to  her  an- 
cestral traits,  Mrs.  Wyman  possesses  a  strong 
moral  nature,  abhoring  shams,  quick  to  dis- 
cern ethical  distinctions  and  firm  to  sustain 
the  right.  Thus  she  has  proven  herself  well 
fitted  to  sympathize  in  word  and  deed  with 


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the  high  ideals  pertaining  to   her  husband's 
gospel  ministry. 


The  progenitors  of  the  Weld  fami- 
W^ELD  lies  in  America  descended  from 
distinguished  and  ancient  ances- 
try in  England.  The  orthography  of  the  name 
has  sustained  many  changes  as  have  other 
family  names  of  Englishmen.  There  were 
certainly  people  of  the  name  in  England  be- 
fore the  date  of  the  Reformation,  for  some 
of  the  families  bearing  it  remained  adherents 
to  the  Roman  church,  and  some  of  their  de- 
scendants have  been  elevated  to  high  positions 
within  it;  while  others  became  Protestants, 
mostly  Puritans  or  Independents.  They  were 
a  sturdy,  honest  folk,  firm  in  opinion  and  loyal 
to  the  Crown,  until  later,  when  they  with 
t>thers  of  the  Protestant  faith  immigrated  to 
America  that  they  might  enjoy  complete  free- 
dom of  opinion  in  religious  matters.  Even 
in  America  their  loyalty  to  the  Crown  in  mat- 
ters of  national  government  was  unshaken, 
for  they  considered  themselves  a  colony  from 
England  and  an  integral  part  of  it,  and  cheer- 
fully bore  arms  in  the  King's  service  in  de- 
fense of  His  Majesty's  ri3B:hts  and  prerogatives 
against  his  enemies,  until  the  oppressions  of 
George  IV  became  unendurable. 

There  were  those  in  the  family  in  England 
who  rose  to  distinction  in  civil  life,  and  many 
of  them  became  learned  and  influential.  Some 
were  distinguished  preachers  and  writers  upon 
religious  subjects.  Their  writings  were 
mostly,  however,  upon  questions  of  doctrine 
that  at  the  time  engaged  attention,  but  were 
chiefly  controversal  treatises  and  pamphlets 
that  have  not  come  down  to  the  present  time, 
and  were  upon  doctrines  that  are  not  now  of 
great  interest  save  to  the  antiquarian.  The 
emigration  from  England  did  not  end  the 
practice  of  such  controversy  and  discussion, 
nor  the  rigor  of  it.  The  first  of  the  families 
whose  lineage  follows  were  well  descended, 
for  they  were  the  sons  of  Edmond  Weld,  of 
Sudbury,  Suffolk,  England,  whose  will  con- 
taining the  names  of  his  children  is  found  in 
Windebanck. 

(I)  Captain  Joseph  Weld,  with  his  brother. 
Rev.  Thomas  Weld,  who  was  a  colleague  of 
Rev.  John  Eliot,  who  laboriously  translated 
the  Bible  into  the  Indian  language,  and  with 
him  and  Rev.  Richard  Mather  produced  the 
famous  first  essay  in  New  World  hymnology, 
the  "Ray  Psalm  Book,"  in  the  pastorate  of  the 


First  Church  at  Roxbury,  Massachusel:ts ;  set- 
tled in  Roxbury  in  the  colony  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay  before  1635.  Captain  Joseph  was 
captain  of  the  training  band,  and  one  of  the 
first  members  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable 
Artillery  Company,  a  military  company  yet 
in  existence  in  Boston.  He  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  the  wealth  he  acquired  in  mercantile 
ventures,  upon  the  Weld  farm  in  Roxbury, 
which  is  yet  in  the  possession  of  his  descend- 
ants. He  died  possessed  of  a  large  estate 
estimated  by  some  as  possibly  the  largest  at 
that  time  in  the  colony.  It  inventoried  iio,- 
000  sterling.  He  was  a  man  who  loved  learn- 
ing. His  will,  published  in  the  New  England 
Historical  and  Genealogical  Register  (vol.  vii, 
pp.  33-34)  is  a  monument  of  his  liberality  in 
matters  of  education.  It  is  written  in  the 
quaint  orthography  and  rhetoric  at  the  time. 
It  contains  his  bequests:  "To  the  Collidg, 
which  is  in  Cambridge,  ten  pounds  for  the  en- 
couragement of  such  youth  in  sound  laming 
as  may  not  be  able  to  help  themselves."  He 
bequeathed  to  his  firm  friend,  John  Eliot,  "his 
best  tawny  cloke."  He  was  the  founder  of 
the  famous  Roxbury  Latin  School.  There 
now  stands  upon  the  campus  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, "Weld  Hall,"  and  a  late  valuable  ad- 
dition to  the  library  is  known  as  the  "Weld 
Collection."  He  had  a  son,  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  Weld, 
was  bom  in  England,  in  1623,  and  arrived  in 
Roxbury  in  1638,  three  years  after  his  father. 
He  had  a  son,  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Captain  Joseph  (2),  son  of  John 
Weld,  was  bom  in  Roxbury,  1650.  Married, 
November  27, 1679,  Sarah  Faxon.  His  children : 
Sarah,  born  October  25,  1685 1  John,  born 
August  19,  1689,  died  January  11,  1764;  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below ;  Edmond,  bom  June, 
1700,  died  July  25,  1710;  Ebenezer,  born  Oc- 
tober, 1702. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Daniel  Weld,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  (2)  Weld,  was  born  at  Roxbury, 
August  4,  1697;  married  Elizabeth  Tucker, 
January  22,  1720.  He,  like  his  father.  Cap- 
tain Joseph,  and  his  great-grandfather,  Cap- 
tain Joseph,  the  emigrant,  faithfully  served 
the  King  in  the  colonial  war,  and  against  the 
Indians  in  the  defense  of  the  colony.  Lieu- 
tenant Daniel  remained  upon  the  original  farm 
in  Roxbury.  He  was  buried  in  the  old  cem- 
etery near  Bussey  Park,  Boston,  a  part  of  the 
old  Weld  farm.     His  sons  Daniel,  Noah  and 


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Job,  moved  to  Charlton,  Worcester  county. 
Children:  i.  Daniel  Jr.,  born  August,  1721, 
married  Joana  Haven.  2.  Stephen,  born  July 
7,  1723,  died  August  16,  1745.  3.  Noah,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Job,  born  August  4,  1730; 
married    Eunice    Thayer.     5.   Edward,    born 

April    I,    1733,    died    October    13,   .     6. 

David,  born  August  14,  1734,  died  January  5, 
1821. 

(V)  Noah,  son  of  Lieutenant  Daniel  Weld, 
was  born  at  Roxbury,  December  7,  1725,  died 

August    16,    1745;   married   Eleanor  . 

His  children:  i.  Calvin,  born  August  14,  1751. 
2.  Isaac,  mentioned  below.  3.  Luther,  born 
April  14,  1 761  (Calvin  and  Luther  both  mar- 
ried Rogers  sisters,  were  for  a  time  residents 
of  Guilford,  Vermont;  several  of  the  sons 
of  Luther  lived  at  Cohocton,  New  York).  4. 
Kathrin,  married  a  Porter,  of  Franklin  county, 
Massachusetts.  5.  Eleanor,  married  a  Wells, 
and  moved  to  Tennessee. 

(VI)  Lieutenant  Isaac  Weld,  son  of  Noah 
Weld,  was  born  at  Charlton,  Massachusetts, 
1755.  died  April  22,  1808.  He  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war  to  the  credit  of  his  native 
town,  although  he  was  a  resident  of  Guilford, 
Vermont,  for  it  is  recorded  in  "Massachusetts 
Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  Revolutionary 
War"  that  "Isaac  Weld,  Guilford  (there  was 
no  Guilford  in  Massachusetts),  private,  Capt. 
Moses  Drapers  Co.  Lieut.  Col.  Wm.  Bonds 
(late  Col.  Thomas  Gardiner's)  37  Regt.,  com- 
pany return,  dated  Camp  Prospect  Hill,  Dec. 
30,  1775/'  It  is  also  recorded  in  the  same 
volume  as  follows :  "Isaac  Weld,  private ;  list 
of  men  mustered  May  15th,  by  Thomas  New- 
hall,  muster  master,  engaged  for  the  town  of 
Petersham,  term  8  months."  Also,  "certificate 
dated  Petersham,  May  23,  1778,  signed  by 
Capt.  Asa  Howe  and  Capt.  Wing  Spooner, 
stating  that  said  Weld  and  others  had  engaged 
and  mustered  to  serve  in  the  Continental  army 
for  the  term  of  8  months  to  the  credit  of 
Petersham."  He  also  served  as  second  lieu- 
tenant of  the  Third  Guilford,  Vermont  county. 
Captain  Joseph  Elliott,  in  1782.  (Vermont 
Revolutionary  Rolls,  pages  822-824). 

In  1783,  after  the  close  of  the  war,  he 
served  in  the  controversy  in  Vermont  between 
the  settlers  from  New  York  and  those  from 
New  Hampshire  as  to  the  rights  of  the  peo- 
ple of  those  states  to  the  territory,  which  was 
subsequently  admitted  into  the  Union  as  Ver- 
mont. He  joined  the  party  that  defended  the 
people  of  New  York.     To  them  was  applied 


the  reproachful  term,  "Yorkers."  These  peo- 
ple in  Vermont  appear  to  have  been  formed 
into  some  sort  of  military  or  quasi-military 
organization  in  the  controversy,  probably 
wholly  voluntary,  without  any  authority  over 
them  for  there  is  not  to  be  found  in  Vermont 
any  record  of  its  proceedings.  It  is  found, 
however,  that  Isaac  Weld  was  fined  in  Guil- 
ford, two  pounds  ten  shillings  for  being  sec- 
ond lieutenant  in  the  Yorkers  regiment.  It  is 
a  well  known  historical  fact  that  these  prob- 
ably misguided  men  were  dispersed  by  Ethan 
Allen.  He  removed  from  Guilford  to  Wards- 
borough,  in  the  same  county,  and  afterwards 
to  Verona,  New  York,  and  then  to  Sodus 
Bay,  Wayne  county.  New  York. 

He  married,  1780,  Betsey  Farrell.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Catherine,  born  March  8,  1782;  her 
record  is  unknown.  2.  -Robert  Farrell,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Noah,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Anna,  born  October  29,  1789,  died  unmar- 
ried, June  6,  1808.  5.  Betsey,  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1792;  married  a  Pierce;  lived  at 
Wales,  New  York.  6.  Jane,  born  1795,  died 
unmarried,  1854,  at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 7.  Sally,  born  January  2y,  1799;  mar- 
ried Amos  Moore;  died  soon  after  marriage. 
8.  Roxana  (spelled  in  some  records  Roccena), 
born  November  22,  1803 ;  married  John  Baker, 
January  2,6,  1826;  lived  at  Rices,  New  York; 
died  November  i,  1891. 

(VII)  Robert  Farrell,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Isaac  Weld,  was  born  1784,  died  1870,  at 
Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania.  He  resided  in 
Sodus  Bay,  New  York,  and  Sugar  Grove, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of 
superior  intelligence,  sterling  integrity  and 
highly  respected.  He  married,  February  9, 
1817,  Clarissa  Howe.  Children:  i.  Theodore 
Nelson,  born  November  23,  1817,  died  at 
Chandlers  Valley,  Pennsylvania,  June  2,  1862; 
married,  January  14,  1848,  Julia  A.  Jones; 
children,  born  at  Sugar  Grove:  i.  Frank  Al- 
bert, born  March  7,  1849,  died  November  12, 
1893;  married  (first)  September  6,  1870,  El- 
len Knapp;  (second)  November  25,  1879, 
Clara  Irvine;  children:  a.  Qyde  Albert,  born 
April  29,  1 87 1,  married,  June  21,  1900,  Elea- 
nor Vance,  and  their  children  are:  Theodore 
Vance,  born  September  10,  1903,  Clyde  Vance, 
born  June  20,  1907,  and  Paul  Allison,  born 
October  25,  1908;  b.  Muree,  born  April  23, 
1 891,  married  and  lives  in  California,  ii. 
Emma,  born  November  3,  1854;  married, 
March  i,  1877,  Aaron  Skinner,  M.  D. ;  resides 


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at  Ashville,  New  York ;  children :  a.  Frank 
Austin,  born  January  26,  1879,  ^i^d  March  11, 
1888;  b.  Gertrude  Emma,  born  February  28, 
1881,  married,  March  3,  1903,  Victor  M. 
Thompson,  children :  Alice,  born  February 
14,  1905,  Helen,  November  27,  1907,  and 
John,  October  12,  1910.  iii.  Maude  Julia,  born 
September  28,  1884.  iv.  Edgar  Aaron,  born 
December  9,  1886,  married,  September  14, 
191 1,  Lillie  V.  Akeley.  v.  Mabel  Bernice, 
born  April  i,  1890.  vi.  Qifford  Weld,  born 
October  2,  1892.  2.  Susan  Ann,  born  July 
25,  1 821,  at  Bath,  New  York,  died  at  Youngs- 
ville,  Pennsylvania,  1894;  married,  April  8, 
1857,  Cyrus  F.  Arters;  no  children.  3.  Squire 
Howe,  born  November  23,  1823,  at  Bath,  New 
York,  died  February  18,  1900;  he  lived  in 
Centerville,  Pennsylvania;  served  in  the  civil 
war  in  the  Two  Hundred  and  Eleventh  Penn- 
sylvania Infantry.  He  married  (first)  June 
27>  ^853,  Martha  Goodwin;  (second)  Novem- 
ber 26,  1884,  Susannah  Dye;  children:  i.  Wil- 
liam R.,  born  September  4,  1854,  married 
Kate  Simmons,  child,  Ellis,  bom  June,  1889, 
resides  at  Springfield,  New  York.  ii.  Mary 
Amelia,  bom  September  25,  1856,  married, 
December  25,  1873,  Sidney  R.  Putnam,  and 
their  children  are :  a.  Jay  A.,  bom  March  22, 
1875,  married  (first)  August  11,  1897,  Louise 
Fish,  (second)  December  19,  1901,  Addie 
Goodwill,  resides  in  Centerville,  Pennsylvania, 
children :  Elmer  R.,  bom  October  14,  1898,  El- 
lis D.,  October  14,  1898,  Leonard,  August  7, 
1903,  Laota,  July  23,  1905.  b.  Jennie  A.,  born 
August  4,  1 88 1,  married  Charles  McFadden, 
lives  at  Centerville.  iii.  Charles,  bom  October 
25,  1858,  married,  June  6,  1879,  Mary  Mc- 
Cabe,  lives  at  Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  chil- 
dren: Theresa  K.,  bom  March  12,  1883,  James 
Squire,  May  4,  1885,  Martha  Grace,  March 
24,  1890.  iv.  Franklin,  born  January  23,  1861, 
married,  May  14,  1882,  Etta  Young,  lives  at 
Centerville,  Pennsylvania,  children :  Duane, 
born  August  6,  1883,  Qara,  June  10,  1886, 
Letty,  August  13,  1890,  Ethel,  May  9,  1892. 
V.  Frances,  born  January  14,  1863,  married 
Fred  Wilson,  resides  at  Centerville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, vi.  Squire,  born  February  22,  1867, 
died  December,  1896;  married  Rose  McFad- 
den, no  children,  vii.  Minerva,  born  August 
14,  1869;  lives  at  Bradford,  Pennsylvania, 
viii.  Mabel,  born  April  i,  1872;  married  Lon 
Bernard,  of  Bradford,  Pennsylvania;  no  chil- 
dren, ix.  Aaron,  born  March  15,  1874,  mar- 
ried Rose   (McFadden)  Weld,  widow  of  his 


brother  Squire.  4.  Sarah  McCay,  born  July 
25,  1826,  died  August,  1905 ;  married,  April 
13,  1853,  Washington  P.  Cummings;  children: 
Ada  (Cummings)  Blodgett,  of  Bakersfield, 
California,  Duane  Cummings,  of  Peoria,  Illi- 
nois, Dona  (Cummings)  Jackson,  of  Warren, 
Pennsylvania.  5.  Lieutenant  William  Wallace, 
born  February  23,  1829,  at  Bath,  New  York, 
died  at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania ;  he  remain- 
ed on  the  Weld  farm  at  Sugar  Grove;  served 
three  years  in  the  civil  war  in  that  fighting 
regiment,  the  Ninth  New  York  Cavalry ;  was 
highly  respected  by  his  townspeople,  a  very 
capable  man  and  a  progressive  farmer;  mar- 
ried, January  i,  1868,  Christine  Falconer; 
children:  1.  Robert  James,  born  at  Sugar 
Grove,  October  27,  1868,  married,  June  5, 
1902,  Fanny  Wright;  he  was  educated  at 
Pennsylvania  State  College,  is  a  thoroughly 
scientific  farmer,  and  is  employed  by  the  Penn- 
sylvania Agricultural  Authorities  in  the  win- 
ter to  conduct  farmers'  institutes  throughout 
the  state,  ii.  Fred  Falconer,  born  at  Sugar 
Grove,  September  19,  1871,  married,  June 
27,  1901,  Eliza  R.  Busick;  children:  Alice 
Christina,  born  January  29,  1903,  and  Theo- 
dore Busick,  June  24,  1905 ;  he  was  also  edu- 
cated at  Pennsylvania  State  College,  is  a  civil 
engineer,  and  resides  at  Seattle,  Washington, 
iii.  Guy  Theodore,  born  at  Sugar  Grove,  April 
25,  1874,  died  February  27,  1883.  6.  Caroline 
Howe,  born  January  4,  183:^,  at  Busti,  New 
York,  died  January  14,  1832.  7.  Jeanette 
Langdon,  born  March  16,  1833,  at  Busti,  New 
York,  died  October  5,  1833.  8.  Mariette,  born 
October  i,  1835,  ^^  Busti,  New  York,  died 
June  II,  1836.  9.  Mary  Ann,  bom  October  i, 
1835,  at  Busti,  New  York,  twin  of  Mariette, 
died  in  infancy.  10.  Clarissa  Emaline,  born 
January  18,  1840,  at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  September  3,  1883;  married,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1868,  Enoch  Dupree;  it  is  said  she 
left  three  daughters,  but  no  record  of  them 
is  found. 

(VII)  Noah  (2)  Weld,  M.  D.,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Isaac  Weld,  was  born  at  Wardborough, 
Vermont,  November  4,  1787,  died  in  July, 
185 1,  at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania,  on  a  farm 
adjoining  that  of  his  brother,  Robert  F.,  upon 
the  state  line  between  Pennsylvania  and  New 
York.  He  also  resided  at  Centerville.  He 
had  an  extensive  practice  in  both  Pennsyl- 
vania and  New  York.  He  was  a  skillful  phy- 
sician, and  possessed  the  confidence  of  the 
people.    He  married,  in  1815,  Huldah  Susan- 


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nah  Hoyt,  of  Danbury,  Connecticut.  She  was 
born  in  Danbury,  January  14,  1787.  Children : 
I.  Decatur,  born  at  Centerville,  Pennsylvania, 
died  at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania,  August 

16,    I .     2.   Delilah,  born   at   Centerville, 

1818,  died  at  Sugar  Grove,  1847;  married, 
1837,  Jeremiah  Andrews,  M.  D.,  a  regimental 
surgeon  in  the  civil  war;  children:  i.  Wesley 
R.,  born  1838,  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Feb^ 
ruary  5,  1910;  he  was  quartermaster  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Seventy-fifth  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteers,  in  the  civil  war ;  after- 
wards became  a  merchant  in  New  York  City, 
and  subsequently  became  editor  of  an  influen- 
tial newspaper  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania; 
was  chairman  of  the  Pennsylvania  Republican 
state  committee  and  secretary  of  United  States 
Senator  Boise  Penrose ;  married  Ruby  A.  Rob- 
inson, one  daughter,  Genevieve,  married 
Charles  A.  Singer,  of  New  York,  and  died 
in  1891.  ii.  William  H.,  born  January,  1840, 
at  Youngsville,  Pennsylvania ;  was  first  a  mer- 
chant, which  business  he  conducted  at  Titus- 
ville,  Pennsylvania;  was  elected  state  senator 
from  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania;  subse- 
quently settled  in  Alberquerque,  New  Mexico, 
where  he  engaged  in  railroad  building  and 
real  estate;  he  represented  New  Mexico  in 
congress  as  territorial  delegate  and  will  be 
elected  beyond  doubt  to  the  senate  of  the 
United  States  when  the  legislature  of  New 
Mexico  meets;  he  married  (first)  1862,  Rose 
Eddy;  (second)  1883,  Mary  Frey;  children: 
William  H.  Jr.,  born  1864,  died  1885;  Belle; 
Frank,  died  in  infancy;  Marguerite,  died  in 
infancy ;  William  Stanley,  resides  at  Titusville. 
Pennsylvania.  3.  Descartes,  born  at  Center- 
ville, 1820,  died  in  California,  1853 ;  he  settled 
in  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
joined  his  father  in  the  practice  of  medicine, 
succeeded  him,  and  continued  practice  until 
his  health  failed  and  he  went  to  California; 
he  married,  in  1840,  Angeline  Noyes;  chil- 
dren :  i.  De  Silver,  bom  at  Sugar  Grove,  1842, 
died  1899;  married  Mary  Derickson,  one  child, 
Charles  D.  ii.  DeLeo,  born  at  Sugar  Grove, 
1853,  married,  1880,  Henry  C.  Lay ;  children : 
Henry  C.  Jr.,  Margaret  Weld,  Harold;  they 
reside  at  Blairstown,  New  Jersey.  4.  Del- 
phine,  born  at  Centerville,  August,  1826,  died 
at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  July,  1876;  mar- 
ried, January,  1852,  Chester  Bullock;  child, 
Frances  Lena,  bom  at  Sherman,  New  York, 
1852;  married,  1870,  William  Thorpe,  of 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania.     5.  DeForest,  men- 


tioned below.  6.  Delisca  Jane,  born  at  Sugar 
Grove,  1832,  died  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  1899; 
married,  October,  1857,  Charles  H.  Baker, 
child,  William  De  Forest,  born  at  Red  Wing, 
Minnesota,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Delonora,  born 
at  Sugar  Grove,  August,  1836,  died  March, 
1888;  married,  1857,  Joel  I,  Hoyt;  no  children. 
8.  Delessley,  bom  at  Sugar  Grove,  April, 
1 84 1,  died  there  at  age  of  six. 

(Vni)  DeForest,  son  of  Noah  (2)  Weld, 
M.  D.,  was  born  at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  31,  1828.  Upon  him,  before 
he  obtained  his  majority,  because  of  the  de- 
mand of  the  extensive  medical  practice  of  his 
father  and  elder  brother  which  required  long 
rides  to  the  distant  homes  of  pioneers,  de- 
volved the  management  of  the  business  of 
the  farm  and  the  care  of  the  household.  He 
early  acquired  a  taste  for  traffic  and  manage- 
ment of  affairs,  and  soon  learned  to  hold  his 
own  with  traders.  He  was  especially  fitted  for 
such  service  by  an  excellent  education  in  the 
common  schools  supplemented  by  a  course  in 
the  academies  that  provided  better  advantages. 
At  his  majority  the  desire  for  a  business  ca- 
reer called  him  from  the  farm  to  Jamestown, 
New  York,  then  a  prosperous  village  of  active 
business  men,  where  he  found  employment 
in  the  store  of  Alonzo  Kent,  then  the  most 
enterprising  merchant  of  the  region.  Such 
was  his  industry  and  his  application  of  sys- 
tematic methods  that  in  two  years  he  was  ad- 
mitted a  partner  in  the  firm,  Kent  &  Weld.  It 
was  not  long  after  that,  on  the  retirement  of 
Mr.  Kent  to  organize  the  Jamestown  Bank, 
he  succeeded  to  the  entire  business.  He  be- 
came the  leading  merchant  of  the  county,  and 
his  business  affairs  extended  to  the  adjoining 
county.  His  enterprise  aided  largely  in  build- 
ing up  the  village  into  a  city  of  great  activity. 
After  some  years  as  a  merchant  he  engaged 
in  the  life  insurance  business  at  Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania,  and  brought  to  it  the  same  in- 
dustry and  systematic  methods  that  had  char- 
acterized him  as  a  merchant.  He  soon  be- 
came the  manager  in  that  city  of  the  affairs 
of  one  of  the  leading  life  insurance  companies. 
This  position  he  yet  holds,  and  his  endurance, 
persistent  industry,  and  success  as  an  octogen- 
arian are  the  envy  of  men  many  years  his 
junior. 

On  August  12,  1863,  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  he  married  Mary  Matilda  Hazeltine,  a 
descendant  of  the  Haywards  who  settled  at 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  at  about  the  same 


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time  as  did  Captain  Joseph  Weld,  her  hus- 
band's ancestor.  She  is  also  a  descendant  of 
Edward  Rawson,  who  was  for  more  than 
thirty  years  the  secretary  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony.  One  son  Lewis  DeForest,  born 
July  9,  1863,  died  August  28,  1863. 

The  foregoing  was  compiled  upon  the  au- 
thority of  manuscripts  in  the  possession  of 
Mr.  J.  Edward  Weld,  and  the  Rev.  Charles 
F.  Robinson,  descendants  of  Captain  Joseph 
Weld,  which  were  written  from  the  records 
of  the  towns  of  Oxford  and  Charlton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  Guilford,  Vermont,  and  from 
the  records  in  the  possession  of  the  families 
of  descendants.  Correspondence  has  been  had 
by  the  present  compiler  with  the  living  de- 
scendants of  Captain  Joseph  Weld,  with  clerks 
of  the  towns  above  mentioned,  and  use  has 
been  made  of  the  records  in  the  offices  of  the 
adjutant-general  of  the  United  States  and 
the  adjutant-general  of  Vermont.  Aid  was 
received  from  the  Genealogical  Dictionary 
(Savage)  ;  the  New  England  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Register;  the  Historical  Regis- 
ter of  the  Officers  of  the  Continental  Army 
(F.  B.  Heightman),  and  the  Orderly  Book 
(Col.  William  Henshaw). 

The  American  ancestor  of  the 
SIDWAY     Sidway  family  of  Buffalo,  New 

York,  was  James  Sidway,  of 
Dudley  Woodside,  England,  born  May  8, 
1759.  He  was  educated  and  grew  to  early 
manhood  in  his  native  land.  During  or  about 
the  revolutionary  period  he  immigrated  to  the 
American  colonies,  where  he  made  settlement 
in  Orange  county,  New  York.  He  enlisted 
as  a  drummer  in  Captain  Henry  Goodwin's 
company.  Colonel  Messenfel's  New  York  regi- 
ment, serving  until  this  regiment  was  mus- 
tered out  of  service.  He  married,  in  1781,  and 
continued  his  residence  in  Goshen,  Orange 
county,  until  late  in  life,  when  he  removed 
to  Buffalo,  where  he  died  March  18,  1836. 
He  is  buried  in  Forest  Lawn  Cemetery  of 
that  city,  where  his  grave  has  been  appro- 
priately marked  by  Buffalo  Chapter,  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  being  the 
first  grave  so  honored.  He  married,  August 
14,  1781,  Rebecca  Milks.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren, William  and  Jonathan. 

(H)  Jonathan,  son  of  James  and  Rebecca 
(Milks)  Sidway,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Goshen,  Orange  county,  New  York,  April  i, 
1784,  and  died  in  Buffalo,  January  21,  1847. 


He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of 
Goshen,  and  followed  a  farmer's  life  until 
about  18 1 2,  when  he  removed  to  Buffalo. 
Here  he  engaged  in  the  shipping  business  and 
became  a  conspicuous  figure  among  the  early 
pioneers  in  lake  navigation  and  commerce. 
He  married,  January  i,  1826,  Parnell  St. 
John,  born  at  Aurelius,  Cayuga  county.  New 
York,  June  12,  1801,  died  in  Buffalo,  April 
29,  1879.  When  she  was  a  child  her  parents 
removed  to  Buffalo,  where  her  mother  was 
living  in  1813,  when  the  town  was  burned 
by  the  British  and  Indians.  Gamaliel  St. 
John  and  his  oldest  son,  Elijah  Northrup, 
were  drowned  in  the  Niagara  river,  June  6, 
181 3,  while  they  were  bearing  dispatches  from 
army  headquarters  in  Buffalo  to  a  division  in 
Canada,  their  boat  being  capsized  by  coming 
in  contact  with  the  cable  of  the  war  vessel 
"John  Adams,"  which  was  anchored  in  the 
river.  It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  the  St. 
John  home  on  the  west  side  of  Main  street, 
between  Court  and  Mohawk  streets,  was  the 
only  house  left  standing.  Of  the  nine  chil- 
dren of  Jonathan  Sidway,  four  only  reached 
years  of  maturity:  i.  Katherine,  married 
Asaph  S.  Bemis  of  Buffalo.  2.  Jonathan  (2), 
married  Caroline  B.  Taunt,  of  Buffalo.  3. 
Franklin,  of  further  mention.  4.  James 
Henry,  who  met  a  hero's  death  at  the  early 
age  of  twenty-five  years,  as  assistant  fore- 
man of  Taylor  Hose  No.  i,  while  battling 
with  the  flames  that  consumed  the  American 
Hotel,  January  25,  1865. 

(Ill)  Franklin,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Par- 
nell (St.  John)  Sidway,  was  born  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  July  23,  1834.  He  was  educated 
in  private  schools,  Canandaigua  Academy,  the 
George  W.  Francis  School  at  Yonkers,  New 
York,  and  other  institutions  of  learning. 
After  completing  his  studies,  in  1853  he  toured 
Europe,  and  on  his  return  began  his  active 
and  useful  business  career.  He  organized  and 
was  one  of  the  firm  of  Sidway,  Skinner  & 
Moore,  general  ship  chandlers  and  grocers, 
Buffalo,  a  firm  that  did  a  large  and  success- 
ful business  until  the  date  of  the  civil  war, 
when  it  was  dissolved.  After  the  war  he 
became  cashier  of  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics 
National  Bank,  continuing  as  such  until  his 
election  to  the  vice-presidency,  which  office 
he  held  until  the  bank  wound  up  its  affairs  in 
1898.  He  also  served  as  trustee  of  the  Buf- 
falo Savings  Bank.  His  long  association'  with 
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the  fact  that  he  was  peculiarly  adapted  to  the 
banking  business,  being  prudent,  conserva- 
tive, quick  of  decision,  and  not  afraid  of  large 
undertakings.  He  was  a  strong  Union  man, 
and  during  the  civil  war  was  commissioned 
colonel  of  volunteers,  with  authority  to  raise 
a  regiment.  He  recruited  several  companies, 
but  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  payment  of 
bounties  was  discontinued,  the  organization 
was  not  completed,  and  the  men  already  en- 
listed were  transferred  to  another  regiment. 
He  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  many 
Buffalo  institutions,  both  educational  and 
charitable.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Buffalo 
Library,  member  of  the  Historical  Society, 
and  former  treasurer  and  a  member  of  the 
Buffalo  General  Hospital  Board.  He  was  also 
a  trustee  of  the  Buffalo  City  Cemetery  (For- 
est Lawn).  All  his  life  Mr.  Sidway  has  taken 
a  keen  interest  in  athletics  and  out-door  sports. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  old  Forester  Gun 
Qub ;  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  first  four- 
oared  rowing  crews  organized  in  Buffalo,  and 
president  of  the  Archery  Club  of  Buffalo,  the 
Toxophilites,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Niagara  Base  Ball  Qub,  one  of  the  first 
amateur  base  ball  clubs  organized.  His  clubs 
are  the  Buffalo,  of  which  he  is  an  ex-presi- 
dent, and  the  Country.  For  many  years  he 
was  president  of  the  Falconwood  Club.  He 
married,  February  2T,  1866,  Charlotte,  daugh- 
ter of  Elbridge  Gerry  Spaulding,  of  Buffalo 
(see  Spaulding).  Their  surviving  children 
are  as  follows: 

I.  Harold  Spaulding  Sidway,  born  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  April  26,  1868;  educated  at 
Professor  Shortlidge's  Academy,  Media, 
Pennsylvania,  whence  he  was  graduated  in 
class  of  1888.  He  was  with  the  Farmers  and 
Mechanics  National  Bank  one  year,  and  from 
September  7,  1888,  to  October,  1897,  with  the 
Buffalo  Gas  Light  Company;  he  is  now  a 
resident  of  New  York  City.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Ancient  Landmarks  Lodge,  No.  441, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Hugh  De  Pay- 
ens  Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  Buffalo 
Consistory,  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish 
Rite,  in  which  he  held  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree, and  a  noble  of  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  all  of  Buffalo.  He  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
He  married,  December  20,  1897,  in  London, 
England,  Mary  Chase,  of  Buffalo.  Children: 
James,  born  September  28,  1898;  Franklin, 
May  23,  1900. 


2.  Frank  St.  John  Sidway,  born  December 
5,  1869,  in  Buffalo.  He  prepared  for  college 
at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and  entered  Har- 
vard University,  class  of  '93.  He  afterward 
w^orked  in  the  American  Exchange  Bank  and 
the  Farmers  and  Mechanics  Bank  of  Buffalo. 
Choosing  the  profession  of  law,  he  entered 
the  Buffalo  Law  School,  graduating  and  re- 
ceiving his  degree  in  1894.  He  also  studied 
with  the  law  firm  of  Lewis,  Moot  &  Lewis, 
Buffalo,  until  his  admission  to  the  bar  in 
1894,  when  he  practiced  in  the  office  of 
Sprague,  Moot,  Sprague  &  Brownell  until 
1897,  when  he  began  practice  alone  and  has 
so  continued,  having  a  well  established  office 
business  to  which  and  in  the  care  of  estates 
he  devotes  himself  chiefly.  In  March,  1894, 
he  was  elected  second  lieutenant  of  Company 
B,  74th  Regiment  New  York  National  Guard. 
A  year  later  he  was  promoted  first  lieutenant, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1897  was  elected  and  com- 
missioned captain.  When  the  Spanish-Ameri- 
can war  broke  out  he  was  commissioned  cap- 
tain, and  organized  Company  C,  202d  Regi- 
ment, being  one  of  the  first  four  captains  mus- 
tered in.  His  regiment  was  the  first  body  of 
United  States  troops  to  enter  Havana.  After 
being  mustered  out  of  the  United  States  ser- 
vice, April  15,  1899,  he  returned  to  Buffalo. 
He  was  again  elected  captain  of  Company  B, 
74th  Regiment,  which  rank  he  held  until  his 
resignation,  October  i,  1902,  having  given 
eight  years  to  state  and  government  service 
as  a  soldier.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican county  committee  in  1909-10.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo,  Saturn  and  Elli- 
cott  clubs ;  the  United  Spanish  War  Veterans' 
Association;  the  Naval  and  Military  Order 
of  the  Spanish- American  War;  life  member 
of  the  Buffalo  Library  ;•  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts 
Academy;  and  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society.  ^ 
He  married,  April  16,  1903,  Amelia,  born 
December  4,  1881,  daughter  of  James  A.  Rob- 
erts, former  comptroller  of  the  state  of  New 
York.  Children:  i.  Margaret  St.  John,  born 
May  16,  1907.  2.  Martha  Roberts,  October 
I,  1908.    3.  Edith. 

3.  Edith,  daughter  of  Franklin  and  Char- 
lotte (Spaulding)  Sidway,  was  born  January 
12,  1872;  educated  at  Buffalo  Seminary  and 
Lasell  Seminary,  Auburndale,  Massachusetts. 
She  married,  April  26,  1892,  William  Allan 
Gardner,  born  in  Buffalo,  March  18,  1869,  eld- 
est son  of  William  Hamilton  and  Alice  (Hop- 
kins) Gardner,  grandson  of  Noah  H.  Gardner 


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and  of  John  Hopkins  (see  Gardner).     Chil- 
dren :  William  Hamilton  and  Nancy  Strong. 

4.  Clarence  Spaulding  Sidway,  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1877,  in  Buffalo,  New  York.  He 
was  early  educated  in  the  public  schools,  pre- 
pared for  college  at  Canandaigua  Academy, 
and  entered  Cornell  University,  class  of  1897. 
After  leaving  college  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Manufacturers  and  Traders  National 
Bank,  after  which  he  was  chosen  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Robertson  Electric  Company, 
1902  until  1909,  when  the  merger  with  the 
Cataract  Electric  Supply  Company  dissolved 
the  company,  Mr.  Sidway  becoming  treasurer 
of  the  new  company.  Mr.  Sidway  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Saturn  and  Country  Clubs  of  Buf- 
falo. His  college  fraternity  is  the  Kappa  Al- 
pha. He  married,  October  16,  1901,  Genevieve 
C.  Hingston,  bom  September  24,  1880.  Chil- 
dren: Elbridge  Spaulding,  born  September 
22,  1903;  and  Charlotte  Mary,  born  March  21, 
1906. 

5.  Ralph  H.  Sidway,  born  December  15, 
1884,  in  Buffalo,  New  York.  His  early  edu- 
cation was  obtained  at  the  Heathcote  School, 
Buffalo,  and  Thatcher,  California,  finishing  his 
preparatory  studies  at  Lawrenceville  Prepara- 
tory School,  Lawrenceville,  New  Jersey. 
After  leaving  school  he  studied  law  with  his 
brother,  Frank  St.  John  Sidway,  for  a  short 
time. 

He  did  not  long  pursue  a  legal  course, 
but  soon  became  actively  engaged  in  business 
as  director  and  secretary  of  the  Cataract  Elec- 
tric Supply  Company  of  Buffalo,  which  later 
was  merged  with  the  Robertson  Electric  Com- 
pany under  the  name  of  the  Robertson  Cata- 
ract Company,  of  which  he  is  secretary  and 
a  director.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Buffalo  So- 
ciety of  Natural  Science,  and  a  member  of  the 
^  following  clubs:  Saturn,  Country,  Ellicott, 
Park,  Niagara,  Motor  Boat,  Launch,  and 
Auto,  all  of  Buffalo.  He  married,  September 
16,  1908,  Stephana  O.  Bamum,  daughter  of 
Theodore  D.  and  Sarah  (Avery)  Barnum,  pa- 
ternal granddaughter  of  Stephen  O.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Chatfield)  Barnum,  great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Ezra  and  Mary  Barnum.  Theodore  D. 
Bamum  had  three  children:  i.  Fanny  B., 
married  Langford  Keating,  who  died  in  1896, 
son  Theodore,  bom  January  5,  1894;  she 
married  (second)  April  28,  1903,  James  How 
(q.  v.).  ii.  Evelyn,  died  at  age  of  nineteen 
years,  iii.  Stephana  O.,  married  Ralph  H. 
Sidway. 


This  family  is  of  Scotch  an- 

GARDNER    cestry  and  has  been  located 

in  America  since  the  revolu- 
tion. The  present  representatives  also  are 
grandchildren  of  John  A.  Look. 

(I)  William  Hamilton  Gardner,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  came  to 
America  in  1778.  He  settled  in  Beaver,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  lived  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  married  in  Beaver,  and  had 
four  children. 

(H)  Noah  Hamilton,  son  of  William' Ham- 
ilton Gardner,  was  born  in  Beaver,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1800.  He  came  to  Buffalo  about 
1824.  He  was  prominent  in  business  all  his 
life.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Buffalo  Savings  Bank  and  of  the  Erie  County 
Savings  Bank,  and  was  connected  with  these 
institutions  in  some  official  way  throughout 
his  life.  In  politics  he  was  first  a  Whig  and 
later  a  Republican.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
tanners  in  Buffalo,  being  mentioned  under 
that  occupation  in  the  directory  of  1828.  In 
1830  he  entered  partnership  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  George  Palmer,  who  had  brought  here 
for  investment  the  large  sum,  for  those  days, 
of  about  $15,000.  Their  tannery  soon  became 
the  principal  one  in  the  village.  It  adjoined 
the  Indian  Reservation  on  Seneca  street,  then 
a  corduroy  road,  and  the  firm  also  maintained 
a  store  on  Main  street.  Mr.  Gardner  after- 
ward became  sole  proprietor  of  the  tannery, 
which  he  continued  to  operate  until  his  death. 
His  interest  in  public  affairs  is  illustrated  by 
his  appointment  in  1838  as  a  member  of  a 
citizens'  committee  to  inquire  into  the  condi- 
tion of  the  schools  and  report  plans  for  their 
improvement.  He  married  (first)  Alice  M. 
Brown,  (second),  in  1832,  Faiinie  Foster,  who 
was  born  in  Palmyra,  New  York,  about  181 5, 
and  died  in  Buffalo,  in  1867.  Mr.  Gardner 
died  in  December,  1873.  (Children,  all  by  sec- 
ond marriage:  i.  May  J.,  died  unmarried,  in 
1872.  2.  Edward  Payson,  married  Martha 
Hall;  children:  Edward,  Mary,  Katharine, 
Raymond.  3.  Alice  M.,  married  William  P. 
Fisher,  in  i860;  has  one  daughter,  Kate,  who 
married  Daniel  McCool.  4.  William  Hamil- 
ton, mentioned  below.  5.  Frances,  bom  1848 ; 
married,  1874,  George  W.  Frances ;  children : 
Alice  G.  and  Edith. 

(Ill)  William  Hamilton,  son  of  Noah  Ham- 
ilton and  Fannie  (Foster)  Gardner,  was  born 
in  Buffalo  in  1842.  He  was  educated  in  the 
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ness  man  all  his  life,  following  his  father's 
occupation  in  the  management  of  the  tannery, 
and  later  becoming  a  manufacturer  of  freight 
cars  and  of  automobiles.  He  is  interested  in 
many  business  enterprises,  but  is  active  only 
in  the  Pierce-Arrow  Motor  Car  Company,  of 
which  he  is  a  director.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  elder, 
trustee  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school.  He  was  in  the  National  Guard  for 
about  four  years.  He  married,  October  6, 
1863,  Alice  B.  Hopkins,  who  was  born  in 
Farmers  Creek,  Michigan,  in  1843,  ^^^  ^^^^ 
in  Buffalo,  January  18,  1906.  She  was  a 
woman  of  culture  and  was  highly  respected. 
Children :  Harry  Tifft,  born  in  Buffalo,  June, 
1865,  died  1862;  William  Allan,  mentioned 
below;  Lawrence  Hamilton,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mabel,  married  William  A.  Stowall. 

(IV)  William  Allan,  son  of  William  Hamil- 
ton and  Alice  B.  (Hopkins)  Gardner,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  March  18,  1869.  His  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  Buffalo  pub- 
lic schools.  When  he  was  ten  years  old  the 
family  moved  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where 
he  finished  his  education,  being  graduated 
from  Washington  University  with  the  class  of 
1887.  Returning  to  Buffalo,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Buffalo  Car  Company  as  as- 
sistant superintendent,  but  continued  with  that 
company  for  only  a  short  time.  He  then 
formed  an  association  with  Bartlett,  Frazier 
&  Carrington  in  the  brokerage  business,  which 
continued  until  1902.  In  that  year  he  be- 
came connected  with  the  firm  of  Dann  &  Rob- 
inson. In  1905  Mr.  Robinson  retired  and 
Mr.  Gardner  took  his  place,  the  firm  becoming 
J.  C.  Dann  &  Company,  bankers  and  brokers. 
Mr.  Gardner  is  a  member  of  Ancient  Land- 
marks Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and 
of  the  Saturn,  Ellicott  and  Country  clubs. 
He  married,  April  26,  1892,  Edith,  daughter 
of  Franklin  Sidway ;  children :  William  Ham- 
ilton and  Nancy  Strong. 

(IV)  Lawrence  Hamilton,  second  son  of 
William  Hamilton  and  Alice  B.  (Hopkins) 
Gardner,  was  born  in  1872.  He  was  educated 
at  the  Buffalo  Preparatory  School  and  at  St. 
Paul's  School  Garden  City,  Long  Island. 
He  fitted  for  the  army,  but  gave  up  that  plan 
and  returned  to  Buffalo,  where  for  a  time 
he  was  employed  by  the  Buffalo  Car  Company. 
Later  he  became  connected  with  the  Pierce- 
Arrow  Motor  Car  Company  and  when  it  be- 


came a  corporation  he  was  chosen  its  secre- 
tary. He  served  in  the  National  Guard  and 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Hughes,  April  24, 
1909,  as  first  lieutenant  of  Company  C,  Sev- 
enty-fourth Regiment.  His  clubs  are  the  Sat- 
urn and  Automobile.  He  married  (first)  Isa- 
bel Gibson,  of  Buffalo,  born  October  22,  1873, 
died  April  20,  1905,  daughter  of  James  Gib- 
son; (second)  June  22,  1910,  Sally  Field 
Oviatt,  born  August  22,   1878,  daughter  of 

and  Sally   (Field)   Oviatt.     Children 

by  first  wife:  Alice  Lydia,  born  September 
22,  1895;  Gibson,  March  14,  1897. 

The  branch  of  the  Scofield 
SCOFIELD  family  now  residing  in  James- 
town, Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  claims  descent  from  a  passenger 
on  the  ^'Mayflower,"  which  landed  at  Ply- 
mouth Rock,  December,  1620,  and  the  repre- 
sentatives of  the  family  in  the  various  gen- 
erations since  then  have  displayed  the  char- 
acteristics of  their  Puritan  ancestors. 

(I)  Daniel  Scofield,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  the  parish  of  Rochdale,  Lancashire, 
England,  between  the  years  1594  and  1600, 
and  was  a  grandson  of  Sir  Cuthbert  Scofield, 
of  Scofield  Manor,  the  family  being  of  ancient 
and  honorable  lineage.  He  resided  for  a  time 
at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  then  removed  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  from  there  to 
Stamford,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  in  1670, 
after  a  life  of  usefulness  and  activity.  He 
was  an  active  factor  in  the  affairs  of  Stam- 
ford, and  in  1658  served  in  the  capacity  of 
marshal.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Youngs.  Children:  i.  Daniel, 
married  Hannah  Ho)rt;  children:  Nathan, 
Daniel,  Hannah,  Abigail,  Reuben,  Miles.  2. 
Sarah,  married  John  Pettit;  children:  Sarah, 
John,  Solomon,  Mercy.  3.  John  (see  for- 
ward). 4.  Joseph,  who  suffered  so  much 
hardship  in  King  Philip's  war  as  to  lose  his 
life  in  1696,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  brothers 
and  sisters.  5.  Richard,  who  must  have  died 
about  the  same  time,  from  the  fact  that  his 
inventory  was  recorded  by  his  widow. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
(Youngs)  Scofield,  married,  July  12,  1677, 
Hannah  Mead.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born 
July  10,  1678;  married  Hannah  Scofield;  chil- 
dren: Samuel,  Nehemiah,  John  Ely,  Hannah, 
Mary.  2.  John,  born  January  15,  1680;  mar- 
ried, December  23,  1703,  Mary  Holly.  3. 
Ebenezer,  born  June  26,  1685;  married  Ruth 


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Slater,  April  lo,  1712;  children:  Ebenezer, 
Hannah.  4.  Nathaniel  (see  forward).  5. 
Mercy.  6.  Mary.  7.  Susannah.  The  father 
of  these  children  died  March  2y,  1699. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Mead)  Scofield,  was  born  December  10, 
1688,  died  in  1768.  He  married,  June  13, 
1713-14,  Elizabeth  Scofield.  Giildren :  John, 
Nathaniel,  Jonathan,  Josiah  (see  forward), 
Elizabeth,  David,  Silvanus,  Thankful,  Silas, 
Abraham. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Scofield)  Scofield,  was  bom  at  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  June  26,  1731.  He  served  as 
first  sergeant  during  the  revolutionary  war. 
In  1783,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren, he  removed  from  Stamford  to  the  town 
of  Poundridge,  Westchester  county,  New 
York.  He  married,  February  3,  1757,  Mary 
Smith,  born  July  14,  1738.  Qiildren:  i. 
Tamison,  born  May  10,  1758,  died  January 
14,  1777.  2.  Henry,  born  March  28,  1760. 
3.  Sarah,  March  25,  1762.  4.  William,  May 
15*  1764.  5.  Phebe,  February  9,  1767.  6. 
Mary,  August  2,  1769.  7.  Lydia,  September 
14,  1 77 1.  8.  Josiah,  February  2,  1774.  9. 
Tamison  (2),  April  25,  1778.  10.  Ezra,  Feb- 
ruary 4,   1 78 1. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Josiah  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Scofield,  was  born  at  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut, May  15,  1764,  died  at  Ellery,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  September  26, 
1851.  His  early  life  was  spent  at  Poundridge, 
Westchester  county,  New  York,  from  whence 
he  removed  to  Greenfield.  Saratoga  county, 
New  York,  and  subsequently  to  Ellery.  He 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  enlisting  from 
Greenfield,  and  by  his  patriotism  and  courage 
became  noted,  attaining  the  rank  of  captain 
of  the  state  militia.  The  following  is  a  copy 
of  a  letter  which  was  written  by  him  to  the 
comptroller  of  the  state  of  Connecticut : 

I  heare  by  Certify  that  I  Was  a  Souldier  in  the 
Revolution  War  of  Great  Britain  &  the  United 
States  in  the  State  of  Connecticut  County  of  Fair- 
field &  towne  of  Stamford  in  the  Militia  of  that 
State  I  went  in  to  the  Service  in  the  year  1780  till 
the  War  Eighty  three  in  Captain  Hanford  Hoyt 
Company  And  Colonel  John  Mead  Reidgeraent  in 
the  State  of  Connecticut,  Stamford  this  I  certify  to 
be  the  truth. 

I  being  a  Minor  perhaps  my  name  is  not  on  the 
Records  for  my  father  took  and  turned  my  wages 
to  the  taxes  or  rates  as  was  called  in  those  times 
my  fathers  name  was  Josiah  Scofield  the  fourth  as 
it  was  put  on  the  Stamford  Record  or  Josiah  Sco- 
field of  new  Field  in  the  Statement.     Furthermore 


I  have  an  Affidavit  from  one  of  ray  fathers  Appren- 
tices that  was  in  the  Service  with  me  By  the  Name 
of  Oliver  Stewart,  whitch  draw  a  pension.  But  I 
thought  it  was  'Necessary  to  have  the  Seal  of  the 
Comptroler  of  the   State  of   Coneticut*. 

If  my  name  is  on  the  Record  I  want  you  should 
Certify  to  it  by  giving  a  Certificut  and  the  Seal  of 
your  office  and  if  my  name  is  not  there  and  my 
Fathers  name  there  Certify  to  that  for  my  Father 
Drawd  my  wages  and  my  Father  was  not  in  the  Ser- 
vise  then  for  he  had  been  in  the  Servise  before  to 
Boston  and  peakeskill  and  had  his  legg  Broke 
but  he  Drawed  my  wages  for  I  was  a  minor  my 
Brother  Henry  Scofield  was  in  the  Servise  also 
With   Respect   your  Humble    Servant 

WiLLi-\M  Scofield. 

William  Scofield  married  (first),  August  2, 
1786,  Patty  Seely.  Children:  William  Seely 
(see    forward)  ;    Patty,    born    November    16, 

1789.  Mrs.  Scofield  died  December  7,  1789. 
Mr.  Scofield  married  (second)  November  21, 

1790,  Hannah  Abbott.  Children:  Smith,  born 
August  12,  1 791 ;  Polly,  born  April  16,  1794. 

(VI)  William  Seely,  son  of  William  and 
Patty  (Seely)  Scofield,  was  born  at  Pound- 
ridge, W^estchester  county.  New  York,  No- 
vember 3,  1787,  died  at  Ellery,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  November  22,  1871.  He 
removed  from  his  native  place  to  Greenfield. 
Saratoga  county,  New  York,  and  about  1819- 
20  settled  at  Ellery,  New  York.  He  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming  and  hotel  keeping 
both  of  which  proved  highly  remunerative. 
During  the  war  of  181 2  he  served  as  first 
sergeant  for  three  months  at  Sackett's  Harbor, 
under  command  of  Captain  Lewis  Scott.  He 
was  a  Universalist  in  his  religious  views,  and 
an  ardent  supporter  of  the  Democratic  party. 
He  served  as  postmaster  of  Ellery  for  many 
years.  The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  com- 
mission in  the  militia  signed  by  Daniel  D. 
Tompkins,  then  governor  of  New  York. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  by  the 
Grace  of  God.  Free  and  Independent:  To  William 
S.   Scofield,  Greeting : 

We,  reposing  especial  trust  and  confidence,  as 
well  in  your  Patriotism,  Conduct  and  Loyalty,  as  in 
your  valor,  and  readiness  to  do  us  good  and  faithful 
service,  have  appointed  and  constituted,  and  by 
these  presents  do  appoint  and  constitute  you  the 
said  William  S.  Scofield  Lieutenant  of  a  Company 
in  the  59th  Regiment  of  Infantry  of  our  said  State, 
whereof  John  Prior  Esquire,  is  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Commandant:  You  are  therefore  to  take  the  said 
Company  into  your  charge  and  care,  as  Lieutenant 
thereof,  and  duly  to  exercise  the  Officers  and  Sol- 
diers of  that  company  in  arms,  who  are  hereby 
commanded  to  obey  you  as  their  Lieutenant  and 
you  are  also  to  observe  and  follow  such  Orders  and 
Directions  as  you   shall  from  time  to   time  receive 


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I'l.i  ik  l\  ,  h^rii  IniiC  8,  i8^S;  tnarrinl  (fir.^i,* 
l.t:"ic  <.  ♦■'f.  "l,  (  s<H-ond  j  Anna  la\i'.«r;  he 
now  rt-.i  ics  al  \>  hittier  Calif<.»inia,  and  iia- 
•  'i-e  cl'iid.  !mij.  ;. ,"  iiis  tirbt  wife.  t^.  Ai^  i-  nM. 
i>or')  /vly  ^.  K-^-^.o..  i\\v(\  October  7,  !S'»2.  4. 
b".,:;-  A.,  i  cm  .^  t^'i-t  21,  1834;  married  T-t"«»- 
:.•••  .t  ib'o,\«.  ."''a'-f'  J4,  1875  ,  be  i?  a  prac- 
Mvi:.;^  |ih;.  ■:ru:'i  at  l-.mns  i''.»irit.  New  ^'ork: 
ehddren :  1.  ii\<:.i...  '!<  <^  }<'nij.^.  ii.  De><>ic, 
man  i- d  Kavt  «•,  :«i  }-'■■?):  ibev  rcr:ie  at  Ik- 
inuis  Ir'oiiit.  Ne^'.  \  .'k.  ;ii.  ik-niee,  marri<'d 
Lucien  J.  W'anrn:  he  i.^  :.  ;!■  r  of  the  ikank 
oi  Jame^iowt^  .\<iv  ,  ,.-',.  i\  ( jf«")r^'ia,  m;ir- 
ricd  Rev  I.i!riM-  i'.'jNx-,  a  Mctb.odisi  n:m- 
i-.ler.  11.  .\v  a  *e^id-ni  or  Maiden,  M:i^.->aeh!:- 
setts  5  Kra  ^J.  <  >t.e  forwi'-d).  ().  Mary  T., 
b'lrn  lamurv  j8.  i,sr>i.  7.  Laura  \.,  twin 
'■■f  Mc.rv  T.  Air.  Sroneld  married  (^ec(Hid). 
in  18'. i.  Soj»bronia  Waterman,  widow  of  (.  ai- 
vm     in;>:erson. 

(\  HI  »  Era  M.,  sun  of  S<.tb  und  Kua  l^b/a- 
both    (Scofield)    Scoticld,  was  bo^'n  in  El!ri\ 
Chautauqua    comity,    Xew    York,    Dccembej 
Ji,,    18^6.     }]e  attended  tl'.e   i^iblic  school  ol 
[\Uery,  thereby  acquiring"  a   iinjctical   educa- 
tion.     In    carlv    life   he   wo'ked    at    fanninsr 
and    cheese   maki^ic:'.    and    al.^o    t«.»llo\vcd   the 
latter  occupatitMi.  Iietween  coUeee  terms.    By 
.-♦'id  vino     nii^hts     lie     prepare.!     himself     for 
coljciie,  and  in  the   L\\\  of   1^82  entered   tr.e 
medical  department  ox  tlie  I  'rriversity  of  Buf- 
talo,  j,'"raduatini>  thertL-fn»ni  ivbruary  2(\  t88j. 
( >n  March  ^^i.  1884,  lie  k)cated  at  llerry   New 
York,  for  the  active  ]»rachce  cit  iv?  yjrofc>si"'n, 
and  retnained  there  U'lfii   December   t,    i8()i, 
vvhen  lie  removed  to  JamestC'wn,  New  ^  ort-, 
and  became  a  ]»artner  of  Dr.  HetiPy  ]\  [Talk 
which    connection    c<^'nfinued.    until    April     1 
1803,  sini-e  which  time  Dr.  Sc(»ficld  has  prac- 
ticed a-one.     In  ad'hlton  to  liis  private  pr-ic- 
tice,  \\liich  is  both  cxien-i'^'e  and  reiMimc  tp^  • ' 
Dr.   Scofiekl   served   in    t'ue   cat^-.ciy   'm'    ■'  • 
ireon   for  the  Erie  railroad   durmu   tlie 
tS(;2-o.v      H^    keeps    in    to-  ii    viii*    tb.r-     ; 
vanced    ihon-'lu    aloncr   ibe   line   of   bis    \\-  -' 
])\  tncmbersjiij)  in  the  \ati');'al   Medical    ^  - 
c:.'tit>n,    Xew    \  ork    State    .Medical    >'>i)\. 
(  IraitaiKiua    O^ju^ry    Mcd]c;d    ^ocu-^x .    wbi.:, 
be    srrveii    a>    ,*m  ^k^'-^U,    ;  «•"    nt    *\-     ]rt:'   'l 
tbne  (  ro'  t  '.  is  t.>u   :■!«   ..     *'  '»"^  :■«       :  •  f     -, 
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"^oci'^tv     of    \\'i-v"rv   I'r   b.i       '•:••.    !  ■  ..    '  :     .;.       M^ 

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icwn.  \'tw   ^^-rk.     He  aiso  I'.f.dds  membensl::?* 

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NEW    YORK. 


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from  our  General  and  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Militia  of  our  said  State,  or  any  other  your  superior 
Officer,  according  to  the  Rules  and  Discipline  of 
War,  in  pursuance  of  the  Trust  reposed  in  you ;  and 
for  so  doing  this  shall  be  your  commission,  for  and 
during  our  good  pleasure,  to  be  signified  by  our 
Council  of  Appointment. 

In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  caused  our  Seal 
for  Military  Commissions  to  be  hereunto  affixed: 
Witness  our  trusty  and  well-beloved  Daniel  D. 
Tompkins,  Esquire,  Governor  of  our  said  State, 
General  and  Commander  in  chief  of  all  the  Militia, 
and  Admiral  of  the  Navy  of  the  same,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  our  said  council  of  ap- 
pointment, at  our  city  of  Albany,  the  Second  Day 
of  March  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand 
Eight  Hundred  and  fourteen,  and  in  the  thirty- 
eighth  year  of  our  Independence. 

Daniel  D.  Tompkins. 
Passed  the   Secretary's   Office,   the 
29  day  of  March,   1814. 
J.   Rutsen  Van   Rensselaer,   Secretary. 

William  S.  Scofield  married,  at  Greenfield, 
Westchester  county.  New  York,  September 
2^,  1810,  Lois  Ingham,  born  at  Greenfield, 
Saratoga  county,  New  York,  November  6, 
1791,  died  at  Ellery,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  January  18,  1863,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Ingham.  Children:  i.  Armenia,  born 
July  10,  181 1.  2.  Smith  W.,  March  26,  1813. 
3.  Laura  Ann,  April  4,  1816.  4.  Patty  Seely, 
March  17,  1818.  5.  Catharine,  December  13, 
1819.  6.  Seth  (see  forward).  7.  Mary,  July 
13,  1825.  8.  John,  March  29,  1827.  9.  Eme- 
line,  August  25,  1828.  10.  Ray,  November 
20,  1830.  II.  Marion,  March  25,  1833.  12. 
Infant  child. 

(VII)  Seth,  son  of  William  Seely  and  Lois 
(Ingham)  Scofield,  was  born  at  Ellery,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  March  3,  1823, 
died  there,  September  10,  1887,  having  been 
bom,  lived,  and  died  on  the  same  farm.  He 
was  successful  in  his  farming  operations,  and 
was  the  owner  of  sixty  acres.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church  of  Dewitt- 
ville.  New  York,  a  member  of  the  Grange, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  the  Royal 
Templars  of  Temperance.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics.  He  married  (first)  January 
25,  1844,  at  Ellery,  New  York,  Rua  Eliza- 
beth Scofield,  born  October  3,  1825,  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1 861,  daughter  of  Demas  and  Han- 
nah (Benedict)  Scofield.  Children,  born  in 
Ellery,  New  York:  i.  Harriet  E.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1845 1  married  Benjamin  Franklin 
Beach,  a  farmer;  they  removed  to  Cotton- 
wood Falls,  Kansas;  children:  Anna  Beach, 
Frank  Irving  Beach,  Seth  William  Beach, 
Minnie  Beach.    They  all  reside  in  Kansas.    2. 


Frank  E.,  bom  June  8,  1848;  married  (first) 
Lizzie  Crofoot,  (second)  Anna  Taylor;  he 
now  resides  at  Whittier,  California,  and  has 
one  child,  Rua,  by  his  first  wife.  3.  Armenia, 
born  July  8,  1850,  died  October  7,  1862.  4. 
Earl  A.,  bom  August  21,  1854;  married  Leo- 
nora Brown,  March  24,  1875;  he  is  a  prac- 
ticing physician  at  Bemus  Point,  New  York; 
children :  i.  Irving,  died  young,  ii.  Bessie, 
married  Raymond  Kohn;  they  reside  at  Be- 
mus Point,  New  York.  iii.  Bernice,  married 
Lucien  J.  Warren;  he  is  teller  of  the  Bank 
of  Jamestown,  New  York.  iv.  Georgia,  mar- 
ried Rev.  Lucius  Bugbee,  a  Methodist  min- 
ister, now  a  resident  of  Maiden,  Massachu- 
setts. 5.  Era  M.  (see  forward).  6.  Mary  J., 
bom  January  28,  1861.  7.  Laura  A.,  twin 
of  Mary  J.  Mr.  Scofield  married  (second), 
in  1863,  Sophronia  Waterman,  widow  of  Cal- 
vin   Ingerson. 

(VIII)  Era  M.,  son  of  Seth  and  Rua  Eliza- 
beth (Scofield)  Scofield,  was  born  in  Ellery, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  December 
23,  1856.  He  attended  the  public  school  of 
Ellery,  thereby  acquiring  a  practical  educa- 
tion. In  early  life  he  worked  at  farming 
and  cheese  making,  and  also  followed  the 
latter  occupation  between  college  terms.  By 
studying  nights  he  prepared  himself  for 
college,  and  in  the  fall  of  1882  entered  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo, graduating  therefrom  February  26,  1884. 
On  March  31,  1884,  he  located  at  Gerry,  New 
York,  for  the  active  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  remained  there  until  December  i,  1891, 
when  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New  York, 
and  became  a  partner  of  Dr.  Henry  P.  Hall, 
which  connection  continued  until  April  i, 
1893,  since  which  time  Dr.  Scofield  has  prac- 
ticed alone.  In  addition  to  his  private  prac- 
tice, which  is  both  extensive  and  remunerative, 
Dr.  Scofield  served  in  the  capacity  of  sur- 
geon for  the  Erie  railroad  during  the  years 
1892-93.  He  keeps  in  touch  with  the  ad- 
vanced thought  along  the  line  of  his  work 
by  membership  in  the  National  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, New  York  State  Medical  Society, 
Chautauqua  County  Medical  Society,  which 
he  served  as  president,  and  at  the  present 
time  (1911)  is  president  of  the  board  of  cen- 
sors of  that  body,  and  the  Jamestown  Medical 
Society,  of  which  he  has  been  president.  He 
organized  and  became  the  first  president  of 
the  Medical  Library  Association  of  James- 
town, New  York.    He  also  holds  membership 


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in  the  Chautauqua  Historical  Society;  Sylvan 
Lodge,  No.  303,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Jamestown  Commandery,  No.  61,  Knights 
Templar;  Ismailia  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  Buffalo 
Consistory,  thirty-second  degree ;  Ellicott 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  Jamestown,  and  the  Camp  Fire  Qub,  of 
Jamestown.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
from  1888  to  1891  served  as  treasurer  of  the 
Democratic  county   committee. 

Dr.  Scofield  married  (first)  May  13,  1874, 
at  Ellery,  New  York,  Louisa  M.  Brownell, 
bom  April  17,  1859,  at  Ellery,  New  York, 
daughter  of  William  O.  and  Armenia  ( Wallis) 
Brownell,  who  were  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: Earl  W.,  Louisa  M.,  George  G.  Mr. 
Brownell  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Dr. 
Scofield  married  (second)  April  30,  I907,  at 
amestown.  New  York,  Bessie  C.  Brown,  born 
anuary  25,  1876,  in  Jamestown,  daughter  of 
ohn  T.  and  Samantha  (Neff)  Brown,  who 
were  the  parents  of  four  children:  Samuel 
A.,  Louie  B.,  Bessie  C.  and  George  W.  Dr. 
Scofield  married  (third)  April  16,  191 1,  at 
Mitchell,  Ontario,  Canada,  Letitia  M.  Dufton, 
born  April  21,  1885,  at  Stratford,  Ontario, 
Canada,  daughter  of  John  Frederick  and  Le- 
titia Ead  (Young)  Dufton,  who  were  parents 
of  five  children:  Gertrude,  Herbert  E.,  Le- 
titia M.,  Olive  Hope,  John  Frederick  Jr.  Mr. 
Dufton  is  a  woolen  manufacturer ;  school  trus- 
tee ;  member  of  council.  Dr.  Scofield  had  one 
child  by  his  first  wife,  Ellis  Nelson,  born  Jan- 
uary 26,  1877,  graduated  from  Jamestown 
high  school  in  1894,  now  superintendent  of 
veneer  plant,  married  Grace  Woodbury. 

The  spelling  of  this  name  va- 
JOSLYN     ries  greatly,  Josselyn,  Jocelyn, 

ijoscelyn,  Jostlin,  Joslin,  Jos- 
lyn,  being  some  of  the  more  common  forms 
under  which  it  is  found  in  early  New  England 
records.  Henry  Joslyn,  son  of  Sir  Thomas 
Kent,  England,  came  to  this  country  about 
1634,  as  agent  for  Captain  Mason,  but  soon 
left  that  service  and  in  1638  had  settled  at 
Black  Point,  now  Scarboro,  Maine.  After 
the  Indian  attack  on  that  place  and  the  in- 
habitants compelled  to  flee,  Henry  Joslyn's 
son,  Henry  (2),  settled  in  Gloucester,  Massa- 
chusetts. John  Joslyn,  brother  of  the  first 
Henry,  made  two  trips  to  America,  the  last 
time  staying  eight  years  with  his  brother  at 
Scarboro.     After  his  return  to  England  he 


published,  in  1672,  his  quaint  and  curious 
book,  "New  England  Rarities."  Other  early 
Joslins  settled  about  Boston.  Thomas  Joslin, 
from  whom  the  Machias,  New  York,  Joslyns 
descend,  and  Nathaniel  Joslin,  who  settled 
at  Hingham. 

(I)  Thomas  Joslin,  aged  forty-three,  and 
Rebecca,  his  wife,  aged  forty-three,  with  their 
children,  Rebecca,  aged  eighteen,  Dorothy, 
aged  eleven,  Nathaniel,  aged  eight,  Elizabeth, 
aged  six,  and  Mary,  aged  one  year,  embarked 
at  London,  England,  April,  1635,  for  Ameri- 
ca. Abraham,  an  older  son,  does  not  appear 
to  have  come  with  them,  but  a  short  time 
after  he  is  here  with  his  family,  which  set- 
tled first  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  of  which 
town  Thomas  was  one  of  the  proprietors,  in 
1637.  Abraham  was  in  Hingham  in  1647. 
Thomas  and  his  son  Nathaniel  subscribed  to 
the  town  covenant  in  Lancaster,  in  1654. 
Thomas  Joslin  died  1660,  and  his  widow 
married  (second)  William  Kerley. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Re- 
becca Joslin,  bom  1627,  came  to  America  in 
1635,  aged  eight  years.  His  parents  settled 
at  Hingham  where  he  spent  his  boyhood  and 
youthful  manhood.  He  settled  first  in  Lan- 
caster, but  after  the  destruction  of  that  town 
removed  to  Marlboro,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  King,  of 
Marlboro.  He  died  April  8,  1694.  His  will, 
dated  March  3,  1694,  mentions  wife  Sarah, 
sons  Nathaniel,  Peter,  daughters  Sarah,  Dor- 
othy, Rebecca,  Elizabeth,  Martha.  Sarah,  his 
widow,  died  July  2,  1706. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Nathan- 
iel (i)  and  Sarah  Joslin,  was  born  in  Lan- 
caster, Massachusetts,  June  21,  1658,  died 
•March   8,    1726.     He   married,   February   8, 

1682,  Hester  Moss.  (Marriage  records).  An- 
other record  says  Hester  Morse.  She  died 
April  2,*],  1725,  aged  sixty-one  years.  Chil- 
dren: Hester,  married  Samuel  Lamb;  Mary, 
married  James  Newton ;  Patience,  died  young ; 
Nathaniel  (3),  died  young;  Nathaniel  (4), 
married  Sarah  Forbush ;  Israel,  married  Sarah 
;  Martha,  died  unmarried,  aged  twen- 
ty-four ;  Experience,  married  Ebenezer  Snow ; 
Abigail,  married  Hezekiah  Bush;  Joseph, 
married  Catherine  Reed;  Susanna,  married 
Joseph  Johnson;  Abraham,  married  Jemima 
Snow;  Thomas,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2)  Joslyn,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(2)  and  Hester  Joslin,  was  bom  March  10, 
1707.    He  was  in  the  French  war  and  died  at 


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Fort  William  Henry,  November  3,  1760.    He 

married  (first)  Mary ,  died  December 

23,  1737;  (second)  December  31,  1740,  Lucy 
Forbush,  of  Westboro.  Children:  Esther, 
married  Josiah  Moore;  Mary,  married  John 
Bruce ;  Susanna,  married  Timothy  Bruce,  she 
had  a  large  family  and  died  in  Marlboro,  aged 
ninety  years;  Catherine,  bom  July  20,  1735; 
Lucy,  died  young;  Israel,  married  Ann  New- 
ton; Thomas,  of  whom  further;  Jonas,  born 
April  25,  1750. 

(V)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Lucy  (Forbush)  Joslyn,  was  born  in  Marl- 
boro, Massachusetts,  August  6,  1745.  He  set- 
tled in  the  town  of  Hanover,  Massachusetts, 
married  and  had  a  son  Joel. 

(VI)  Colonel  Joel  Joslyn,  son  of  Thomas 
(3)  Joslyn,  was  born  in  Hanover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1771,  died  1826.  He  was  a  carpenter 
and  joiner  by  trade.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1812  as  colonel  of  a  Vermont  regiment.  In 
1816  he  came  to  New  York  state,  bringing 
his  family  and  possessions  in  a  wagon  drawn 
by  oxen.  He  settled,  first,  in  Pembroke,  later 
in  Darien,  where  he  died  and  is  .buried.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order  and  a 
man  of  prominence.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Patterson. 

(VII)  James,  son  of  Colonel  Joel  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Patterson)  Joslyn,  was  bom  in  New 
Hampshire,  in  1805,  died  in  Machias,  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York,  1877.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  in  Darien  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace  for  many  years.  He  settled  in 
Machias  in  1849.  He  served  that  town  as 
(assessor.  He  married  (first)  Edna  Hale 
Stone;  child,  Joel,  born  1839,  niarried  Edna 
Cole;  children:  Edna  and  Inez.  He  married 
(second)  Levina  Andrews,  bom  in  Columbia 
county.  New  York,  1815,  died  in  Machias, 
New  York,  1874.  Children:  i.  Fayette,  born 
1841 ;  married  (first)  Elnora  Love;  (second) 
Adelaide  Martin;  children:  F.  Martin  and 
Edith.  2.  James,  born  1843;  married  Saman- 
tha  Gould;  children,  Victor  and  Grace.  3. 
George,  born  1845  J  enlisted  September,  1862, 
in  the  Union  army  and  was  killed  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Spottsylvania,  May  8,  1864.  4-  William 
A.,  of  whom  further.  5.  Frank,  born  1849; 
married,  and  has  a  son  George.  6.  Ansell  S., 
born  October  14,  185 1.  7.  Mary  L.,  bom 
August  24,  1857;  married  Dayton  Parker; 
child,  Henry. 

(VIII)  William  A.,  son  of  James  and  Le- 
vina  (Andrews)   Joslyn,  was  born  April  14, 


1847,  in  Darien,  New  York,  and  in  1849  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Machias,  Cattarau- 
gus county.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  for  two  terms  attended  the  acad- 
emy at  Arcade,  New  York.  After  complet- 
ing his  studies  he  taught  in  the  public  schools 
for  seven  terms,  then  purchased  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  where  until 
1884  he  made  a  specialty  of  dairy  farming. 
In. the  latter  year  he  removed  to  the  village 
of  Machias.  After  the  death  of  his  father 
he  succeeded  him  on  the  homestead,  turning 
his  dairy  business  over  to  his  son.  This  busi- 
ness has  now  (1911)  grown  to  such  propor- 
tions that  he  and  his  sons  are  all  engaged  in 
its  management.  For  twenty- four  years  Mr. 
Joslyn  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  in  Ma- 
chias, where  as  "Squire  Joslyn"  he  is  known 
far  and  near.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  1870, 
and  has  been  a  member  forty  years,  belonging 
now  to  Urania  Lodge,  No.  810,  of  which  he 
was  master  in  1894-95-96-98-99-1904,  and  was 
master  of  Franklinville  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  in  1867-68.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  man  of  high  character 
and  commands  universal  respect.  He  has  been 
president  of  the  board  of  tmstees  of  Ten 
Broeck  Free  Academy,  which  is  situated  in 
Franklinville,  since   1894. 

He  married,  March  8,  1871,  Emma  J.,  bom 

1848,  daughter  of  Asa  B.  and  Caroline 
(West)  Parker.  Children:  i.  Essie  A.,  bom 
April  5,  1872;  married  Henry  NefF.  2.  A. 
Jackson,  December  23,  1873;  married,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1909,  Mary  Goucher;  child,  Lucy, 
bom  October,  1910.  3.  Viola,  July  20,  1880. 
4.  James  Ray,  December  10,  1882;  married, 
June,  1904,  Calla  Potter;  child,  William  Otis, 
bom  Febmary  10,  1907.  5.  Lila  M.,  May  31, 
1886. 


The  Banton  family,  according 
BANTON    to    family    historians,    are    of 

French  descent,  and  spring 
from  two  brothers  of  that  name  who  settled 
first  in  Rhode  Island.  Later  one  brother  went 
south,  the  other  settling  in  New  York  state. 
The  family  home  was  in  Hamilton,  Onondaga 
county. 

(I)  Jonas  Banton  settled  in  Hamilton,  New 
York;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  God- 
frey Cook.  Children:  John,  Jonas  (2),  Les- 
lie, Julia,  Harriet,  Emmeline. 

(II)  Jonas  (2),  son  of  Jonas  (i)  Banton, 
was  a  wealthy  farmer  and  hop  grower.    He 


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owned  a  great  deal  of  land,  and  was  a  good 
and  influential  man.  He  later  removed  to 
Gowanda,  where  he  farmed  and  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Eagle  Oil  Company.  Later 
he  removed  to  Salamanca.  He  was  a  Whig 
and  Republican,  later  becoming  a  Democrat. 
He  served  as  village  trustee  and  held  other 
offices  of  trust.  At  his  death  he  distributed 
all  his  wealth  among  his  grandchildren.  He 
married  Mary  Brown.  Children:  Isaac,  Da- 
vid, Sarah,  Francis. 

(HI)  Isaac,  son  of  Jonas  (2)  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Banton,  was  born  in  Hamilton, 
New  York,  February  15,  1832,  died  June  i, 
1908.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  was  his  father's  assistant  in  both  Hamil- 
ton and  Gowanda  during  his  years  of  minor- 
ity. He  began  business  for  himself  as  a 
farmer,  making  a  specialty  of  hop  growing 
and  fruit  culture.  He  was  successful  and 
in  1869  removed  to  Salamanca,  New  York, 
where  he  established  a  hop  yard  at  West 
Salamanca,  buying  and  shipping.  He  was  a 
prominent  man  of  the  village  and  one  of  great 
benevolence.  He  was  a  free  thinker  in  re- 
ligious matters  and  bound  by  no  creed.  He 
w^as  village  trustee  several  terms,  member 
of  the  Benevolent  Society  and  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  but  originally  a  Republican.  He 
married,  May  14,  i860,  Louise  A.  Hitch- 
cock, born  May  14,  1840,  daughter  of  Eri  and 
Susan  (Tower)  Hitchcock;  paternal  grand- 
father, Ephan  Hitchcock;  maternal  grand- 
father, Pium  Tower.  Eri  Hitchcock  was  born 
in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
watchmaker  and  made  wooden  clocks  until 
their  sale  declined.  He  settled  in  Gowanda 
where  he  purchased  a  farm.  He  was  a  Meth- 
odist and  a  good  man.  Children:  Alfred, 
Louise  A.  and  Eri  (2),  married  Helen  Van 
Mater,  who  died  soon  after  the  birth  of  her 
only  son,  Ralph.  He  was  taken  by  his  aunt, 
Louise  A.  Banton,  and  grew  up  under  her 
care,  now  employed  by  the  Erie  railroad. 
Children:  i.  Stanley,  born  1863,  died  1883. 
2.  Sidney  S.,  born  September  3,  1865;  mar- 
ried, May  10,  1888,  Jessie  A.  Bull,  born. July 
9,  1869;  children:  i.  Gertrude  A.,  born  June 
2,  1892,  died  November  12,  1900.  ii.  Milo  E., 
born  January  18,  1899.  "^-  Florence  E.,  June 
13,  1902.  3.  Wesley  C,  of  whom  further. 
4.  Minnie  M.,  bom  November  14,  1870;  mar- 
ried, November  19,  1896,  John  T.  Berthune, 
born  April  20,  1868;  children:  i.  Donald  M., 
bom  October  6,  1897.  ii.  Doris  L.,  born  No- 


vember 17,  1906.  5-  Nellie  L.,  born  August 
II,  1872;  married,  December  23.  1894,  E.  R. 
Prigg,  bom  December  i,  1868;  children:  i. 
Sidney  F.,  born  March  10,  1896.  ii.  Harold 
S.,  October  16,   1902.  iii.  Ralph  B.,  January 

2jy  191 1. 

(IV)  Wesley  C,  son  of  Isaac  and  Louise 
A.  (Hitchcock)  Banton,  was  born  in  Gowan- 
da, June  12,  1868.  He  was  a  student  by  dis- 
position, and  acquired  a  good  education  in 
the  public  schools.  In  1888  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  at 
Salamanca,  taking  a  position  temoorarily,  to 
trace  some  lost  freight.  He  got  such  quick 
and  satisfactory  results  that  he  was  retained 
by  the  freight  department  permanently.  He 
has  passed  through  various  promotions  and 
now  is  cashier.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  local  lodge  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  No.  501 ;  past  chief  patriarch 
of  the  encampment,  No.  127,  and  member  of 
the  Modem  Woodmen  of  America.  He  served 
as  clerk  of  the  board  of  health  of  the  vil- 
lage, and  in  other  positions  has  shown  his 
aptitude  and  accuracy.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church.  He  married,  July  14, 
1891,  Minnie  M.  Hinckley,  born  September 
22,  1873,  daughter  of  Racine,  born  1848,  died 
189s,  married  Mary  Allen,  born  1854.  daugh- 
ter of  Melvin  G.  and  Mary  (Schermerhorn) 
Allen.  Children :  Minnie  M.,  and  Myrtle 
May,  born  1876,  died  1881.  Racine  was  a 
son  of  David  and  Minerva  (Treat)  Hinck- 
ley ;  Minerva  a  daughter  of  Ashbel  Woodbury 
and  Elizabeth  (Carpenter)  Treat.  Mrs.  Ban- 
ton  is  a  member  of  Salamanca  Chapter^ 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  No. 
62441.  Children  of  Wesley  C.  and  Minnie 
M.  Banton:  Bertrene,  bom  May  30,  1899; 
Theodore,  February  17,  1902. 


A  branch  of  the  Fish  family  settled 
FISH  in  Pennsylvania,  descendants  of  J. 
Feach,  of  Schoharie,  New  York, 
born  1760,  died  1820,  who  came  from  Ger- 
many to  America.  The  English  branch  of 
the  family  descend  from  Jonathan  Feach, 
bom  in  England,  died  1663,  emigrated  to  New 
England,  settled  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  later 
of  Sandwich,  Cape  Cod,  and  in  1653-54  was 
a  magistrate  at  Newtown,  Long  Island.  The 
presumption  is  that  Joseph  Fish  descends 
from  the  German  emigrant,  J.  Feach. 

(I)   The  first  record  at  hand  is  of  Joseph 
Fish,  of  Tioga,  Pennsylvania.     He  married 


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r .     Children:     i.   Samuel.     2.   Henry, 

married  and  has  son,  Ray.  3.  Wilbur  J., 
married  Lydia  Parkhurst;  children:  William 
and  Edward.  4.  Louisa,  married  Charles 
Hooker;  children:  Wilbur,  Fred,  Anna.  5. 
William,  married  Mary  Beace ;  children :  Wil- 
liam, Minnie,  Charles.  6.  Mary,  married  Ir- 
win Blood;  children:  Louise,  Blanche.  7. 
Harriet,  married  Adelbert  Burtis;  children: 
Joseph  and  Lee.  8.  Charles  Summers,  of 
whom  further. 

(H)  Charles  Summers,  son  of  Joseph  Fish, 
of  Tioga,  Pennsylvania,  was  born  there  Au- 
gust 14,  1849.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  in  1874  went  to  Saginaw, 
Michigan,  where  his  brother  Wilbur  J.,  had 
established  in  the  dry  goods  business.  In 
1877  he  engaged  there  in  business  for  him- 
self. After  Wilbur  J.  closed  out  his  business 
in  Saginaw  and  located  in  Elmira,  New  York, 
Charles  S.  did  likewise.  He  lived  in  Elmira 
until  1880,  being  engaged  as  a  traveling  sales- 
man. In  1880  he  located  in  Salamanca  and 
established  a  wholesale  trade  in  general  no- 
tions, employing  several  salesmen  on  the  road. 
He  dealt  largely  in  real  estate,  built  a  fine 
house  and  erected  the  Fish  block  on  Main 
street.  In  1905  he  retired  from  business.  In 
January,  191 1,  in  company  with  his  son,  he 
went  to  Syracuse  and  began  the  manufacture 
of  machines  and  machinery  used  in  evaporat- 
ing plants. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  school  board  of  Sala- 
manca. He  belongs  to  the  Congregational 
church,  and  to  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery 
of  the  Masonic  order,  and  to  Ismailia  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Buffalo. 

He  married,  October  20,  1875,  Charlotte 
Estelle,  born  March  25,  1854,  daughter  of 
William  Chester  White,  born  1821,  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  1874,  married,  October  29,  1848, 
Catherine  Sylvania  Bramhall,  born  Novem- 
ber 22,  1824,  who  survives  him  (1911), 
daughter  of  Edmund  Bramhall  (who  was 
drowned  in  Lake  Erie,  18 18)  and  his  wife 
Sally,  daughter  of  Elijah  Herbert.  William 
Chester  White  was  the  son  of  Job  and  Mar- 
garet (Stebbins)  White.  Job  White  came  to 
New  York  state  from  Massachusetts ;  married, 
in  Waterloo,  New  York;  William  Chester 
White  was  born  in  Waterloo.  He  was  tin- 
smith by  trade,  also  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business.  He  was  an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  a  member  of  the  school  board. 


He  went  to  Port  Byron,  but  later  returned  to 
Waterloo.  Children  of  Charles  Summers  and 
Charlotte  Estelle  (White)  Fish.  i.  Charles 
Edward,  bom  September  17,  1876;  educated 
in  the  Salamanca  schools,  graduating  from  the 
high  school,  entered  Cornell  University,  scien- 
tific course,  1899;  then  entered  the  law  school 
and  after  graduation  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
He  practiced  his  profession  for  a  few  years 
in  California,  returned  to  Salamanca,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  business  with  I.  L.  Newton. 
Lat^r  he  associated  with  his  father  in  manu- 
facturing and  is  so  engaged.  He  is  a  member 
of  Salamanca  Lodge,  No.  239,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons.  2.  Charlotte  Estelle.  3.  Lu- 
cia Maria,  born  October  20,  1888. 


Franc  C.  Zwetsch,  the  foun- 
ZWETSCH    der   of    this    family    in    the 

United  States,  was  born  in 
Trier,  Prussia,  about  1797,  died  in  1865.  In 
his  native  country  he  had  long  held  public 
office,  similar  to  that  of  the  supervisor  of  a 
town  in  the  state  of  New  York.  In  1849  he 
came  to  this  country,  settling  first  at  Attica, 
Wyoming  county.  New  York ;  three  years  later 
he  removed  to  Alexander,  Genesee  county. 
After  his  coming  he  lived  retired.  He  was  a 
communicant  of  the  German  Lutheran  church. 
He  married  Dora  Peck,  a  native  of  Paris, 
France,  who  died  about  1898;  her  name  was 
originally  La  Rou.  They  had  nine  children, 
including  the  following:  Peter,  married 
Christine  Woelfley;  Philip,  married  Margaret 
Weimar;  John  J.;  and  Christian  Franc,  of 
whom  further. 

(II)  Christian  Franc,  son  of  Franc  C.  and 
Dora  (Peck)  Zwetsch,  was  bom  at  Trier, 
Prussia,  December  25,  1832.  He  is  yet  liv- 
ing at  Alexander,  New  York,  where  he  has 
been  a  farmer  for  many  years.  During  the 
civil  war  he  served  three  years  and  sixty 
days,  first  as  a  member  of  the  Twenty-second 
New  York  Independent  Artillery  Company; 
afterward,  by  transfer,  as  a  member  of  Com- 
pany M,  Ninth  New  York  Heavy  Artillery. 
He  was  offered  a  lieutenancy,  but  declined  it. 
In  religion  he  is  a  German  Lutheran,  and 
in  politics  a  Republican.  He  married  Kath- 
erine  Gillespie,  daughter  of  Patrick  Hopkins, 
who  was  bom  in  county  Roscommon,  Ireland, 
and  who  is  still  living.  Her  grandfather  Gil- 
lespie was  an  active  Irish  Home  Rule  advo- 
cate, and  was  assassinated  after  which  his 
family  came  to  the  United  States.    Children : 


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Horace  Qiarles,  of  whom  further;  and  one 
died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Horace  Charles,  son  of  Christian 
Franc  and  Katherine  Gillespie  (Hopkins) 
Zwetsch,  was  born  at  Alexander,  New  York, 
January  5,  1871.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Genesee  and  Wyoming  Seminary,  graduating 
in  1890,  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  taught 
in  the  graded  schools  at  Varysburg  and  John- 
sonburg,  both  in  Wyoming  county,  New 
York,  one  year  in  each  place.  He  then  read 
law  with  Johnson  &  Charles,  at  Warsaw, 
Wyoming  county,  and  on  July  15,  1895,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  For  the  next  four  years 
he  practiced  at  Warsaw,  being  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Botsford,  Zwetsch  &  Botsford. 
In  1899  he  removed  to  Buffalo,  where  he  now 
resides.  Here  he  practiced,  making  a  speci- 
alty of  corporation  law  until  1906,  when  he 
associated  himself  with  A.  B.  Leach  &  Com- 
pany, in  the  purchase  and  sale  of  investment 
bonds  and  high-grade  securities,  he  being 
their  general  manager  for  Western  New  York 
and  Western  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Zwetsch  is  a 
Mason,  having  attained  all  the  degrees,  and 
enjoying  every  honor  obtainable  among  the 
craft  of  the  state ;  he  is  a  noble  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  In  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Odd  Fellows  he  has  been  through  all  the 
chairs.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  United 
Commercial  Travelers.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  but  independent ;  he  did  a  consid- 
erable amount  of  public  speaking  at  one  time, 
but  has  not  been  active  in  recent  years.  He 
was  justice  of  the  peace  of  Warsaw.  His 
clubs  are  the  Genesee  Valley,  of  Rochester; 
the  Ellicott,  of  Buffalo ;  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce Club  and  the  Automobile  Club,  both 
of  Buffalo;  and  the  Shrine  Club,  of  Erie, 
Pennsylvania.  Until  recently  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  City  Athletic  Club.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 

He  married,  at  Warsaw,  September  18, 
1905,  Estella,  born  at  Castile,  Wyoming 
county,  September  20,  1872,  died  September 
16,  1910,  daughter  of  Harris  and  Ann  Lucy 
(Slocum)  Norton.  Her  father  was  a  cheese 
manufacturer. 


Early  colonial  records  teem  with 
CHASE    the  name  Chase  and  from  that 

period  until  the  present  it  has 
been  an  honored  one.  The  line  herein  re- 
corded came  to  New  York  state  from  New 


Hampshire,  a  state  that  has  given  birth  to 
many  of  the  name,  including  Salmon  Port- 
land Chase,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  of  the  United  States.  The  family  is 
said  to  have  been  of  Norman  origin.  In  the 
old  English  records  it  is  spelled  Chaace, 
Chaase,  but  in  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  cen- 
turies was  modified  to  the  present  form,  most 
in  use — Chase.  The  arms  of  the  family  are: 
Gules  four  crosses,  flory,  two  and  two,  or, 
on  a  canton  azure  a  lion  passant  of  the  second 
or.  Crest:  a  demi-lion  rampant  or,  hold- 
ing a  cross  of  the  shield  gules.  Motto:  Ne 
cede  malis, 

(I)  Matthew  Chase,  of  the  parish  of  Hun- 
drich,  in  Cheshire,  England,  gave  his  father's 
name  as  John  and  the  father  of  the  latter  as 
Thomas.  As  the  name  of  Matthew's  wife  is 
given,  he  will  be  considered  the  first  of  this 
line.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Bould. 

(II)  Richard,  son  .of  Matthew  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Bould)  Chase,  married  Mary  Roberts, 
of  Welsden,  in  Middlesex,  England.  He  was 
one  of  a  family  of  eight. 

(III)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i)  and 
Mary  (Roberts)  Chase,  was  baptized  August 
3,  1542.  He  married,  April  16,  1564,  Joan 
Bishop.  Children :  Robert,  Henry,  Lydia, 
Ezekiel,  Dorcas,  Aquilla,  Jason,  Thomas,  Abi- 
gail, Mordecai. 

(IV)  Aquilla,  son  of  Richard  (2)  and 
Joan  (Bishop)  Chase,  was  baptized  August 
14,  1580.  The  unique  name  of  Aquilla  is 
found  nowhere  else  in  England  in  connec- 
tion with  the  name  Chase,  which  makes  it 
reasonably  certain  that  this  Aquilla  was  the 
ancestor  of  the  American  family.  Tradition 
says  his  wife  was  named  Sarah.  Record 
is  found  of  two  sons:  Thomas  and  Aquilla 
(2).  Some  authorities  intimate  that  Thomas 
and  Aquilla  were  employed  by  their  uncle, 
Thomas  Chase,  who  was  part  owner  of  the 
ship  *7ohn  &  Francis,"  and  thus  became  navi- 
gators and  thus  found  their  way  to  America. 
This  theory  is  supported  by  the  fact  that 
Aquilla  Chase  was  granted  a  home  lot  and 
six  acres  of  marsh  at  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, "on  condition  that  he  do  go  to  sea  and 
do  service  in  the  Towne,  with  a  boat  for  foure 
years." 

(V)  Aquilla  (2),  son  of  Aquilla  (i) 
Chase,  settled  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts 
(Newburyport)  about  1646.  He  was  for- 
merly in  Hampton  (now  part  of  the  state  of 


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New  Hampshire)  where  he  and  his  brother 
Thomas  received  grants  of  land  in  June,  1640, 
along  with  fifty-five  others.  As  the  owner  of 
a  house  lot  he  was  listed  with  those  entitled 
to  a  share  in  the  common  lands,  December  3, 
1645.  T'^'s  he  afterwards  sold  to  his  brother 
after  his  removal  to  Newbury.  According 
to  the  county  records,  Aquilla  Chase,  his  wife, 
and  her  brother,  David  Wheeler,  were  pre- 
sented and  fined  **for  gathering  pease  on  the 
Sabbath."  They  were  admonished  by  the 
court,  after  which  their  fines  were  remitted. 
Aquilla  Chase  died  December  2^,  1670,  aged 
fifty-two  years.  He  married  Ann,  daughter 
of  John  Wheeler,  who  came  from  Salisbury, 
England,  in  September,  1646.  She  survived 
him  and  married  (second)  Daniel  Musselo- 
way,  June  14,  1672.  She  died  April  21,  1687. 
Children:  Sarah,  Ann,  Priscilla,  Mary, 
Aquilla,  Thomas,  John,  Elizabeth,  Ruth,  Dan- 
iel, and  Moses. 

(VI)  Ensign  Moses  Chase,  eleventh  and 
youngest  child  of  Aquilla  (2)  and  Ann 
(Wheeler)  Chase,  was  born  at  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  24,  1663.  He  married 
and  settled  in  what  is  now  West  Newbury, 
on  the  main  road  about  one  hundred  rods 
above  the  present  Bridge  street.  A  large  ma- 
jority of  the  Chases  of  the  United  States  are 
said  to  be  his  descendants.  He  married 
(first)  Ann  Follansbee,  who  was  admitted  to 
the  Newbury  church  in  1698,  died  April  15, 
1708,  at  the  birth  of  a  son.  Her  tombstone 
at  the  old  "Plains"  graveyard  is  the  oldest 
one  known  bearing  the  name  Chase.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  December  13,  1713,  Sarah  Ja- 
cobs, of  Ipswich.  His  will,  bearing  date  July 
3,  1740,  mentions  his  grandson,  but  does  not 
mention  his  wife,  from  which  it  is  inferred 
that  he  also  survived  his  second  wife.  Chil- 
dren: Moses,  died  young;  Daniel,  twin  of 
Moses;  Moses;  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Stephen, 
Hannah,  Joseph,  Renoni. 

(VII)  Daniel,  eldest  son  of  Ensign  Moses 
and  Ann  (Follansbee)  Chase,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1685,  in  West  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  at  Sutton,  Massachusetts,  April 
1768.  He  removed  to  Littleton,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1725,  going  from  there  to  Sutton. 
He  married,  January  6,  1706,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  George  March,  of  Groton,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  Samuel,  Daniel,  Anne, 
Joshua,  Judith,  Nehemiah,  Sarah,  Caleb, 
Moody,  Moses. 

(VIII)  Samuel,  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah 


(March)  Chase,  was  born  at  West  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  September  28,  1707,  died  at 
Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  August  12,  1800. 
He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  and  founders  of 
Cornish,  and  became  the  leading  man  of  the 
whole  region  thereabout.  He  was  made  judge 
of  the  superior  court  of  the  present  Cheshire 
and  Sullivan  counties,  New  Hampshire,  and 
was  also  state  agent  for  boundaries.  When 
he  was  about  seventy  years  old,  he  joined  the 
regiment  of  his  son.  General  Jonathan  Chase, 
and  he  went,  in  1777,  to  Saratoga  and  Ben- 
nington. He  married  (first)  Mary  Dudley, 
who  died  February  12,  1789.  After  her  death, 
he  married  again,  but  the  name  of  his  second 
wife  is  uncertain;  some  think  it  was  Mary 
Esterbrook.  Children :  Samuel ;  Jonathan,  of 
whom  further;  Dudley,  grandfather  of  Chief 
Justice  Salmon  Portland  Chase  (who  was 
born  at  Cornish,  January  13,  1808)  ;  Sarah, 
Elizabeth,  Solomon,  Anne,  Mary. 

(IX)  General  Jonathan  Chase,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  (Dudley)  Chase,  was  born  at 
Sutton,  December  6,  1732,  died  January  12, 
1800.  When  his  father's  family  moved  to 
Cornish,  he  went  with  them  to  the  new  home. 
In  early  life  he  was  a  farmer,  surveyor,  store- 
keeper, and  miller.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
revolution  he  gathered  a  company  of  men  and 
was  chosen  captain.  Afterward  he  was  made 
colonel  of  a  regiment  of  New  Hampshire  mi- 
litia. In  the  fall  of  1776  he  marched  to  rein- 
force the  army  at  Ticonderoga;  the  follow- 
ing May,  again,  to  reinforce  the  Northern 
army.  In  September,  1777,  he  was  called  a 
third  time  into  service,  at  Saratoga.  After 
the  surrender  of  Burgoyne  he  and  his  regi- 
ment were  "discharged  with  honor,"  by  order 
of  General  Gates,  October  18,  1777.  An  un- 
tutored man,  but  a  natural  and  recognized 
leader,  ready  at  once  when  called  upon,  but 
without  pretensions  or  claims,  he  has  been 
stated,  by  one  who  was  familiar  with  the  ca- 
reers of  the  Chief  Justice  and  both  the  Bish- 
ops, to  have  been  really  the  greatest  man  in 
the  Chase  family.  General  Chase  married 
(first)  November  28,  1759,  Thankful  Sher- 
man, of  Grafton,  ^lassachusetts,  who  died 
November  25,  1768;  (second)  October  22, 
1770,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  David  Hall,  of 
Sutton,  who  was  born  December  15.  1742, 
died  October  13,  1806.  Among  his  children 
were  Jonathan,  of  whom  further,  and  Leb- 
beus. 

(X)  Jonathan    (2),  son  of  General  Jona- 


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than  (i)  Chase,  was  born  in  Cornish,  New 
Hampshire,  died  there  June  5, .  1843,  ^ind  is 
buried  with  his  wife  in  the  old  churchyard. 
He  married  Jeanette  Ralston,  who  was  of 
Scotch  parentage;  her  father,  Alexander 
Ralston,  coming  from  Falkirk,  Scotland,  set- 
tling in  Keene,  New  Hampshire,  proprietor 
of  the  historic  "Ralston  Tavern."  She  died 
February  17,  1845  i  she  bore  him  eight  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

(XI)  Dr.  Alexander  Ralston,  son  of  Jona- 
than (2)  and  Jeanette  (Ralston)  Chase,  was 
born  in  Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  September 
24,  1802.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  prepared  for  college  at  a  militar3; 
school  in  New  Hampshire.  He  entered  Yale 
and  after  finishing  his  course  there  began  the 
study  of  medicine  with  an  uncle,  Dr.  Nathan 
Smith,  a  leading  physician  of  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. In  1826  he  settled  in  Lockport,  New 
York,  where  he  established  in  practice,  con- 
tinuing for  over  half  a  century,  retiring  a  few 
years  prior  to  his  death  in  1887.  He  com- 
manded a  large  practice  and  became  one  of 
the  prosperous  men  of  his  city.  He  acquired 
large  real  estate  holdings  and  did  much  for 
the  promotion  of  Lockport's  interests,  being 
public-spirited  and  progressive.  He  was  a 
man  of  high "  character  and  held  a  place  in 
the  hearts  of  his  people,  only  vouchsafed  to 
the  old  school  family  doctor.  He  was  both 
loved  and  respected  by  those  who  knew  him 
best.  He  was  a  Whig  and  Republican  in  po- 
htical  faith,  but  never  desired  or  held  office. 
In  religious  faith  he  was  an  Episcopalian.  He 
married  Emily  Cooke,  born  March  12,  1805, 
died  November  18,  1887,  daughter  of  George 
and  Tamison  (Wilson)  Cooke,  of  Cornish, 
New  Hampshire.  Children:  i.  Mary,  died 
in  childhood.  2.  Eliza  L.,  of  whom  further. 
3.  George  C,  born  May  14,  1843  J  enlisted  at 
Lockport,  assigned  to  the  Eighth  Regiment, 
New  York  Heavy  Artillery ;  was  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  June  3,  1864;  was 
brought  home  where  he  died  July  7th  of  the 
sam^  year. 

(XII)  Eliza  L.,  only  daughter  of  Dr.  Alex- 
ander and  Emily  (Cooke)  Chase,  was  born 
in  Lockport,  February  9,  1838,  and  educated 
in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  Lock- 
port.  She  married  in  that  city,  November  8, 
1888,  Reuben  Carroll,  bom  in  Croyden,  New 
Hampshire,  May  29,  1828,  died  August  i, 
1906,  in  Lockport.  He  was  educated  in  New 
Hampshire   and  settled   with   his  parents   in 


Rochester,  New  York.  They  afterward  re- 
moved to  Williamson,  New  York,  where  both 
died.  Mr.  Carroll  was  an  upholsterer  and 
cabinetmaker.  In  the  pursuit  of  his  trade  he 
resided  in  the  cities  of  Chicago,  Toronto, 
Hamilton,  Niagara  Falls,  and  prior  to  i860 
located  in  Lockport.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  church,  the  Masonic  Order  and 
a  Republican.  Mrs.  Carroll  survives  him,  a 
resident  of  Lockport,  and  though  advanced 
in  years  takes  a  keen  enjoyment  in  life  and 
keeps  herself  young  by  a  life  filled  with  good 
deeds.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church. 


James  Kavanagh,  grand- 
BENTLEY  father  of  William  John  Bent- 
ley,  was  born  in  Ireland,  and 
came  to  Canada,  where  he  served  in  the  Ca- 
nadian rebellion.  He  met  his  death  by  being 
shot  accidentally  by  one  of  his  comrades.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Darling.  Children:  James, 
William,  John,  mentioned  below ;  Maria, 
Eliza,  Jane. 

(II)  John  Kavanagh,  son  of  James  Kavan- 
agh, lived  in  Canada.  The  place  of  his  birth 
is  not  known  exactly.  He  was  a  well  edu- 
cated man,  and  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpen- 
ter, which  during  his  early  life  he  followed. 
Before  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he  came 
to  the  United  States  and  enlisted  in  a  New 
York  regiment  from  Rochester,  New  York. 
The  New  York  muster  rolls  (p.  514,  vol.  vii) 
show  that  John  Cavanaugh,  aged  twenty-nine 
years,  was  corporal  in  Captain  Michael  Mc- 
MuUen's  company  (D)  Colonel  Samuel  J. 
Crooks'  regiment,  the  Twenty-second  New 
York  Cavalry,  which  was  called  into  service, 
January  10,  1864,  and  continued  to  the  end 
of  the  war.  He  joined  the  regiment,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1863,  at  Rochester,  being  enrolled  by 
Lieutenant  Jacob  Fisher.  This  record  does 
not  give  his  previous  service,  but  the  fact  that 
he  was  a  non-commissioned  officer  corrobor- 
ates the  statement  of  the  family  as  to  his  pre- 
vious service  in  another  regiment.  The 
Twenty-second  was  organized  in  December, 
1863.  After  the  war  Mr.  Kavanagh  returned 
to  his  native  place  in  Canada  and  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  of  the  town  of  Sharon.  He 
died  at  Toronto,  Ontario,  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-four years.  He  was  born,  according  to 
the  age  he  gave  at  enlistment,  in  1834.  He 
married  twice.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  one 
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the  children  by  his  second  wife  were:  Dan- 
iel ;  James,  resident  of  New  York  City,  agent 
of  the  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Company. 

(Ill)  William  John  Bentley  (born  Ka- 
vanagh),  son  of  John  Kavanagh,  was  born 
in  Sharon,  Ontario,  Canada,  September  20, 
1858,  and  when  an  infant  was  adopted  by  his 
father's  sister,  Eliza,  wife  of  Charles  F.  Bent- 
ley.  His  foster-parents  changed  his  name  to 
Bentley.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Rochester,  New  York,  but  when  he  was  only 
five  years  old  his  foster-father  died.  Seven 
years  later  his  foster-mother  married  (sec- 
ond) John  Ray,  of  Edinborough,  Erie 
county,  Pennsylvania,  whither  he  went  with 
her  and  here  he  continued  in  the  public 
schools  and  afterward  attended  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  of  Edinborough. 

Mr.  Bentley  began  his  career  as  a  school 
teacher,  working  during  the  summer  months 
in  a  cheese  factory.  He  had  charge  of  what 
was  called  the  "Population  School,"  about  six 
miles  from  Edinborough  for  four  terms  in 
winter.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  black- 
smith, which  he  followed  for  four  years  at 
Erie  and  other  places,  and  afterward  at  Cun- 
ningham Carriage  Works  in  Rochester.  In 
October,  1880,  he  removed  to  Union  City, 
Pennsylvania,  and  for  a  year  was  clerk  in  the 
hardware  store  of  E.  Marvin  Cooper.  Mr. 
Cooper's  store  was  then  bought  by  Thomas 
H.  Hagerty  and  Milton  Shreve  and  in  their 
employ  Mr.  Bentley  continued  for  five  years. 
Afterward  he  was  a  traveling  salesman  for 
the  Novelty  Wood  Works  Company,  selling 
drawing  boards  through  Western  New  York 
and  Michigan,  representing  the  company  for 
one  year  and  afterward  sdling  its  goods  on 
his  own  account.  He  saved  a  thousand  dol- 
lars while  a  salesman,  but  lost  it  in  another 
venture.  He  taught  writing  schools  in  Michi- 
gan, New  York  and  Pennsylvania  for  a  time, 
and  then  was  in  the  employ  of  Charles  Twin- 
ing, of  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  and  later  estab- 
lished the  Corry  Business  College,  in  which 
he  took  charge  of  the  department  of  penman- 
ship. After  he  disposed  of  this  school  he 
came  to  Lakewood,  New  Jersey,  as  clerk  of 
the  Sterling  Inn  one  season,  and  thence  he 
came  to  Jamestown,  New  York,  where  he  was 
employed  as  clerk  in  a  hardware  store  owned 
by  William  H.  Sprague.  After  ten  years  in 
this  business  he  resigned  his  position  to  be- 
come stockkeeper  of  the  United  States  Voting 
Machine  Company,  of  Jamestown,  remaining 


there  for  five  years.  Since  then  he  has  been 
in  the  life  insurance  business  with  the  Con- 
necticut General  Life  Insurance  Company, 
and  at  present  is  the  general  agent  of  that 
company  with  offices  in  the  Chadakoin  Build- 
ing in  Jamestown,  in  charge  of  Chautauqua 
and  Erie  county  business  in  New  York  and 
Warren  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  ranks  high 
among  the  insurance  men  of  this  section,  and 
possesses  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the 
community.  He  is  a  member  of  Mount  Mo- 
riah  Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons; of  Western  Sun  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  of  which  he  is  past  high  priest;  of 
Jamestown  Commandery,  No.  61,  Knights 
Templar;  of  Jamestown  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  of  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Buffalo,  being  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason.  He  is  well  known  and  popular 
in  Masonic  circles.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married  (first)  at  Beaver  Dam,  Penn- 
sylvania, Sarah  P.,  daughter  of  William  and 
Rebecca  McKinley,  of  LeBeuf  township,  Erie 
county,  Pennsylvania.  The  McKinley  family 
is  among  the  oldest  living  near  Waterford, 
and  her  parents  were  prominent  in  social  life. 
Mrs.  Bentley  died  in  September,  1885.  He 
married  (second)  at  Jamestown,  May  17, 
1890,  Margaret  M.,  born  October  23,  1868, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Mary  (Lyman)  Kel- 
ley  (see  Kelley  II).  She  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Fredonia,  and  was  a  teacher  for  several 
years  in  the  schools  of  Chautauqua  county. 
Child  by  first  wife:  Nellie  R.,  born  March 
17,  1882 ;  married  George  Foster  and  has  one 
child,  Rupert  Foster;  Mr.  Foster  is  switch- 
man in  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Com- 
pany at  Jamestown  and  resides  at  124  Lakin 
avenue.  Children  by  second  wife:  William 
J.,  born  February  21,  1891 ;  Robert  McKin- 
ley, December  18,  1893 ;  Lyman  K.,  March  30, 
1896;  Margaret  E.,  December  21,  1898;  Rich- 
ard P.,  February  10,  1901 ;  Marion  J.,  June 
3,  1904;  Roger  K.,  November  2,  1906;  Don- 
ald E.,  January  5,  191 1. 

(The  Kelley   Line). 

(II)  Peter  Kelley,  son  of  Michael  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Gormley)  Kelley,  was  born  in  Ireland, 
died  August  22,  1907,  killed  by  an  accident, 
when  his  team  ran  away.  His  parents  came 
to  America  when  he  was  ten  years  of  age  and 
settled  on  a  farm  near  Findley  Lake,  Pennsyl- 


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vania.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  a  man  respected 
and  of  good  character,  -being  held  in  high  es- 
teem by  those  who  knew  him.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  married  Mary 
A.  Lyman,  born  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  Sep; 
tember  28,  1840,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Cath- 
erine Lyman;  Peter  Lyman  was  born  in  Ire- 
land, and  came  to  America  about  1834,  set- 
tling first  at  Syracuse  and  later  at  Dunkirk, 
New  York.  Mrs.  Kelley  is  living  at  James- 
town, New  York.  Children :  Michael  E.,  born 
April  '22,  1863;  Jennie  P.,  October  12,  1865; 
Margaret  M.,  October  23,  1868,  married  Will- 
iam J.  Bentley  (see  Bentley  III)  ;  John  J., 
July  15,  1871;  Peter  S.,  April  8,  1874;  Rich- 
ard P.,  January  25,  1877;  Elizabeth  A.,  Au- 
gust 15,  1879;  James  P.,  May  6,  1882;  Ed- 
ward J.,  April  14,  1885. 

John  Albro,  immigrant  ancestor, 
ALBRO     was  born   in   England   in    1620, 

and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  came 
from  Ipswich,  England,  sailing  April  30,  1634, 
in  the  ship  "Francis,"  in  care  of  William  Free- 
born, whom  he  accompanied  to  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island".  He  is  the  progenitor  of  all  of 
this  name,  of  the  colonial  families,  in  this 
country.  He  became  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Portsmouth.  He  became  corporal,  lieutenant, 
captain  and  major  of  the  militia.  In  1647  he 
was  clerk  of  weights  and  measures.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  town  council  and  moderator 
of  town  meetings.  In  1660-61  he  was  com- 
missioner. For  many  years  he  was  assistant, 
between  167 1  and  1686.  He  married  (first) 
Dorothy  Potter,  born  in  1617.  He  married 
(second)  Dorothy,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Per- 
kins. He  died  in  1712;  she  died  in  1696. 
Children:  Samuel,  born  1644;  Elizabeth, 
Mary,  John,  mentioned  below ;  Susanna. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Albro, 
was  born  about  i6i5o-6s.  He  resided  at  Ports- 
mouth, Rhode  Island,  and  at  East  Greenwich, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  original  settlers. 
He  died  in  1724.  He  married,  April  27,  1693, 
Mary  Staples.  Children :  John,  born  August 
23,  1694;  Mary,  Sarah,  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (2)  Albro,  was 
bom  June  16,  1701,  died  October  5,  1766. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1722.  He  mar- 
ried, November  25,  1725,  Ruth  Lawton.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  East  Greenwich:  i.  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  August  31,  1728; 
John,  January  30,   1730;  Daniel,  January  17, 


173 1  j    Jonathan,    January    2,    1734;    David, 
April  I,  1736;  James;  Ruth. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Al- 
bro, was  born  at  East  Greenwich,  February 
10,  1727.  In  1790  Samuel  Albro  and  Benja- 
min Albro  were  heads  of  families  at  Beek- 
man,  Dutchess  county,  New  York.  Samuel 
had  in  his  family  three  males  under  sixteen 
and  four  females ;  Benjamin  had  one  male  un- 
der sixteen  and  five  females.  From  Dutchess 
county  the  family  removed  to  Allegany 
county. 

(VII)  Garner  Albro,  descendant  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  Albro  (IV),  was  born  in  Portage, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  enlisted  in  August,  1862,  in  the 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteers,  and  was  enrolled  as  a 
private  in  Company  A.  He  went  to  Wash- 
ington with  his  regiment  and  was  stationed 
at  Arlington  Heights.  He  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Chancellorsville  and  was  at  Chatta- 
nooga and  Louisville,  Kentucky.  On  account 
of  illness  he  was  sent  to  a  soldiers'  home. 
There  his  son  joined  him  and  drew  his  pay. 
The  son  tried  to  get  a  furlough  in  order  to 
take  his  father  home,  but  his  request  was  re- 
fused and  the  father  was  sent  home  alone. 
Two  days  after  he  reached  home  he  died. 
He  married  Melissa,  born  in  1823,  died  in 
1904,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Eunice  (Straight) 
Markham.  Seth  and  Eunice  Markham  had 
fifteen  children :  Lucina,  Eliza,  Aurilla,  Ca- 
roline, Sophina,  Electa,  Jeremiah,  Henry, 
Seth,  Lorenzo  and  Melissa  Markham.  Four 
died  in  infancy.  Garner  Albro's  father  died 
before  he  was  born  and  he  was  brought  up 
in  the  family  of  an  uncle.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Ramson's  settlement,  near  Cuba,  New 
York. 

(VIII)  Ruel  C,  son  of  Gamer  Albro,  was 
born  November  26,  1843,  in  Ramson's  set- 
tlement, near  Cuba.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  the  district.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  enlisted,  August  11,  1862,  in  Com- 
pany A,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-sixth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteers,  and  went  to  the 
front.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Chan- 
cellorsville and  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Lookout  Mountain  by  a  minie  ball  under  the 
left  arm.  He  was  sent  to  the  hospital  at 
Nashville  and  afterward  to  Louisville.  He 
was  transferred  afterward  to  the  Invalid 
Corps  of  the  Veteran  Reserves  and  afterward 
served  on  the  hospital  boat,  *^R.  C.  Wood," 


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and  the  hospital  boat,  "J^^^^^  Hopkins,"  and 
to  the  end  of  the  civil  war  was  engaged  in 
transporting  the  sick  and  wounded.  He  was 
discharged  August  22,  1865.  From  the  money 
saved  from  his  pay  in  the  service,  he  was 
enabled  to  pay  his  tuition  at  Bryant  &  Strat- 
ton's  Business  College^  at  Rochester.  After- 
ward he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  the  gen- 
eral store  of  his  uncle  at  Oil  City,  Pennsyl- 
vania. In  1867  he  went  to  Kansas  with  his 
uncle  -and  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land.  He  returned  to  New  York, 
however,  and  in  1875  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  cheese  and  other  dairy  products 
at  Ramson's  until  1880,  when  he  returned  to 
Kansas  and  bought  eighty  acres  of  land  which 
he  planted  to  wheat  and  corn.  In  1889  he 
came  to  Ramson's  settlement  again,  bringing 
with  him  his  western  horses  and  for  five  years 
engaged  in  teaming  and*  contracting  there. 
In  1894  he  bought  a  grocery  business  at  North 
Olean,  New  York.  He  continued  in  this  busi- 
ness until  1908  when  he  sold  his  interests.  At 
one  time  he  owned  oil  lands  at  the  state  line. 
He  was  an  enterprising,  active  and  successful 
merchant,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  and 
most  highly  respected  citizens  of  Olean.  In 
politics  he  is  an  Independent,  and  in  religion 
he  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church.  He  is  a  member  of  G.  D.  Bay- 
ard Post,  No.  222,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public. He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  September  2,  1867,  Eliza 
Markham,  born  February  3,  1847,  ^ied  No- 
vember 22,  1906.  Children:  i.  Ernest,  born 
Etecember  16,  1868,  died  March  i,  1872.  2. 
George  Henry,  December  29,  1870,  died  Sep- 
tember 23,  1872.  3.  Alice,  September  7,  1872; 
married,  March  19,  1897,  Fred  S.  Beeman 
and  has  one  son.  Garnet,  born  April  24,  1908. 
4.  Georgia,  June  28,  1875 ;  married,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1901,  Charles  F.  Benson.  5.  Gladys, 
January  15,  1884. 

James     Whitton,     the     first 
WHITTON     member    of    this    family    of 

whom  we  have  definite  infor- 
mation, lived  in  Canada.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  lumberman,  and  made  money  by  work 
and  saved  it.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hazel- 
ton.  Among  their  fifteen  children  was 
Thomas,  referred  to  below. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Hazelton)  Whitton,  was  born  in  Canada  in 


1857,  died  in  1903.  He  went  to  school,  then 
learned  the  lumber  business,  married,  and  had 
two  children  in  Canada.  He  then  had  a  good 
offer  from  Mr.  Bullis,  for  whom  the  place 
was  named,  to  come  to  Bullis  Mills,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  accepted  this  position  and  later  en- 
tered the  lumber  business  on  his  own  account, 
buying  and  selling  stumpage,  running  saw 
mills,  selling  bark,  and  doing  lumber  business 
of  all  kinds,  and  followed  that  up  to  1890.  In 
1 89 1  he  came  to  Olean  and  bought  the  Dot- 
terweich  brewery.  Under  his  management 
the  business  forged  ahead.  He  gave  personal 
attention  to  it  while  he  lived,  and  his  \vife  con- 
tinued the  business  after  his  death,  being  now 
president  and  treasurer.  The  business  has 
evolved  into  a  large  industry,  with  an  annual 
output  of  thirty  thousand  barrels,  in  connec- 
tion with  a  large  ice  plant  and  bottling  works ; 
the  ice  is  sold  throughout  this  section  and 
much  beer  is  shipped  to  other  points,  and 
much  of  this  development  is  due  to  his  skill 
and  genius  in  business  and  finance.  •  Practi- 
cally all  the  stock  is  held  now  by  his  widow 
and  children.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  al- 
ways a  Republican,  and  served  four  years  as 
an  alderman  in  Olean.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Church  of  England. 

He  married,  September  26,  1878,  Eva  B., 
born  in  1857,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Stanley)  Leonard.  (See  Leonard  III). 
Children:  i.  Blanche,  bom  June  24,  1880; 
married,  August  22,  1899,  James  J.  Rodgers 
(see  Rodgers  III).  2.  Maude  Frances,  born 
January  17,  1881.  3.  Oscar  J.,  born  May  10, 
1884;  married,  January  29,  1907,  Lottie 
Craig;  child,  Katharine,  born  April  19,  1910. 
4.  Thomas  L.,  referred  to  below.  5.  Mary 
Gertrude,  born  September  22,  1889.  6.  Ethel 
Anna,  born  July  3,  1902.    7.  and  8.,  deceased. 

(Ill)  Thomas  L.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eva 
B.  (Leonard)  Whitton,  was  born  at  Bullis 
Mills,  July  31,  1886.  He  attended  public 
schools,  St.  Bonaventure  College,  and  Niagara 
University.  Going  into  the  brewery,  he  had 
charge  of  the  bottling  department  until  April, 
19 10,  and  then  went  into  business  for  him- 
self and  has  one  of  the  finest  cafes  in  Olean. 
He  is  president  of  the  Fraternal  Order  of 
Eagles,  past  prelate  of  the  Order  of  Moose, 
and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protect- 
ive Order  of  Elks  and  of  the  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus. He  is  a  Roman  Catholic  in  religion, 
and  a  Democrat  in  politics.    He  married,  No- 


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vember  25,  1907,  Nora,  born  October  3,  1886, 
daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (McClerey) 
McCormick.  Children  of  John  and  Margaret 
(McClerey)  McCormick;  James,  deceased; 
Nora,  referred  to  herein;  Margaret,  John. 
Child  of  Thomas  L.  and  Nora  (McCormick) 
Whitton:  Margaret  Evangeline,  born  Octo- 
ber 4,  1909. 

(The  Leonard   Line). 

(I)  James  Leonard,  the  first  member  of 
this  family  of  whom  we  have  definite  infor- 
mation, was  bom  on  the  ocean.  The  family 
came  from  England,  and  settled  first  at  Perth, 
Lanark  county,  Ontario,  then  at  Burgess,  Ox- 
ford county,  Ontario.  He  was  a  shoemaker 
and  did  a  little  farming;  he  was  a  man  who 
worked  hard  for  his  family.  He  was  a  Ro- 
man Catholic  in  his  religion.    Child,  John. 

(H)  John,  son  of  James  Leonard,  lived  in 
Ontario.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Stanley.  Children:  Catharine,  married 
William  Carman;  Elizabeth;  Margaret,  mar- 
ried Arthur  McCarren;  James,  married  Har- 
riet Scanlon;  Anna,  married  Charles  Boste- 
rick;  Eva  B.,  referred  to  below;  Patrick  Jo- 
seph, married  Mary  Watt;  Thomas. 

(HI)  Eva  B.,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Stanley)  Leonard,  was  born  in  Can- 
ada in  1857.  She  married,  in  Canada,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1878,  Thomas  Whitton  (see  Whit- 
ton II).  Coming  with  her  husband  to  the 
United  States,  she  succeeded  him  upon  his 
death  in  the  management  of  the  Dotterweich 
Brewing  Company,  of  which  she  is  now  presi- 
dent and  treasurer ;  James  J.  Rodgers  is  vice- 
f  resident,  and  J.  S.  Shoemaker  is  secretary, 
n  the  management  of  the  Dotterweich  Brew- 
ing Company  and  the  Pure  Ice  Company,  a 
subsidiary  concern,  the  successful  methods  of 
former  years  are  continued. 


This   branch    of   the   Costi- 
COSTIGAN     gans    was    founded    in    the 

United  States  by  James  Cos- 
tigan,  who  came  from  Kings  county,  Ireland, 
about  1 84s,  and  settled  near  New  York  state, 
residing  at  Newburg  and  Herisdale.  He  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  a  farmer,  and  was 
killed  by  falling  from  a  tree.  He  married, 
in  Ireland,  Elizabeth  Doherty.  Children:  i. 
William  H.,  married  Catherine  Doyle;  chil- 
dren: James  T.,  John,  Mary,  Carrie  and  Ag- 
nes ;  John  J.,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  John  Joseph,  son  of  James  and  EHz- 
abeth  (Doherty)  Costigan,  was  born  in  Ire- 


land, in  1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Newburg  and  Herisdale,  and 
began  business  life  in  the  construction  depart- 
ment of  the  Erie  railroad,  and  was  advanced 
through  successive  grades  until  he  became  di- 
vision superintendent.  In  1874  he  retired 
from  the  railroad  service  and  settled  in  Sala- 
manca, New  York,  where  he  established  a 
grocery  store.  As  he  prospered  other  depart- 
ments were  added  until  he  so  outgrew  his 
original  quarters  that  a  change  was  necessary. 
He  erected  the  Costigan  Block,  a  handsome 
three-story  brick  block  fronting  on  Main 
street,  where  he  removed  his  business  and 
continued  until  his  death.  He  also  dealt  ex- 
tensively in  Minnesota  real  estate,  and  was 
interested  in  Salamanca's  development.  He 
was  a  director  of  the  Salamanca  Building  and 
Loan  Association,  and  held  several  town  and 
village  offices.  He  was  a  liberal,  whole-souled 
gentleman,  and  had  a  host  of  friends.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church, 
and  in  politics  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  at  Allegany,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1858,  Anna,  daughter  of  Lawrence 
and  Mary  (Doane)  Grant,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Delany)  Grant.  Mary 
Doane  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Cosgrove)  Doane.  Lawrence  Grant  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth  Doherty  Costigan, 
widow  of  James  Costigan.  John  J.  and  Anna 
(Grant)  Costigan  lost  their  only  child,  and 
then  adopted  as  their  own  two  children  of 
Edward  Michael  Grant,  born  August  i,  1849, 
died  February  9,  19 10,  married  Mary  A.  Si- 
mon, died  1879.  The  adopted  children  are: 
I.  Frank  L.  Grant,  born  June  7,  1874;  mar- 
ried, January  28,  1891,  Agnes  Crandall,  bom 
October  4,  1868;  children:  Celesta,  and  Ma- 
deline, born  June  20,  1906.  2.  Gertrude 
Grant,  born  June  7,  1878;  married,  August, 
1899,  Howard  Edward  O'Donnell,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Charles  R.  Gibson  Com- 
pany, son  of  Charles  and  Margaret  (John- 
son) O'Donneli,  and  grandson  of  Edward 
O'Donnell;  child,  Anna,  born  November  3, 
1906.  Margaret  Johnson  was  a  daughter  of 
James  Johnson.  Mrs.  Anna  (Grant)  Costi- 
gan survives  her  husband  and  now  resides  in 
Salamanca. 


John    Fullagar,    father    of 
FULLAGAR    Langley  Fullagar,  of  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  was  born 
in  Kent  county,  England,  where  he  married 


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NEW   YORK. 


961 


Mary  Langley,  born  in  the  same  county.  In 
1827  he  came  with  his  wife  to  the  United 
States,  having  then  a  family  of  two  sons  and 
three  daughters,  all  of  whom  accompanied 
their  parents.  He  settled  in  Schenectady, 
New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile 
life  and  continued  his  residence  until  death. 
His  wife  died  in  Schenectady,  New  York. 
Children:  Langley,  of  whom  further;  Mary 
Ann,  married  William  Checker;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Samuel  H.  Sexton ;  Elizabeth,  married 
Cornelius  Earl;  John,  married  (first)  Katurah 
,  and  (second)  Sopha . 

(H)  Langley,  eldest  son  and  child  of  John 
and  Mary  (Langley)  Fullagar,  was  born  in 
Kent  county,  England,  in  181 5,  died  in  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  in  1892.  He  was  educated 
in  the  English  schools  until  the  family  emi- 
gration, when  he  was  twelve  years  of  age. 
He  finished  his  studies  in  Utica,  New  York, 
and  was  engaged  in  mercantile  life  with  his 
father.  When  still  a  young  man  he  went  to 
New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  where  he  was  a  mer- 
chant for  several  years.  Returning  from  the 
south,  he  located  at  Chenango  Forks,  New 
York,  where  he  was  associated  in  business 
with  his  father-in-law,  conducting  a  mercan- 
tile establishment  until  1854,  when  he  removed 
to  Dunkirk,  New  York.  Here  he  became  as- 
sociated with  Truman  Coleman  in  the  Lake 
Shore  Bank,  acting  as  cashier  for  over  twenty- 
five  years.  In  1882  he  organized  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank  of  Dunkirk,  becoming 
its  first  president.  He  retained  active  inter- 
est in  both  banks  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
but  retired  from  official  connection  some  years 
prior  to  his  demise.  He  was  a  most  capable 
man  of  affairs,  wise  and  conservative,  and  an 
ideal  head  of  a  financial  institution.  His  in- 
tegrity was  unquestioned,  and  he  maintained 
his  honor  unsullied  throughout  an  active,  use- 
ful business  life.  He  was  strictly  independ- 
ent in  political  action,  ever  regarding  the  can- 
didate's fitness,  caring  nothing  for  his  party. 
He  was  generous  in  nature,  liberally  contri- 
buting to  all  worthy  causes.  In  religious  af- 
filiation he  was  a  Unitarian. 

He  married,  August  16,  1846,  Mary  Anne 
Rogers,  born  in  Chenango  county.  New  York, 
daughter  of  John  B.  and  Harriet  (Meloy) 
Rogers.  John  B.,  son  of  Simeon  and  Mary 
(Barker)  Rogers,  was  the  first  white  child 
born  in  Broome  county.  New  York,  where  he 
died  aged  ninety-two  years.  His  wife  Har- 
riet was  bom   in   New  Haven,    Connecticut, 


and  died  aged  seventy-seven  years.  Children 
of  Langley  and  Mary  Anne  (Rogers)  Fulla- 
gar, the  first  two  born  at  Chenango  Forks, 
the  last  two  at  Dunkirk,  New  York:  i.  Eliz- 
abeth, married  Dan  W.  Abell;  child,  Kather- 
ine.  2.  Mary  L.,  married  Edward  R.  Rice; 
children:  Helen  Fullagar  and  Edward  Fulla- 
gar. 3.  Harriet,  married  Theodore  Thomas 
Danforth;  child,  Thomas  Fullagar.  4.  Guy 
Kent,  unmarried. 


This  name  is  found  in  England, 
LUNDY     France    and    Italy     under    the 

same  spelling  as  in  Ireland.  It 
is  supposed  to  belong  to  that  class  of  sur- 
names derived  from  a  place  or  locality,  and 
to  have  passed  through  some  changes  in  spell- 
ing since  it  first  became  a  surname.  The 
Lundys  of  Olean,  New  York,  descend  from 
forbears  long  seated  in  county  Sligel,  Ireland. 

(I)  Charles  Lundy,  the  grandfather  of 
George  M.  Lundy,  of  Olean,  married  Bridget 
Logan.  After  his  marriage  he  moved  from 
county  Sligel  to  Galway,  where  his  eleven 
children  were  born.  He  was  a  cabinetmaker 
and  owned  a  small  farm.  He  was  a  quiet,  in- 
dustrious man,  a  devout  Catholic,  and  reared 
his  family  in  that  faith.  Had  five  sons: 
James,  William,  John,  Patrick,  Thomas. 

(II)  James,  eldest  son  of  Charles  Lundy, 
was  born  in  county  Galway,  Ireland,  in  1830. 
In  1862  he  came  to  the  United  States,  land- 
ing in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  for  two 
years  he  found  employment  in  the  leather  fac- 
tories of  that  section.  In  1863  he  sent  for 
his  wife  and  children,  who  joined  him  in  Bos^ 
ton.  In  1864  he  came  to  Olean,  New  York. 
He  first  worked  in  the  Barrett  tannery,  later 
with  Root  &  Keating,  remaining  with  that 
firm  all  his  active  years.  He  died  in  Olean 
in  1909.  He  was  a  whole-souled,  warm- 
hearted Irish  gentleman,  full  of  native  wit 
and  humor,  industrious,  and  had  a  host  of 
good  friends.  He  was  a  Democrat,  and  a 
faithful  Catholic.  He  married,  in  Galway, 
Ireland,  in  1858,  Anna  Kane,  bom  1841,  who 
survives  him.  Children,  first  two  born  in  Ire- 
land: I.  Mary,  married  W.  H.  Carringer; 
children:  Harvey,  Raymond,  Irene.  2.  Ellen, 
married  James  Kepner ;  children :  Harry,  Ha- 
zel, Royal.  3.  Charles,  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six  years.  4.  Agnes,  married  W.  M. 
O'Connor;  children:  Eileen,  Watson  M.  5. 
James,  married  Louise  Eichler ;  child,  George. 
6.  Thomas.    7.  George  M.,  of  whom  further. 


962 


NEW   YORK. 


(Ill)  George  M.,  youngest  child  and 
fourth  son  of  James  Lundy,  was  born  in 
Olean,  New  York,  July  21,  1881.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  school,  and  after  de- 
ciding upon  law  as  his  profession  pursued 
this  study  with  M.  B.  Jewell,  as  preceptor. 
He  followed  up  his  office  study  with  a  special 
course  at  Albany  Law  School  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  New  York  bar  in  June,  1904. 
On  August  I  of  that  year  he  established  an 
office  in  Olean  and  began  practice.  He  won 
many  clients  and  continues  without  a  partner. 
He  has  always  been  active  in  public  affairs 
and  is  a  prominent  Democrat.  While  a  resi- 
dent of  the  village  of  North  Olean  he  served 
on  the  board  of  health;  was  village  trustee 
and  assessor,  resigning  the  latter  office  to  ac- 
cept that  of  village  attorney.  This  office  he 
retained  until  1909,  when  the  village  of  North 
Olean  became  a  part  of  the  city  of  Olean.  He 
had  been  clerk  of  the  school  board,  and  for 
two  years  was  president  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation of  North  Olean  before  it  was  merged 
with  the  city  of  Olean.  He  was  also  justice 
of  the  peace;  he  was  appointed  city  clerk  of 
Olean,  January  3,  19 10,  to  serve  two  years. 
He  is  past  grand  knight  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus  and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  clubs  are 
the  City  and  Hamilton  Country. 

He  married,  April  20,  1909,  Florence,  born 
October  i,  1883,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Adell  (Crum)  Floyd,  of  Cornwall,  England, 
whose  children  are :  Florence,  married  George 
M.  Lundy;  E.  Mead,  married  Jane  Kay; 
Hazel. 


Langford  Highland  Rodgers, 
RODGERS     founder  of  this  family,  came 

from  the  north  of  Ireland, 
and  settled  at  Buffalo,  New  York.  He  dealt 
in  horses  and  was  interested  in  racing.  Chil- 
dren: William,  James  Langford,  referred  to 
below ;  Sarah,  Elizabeth. 

(H)  James  Langford,  son  of  Langford 
Highland  Rodgers,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  in  1841,  died  in  1905.  For  years  he 
was  a  coppersmith,  after  which  he  entered 
the  fire  department,  and  served  in  this  strenu- 
ous, heroic  and  perilous  duty  for  twenty-five 
years,  becoming  superintendent  of  the  depart- 
ment; he  was  also  a  member  of  the  excise 
board.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a 
Catholic  in  religion.  He  married,  June  25, 
1867,  Mary  A.,  born  May  7,  1845,  daughter 


of  Nicholas  and  Mary  (Rohl)  Gittere.  Her 
father  came  from  Alsace,  then  part  of  France, 
but  married  in  Buffalo ;  he  followed  the  trade 
of  stonemason  •and  bricklayer.  Children  of 
Nicholas  and  Mary  (Rohl)  Gittere:  Peter, 
Lewis,  Mary  A.,  referred  to  herein;  Sarah, 
Francis.  Children  of  James  Langford  and 
Mary  A.  (Gittere)  Rodgers:  i.  Langford 
G.,  referred  to  below.  2.  Lewis  James,  bom 
May  5,  1869;  married,  January  17,  1895,  Min- 
nie Smith,  born  May  13,  1872;  children: 
Frederick,  bom  January  16,  1906;  Marion, 
bom  April  3,  1908.  3.  Frank  Robert,  born 
January  29,  1874;  married  Grace  Newcomer; 
children:  Francis,  David,  Marion,  Langford. 
4.  James  J.,  referred  to  below. 

(HI)  Langford  G.,  son  of  James  Langford 
and  Mary  A.  (Gittere)  Rodgers,  was  bom  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  April  8,  1868.  He  at- 
tended public  school  No.  10,  in  that  city,  and 
then  took  a  commercial  courae  at  St.  Joseph's 
College.  After  this  he  served  an  apprentice- 
ship with  Irlbacher  &  Davis,  plumbers,  in 
Buffalo.  From  1891  to  1893  he  was  in  part- 
nership with  Hugh  Boyd,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Boyd  & -Rodgers,  plumbers.  He  then  went 
to  Olean  and  was  employed  two  years  in  the 
Dotterweich  brewery.  But  he  then  returned 
to  the  plumbing  business,  and  as  head  of  the 
firm  of  Rodgers  &  Company,  conducts  a  gen- 
eral plumbing  business,  steam  heating  and 
allied  lines  of  business.  He  has  served  as  al- 
derman of  Olean  for  four  years,  and  was  su- 
pervisor from  1908  to  1910.  His  father's  in- 
terest in  the  fire-fighting  has  passed  to  him, 
and  he  has  begun  a  second  generation  of  fam- 
ily service  in  this  capacity,  for  in  1910  he 
was  appointed  as  chief  of  the  fire  department 
at  Olean,  under  Mayor  Foley,  and  in  1912 
he  was  reappointed.  He  is  a  Democrat.  He 
is  a  past  exalted  ruler  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus  and  of  the  Catholic 
Mutual  Benefit  Association.  He  is  a  Catholic 
in  religion. 

He  married,  September  24,  1891,  Mary, 
born  May  6,  1869,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Dorothea  (Volk)  Dotterweich.  Her  father 
was  born  in  1829,  died  in  1885.  In  1856,  two 
years  after  the  incorporation  of  Olean  as  a 
village,  he  established  the  brewery,  a  concern 
at  first  employing  only  four  men,  and  having 
a  capacity  of  only  five  hundred  barrels  of  beer 
annually.  It  has  been  several  times  destroyed 
by  fire,  but  each  time  rebuilt  and  enlarged; 


NEW    YORK. 


963 


in  1872  a  substantial  brick  structure  was  built, 
and  in  1893  ^he  business  was  incorporated 
under  the  name  of  Dotterweich  Brewing  Com- 
pany, with  a  capital  of  ten  million  dollars. 
Mr.  Dotterweich  married,  in  1854,  Dorothea 
Volk,  bom  in  1834,  died  in  1887.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dotterweich:  i.  George, 
born  in  1856,  died  in  1907;  married,  January 
9,  1879,  Minnie  Wendell;  children:  Charles 
P.,  born  November  17,  1880;  married,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1908,  Ella  LaReu;  Henry,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1885 ;  Magdalena,  born  October 
II,  1889.  2.  John,  bom  in  1859,  died  in  1895 ; 
unmarried,  a  bright  business  man.  3.  Ru- 
dolph, married  Susan  Griffin ;  children :  Hazel 
and  Helen.  4.  Herman,  married  Mary  Cram- 
sey ;  child,  John.  5.  Mary,  referred  to  herein. 
6.  Adolph,  bom  in  June,  1870,  died  in  1904; 
married  Mary  Wallace.  Child  of  Langford 
G.  and  Mary  (Dotterweich)  Rodgers:  Doro- 
thea, born  November  4,  1896. 

(HI)  James  J.,  son  of  James  Langford 
and  Mary  A.  (Gittere)  Rodgers,  was  born  in 
Buffalo,  March  19,  1878.  He  took  a  course 
at  the  College  of  Commerce,  then  went  into 
the  weighmaster's  department,  at  the  Mer- 
chants' Exchange,  where  he  remained  until 
1899.  I^  ^^21*  -year  he  moved  to  Olean  and 
went  with  Thomas  Whitton  into  the  lumber 
business.  Mr.  Whitton,  in  1901,  bought  the 
Dotterweich  Brewing  Company's  business ;  he 
then  went  into  the  clerical  service  of  this 
company.  In  1904  he  was  president,  and 
since  1905  he  has  been  vice-president.  He 
is  a  Catholic  in  religion,  and  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  married,  August  22,  .  1899, 
Blanche,  bom  June  24,  1880,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Eva  B.  (Leonard)  Whitton. 
Children:  Florence  V.,  born  December  30, 
1901 ;  Thomas  J.,  August  24,  1904 ;  Jane  Eliz- 
abeth, November  26,  191 1. 


The  Coltons  now  in  the  third 
COLTON     generation  in  the  United  States 

have  achieved  success  in  the 
business  world  and  unusually  high  distinction 
in  the  church.  The  emigrant,  John  Colton, 
came  in  1830,  settling  in  Pennsylvania.  He 
married  Mary  Smith,  in  Ireland,  and  reared 
a  family. 

(II)  Patrick  Smith,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Colton,  was  born  about  1818,  in  Ire- 
land. He  came  to  the  United  States  with  his 
parents  when  a  lad  of  eleven  years,  the  fam- 
ily settling  in  York,  Pennsylvania.    After  se- 


curing an  education  he  went  to  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  where  he  was  actively  engaged  in 
business  for  several  years.  In  1845  he  set- 
tled in  New  York  City  where  he  at  first  es- 
tablished a  locksmith  shop,  later  engaging  in 
the  builders  hardware  business  as  senior 
member  of  the  firm,  Colton  &  Mullen.  Dur- 
ing his  residence  in  Baltimore  he  was  active 
in  church  work  and  in  New  York  was  known 
as  a  most  faithful  and  devoted  member  of 
the  Roman  Catholic  church.  He  married, 
February  2,  1846,  Theresa  Augusta  Mullen, 
born  in  Donegal,  Ireland,  July  25,  1824,  died 
April  6,  189 1,  in  New  York  City,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  Mullen,  of  Irish  birth, 
and  later  of  New  York  City,  where  Mr.  Mul- 
len was  engaged  in  business  with  his  son-in- 
law,  Patrick  S.  Colton.  Children:  i.  Rev. 
John  Smith,  deceased ;  a  devoted  priest  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  church.  2.  Charles  Henry, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Thomas  J.,  a  success- 
ful business  man  of  New  York  City.    4.  Mary 

Theresa,  married  Pentz,  of  New  York 

City.  5.  Margaret,  married  James  M.  Bing- 
ham, of  New  York.  6.  Josephine,  unmar- 
ried. 7.  Agnes,  married  William  R.  Do- 
herty,  of  Brooklyn. 

(Ill)  Right  Rev.  Charles  Henry  Colton, 
D.  D.,  son  of  Patrick  Smith  Colton,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  October  15,  1848.  His 
early  education  was  obtained  at  public  school 
No.  5  and  other  schools  in  the  city.  He  pre- 
pared for  college  at  the  Latin  school  of  St. 
Stephen's  Church,  and  in  1869  entered  St 
Francis  Xavier  College,  continuing  his  stud- 
ies three  years.  In  September,  1872,  he  en- 
rolled as  a  student  of  divinity  at  St.  Joseph's 
Theological  Seminary,  at  Troy,  New  York, 
where  he  was  ordained  a  priest  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  church,  June  10,  1876.  During  the 
interval  between  his  public  school  life  and 
his  entering  the  Latin  school  of  St.  Stephen's 
he  was  cash  boy  with  the  dry  goods  firm  of 
Arnold  &  Constable,  remaining  eighteen 
months.  The  ensuing  five  years  he  was  with 
the  Central  Express  Company  and  the  Mer- 
chants' Union  Exchange.  He  continued  his 
studies  during  this  period,  then  definitely  de- 
ciding upon  the  ministry  he  entered  the  Latin 
school  of  St.  Stephen's,^ as  stated.  After  his 
taking  holy  orders  he  was  appointed  assistant 
pastor  of  St.  Stephen's  Church  at  the  request 
of  Rev.  D.  Edward  McGlynn,  then  rector  of 
that  church,  and  he  was  his  energetic,  valued 
assistant  in  the  parish  for  ten  years,  then  was 


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appointed  first  assistant  pastor.     During  this 
period  and  for  thirteen  years  Rev.  Colton  did 
chaplain's  duty  at  Bellevue  Hospital  in  addi- 
tion to  his  regular  pastoral  work  in  St.  Ste- 
phen's.    In  the  latter  part  of   1886  he  was 
stationed  as  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Our  Lady 
of  Mercy,  at  Port  Chester,  New  York.     In 
1887  he  was  recalled  to  St.  Stephen's  to  as- 
sist the  Rev.  Arthur  Donnelly,  the  temporary 
pastor.    In  a  few  days  Father  Colton  was  ap- 
pointed administrator  and  a  few  months  later, 
by  appointment  of  Bishop  Corrigan,  succeeded 
to  the  pastorate  of  St.  Stephen's.    His  admin- 
tration  of  the  temporal  and  spiritual  affairs 
of  that  parish  brought  him  prominently  be- 
fore the  church  authorities  as  one  of  their 
coming  great  men.     When  he  assumed   the 
pastorate    the  parish    debt  of   St.    Stephen's 
was  one  hundred  and  fifty-two  thousand  dol- 
lars and  the  parish  had  no  school.     During 
his  pastorate  the  debt  was  extinguished  and 
one  hundred  and  eighty-five  thousand  dollars 
expended  in  the  erection  and  site  of  a  parish 
school  house;   two   residence  buildings   pur- 
chased for  the  sisters  of  the  parish  at  a  cost 
of  forty  thousand  dollars ;  the  church  property 
was  kept  in  repair  and  improved.     To  hold 
his  young  people  social  features  were  intro- 
duced, evening  classes  were  established  and  a 
young  men's  club  formed ;  a  practical  charity, 
the  Presentation  Day  Nursery,  was  founded, 
and  the  parochial  school  advanced  in  quality 
of  instruction,  number  of  instructors  and  in 
attendance.     At   the   close   of   his   pastorate 
two-thirds  of  the  cost  of  erecting  the  school 
and  the  sisters'  houses  had  been  paid  and  in 
1894  St.  Stephen's  was  free  of  debt  and  con- 
secrated on  December  30  of  that  year,  with 
all  the  beautiful  ceremony  of  the  church,  in 
the    presence   of    Archbishop   Corrigan,    five 
bishops,  one  hundred  and  fifty  priests  and  an 
immense  concourse  of  worshippers.    The  Ga- 
len Jubilee  of  St.  Stephen's  was  held  in  1899, 
and  on  June  10,  1901,  the  twenty-fifth  anni- 
versary  of    Father   Colton's   ordination   was 
celebrated  by  a  congratulatory  address  from 
his  parishioners  and  a  purse  of  eight  thou- 
sand dollars.     His  work  at  St.  Stephen's  was 
now  finished   and   further  honors  were  con- 
ferred upon  him ;  Archbishop  Quigley  having 
been  advanced  from  third  bishop  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  Buffalo  to  the  Metropolitan  of  Chi- 
cago, Father  Colton  was  chosen  as  his  suc- 
cessor.    The  bulls  were  issued  to  him  May 
20,  1903,  his  consecration  taking  place  July 


25,    1903^   at    St.    Patrick's    Cathedral,    New 
York  City. 

Bishop  Colton  has  measured  up  to  the  full 
standard  of  ability  expected  of  him  and  the 
affairs  of  the  diocese  are  wisely  and  capably 
administered.  Many  new  parishes  have  been 
founded  and  over  two  hundred  new  priests 
have  been  appointed  to  minister  to  their  wel- 
fare. Bishop  Colton  is  a  hard,  systematic 
worker  and  a  convincing,  eloquent  pulpit  ora- 
tor. He  is  devoted  to  his  holy  calling  and 
keeps  in  close  touch  with  the  spiritual  and 
temporal  needs  of  the  diocese.  He  is  a  man 
of  scholarly  tastes  and  is  oftener  found  in  his 
library  than  elsewhere,  when  not  engaged  in 
ministerial  work.  He  is  courteous  and  kindly 
in  manner  and  greatly  beloved  by  his  people. 
He  is  thoroughly  American  in  his  views  and 
places  patriotism  and  love  of  country  high  in 
the  scale  of  virtues.  He  is  the  author  of 
^'Seedlings,"  a  religious  work,  and  a  "Trip  to 
Rome  and  the  Holy  Land,"  he  having  gone 
abroad  in  1904  to  visit  the  Vatican  and  receive 
final  consecration  to  his  high  office  from  His 
Holiness,  the  Pope. 


The  Conger  family  of  Spring- 
CONGER    ville,  Erie  county,  New  York, 

descend  from  Abraham  Con- 
ger, who  seems  to  have  descended  from  John 
Conger,  of  New  Jersey,  through  grandson 
Enoch  Conger,  who  settled  in  Danby,  Ver- 
mont, in  1774.  Enoch  was  a  son  of  Job  Con- 
ger, also  of  Danby,  who  later  settled  in  Pitts- 
burgh, New  York.  Enoch"  Conger  married 
(first)  Ruth  Irish;  (second)  Hannah  Kelley. 
His  children  were:  Noah,  Hiram,  David  and 
Lydia.  Abraham  Conger  must  have  been  the 
son  of  one  of  these,  and  of  the  fifth  genera- 
tion, beginning  with  John  Conger,  of  New 
Jersey.  This  cannot  be  fully  proven  but  all 
evidence  tends  to  Danby  as  his  home  before 
coming  to  Erie  county. 

(V)  Abraham  Conger  came  to  Collins, 
Erie  county,  New  York,  in  1817.  He  mar- 
ried, June,  1830,  Anna  Hunt,  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  George  Densmore,  son  of  Abraham 
and  Anna  (Hunt)  Conger,  was  born  in  Col- 
lins, Erie  county,  New  York,  December  10, 
1842,  died  October  26,  1908.  Until  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  attended  school  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm.  On  August  8, 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Forty- fourth 
regiment  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry, 
ranking  as  corporal.     He  took  part  in  every 


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battle  in  which  his  regiment  was  engaged  ex- 
cepting six  weeks  spent  in  the  hospital  recov- 
ering from  a  wound  received  at  Gettysburg. 
He  was  honorably  discharged  and  mustered 
out  October  12,  1864,  at  Albany,  New  York. 
After  the  death  of  Colonel  Elmer  E.  Ells- 
worth, a  plan  was  adopted  of  forming  a  regi- 
ment in  his  honor,  taking  one  man  from  each 
town  and  ward  in  the  state.  '*He  must  be  a 
man  of  good  moral  character  and  temperate, 
unmarried,  under  thirty  years  of  age,  at  least 
five  feet  eight  inches  in  height,  and  pay  into 
the  regimental  fund  $100.''  This  was  modi- 
fied to  allow  five  men  from  any  town  and 
ward,  and  reducing  the  sum  to  be  paid  to 
twenty  dollars.  Many  of  the  officers  were 
taken  from  the  celebrated  ^'Ellsworth  Chi- 
cago Cadets,"  some  of  whom  served  with 
Colonel  Ellsworth  in  the  New  York  Fire 
Zouave  Regiment.  The  regiment  was  known 
as  the  People's  Ellsworth  Regiment,  or  the 
Forty-fourth  Regiment  New  York  Volunteers. 
The  Forty-fourth  shared  in  all  the  hard 
fighting  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  during 
its  three  years  of  service;  was  in  the  seven 
days  fighting  on  the  Peninsula,  at  Mechanics- 
ville,  Gaines  Hill,  New  Market  and  Malvern 
Hill,  later  at  Fredericksburg  under  General 
Burnside,  and  in  the  thick  of  the  fight  at 
Gettysburg  under  General  Meade.  They  saw 
hard  service  and  always  gave  a  good  report 
of  themselves.  In  all  this.  Company  E  and 
Corporal  Conger  bore  their  full  share. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Conger  returned  to  his 
home  and  for  the  succeeding  two  years  was 
engaged  in  farming  at  North  Collins.  He 
then  became  salesman  for  the  White  Sewing 
Machine  and  for  all  kinds  of  agricultural  im- 
plements. He  became  well  acquainted  all 
over  his  section,  and  when  later  he  estab- 
lished a  store  in  Springville  found  many  cus- 
tomers among  his  old  friends.  He  was  a  di- 
rector of  the  O'Neil  Wagon  Company,  and 
after  that  failed  opened  a  general  store  for 
the  sale  of  implements,  carriages,  wagons, 
wood,  coal,  builders'  materials,  etc.,  continuing 
alone  until  1901,  when  he  admitted  his  son-in- 
law,  Lloyd  S.  Ware,  to  a  partnership,  under 
the  firm  name  Conger  &  Ware.  In  1906  he 
sold  his  interest  to  Mr.  Wyatt,  the  firm  con- 
tinuing as  Wyatt  &  Ware.  He  was  engaged 
in  other  enterprises  in  the  town.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  buyer  and  shipper  of  apples; 
organized  the  Cascade  Cider  Company,  of 
which  he  was  president ;  also  president  of  the 


Springville  Canning  Company,  and  always 
lent  his  influence  to  further  local  prosperity. 
He  was  largely  instrumental  in  bringing  the 
Borden  Milk  Company  to  Springville,  and 
in  other  ways  worked  for  the  development  of 
his  village.  He  was  president  of  the  village 
corporation  of  Springville  for  many  years, 
and  always  an  earnest  Republican.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  president  of  the  local  \'eteran  Associa- 
tion of  the  Forty-fourth  Regiment.  He  also 
belonged  to  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Uni- 
versalist  church  of  Springville.  He  was  held 
in  the  highest  esteem  by  his  townsmen  and 
during  his  life  accomplished  a  great  deal  of 
good. 

He  married,  February  16,  1865,  Diantha 
Sampson,  died  May  4,  1900,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Sampson,  a  farmer  and  cooper,  born  No- 
vember 7,  181 5,  died  December  5,  1902,  mar- 
ried at  Wyndale,  Erie  county,  March  15,  1840, 
Fatima  Ballou,  born  May  2,  1816,  died  Au- 
gust, 1876.  Children  :  i.  Diantha,  born  Janu- 
ary 14.  1842.  2.  Luthera,  December  27,  1846; 
now  living  in  Springville,  New  York.  Child 
of  George  D.  and  Diantha  Conger :  Cora  May, 
born  August  16,  1869:  married,  July  17,  1900, 
Lloyd  S.  Ware. 


The    Thebauds    of     Buffalo 
THE  BAUD     spring    from    French    ances- 
try, and  date  in  that  country 
far  back  into  the  past.     The  family  was  emi- 
nent in  France,  and  in  the  United  States  have 
ranked  high  as  business  men  and  citizens. 

(I)  Joseph  Thebaud  was  a  merchant  of 
Nantes,  France,  and  a  highly  respected  citi- 
zen.   He  married,  and  had  a  son  Joseph  ( 2 ) . 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  The- 
baud, was  born  in  France,  died  in  New  York 
City  in  181 1.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1792  as  agent  of  the  French  East  India 
Company.  He  established  the  house  of  The- 
baud in  New  York  City,  which  continues 
now  in  the  third  generation.  He  was  a  gen- 
tleman of  the  highest  education  and  the  strict- 
est integrity.  He  married  Miss  Le  Breton, 
whose  family  fled  from  Martinique  to  escape 
the  revolution,  after  the  death  of  her  father. 
She  survived  her  husband,  and  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1814,  his  confidential  clerk,  Joseph 
Bouchand,  who  died  185 1.    She  died  1822. 

(III)  Eugene  Sigimund,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Thebaud,  died  in  California  where  he  had 
gone  with  the  "gold  seekers"  of  1849.     He 


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married,  in  New  York  City,  about  1835,  when 
he  was  about  twenty-one  years  of  age,  Vic- 
torien  Antoinette  Crassous,  who  was  born  in 
the  United  States  in  18 18,  and  educated  in 
France.  Her  mother,  Eliza  Crassous,  was 
born  in  Martinique,  her  father  being  gover- 
nor of  that  island,  appointed  by  Napoleon. 
Children:  Joseph,  born  1837;  Eugene,  1839; 
Victor  C,  1841 ;  John  James,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Charles,  1845;  Emile,  1847,  died  young. 

(lY)  John  James,  son  of  Eugene  S.  The- 
baud,  was  born  at  Port  Richmond,  Staten  Is- 
land, New  York  (now  New  York  City),  April 
6,  1843,  died  in  Buffalo,  November  18,  1899. 
He  received  a  good  education  in  the  public 
schools  and  became  an  expert  dyer.  In  1868 
he  came  to  Buffalo  and  established  in  business 
as  a  dyer  under  his  own  name.  Later  he  was 
joined  by  Charles  A.,  and  in  1870  by  another 
brother,  Victor  C,  the  firm  becoming  The- 
baud  Brothers.  They  continued  in  successful 
business  several  years,  when  Charles  with- 
drew and  established  in  New  Orleans,  Louis- 
iana, Victor  C.  purchasing  his  interest  and 
the  interest  of  his  deceased  brother's  heirs  and 
continuing  as  Thebaud  Brothers,  the  present 
name  of  the  firm  (191 1).  Shortly  after  com- 
ing to  Buffalo  John  James  Thebaud  began 
investing  in  Buffalo  real  estate,  commencing 
in  a  small  way,  purchasing  small  pieces  of 
property  in  different  parts  of  the  city.  As 
he  prospered  he  enlarged  his  purchases.  In 
1887  he  bought  a  farm  situated  on  the  lake 
shore,  which  for  a  time  he  cultivated.  Shortly 
before  his  death  he  surveyed  and  laid  it  off 
in  lots  suitable  for  large  suburban  residences. 
He  erected  several  homes  on  this  tract,  which 
he  called  "Hamburg  on  the  Lake,"  now  Wan- 
akah.  He  had  invested  about  $25,000  in  this 
enterprise  when  death  overtook  him.  By  the 
terms  of  his  will  his  widow  had  a  life  tenure 
in  the  estate,  which  was  not  divided  until 
after  her  death.  Since  then  the  improvements 
have  been  continued  by  his  children,  follow- 
ing the  plans  of  their  father,  and  making  it 
one  of  the  most  desirable  of  Buffalo  suburbs. 
He  was  a  well  known  business  man  of  Buf- 
falo, and  held  in  highest  esteem.  He  was  very 
energetic,  public  spirited  and  liberal  in  his 
views. 

He  had  the  greatest  faith  in  the  fu- 
ture greatness  of  Buffalo  and  lost  no  op- 
portunity to  show  his  faith  by  his  deeds.  He 
w^as  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of 
Trinity  Episcopal  Church.    He  was  a  strong 


advocate  of  temperance  and  belonged  to  sev- 
eral societies  devoted  to  that  cause. 

He  married,  in  New  York  City,  March  29, 
1869,  Annie  Maria  Herley,  born  in  that  city, 
November  4,  1849,  died  in  Buffalo,  January 
18,  1906,  daughter  of  Morris  Herley,  born 
in  Ireland,  came  to  the  United  States  when 
a  young  man,  where  he  married  Ellen  Ellis. 
He  was  a  merchant  tailor,  his  place  of  busi- 
ness being  on  Ann  street.  New  York  City. 
His  children  were:  Ellen  H.,  married  Fran- 
cis Portington;  Margaret  H. ;  John  Joseph; 
Anna  Maria,  married  John  James  Thebaud; 
Josephine  and  Michael. 

Children  of  John  James  and  Anna  Maria 
(Herley)  Thebaud,  all  born  in  Buffalo,  i. 
John  Edward,  born  February  15,  1871 ;  grad- 
uate of  Cornell  University,  civil  engineer ;  now 
in  business  in  Buffalo.  2.  Eugene  D.,  born  in 
Buffalo,  November  i,  1873;  graduate  of  Cor- 
nell University,  1899;  married  Catherine 
Kelly,  December  5,  1908.  3.  Estelle  Annie, 
born  June  29,  1875 ;  educated  at  Buffalo  High 
School,  Hill's  Ladies'  Seminary  and  Buffalo 
State  Normal  College;  married,  November  3, 
1901,  Edward  Gillette  Van  Winkle,  a  drug- 
gist of  Hornell,  New  York.  4.  Celesta  Au- 
gusta, born  September  4,  1884;  educated  in 
Buffalo  public  schools;  married,  October  31, 
1905,  at  Trinity  church,  Buffalo,  Dr.  Harry 
Richard  S.  Emes,  of  Toronto,  Canada;  chil- 
dren :  Estelle  Lillian,  born  December  4,  1906, 
at  Lewiston,  New  York;  Celeste  Annie,  bom 
February  28,   1908. 


The  city  of  Jamestown, 
PETERSON  New  York,  owes  consider- 
able of  its  present  prosper- 
ity to  its  Swedish  population,  and  the  mother 
of  the  Hon.  Frederick  R.  Peterson,  now  a 
resident  of  Falconer,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  the  first 
of  that  nationality  to  locate  at  Jamestown, 
her  own  countrymen  and  countrywomen 
claiming  for  her  the  honor  of  being  the  "First 
Lady  of  the  Land."  Possessing  the  qualifica- 
tions of  a  true  and  earnest  woman,  she  is 
highly  esteemed  and  honored  by  all  who  know 
her,  and  although  she  has  passed  her  eightieth 
birthday,  she  still  retains  her  faculties  to  a 
remarkable  degree  and  is  as  active  and  inter- 
ested in  affairs  as  many  who  are  many  years 
her  junior.  She  located  in  Jamestown,  June 
9,  1849,  heing  then  a  young  woman  of  eigh- 
teen years,  and  since  then  has  witnessed   its 


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wonderful  growth  along  many  lines,  especially 
in  population,  and  at  the  present  time  (1911) 
Chautauqua  county  has  several  thousand  peo- 
ple whose  native  land  is  Sweden. 

(I)  Frank  A.  Peterson,  father  of  Hon. 
Frederick  R.  Peterson,  was  born  in  Smoland, 
Sweden,  March  10,  1827,  died  at  his  late  resi- 
dence, Falconer,  New  York,  October  30,  1903. 
He  was  reared  and  educated  in  his  native 
land,  and  in  1850  came  to  the  United  States, 
and  after  his  marriage  settled  on  a  farm  in 
the  town  of  EUicott,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  five  miles  from  the  village.  He  was  a 
very  successful  farmer,  and  by  energy  and 
thrift  rose  to  a  leading  position  among  his 
countrymen.  In  1893  he  left  the  farm  and 
moved  to  the  village  of  Falconer,  but  being  of 
too  energetic  and  ambitious  a  nature  to  retire 
from  active  pursuits,  he  leased  land  in  the 
vicinity,  which  he  cultivated  and  improved 
to  a  considerable  degree.  He  erected  his 
late  residence  in  Falconer,  which  is  one  of 
the  finest  and  most  completely  equipped  in 
that  town,  and  there  resided  until  his  death. 
He  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem  for  his 
many  sterling  characteristics.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Swedish  Lutheran  Church 
in  Jamestown,  which  he  served  as  trustee,  and 
was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Gustavus 
Adolphus  Swedish  Orphanage,  a  most  useful 
benevolence,  of  which  he  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Peterson  married,  November  10,  1852, 
Charlotte  Johnson,  born  in  Hessleby,  Sweden, 
July  20,  183 1,  daughter  of  Erickson  and  Sa- 
rah (Bergerson)  Johnson.  At  the  age  of 
seventeen,  accompanied  by  her  brother,  An- 
drew Johnson,  she  emigrated  to  the  United 
States.  They  landed  in  New  York  City  and 
from  there  proceeded  to  Western  New  York, 
settling  in  Plamburg,  near  the  city  of  Buf- 
falo, where  they  joined  their  two  brothers, 
who  had  emigrated  to  this  country  a  few  years 
prior.  Having  friends  residing  at  Sugar 
Grove,  Pennsylvania.  Charlotte  Johnson  went 
thither  in  October,  1848,  and  for  a  few  months 
made  her  home  with  the  Falconer  family,  the 
parents  of  the  late  Patrick  Falconer,  and  on 
June  9,  1849,  removed  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  where  she  secured  employment.  She 
is  a  devoted  member  of  the  First  Lutheran 
Church  of  Jamestown,  being  one  of  its  char- 
ter members.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Peterson:  i.  Ellert  M.,  born  July  28,  1853; 
he  was  educated  for  a  physician  and  practiced 


his  profession  in  Jamestown;  he  died  in  the 
prime  of  life,  October  24,  1891 ;  he  was  un- 
married. 2.  Frederick  R.,  see  forward.  3. 
Charles  L.,  born  April  11,  1859,  died  April  12, 
1881 ;  unmarried.  4.  Anna  A.,  bom  Decem- 
ber 26,  1865;  married  Emil  Peterson;  one 
daughter,  Dorothea;  he  is  the  present  post- 
master of  Falconer. 

(II)  Frederick  Robert,  second  son  of  Frank 
A.  and  Charlotte  (Johnson)  Peterson,  was 
born  on  the  farm  in  the  town  of  EUicott, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  January  21, 
1856.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
the  public  school,  and  he  completed  his  studies 
at  Jamestown  union  school,  and  Collegiate 
Institute,  from  whence  he  was  graduated.  He 
chose  a  profession  and  read  law  with  Green, 
Stevens  &  Benedict,  of  Jamestown,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  New  York  bar  in  1885:  He 
began  practice  in  Jamestown,  continuing  alone 
until  1888,  when  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Qark  R.  Lockwood,  which  connection 
was  later  dissolved.  He  then  became  asso- 
ciated with  Frank  W.  Stevens  and  practfced 
law  until  1905,  since  which  date  Mr.  Peter- 
son has  practiced  alone.  His  practice  is  a 
general  one  and  has  been  continuous  ever  since 
his  admission  to  the  bar.  He  devotes  himself 
exclusively  to  his  profession,  having  no  other 
interest  excepting  his  political  affairs.  He  is 
a  staunch  Republican,  active  and  prominent 
in  the  ranks  of  his  party,  and  has  been  chosen 
to  fill  offices  of  importance.  He  served  the 
village  of  Jamestown  as  its  last  clerk  and 
the  city  of  Jamestown  as  its  first  clerk  under 
the  city  charter,  five  years  in  all,  1883  to 
1888.  In  1892  he  was  elected  supervisor,  rep- 
resenting Jamestown  on  the  county  board.  In 
1896-97  he  was  elected  to  the  state  assembly, 
serving  his  two  terms  with  credit.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
Lodge,  Chapter,  Commandery  and  Shrine.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  served  in  the  Fen- 
ton  Guard  for  seven  years  and  is  yet  inter- 
ested in  their  welfare,  although  it  is  now  a 
part  of  the  New  York  National  Guard  and 
known  under  another  name. 

Mr.  Peterson  married  Edith  S.,  daughter  of 
Nathan  Osgood,  of  Jamestown,  New  York. 
Child,  Marguerite  G.,  born  May  17,  1891 ; 
graduate  of  Jamestown  high  school,  class  of 
1910;  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school. 

Erickson  Johnson  (in  Sweden  the  name  was 


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John  Erickson)  maternal  grandfather  of  Hon. 
Frederick  R.  Peterson,  and  father  of  Char- 
lotte (Johnson)  Peterson,  referred  to  in  the 
first  paragraph  of  this  sketch,  was  bom  in 
Sweden,  1790,  died  there  in  1867.  He  was 
one  of  the  prosperous  farmers  of  his  native 
land,  he  being  the  owner  of  a  farm  which 
comprised  between  one  hundred  and  fifty  and 
two  hundred  acres,  which  was  considered 
large  for  that  country  and  that  day,  which 
he  improved  and  cultivated,  and  on  which  he 
resided  for  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Lutheran 
church,  to  which  he  devoted  his  time  and  sub- 
stance. As  a  citizen  he  was  universally  es- 
teemed, and  in  his  home  he  was  an  exemplary 
husband  and  father.  He  married,  in  181 5, 
Sarah  Bergson  or  Bergerson,  bom  in  1793, 
died  about  1839.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
1816,  was  drowned  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  2. 
Frederick,  bom  1818,  died  October  25,  1904; 
was  a  resident  of  Chandlers  Valley,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 3.  Andrew,  bom  1821,  died  1880;  was 
a  resident  of  Minnesota.  4.  Sarah  C,  born 
1824,  died  October  30,  1908;  was  a  resident 
of  Chandlers  Valley,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Charles, 
born  1826,  died  April  6,  1892;  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Illinois.  6.  August,  died  at  the  age 
of  four  weeks.  7.  Charlotte,  bom  July  20, 
183 1,  aforementioned  as  the  wife  of  Frank  A. 
Peterson  and  mother  of  Hon.  Frederick  R. 
Peterson.  8.  Philip,  born  1833;  retired 
farmer,  residing  in  the  state  of  Minnesota. 


The  first  Manley  of  whom 
MANLEY    there    is    record,    in    the    line 

herein  recorded,  is  William 
Manley,  a  resident  of  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, and  a  settler  in  1694  of  the  town  of 
Easton,  of  that  state.  This  was  prior  to  the 
settlement  and  incorporation  of  the  town. 
When  the  first  division  of  lands  was  made 
he  did  not  choose  his  shares  by  lot,  but  like 
a  few  other  of  the  earliest  settlers,  was  as- 
signed the  land  upon  which  they  had  already 
located.  He  owned,  with  his  three  sons,  con- 
siderable land  in  Easton.  While  a  resident 
in  Weymouth  he  served  in  the  colonial  army 
against  the  Indians.  His  wife,  Rebecca,  bore 
him  three  sons.  William  Manley  died  in 
Easton,  Massachusetts,  December  2,  1717. 
Sons,  born  in  Weymouth:  i.  William,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Thomas,  born  July  11, 
1680,  died  June  6,  1743,  leaving  considerable 
property   among  which   was   '  a  negro   boy, 


George,  valued  at  38  pounds."  In  1701  he 
married  Lydia  Field,  of  Bridgewater,  and 
in  his  will  did  all  he  could  to  have  her  always 
remain  Mrs.  Manley.  He  left  generous  pro- 
visions for  her  "so  long  as  she  shall  remain 
my  widow"  but  if  *'my  well  beloved  wife  see 
cause  to  change  her  condition  by  marriage" 
she  is  to  be  summarily  dismissed  from  the 
premises  with  a  pittance  of  ten  pounds.  They 
had  six  sons  and  seven  daughters.  3.  Nathan- 
iel, born  May  2y,  1684,  died  April  21,  1753, 
his  wife  (name  unknown)  dying  the  next  day. 

(II)  William  (2),  eldest  son  of  William 
(i)  and  Rebecca  Manley,  was  born  in  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  1679,  d^^d  in  Easton, 
January  16,  1764.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  and  a  land  owner  in  Easton.  He 
married,  February  22,  1710,  Mercy  Howin, 
bom  about  1677,  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts, 
died  January  6,  1777,  having  almost  com- 
pleted her  one  hundredth  year. 

(III)  John,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Mercy 
(Howin)  Manley,  was  born  in  Easton.  Alas- 
sachusetts,  September  27,  1715.  In  April, 
1758,  he  with  twenty-four  other  Easton  men 
enlisted  under  Captain  James  Andrews  in 
Colonel  Thomas  Doty*s  regiment,  for  service 
at  Crown  Point  and  Ticonderoga  during  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  In  1659  he  enlisted 
in  Captain  Lemuel  Bent's  company  and 
served  thirty-two  weeks.  His  son,  John  (2), 
served  in  the  same  company.  He  married, 
November  2^,  1739,  Mercy  Smith,  born  in 
Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  Febmary  19,  1718. 
Sons :    John,  James,  Jesse. 

(IV)  Jesse,  son  of  John  and  Mercy 
(Smith)  Manley,  was  born  May  28,  1754.  He 
lived  in  Royalton,  Massachusetts,  and  later  re- 
moved to  Dummerstown,  Vermont.  He  mar- 
ried there,  in  1776,  Eunice  Holmes.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Jesse  (2),  of  whom  further.  2.  Eu- 
nice, born  1782 ;  married  Reuben  Newton ;  3. 
Amasa,  born  1789;  married  Lydia,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  French,  sister  of  Betsey  French, 
wife  of  his  brother  Jesse.  4.  Nathaniel.  5. 
Hannah.  6.  Betsey.  7.  William.  8.  Sally. 
9.  Polly.  10.  John.  11.  Luke,  born  October 
17,  1800. 

(V)  Jesse  (2),  son  of  Jesse  (i)  and  Eu- 
ni(^e  (Holmes)  Manley,  was  born  in  Dum- 
merstown, Vermont,  January  26,  1776.  He 
married,  April  27,  1801,  Betsey,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  French,  and  in  183 1  came  with  his 
family  to  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  where  others  of  the  familv 


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name  had  preceded  him  prior  to  1828.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Jesse  (2)  and  Bet- 
sey (French)  Manley,  was  bom  in  Vermont, 
1816,  died  in  New  Albion,  New  York,  1895. 
He  was  part  of  the  family  emigration  to 
Washington  county  and  later  to  Cattaraugus 
county,  where  he  became  a  prominent  farmer 
and  public  official.  He  later  removed  to  New 
Albion,  where  he  died.  He  married  Mary 
Vosburgh,  born  1814,  died   1887.     Children: 

1.  Martin  H.,  married  Celia  Ellis  and  re- 
moved to  Lyons,  Nebraska;  son:  Emmett  N. 

2.  Wilbur  Jesse,  of  whom  further.  3.  Em- 
mett F.,  married  Mary  Hughey;  resides  in 
Little  Valley,  New  York ;  children :  Georgi- 
anna  and  Cecil.  4.  Jennie,  married  Frank 
Woodward;  son,  Nelson,  married  Mattie  Al- 
len and  has  Ruth  and  Gretchen. 

(Vn)  Wilbur  Jesse,  second  son  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Mary  (Vosburgh)  Manley,  was 
bom  in  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  March  9,  1847.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  Randolph  In- 
stitute, Jamestown  union  free  school  and  Bry- 
ant &  Stratton's  Business  College,  Buffalo. 
After  his  school  years  were  finished  he 
worked  with  his  father  for  one  year,  then 
took  the  management  upon  the  share  plan, 
continuing  two  years.  He  then  began  his 
long  connection  with  the  cheese  industry  as 
manufacturer  and  dealer.  In  1870  he  began 
buying  and  shipping  butter  and  cheese.  For 
two  years  he  operated  a  cheese  factory,  and 
in  the  pursuit  of  his  business  has  traveled  the 
whole  cheese  district,  being  intimately  ac- 
quainted with  every  maker  and  farmer  in  his 
line.  He  is  a  well-known  writer  on  "Cheese," 
'The  Farmer"  and  "Reciprocity,"  taking  the 
ground  on  the  latter  question  that  it  is  not 
wise.  His  articles  are  lengthy,  well  written 
and  his  points  well  sustained.  He  was  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  New  Albion  in  1878-79, 
president  of  the  village  of  Cattaraugus  two 
terms,  member  of  the  school  board  three 
terms.  In  1898  he  was  appointed  deputy  Uni- 
ted States  marshal  for  his  congressional  dis- 
trict, serving  eight  years,  and  in  all  these 
positions  proved  a  public  official  of  especial 
value.  He  is  a  successful  man  of  business 
and  holds  a  high  place  in  the  regard  of  his 
townsmen.  His  residence  is  on  Seneca  street, 
Salamanca,  New  York.  He  was  made  a  Ma- 
son on  arriving  at  legal  age,  in  1868;  was  a 


charter  member  of  Cattaraugus-  Lodge,  now 
a  member  of  Berean  Lodge  No.  810,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  of  Gowanda  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  interested  in  the 
work  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  is  a 
member  of  Elkdale  Grange.  He  is  a  ready 
and  forceful  speaker,  and  is  frequently  called 
on  for  public  speaking.  He  is  liberal  in  his 
ideas  on  all  subjects,  and  a  generous  supporter 
of  the  churches.  His  political  faith  is  Re- 
publican. 

He  married,  April  27,  187 1,  Henrietta  Mc- 
Duffie,  bom  November  30,  185 1.  Children: 
I.  Robert  Elwodd,  bom  May  3,  1875  J  gradu- 
ate of  Harvard  University;  now  connected 
with  the  office  of  the  district  attorney  of  New 
York  City.  2.  Roscoe,  born  June  8,  1879; 
married,  April  25,  1906,  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 28,  1878,  daughter  of  Robert  C.  and 
Jane  C.  (Curts)  Reed;  child,  Wilbur  Jesse 
(2),  born  July  28,   1907. 


This  family  came  originally 
BEACOM     from    Scotland,    where    John 

Beacom  lived  near  Edinburg. 
He  was  the  first  of  this  branch  to  come  to  the 
United  States.  He  settled  in  the  Scotch-Irish 
county  of  Pennsylvania,  Westmoreland,  which 
lies  west  of  the  Allegheny  mountains,  and  at 
one  time  included  most  of  West  Pennsylvania. 
Here  came  a  hardy  race  of  people  called 
Scotch-Irish,  but  peculiarly  Scotch  in  religion 
and  character.  Many  were  Covenanters  and 
among  them  were  men  of  high  education  and 
the  deepest  piety.  They  were  very  industri- 
ous and  from  the  rugged  hills  and  fertile  val- 
leys of  Westmoreland  carried  names  and  for- 
tunes for  themselves  that  yet  exist.  To  this 
people  belonged  John  Beacom  and  his  wife 
Mary.  He  took  up  land  in  Franklin  town- 
ship, much  of  it  fertile  meadow,  and  in  time 
became  possessed  of  a  large  acreage.  His 
meadows  produced  grass  in  abundance,  and 
during  haymaking  season  it  required  fifty 
men,  with  the  old-fashioned  scythes  and  rakes, 
to  harvest  the  crop.  Westmoreland  was  also 
prolific  in  distilleries  in  the  early  day  and  the 
juice  of  apple  and  corn  was  freely  distributed 
among  the  haymakers  of  John  Beacom,  com- 
ing pure  from  his  own  distillery,  located  on 
the  farm.  He  prospered  abundantly  and 
added  to  his  acres  until  a  large  share  of  the 
tillable  land  of  the  township  was  owned  by 
him.  He  had  six  children,  of  whom  Johns- 
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(II)  Johnstown  (or  Johnson),  son  of  John 
and  Mary  Beacom,  was  also  a  prosperous 
farmer  of  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

He  first  purchased  one  hundred  acres 
in  Franklin  township,  and  as  he  prospered 
added  to  it  by  other  purchases  until  he  had 
one  of  the  largest,  best  improved  and  well 
stocked  farms  in  the  township.  Grain  and 
live  stock  were  the  especial  lines  followed  in 
his  farming  operations.  He  was  a  well- 
known,  influential  man  in  his  town  and  was 
chief  executive  of  his  village.  He  married 
Rebecca  Miller.  Children :  John,  James  Van 
Buren,  Johnson  William,  Mary. 

(III)  Johnson  William,  son  of  Johnstown 
(or  Johnson)  and  Rebecca  (Miller)  Beacom, 
was  born  in  Franklin  township,  Westmoreland 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  grew  up  on  the 
home  farm  where  his  early  life  was  spent. 
He  left'the  farm  when  oil  was  discovered  in 
Pennsylvania  and  went  to  Oil  Creek  in  Ve- 
nango county.  He  was  located  on  the  "Stony 
farm,"  the  point  in  Venango  county  where 
the  operations  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company 
began.  Mr.  Beacom  drilled  many  wells  and 
became  a  large  producer.  He  also  discovered 
a  process  for  extracting  a  carbon  black  from 
the  crude  petroleum  that  has  proved  of  great 
value  in  electrical  conduit  work.  He  estab- 
lished factories  in  Pennsylvania  and  West  Vir- 
ginia, where  the  carbon  black  is  manufactured 
and  shipped.  The  product  is  mixed  with 
other  substances  and  forms  a  perfect  non- 
conducter  and  fills  an  important  place  in  the 
electrical  world.  In  1889  Mr.  Beacom  pur- 
chased a  summer  home  in  Randolph,  New 
York,  which  he  still  occupies  in  summer, 
spending  his  winters  in  the  south.  He  be- 
longs to  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  of 
the  Masonic  Order,  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  This  has  been 
the  family  political  faith  from  John  Beacom, 
the  emigrant,  down  to  the  present. 

He  married  Charlotte  Amanda  Capen. 
Children:  i.  William  Johnson,  married 
Louisa  Bignell,  and  resides  in  Medford,  Cali- 
fornia; six  children.  2.  Jessie  Estella,  mar- 
ried Julian  Van  Dusen;  child,  Paul  B.  3. 
Mary  Ella,  married  Frederick  Rich ;  children : 
Marian,  Beacom,  Charlotte  Amanda.  4.  Orl- 
tia  Rebecca,  married  Juan  Parrell ;  children : 
Paul  and  Edith.  5.  Henry  Clay,  married 
Emma  Zimmerman;  children:  Harold  and 
Donald   (twins),  Charlotte,  Orltia.     6.  Paul, 


unmarried;   manager   of   the   West    Virginia 
carbon  factory. 

The    surname    Horton,    origi- 
HORTON     nally  from  a  place  name,  is  one 

of  the  oldest  in  England.  The 
name  was  formerly  spelled  Orton  also. 
Thomas  Orton  or  Horton  was  an  early  set- 
tler of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  a  ship 
carpenter  by  trade,  appointed  to  ring  the 
church  bell,  April  3,  1674,  by  the  selectmen. 
He  married  Mary  Eddy,  who  was  admitted 
to  the  Charlestown  church,  April  12,  1650, 
and  died  September  13,  1693.  Thomas  lived 
on  Bow  street  and  sold  land  in  Charlestown 
in  1678  to  B.  Mirick.  He  died  May  19,  1687, 
at  Charlestown.  Children,  born  at  Charles- 
town: Mary,  August  22,  1648;  Sarah;  Ben- 
jamin Mirick;  Thomas,  January  9,  1654-55, 
died  young;  John,  March  23,  1656-57; 
William,  January  13,  died  January  21,  1658- 
59;  William,  baptized  February  5,  1660; 
Samuel,  November  10,  1661 ;  Ebenezer,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1663;  Thomas,  May  i,  1665;  Ann, 
July  31,  1666. 

The  Horton  Genealogy  makes  Thomas  Hor- 
ton, of  Rehoboth,  a  descendant  of  Barnabas 
Horton,  of  New  York,  but  there  is  no  reason 
to  support  the  claim. 

(I)  Thomas  Horton,  of  Welsh  ancestry, 
according  to  tradition,  and,  judging  from  the 
location  of  their  homes  and  the  similarity 
of  the  names  of  their  children,  a  near  relative 
of  Thomas  Horton,  of  Charlestown,  men- 
tioned above,  was  at  Milton,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1669.     He  married  (first)   Sarah 

.     He   married    (second),   at    Milton, 

December  25,  1693,  Susannah  Keney.  Prob- 
ably married  (third),  at  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  8,  1700,  Katherine  Harrison. 
His  sons  settled  at  Rehoboth  and  he  was 
doubtless  the  ancestor  of  all  the  Rhode  Island 
and  Rehoboth  famiUes  of  Horton.  Children, 
born  at  Milton:  i.  Rachel,  August  6,  1669. 
2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  Thomas,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1677 ;  married,  June  7,  1700,  at  Reho- 
both, Hannah  Garnsey  and  had  David,  Han- 
nah, Rachel,  Elijah,  Experience  and  perhaps 
others,  at  Rehoboth.  4.  David,  October  14, 
1679.  5.  Solomon,  January  11,  1682;  lived 
at  Milton  and  Rehoboth.  6.  Esther,  married, 
at  Rehoboth,  April  10,  1701,  Benjamin  Viall. 
Perhaps  others. 

(II)  John,   son  of  Thomas   Horton,    was 
born  at  Milton,  June  6,   1672.     He  and    his 


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brothers  and  father  removed  to  Rehoboth. 
The  names  of  his  children  are  not  recorded, 
but  his  son  John  located  in  Scituate,  Rhode 
Island.  The  census  of  1774  shows  the  heads 
of  family  in  Scituate  to  be  John,  Nathaniel, 
Hezekiah,  Patience  and  Stafford,  all  doubt- 
less his  grandchildren's  families.  Hezekiah 
and  Stafford  went  to  Guilford,  Vermont, 
about  1775. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Horton, 
was    born   before    1700.     He   married    Mary 

and    settled    at   Rehoboth,    removing 

probably  about  1730  to  Scituate,  Rhode 
Island.  Children,  born  at  Rehoboth:  Ruth, 
July  19,  1720;  Mary,  October  2^,  1725;  John, 
mentioned  below.     Probably  others. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Horton, 
was  bom  in  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  January 

27,  1727-28.  In  1774  the  census  shows  all 
of  this  family,  as  mentioned  above,  at  Scitu- 
ate. The  only  other  Horton  in  the  province 
was  Amos  Horton,  of  Providence.  He  was 
also  a  native  of  Rehoboth.  In  1790  some 
had  left  the  state.  Nathaniel  was  living  at 
Foster;  Benjamin  at  Scituate  (Benjamin  had 
Mary,  bom  August  6,   1757;  Jesse,  January 

28,  1760)  ;  Amos,  Samuel  at  Johnston,  for- 
merly Providence.  John  was  not  in  the  state 
of  Rhode  Island.  John  (3)  Horton  married, 
at  Rehoboth,  April  6,  1756,  Sarah  Hix,  of 
Swansea,  Massachusetts.  Among  their  chil- 
dren were:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Asel, 
who  resided  near  Whitesboro;  Thomas,  who 
lived  for  some  time  at  Castleton,  Vermont. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (3)  Horton,  was 
born  probably  at  Scituate,  Rhode  Island,  or 
Rehoboth,  about  1760.  He  removed  during 
the  revolution  to  Lanesborough,  Berkshire 
county,  Massachusetts,  afterward  Cheshire. 
He  served  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Daniel 
Brown's  company.  Colonel  Benjamin  Simonds' 
regiment,  six  days  on  the  alarm  at  Berkshire, 
October  13,  1780.  Squire  Horton,  a  brother 
or  near  relative,  went  to  the  same  town  and 
was  in  the  same  company  in  the  revolution, 
and  he  was  also  in  this  same  company  from 
Lanesborough,  marching  to  Meloomscuyck, 
August  14,  1777.  In  the  previous  year  Squire 
Horton  was  in  Captain  Stephen  Bullock's 
company,  Colonel  Thomas  Carpenter's  regi- 
ment, from  Rehoboth  to  Rhode  Island,  De- 
cember 8,  1776.  Hence  Squire  and  Isaac 
probably  came  to  Lanesborough  in  1777  (see 
"Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the 
Revolution,"  vol.  xiii,  p.  276).     In   1790  the 


first  federal  census  shows  that  the  only  Hor- 
tons  of  Berkshire  county  were  Isaac,  who 
had  one  son  under  sixteen  and  four  females 
in  his  family,  and  Squire,  who  had  two  sons 
under  sixteen  and  four  females. 

There  was  an  Isaac  Horton,  of  Bridge- 
water,  in  the  revolution,  aged  seventeen,  year 
not  given,  from  Bridgewater,  and  another  in 
1783  aged  twenty-three,  residence  given  as 
England,  but  this  record  does  not  appear  to 
belong  to  Isaac  of  this  family,  who  was  in 
Berkshire  county  in  1780.  Squire  Horton 
married,  at  Rehoboth,  January  23,  1769,  Lydia 
Peirce,  of  Swansea.  Isaac  Horton  is  said  to 
have  lived  in  Providence  prior  to  removing 
to  Berkshire  county,  but  if  he  was  born  in 
1760  he  did  not  marry  until  after  coming  to 
Lanesborough.  Cheshire  was  incorporated 
from  Lanesborough  and  other  adjacent  towns 
in  1793.  Isaac  Horton  resided  in  Cheshire, 
on  the  Hawley  or  Holly  road,  and  it  is  said 
that  he  used  to  teach  the  children  of  the 
town  during  the  long  winter  evenings  in  his 
somewhat  pretentious  red  cottage,  without 
compensation,  sometimes  reading  to  them 
from  his  books  or  the  newspaper.  It  is  said 
that  the  first  prayer  meeting  in  Cheshire  was 
held  at  his  house. 

Isaac  Horton  married  Lovisa  Brown,  born 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  The  record  of 
her  birth  is  not  found  on  the  town  records. 
Daniel  Brown  was  the  first  representative  to 
the  general  court  from  Cheshire.  James 
Brown,  son  of  Caleb  and  Ann  Brown,  came 
from  Rhode  Island  to  Cheshire.  She  is  de- 
scribed as  being  ''short  and  stout,"  very  ener- 
getic, somewhat  sharp  of  tongue,  and  often 
very  impatient  over  her  husband's  love  for 
reading  and  study,  but  devoted  entirely  to 
the  interests  of  her  home  and  religion.  She 
was  doubtless  of  the  Rehoboth  family,  whose 
ancestry  is  traced  to  the  "Mayflower."  She 
was  a  "school  dame"  in  Rhode  Island  before 
her  marriage  and  received  the  modest  salary 
of  twenty-three  dollars  a  year.  She  died  at 
Marcy,  New  York,  about  1857.  They  re- 
moved to  Whitesborough,  New  York,  from 
Cheshire,  in  1818,  to  reside  with  their  daugh- 
ter, Polly  Crane,  and  he  died  at  Whitesbor- 
ough in  1840.  Both  are  buried  at  Marcy, 
New  York.  Children:  Lucy,  Polly  (Mary), 
Jesse,  Asel,  Benjamin,  mentioned  below ;  Isaac, 
Lovisa,  Achsah,  Amanda. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Isaac  Horton,  was 
born  in  Cheshire,  Massachusetts,   March  29, 


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1793-     After  his  marriage  he  lived  for  some 
years  in  different  towns:     Pownal,  Vermont; 
Lenox  and  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.    He  had 
accumulated  some  money,  owned  a  team  of 
horses  and  a  yoke  of  oxen.    With  this  equip- 
ment he  started  west  with  wife  and  two  young 
children,  Jeannette  and  Albert.    He  started  in 
the   winter   in   order   to   take   advantage   of 
frozen    roads    and    streams.      His    objective 
point    was    Chautauqua    county,    by    way    of 
Buffalo.     The  journey  was  a  most  fatiguing 
one,  but  they  often  had  company  at  their  night 
campfires,  other  parties  like  themselves  who 
were  seeking  home  and  fortune  in  Western 
New  York  and  Ohio.     They  passed  through 
Buffalo  about  March  i,  1818,  unmolested  by 
the  Indians,  and  on  arriving  at  the  mouth  of 
Cattaraugus  creek  found   to  their  great  joy 
that  it  was  still  frozen  and  passable.     When 
the  big  red  house  of  Nebediah  Angell,  in  Han- 
over   Center,    Chautauqua    county,  came    in 
sight,  and  Nebediah's  children  came  running 
down  the  road  to  meet  them,  their  happiness 
was  complete;  Jordan  had  been  crossed  and 
Canaan,    the    promised    land,    was    reached. 
They   remained  about  three  weeks  with  the 
family    of    Nebediah    Angell     (who    was    a 
brother  of   Benjamin  Horton's  wife,   Adah) 
then  Benjamin  Horton  purchased  of  the  Hol- 
land  Land   Company   eighty-seven   acres   of 
land,  which  is  still  owned  in  the  Horton  family 
(1911),   and  began  housekeeping  in  a  little 
log  cabin  situated  about  where  the   present 
farm  house  stands.    When  the  log  cabin  was 
finished  and  home  life  again  resumed,  both 
Benjamin  and  his  wife  declared  those  to  be 
"the  happiest  days  of  their  life,"  although  all 
around  their  little  home  lurked  the  wild  things 
of  the  forest.     Adah  Horton   brought  from 
her  Cheshire  home  a  wardrobe  that  for  the 
time  and  place  was  more  elegant  than  useful, 
for  in  that  new  country  the  silk  gown,  the 
scarlet  dress  and  pretty  muslins  were  gener- 
ally loaned  either  to  the  young  people  to  wear 
at  the  "husking  bees'*  and  "barn  dances,"  or 
to  some  neighbor  to  attend  a  funeral.     Ben- 
jamin prospered,  and  in  the  course  of  time 
built  a  more  modern  home  to  replace  the  log 
cabin.     This  house  is  still  standing  and  in  it 
many  of  their  children  were  born.     The  par- 
ents lived   to  see  all  their  children  married 
and  settled  in  life. 

Benjamin  Horton  married,  January  25, 
181 5,  his  cousin,  Adah,  daughter  of  Esek  and 
Martha    (Brown)    Angell,   of    Pownal,    Ver- 


mont. She  was  a  descendant  of  four  of  the 
thirteen  signers  of  the  first  written  compact 
of  the  Providence  plantations;  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  two  governors,  Winthrop  and 
Williams,  the  latter  "the  first  person  in  mod- 
ern Christendom  to  establish  civil  government 
on  the  doctrine  of  liberty  of  conscience,  the 
equality  of  opinion  before  the  law."  This 
ancestry  opens  the  door  of  all  colonial  soci- 
eties to  her  descendants. 

(VH)  Albert,  son  of  Benjamin  Horton, 
was  born  in  Berkshire  Hills,  Massachusetts, 
December,  181 8,  died  at  Silver  Creek,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  March  22,  1882. 
He  came  from  Massachusetts  to  Chautauqua 
county  a  babe  in  arms,  with  his^  parents,  and 
grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm  at  Angell's 
Settlement,  town  of  Hanover.  He  remained 
on  the  old  homestead,  engaged  in  farming, 
lumbering  and  operating  a  saw  mill.  He 
hauled  the  product  of  his  mill  to  Silver  Creek, 
where  a  large  amount  of  it  was  used  in  the 
construction  of  houses  at  that  village.  He 
held  no  public  office,  but  was  always  active 
in  public  affairs  and  served  in  the  town  mili- 
tary company.  He  married  Mary  Ann  Wax- 
ham,  born  in  Cambridge,  England,  about 
1820,  died  at  Silver  Creek.  She  came  to  the 
United  States  with  her  father,  after  the  death 
of  her  mother,  settling  in  Hanover,  Chautau- 
qua county,  in  1832.  Children:  Helen  C, 
married  Henry  Montgomery ;  Elmer,  of  wham 
further;  Walter,  di?d  in  infancy;  Charles  C, 
of  whom  further. 

(Vni)  Elmer,  eldest  son  of  Albert  Hor- 
ton, was  born  at  Angell's  Settlement,  town 
of  Hanover,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
May  4,  1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school,  and  remained  on  the  old  homestead 
several  years.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  oil 
business  in  Pennsylvania,  returning  to  Chau- 
tauqua county  in  1879,  and  in  company  with 
his  brother,  Charles  C.,  established  the  drug 
and  grocery  firm  of  Horton  Brothers,  at  Sil- 
ver Creek.  After  a  successful  mercantile  life 
of  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  that  village, 
they  sold  their  interests  and  retired.  In  1891 
the  brothers  planted  their  first  grape  vine- 
yard. Since  then  they  have  been  successful 
cultivators  of  the  grape,  and  now  own  jointly 
about  seventy-five  acres  in  bearing.  Mr.  Hor- 
ton is  a  Republican  in  politics ;  a  member  and 
trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
also  holding  official  position  on  the  cemetery- 
board  of  directors. 


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He  married  (first)  Emma  Montgomery, 
who  died  1868,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Fi- 
delia (Martin)  Montgomery;  (second)  Chris- 
tina Thompson,  born  March  9,  1846,  in  Pic- 
tou  county,  Nova  Scotia,  daughter  of  John 
Thompson,  born  in  Pictou  county,  and  who 
died  there  in  1906,  at  the  great  age  of  ninety- 
three  years.  He  married  Elizabeth  Murray, 
born  in  the  same  county,  died  there  in  1892, 
aged  seventy-nine  years,  daughter  of  David 
and  Margaret  (Huggin)  Murray,  natives  of 
Scotland  and  England.  Children  of  John 
Thompson:  Elizabeth,  married  a  Patten; 
Hannah  Jane,  died  unmarried ;  Christina,  mar- 
ried Elmer  Horton;  Helen  Young,  married 
a  Meldrum;  Abigail  J.,  unmarried;  Howard 
married  Alice  Waters;  Mary,  unmarried; 
George  W.,  married  Nettie  E.  Huggin;  Fen- 
wick  W.,  unmarried.  Children  of  Elmer  and 
Christina  Horton:  i.  Albert;,  Howard,  born 
July  23,  1875;  married  Althea  Briggs;  chil- 
dren: Ada,  born  August  25,  1906;  John, 
February  21,  1910.  2.  Clinton  Thompson, 
born  October  3,  1876 ;  married  Madge  Bates ; 
children:  Roger  Bates,  born  September  3, 
1907;  Virginia,  July  26,  191 1.  3.  Ada,  born 
September  5,  1880,  died  unmarried,  aged 
twenty-five  years.  4.  Ernest  Earl,  born  April 
II,  1884,  died  1891. 

(Vni)  Charles  C,  youngest  son  of  Albert 
Horton,  was  bom  at  Angell's  Settlement,  town 
of  Hanover,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
September  19,  1857.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  finishing  with  a  course  at 
Eastman's  Business  College,  Poughkeepsie. 
He  taught  school  for  one  year  in  Silver 
Creek.  In  1879,  in  company  with  his  brother 
Elmer,  trading  as  Horton  Brothers,  they  es- 
tablished a  drug  and  grocery  store,  which  was 
continued  in  successful  operation  until  Feb-** 
ruary,  1908,  when  they  sold  out.  In  addition 
to  their  mercantile  business,  the  brothers  en- 
gaged in  grape  culture,  having  between  them 
about  seventy-five  acres  of  bearing  vineyard. 
Charles  C.  Horton,  in  1898,  was  appointed  by 
President  McKinley  postmaster  at  Silver 
Creek,  and  has  been  successively  reappointed 
to  that  office  by  Presidents  Roosevelt  and 
Taft,  and  is  the  present  incumbent  (1911). 
He  has  always  been  public-spirited,  progres- 
sive, and  a  close  student  of  national,  state  and 
county  public  questions.  He  belongs  to  Silver 
Creek  Lodge,  No.  757,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  Silver  Creek  Lodge,  No.  682, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


He  married,  in  1882,  Leora  B.,  daughter  of 
Sylvanus  S.  and  Grace  (Stearns)  Staning,  of 
Silver  Creek.  Sylvanus  S.  is  a  veteran  of 
the  civil  war,  enlisting  from  Michigan.  In 
an  earlier  battle  of  the  war  he  was  wounded 
and  discharged.  Later  he  reenlisted  and 
served  under  General  Sherman  in  his  famous 
campaign  "from  Atlanta  to  the  Sea."  The 
Stanings  descend  from  an  early  settler  in  the 
Mohawk  Valley.  Children:  i.  Harvey  S., 
born  April  22,  1884 ;  graduate  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, school  of  architecture.  2.  Mabel.  3. 
Grace. 


The   Terrys   of    Salamanca   de- 
TERRY    scend      from      Irish      ancestors 

whose  coming  to  this  country  is 
a  matter  of  conjecture.  In  1790  there  were 
more  than  fifty  families  bearing  the  name  liv- 
ing in  Montgomery  county,  New  York,  alone, 
while  in  New  England  they  are  found  at  an 
early  date  in  nearly  every  colony,  also  in  New 
Jersey.  Terry  is  a  name  common  in  some 
form  to  several  nations,  according  to  Fergu- 
son in  his  "Teutonic  Name  System."  Samuel 
Terry,  of  New  York  City,  classes  it  among 
the  early  French  names,  under  the  form  of 
Therry.  The  first  record  of  the  name  is  found 
in  America,  October  15,  1650,  when  the  boy, 
Samuel  Terry,  was  apprenticed  to  Samuel 
Pynchon  to  be  taught  the  trade  of  linen  spin- 
ner. .  We  know  the  Terrys  were  seated  in 
Montgomery  county,  New  York,  prior  to  the 
revolution,  but  no  definite  date  can  be  given 
earlier  than  1818  concerning  the  family  here- 
in recorded,  although  they  were  residents  of 
Allegany  county,  New  York,  previous  to 
that  date. 

(II)  William  A.  Terry  was  born  in  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  August  16,  1818, 
died  April  22,  1893.  He  was  left  an  orphan 
when  a  young  child,  the  eldest  of  three  chil- 
dren— William  A.,  Charles  and  Laura  Ann. 
He  received  a  limited  education  in  the  country 
school,  and  was  early  apprenticed  to  the  mil- 
lers' trade,  a  vocation  he  followed  for  over 
fifty  years,  the  greater  part  of  this  period 
being  passed  in  Cattaraugus  county.  He  was 
a  Whig  in  politics,  later  a  Republican,  and  a 
Protestant  in  religious  faith.  He  married  Lu- 
cretia  R.  Thomas,  an  orphan,  bom  October  9, 
1819,  died  May  i,  1881.  Children:  i.  Alan- 
son  T.,  who  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Regiment, 
New  York  Cavalry;  fought  at  the  first  Bull 
Run;  was  injured  and  later  received  an  hon- 


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orable  discharge.  After  returning  home  he 
married  Emma  Trace,  of  Meadville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  engaged  in  railroading  on  the  At- 
lantic &  Great  Western,  now  a  part  of  the 
Erie  system;  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
engine  dispatcher  at  Kent,  Ohio.  Children: 
Laura  and  Arthur.  2.  Charles  W.,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Chester  F.,  born  in  Rushford,  Alle- 
gany county.  New  York,  died  at  Jamestown, 
New  York.  In  early  life  his  parents  came  to  Cat- 
taraugus, where  he  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  became  an  employee  on  the  At- 
lantic &  Great  Western  railroad,  beginning  as 
fireman,  promoted  engineer,  and  held  that  po- 
sition many  years  until  his  death.  He  married 
Rachel  E.  Trace,  of  Meadville,  Pennsylvania, 
now  deceased.  Children:  Grace,  Leroy  and 
Belle.  4.  Frank,  born  at  Rushford,  New 
York,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Cattaraugus  county;  became  first  a  fireman, 
then  engineer,  but  for  several  years  has  been 
unable  to  follow  any  business  on  account  of 
injuries  received,  and  a  paralyzed  arm.  5. 
Willie  W.,  born  at  Sugar  Grove,  Warren 
county,  Pennsylvania,  February  7,  1857.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  in 
187 1  entered  the  office  of  Dr.  M.  F.  Lenox, 
of  Cattaraugus,  New  York,  remaining  two 
years.  He  then  spent  several  years  at  Phila- 
delphia Dental  College,  becoming  well 
equipped  for  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  spent  three  years  in  practice  at  Salamanca, 
then  in  Cattaraugus  and  Newark,  New  York, 
until  1894,  when  he  located  in  Buffalo,  where 
he  is  now  in  practice.  He  married,  July  18, 
1880,  Emma  Taft,  born  February  2,  1855; 
child:  Lucretia  Laura,  bom  November  10, 
1881. 

(HI)  Charles  W.,  second  son  of  William 
A.  and  Lucretia  R.  (Thomas)  Terry,  was 
born  in  Franklinville,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  March  25,  1846.  He  was  edu- 
cated principally  at  Chamberlain  Institute,  at 
Randolph,  New  York,  where  he  passed  the 
examin^itions  and  received  his  academic  cer- 
tificate. He  taught  one  year  at  Chamberlain 
Institute,  and  for  another  year  was  principal 
of  the  public  school  at  East  Randolph.  Au- 
gust 4,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Ninth 
Regiment  New  York  Cavalry,  serving  under 
General  Phil  Sheridan  from  Winchester  to 
Appomattox,  receiving  honorable  discharge  in 
June,  1865.  He  was  then  for  nine  years  en- 
gaged in  the  drug  and  grocery  business  in 
East  Randolph,  New  York,  during  this  period 


holding  the  offices  of  town  clerk,  deputy,  post- 
master and  justice  of  the  peace.  In  1876  he 
registered  as  a  law  student  in  the  office  of 
M.  Van  Benson,  but  never  applied  for  admis- 
sion to  the  bar  until  1893,  when  he  passed 
the  examinations,  and  received  his  diploma. 
In  1877  ^^  was  appointed  deputy  collector  of 
internal  revenue  by  F.  Bull,  collector  at  Buf- 
falo, and  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  counties 
of  Chautauqua  and  Cattaraugus.  In  the  fall 
of  1877  and  each  year  thereafter  until  1882 
he  was  elected  journal  clerk  of  the  board  of 
supervision  of  Cattaraugus  county.  At  the 
fall  elections  of  1882  he  was  elected  clerk  of 
Cattaraugus  county,  being  the  regular  Repub- 
lican nominee  for  the  full  term  of  three  years. 
In  1886  he  again  took  up  his  residence  in 
Randolph,  where  he  was  president  of  the  vil- 
lage corporation  two  years  and  supervisor  of 
the  town  five  y.ears;  also  for  several  years  a 
member  of  the  Republican  county  committee, 
and  for  a  few  years  its  chairman. 

In  1893  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legisla- 
ture as  the  regular  Republican  nominee,  and 
was  appointed  by  Speaker  George  R.  Maltby 
to  the  chairmanship  of  the  committee  on  In- 
dian affairs,  and  to  the  committees  on  codes, 
judiciary  and  public  health.  He  was  re- 
elected in  1894,  and  appointed  by  Speaker 
Hamilton  Fish  to  be  junior  chairman  on  the 
committee  on  revision,  and  to  committees  on 
judiciary,  codes  and  privileges  and  elections. 
His  natural  business  ability,  combined  with 
legal  education  and  knowledge  of  legal  pro- 
cedure, rendered  him  a  valuable  public  offi- 
cial, and  one  fully  appreciated  by  his  constitu- 
ents and  fellow  members.  In  1898  he  formed 
a  copartnership  with  R.  R.  Crowley,  attorney, 
and  for  three  years  was, engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law.  In  1900  he  moved  his  residence 
to  Salamanca,  where  he  helped  to  organize  the 
Salamanca  Furniture  Works,  a  very  success- 
ful company,  of  which  he  is  vice-president  and 
general  manager.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Veneer  Panel  Company,  and  is  a  director  of 
the  Salamanca  Trust  Company.  In  1895  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  village  of  Sala- 
manca, and  reelected  in  1896.  On  August  5, 
1908,  he  was  elected  member  of  the  board  of 
education ;  on  August  9,  1910,  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  board ;  again  elected  member 
in  May,  191 1,  and  reelected  president  of 
board  in  August,  191 1.  He  is  a  member  of 
D.  T.  Higgins  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public; of  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  is  a  past 


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noble  grand  in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  belongs  to  the  blue  lodge,  chap- 
ter, commandery  of  the  Masonic  order,  and 
to  Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  February  19,  1870,  Adele  M., 
daughter  of  A.  B.  Fox,  of  East  Randolph, 
New  York. 

(IV)  Leland  B.,  only  child  of  Charles  W. 
and  Adele  M.  (Fox)  Terry,  was  born  in 
East  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  July  3,  1874.  His  primary  education 
was  secured  in  the  public  schools,  after  which 
he  prepared  for  college  at  Chamberlain  Insti- 
tute, graduating  in  1892.  He  then  attended 
the  Princeton  Preparatory  School  for  one 
year,  and  entered  Princeton  University, 
whence  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Science,  class  of  1897.  He  then 
prepared  for  the  profession  of  law  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo,  Legal  Departipent,  gradu- 
ating LL.B.,  class  of  1900.  In  1901  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  York  state,  but 
has  practically  relinquished  his  profession  in 
favor  of  a  business  career.  He  is  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Salamanca  Furniture 
Works  and  in  charge  of  the  sales  department. 
He  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Salamanca 
Mirror  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  belonging  to  the  lodge,  chap- 
ter, commandery  and  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Delta  Chi  legal  fraternity. 

He  married,  February  27,  1901,  Nellie  J. 
Colgrove,  bom  October  10,  1878,  daughter  of 
Dr.  John  Pitts  and  Dr.  Salina  (Parker)  Col- 
grove. Dr.  John  P.  Colgrove  is  a  son  of 
Francis  and  Amanda  (Pitts)  Colgrove.  Dr. 
Salina  Colgrove  is  a  daughter  of  George  W. 
and  Marena  (Jones)  Parker.  Child  of  Leland 
B.  and  Nellie  J.  Terry :  Sybil  Pitts,  born  De- 
cember 15,  1902,  died  May  30,  1905. 


Lieutenant  Francis  Smith,  immi- 
SMITH  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  came  to  this  country  as 
early  as  1636,  when  he  was  a  proprietor  of 
Watertown.  One  Francis  Smith  sailed  from 
England  in  the  ship  "JsLxnes,'*  April  5,  1635. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  April  17,  1637. 
From  Watertown  he  removed  to  Lynn  and 
afterward  to  Rumney  Marsh,  now  Chelsea. 
He  was  in  Reading,  Massachusetts,  and  a 
proprietor  of  the  town  in  1644  ^^^  member 
of  the  church.     His  farm  was  at  the  north 


end  of  Smith's  pond,  which  was  named  for 
him  and  he  owned  a  large  tract  extending  to 
Woodville.  The  site  of  his  house  was  near 
the  present  location  of  the  Wakefield  Junction 
railroad  station.  He  died  at  Reading,  March 
20,  1649-50.  Children:  i.  John,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Benjamin,  born  at  Watertown,  as 
stated  on  the  Reading  records,  October  10, 
1637.  Hannah,  married,  in  1659,  George  Lil- 
ley.    4.  Mary,  married  Jeremiah  Swain. 

(II)  Lieutenant  John  Smith,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant Francis  Smith,  was  born  in  England 
about  1625.  He  was  a  proprietor  of  Reading 
and  a  town  officer.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1669.  He  married  (first), 
August  I,  1647,  Catherine  Morrill,  who  died 
September  12,  1662,  daughter  of  Isaac  Mor- 
rill, of  Roxbury.  He  married  (second),  in 
1663,  Mary  Bill,  passenger  in  the  "Planter" 
in  1635,  aged  eleven  years.  At  the  time  of 
his  second  marriage  he  was  a  lieutenant.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Reading:  John,  1651;  Mary; 
Sarah,  bom  April  14,  1654,  died  young; 
Isaac,  June  20,  1655 ;  Benjamin,  August  8, 
1657,  died  August  11,  1657;  Francis,,  men- 
tioned below ;  Abraham,  April*  10,  1661 ; 
James,  1663;  Jemima,  1670. 

(III)  Deacon  Francis  Smith,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  Smith,  was  born  in  Reading,  De- 
cember 23,  1658,  died  there  in  1744.  He  was 
selectman,  town  clerk,  deacon  for  many  years, 
and  held  other  offices  in  his  native  town.  He 
married  Ruth  Maverick,  who  died  in  17 17, 
aged  sixty-two,  daughter  of  Elias  and  Ann 
(Harris)  Maverick,  of  Charlestown  and  Chel- 
sea. Children,  born  at  Reading :  John,  1680 ; 
Isaac,  1682;  Abraham,  mentioned  below; 
James,  1690;  Catherine,  1691,  married  Samuel 
Felch;  Benjamin,  1692;  Ruth,  1694;  Mary, 
1696;  Elias,  1698. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  Deacon  Francis 
Smith,  was  born  at  Reading,  in  1687.  He 
settled  on  the  Loell  Emerson  place,  Wood- 
ville, Reading.  Children,  born  at  Reading: 
Elizabeth,  1720;  Lydia,  1723;  Jemima,  1726; 
Mary,  1727;  Abraham,  mentioned  below; 
Martha,  1732;  Stephen,  1736. 

(V)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Reading  in  1730.  He  was 
of  Reading,  according  to  the  Lynn  town  rec- 
ords, when  he  married,  April  26,  1755,  Mary 
Hawkes.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
in  Captain  Jeremiah  Putnam's  company.  Col- 
onel Nathan  Tyler's  regiment,  from  July  10, 
1779,  to  December  i,  1779,  and  later  in  De- 


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cember  in  the  Rhode  Island  Campaign.  (See 
"Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the 
Revolution,"  vol.  XIV,  p.  336.)  He  removed 
to  Surry,  Cheshire  county,  New  Hampshire, 
with  others  of  the  Smith  family.  In  1790,  ac- 
cording to  the  first  federal  census,  there  were 
at  Surry,  Abraham,  Abraham  Jr.,  Daniel,  Ich- 
abod,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Stephen,  Thomas 
and  Thomas  Jr.  Smith,  with  their  families. 
Abraham  had  no  children,  all  being  grown. 
Children,  born  at  Lynn:  Mary,  March  20, 
1756;  Hannah,  December  7,  1757;  Lydia,  July 
27,  1760;  Abraham,  mentioned  below;  Eliza- 
beth, July  13,  1764;  Stephen,  September  21, 
1766;  Sarah,  July  24,  1768;  Francis,  April  21, 
1772;  Rebecca,  died  April  28,  1773.  Samuel 
and  Stephen  Smith,  of  Lynn,  also  went  to 
Surry,  New  Hampshire. 

(VI)  Abraham  (3),  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Smith,  was  bom  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
April  12,  1762.  In  the  intentions  of  mar- 
riages at  Lynn  appears  that  of  Abraham 
Smith,  October  3,  1786,  and  Susanna  Brock. 
The  record  of  marriage  does  not  appear.  He 
married  (perhaps  second)  Delilah  Willey,  a 
descendant  of  Isaac  Willey  (see  Willey  V). 
He  was  in  the  revolution  in  the  same  com- 
pany with  his  father  from  Lynn.  He  lived 
at  Surry  after  the  revolution.  Among  his 
children  was  Reuben,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Reuben,  son  of  Abraham  (3)  Smith, 
was  born  at  Surry,  Cheshire  county,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  Lydia  Remington, 
born  at  Wallingford,  Vermont,  daughter  of 
Joshua  Remington,  of  Rutland  county,  Ver- 
mont (see  Remington  IV).  Reuben  Smith 
removed  to  China,  New  York.  Children  of 
Reuben  Smith:  Enos  F.,  Henrietta,  Buel 
Goodsell,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Buel  Goodsell,  son  of  Reuben 
Smith,  was  born  at  China,  now  Arcade,  New 
York,  April  i,  1826,  died  October  27,  1887. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and 
followed  farming  at  Yorkshire  Center,  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York,  all  his  active  life. 
In  politics  Mr.  Smith  was  a  Republican,  af- 
ter that  party  was  formed ;  in  religion  he  was 
a  Universalist.  He  married  Lucy  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Eleanor  (Wood)  Thorn- 
ton. Samuel  Thornton,  father  of  Richard, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  as  was  also 
Barnard  Wood,  father  of  Eleanor  (Wood) 
Thornton,  a  descendant  of  John  Thornton,  a 
colleague  of  Roger  Williams  in  the  settle- 
ment of  Providence,  Rhode  Island.    Children 


of  Buel  Goodsell  Smith:  i.  Enos  F.,  bom 
September  13,  1846,  died  in  infancy.  2. 
Emma  A.,  bom  June  13,  1848;  married  C. 
C.  Pingrey,  living  at  Delevan,  New  York.  3. 
Lydia  H.,  born  March  25,  1851,  died  Mardi 
21,  1896;  married  F.  J.  Cluny.  4.  Buel  R., 
bom  August  24,  1853;  now  living  at  Pike, 
Wyoming  county.  New  York.  5.  Flora  E., 
born  October  14,  1855 ;  now  living  at  East 
Aurora,  New  York ;  married  M.  C.  Lang- 
made.  6.  William  V.,  born  August  6,  1857; 
now  living  at  Flint,  Michigan.  7.  Jasper  E., 
mentioned  below.  8.  Jessie  E.,  born  March 
14,  1863;  living  at  Franklinville,  New  York; 
married  Edward  Rowland.  9.  Cora  E.,  bom 
March    15,    1867;    living   at    Delevan,    New 

York  I  married  Pingrey.     10.  Earl,  born 

March  24,  1869,  died  in  infancy. 

(IX)  Jasper  Elvin,  son  of  Buel  Goodsell 
Smith,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  January  22,  i860.  He 
attended  the  Dryden  union  school  of  Dtyden, 
Tompkins  county.  New  York,  and  entered 
Hamilton  College  at  Clinton,  New  York, 
graduating  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  1885  and  receiving  from  his  alma  mater 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  1888.  He 
began  to  study  law  in  the  office  of  his  brother, 
William  V.  Smith,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1887.  In  partnership  with  his  brother 
he  began  to  practice  law  at  Olean,  New 
York,  and  continued  until  the  firm  was  dis- 
solved in  1902.  Each  of  the  partners  con- 
tinued to  practice  alone  at  Olean.  Since  1902 
William  V.  Smith  has  been  located  at  Flint, 
Michigan. 

Jasper  E.  Smith  has  retained  his  of- 
fices in  Olean  to  the  present  time  and  is 
a  prominent  lawyer  of  that  town.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  for  three  years  was 
a  member  of  the  Olean  board  of  education, 
1901-04,  and  for  two  years  represented  the 
first  assembly  district  of  Cattaraugus  county 
in  the  legislature  of  New  York,  filling  im- 
portant committee  places.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Bar  Association. 

He  married,  at  Olean,  May  6,  1891,  Mary 
Louise  Lee,  born  June  18,  1865,  ^^  West 
Salamanca,  New  York,  daughter  of  Maurice 
Lyman  and  Jane  A.  (Aldrich)  Lee,  grand- 
daughter of  Lyman  Lee.  Children,  bom  at 
Olean:  Maurice  Lyman,  December  7,  1893; 
Lydia  Remington,  March  24,  1898;  Jane  Aid- 
rich,  May  13,  1902;  Richard  Thorntoh,  Au- 
gust 6,  1906. 


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(The  Willey  Line). 

(I)  Isaac  Willey,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as 
1640. 

Before  1644  he  removed  to  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  where  the  records  of 
his  children  are  found,  in  addition  to  those 
records  in  the  Boston  record  of  births.  In 
1645  he  went  with  John  Winthrop  Jr.  to 
New  London,  Connecticut,  where  he  died 
about  1685.  His  house  lot  was  on  Mill  brook, 
at  the  foot  of  Post  hill.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  in  a  short  time  moved  to  a  farm  at  the 
head  of  Nahantic  river,  which  in  1664  was 
confirmed  to  "old  Goodman  Willie."  Their 
children  were  doubtless  all  born  before  they 
moved  here.  In  1645  he  and  John  Stebbins 
mowed  the  meadows  of  the  Upper  Mamacook. 
He  was  chosen  at  a  meeting,  February  25, 
1647,  with  John  Winthrop,  Robert  Hemp- 
steed,  Samuel  Lothroup  and  Thomas  Minor, 
"to  act  in  all  Toune  affairs,"  and  at  the  same 
time  he  was  granted  a  planting  lot  near  the 
cove.  He  was  one  of  sixteen  who  had  cattle 
marks  before  1650.  In  May,  1649,  he  was 
before  the  general  court  with  two  others, 
charged  with  resisting  a  constable  and  letting 
go  an  Indian  committed  to  their  charge,  and 
they  were  summoned  to  appear  at  Hartford 
to  answer  for  their  conduct.  About  1652  he 
received  two  grants  of  land  east  of  Pequot 
river,  and  he  sold  them  to  Amos  Richard- 
son. In  1669  his  name  was  on  a  list  of 
twenty-one  freemen.  On  November  29, 
1669,  he  was  on  a  committee  for  laying  out 
the  King's  highway  between  New  London 
and  the  head  of  the  Niantic  river.  On 
March  12,  1671-72,  he  was  among  those  ar- 
raigned at  Hartford  "for  attempts  by  vio- 
lence to  drive  Mr.  Mathew  Griswold  and 
Lieut.  Wm.  Waller  off  their  lands,  and  re- 
sistance to  authority  and  assault."  This 
shows  that  he  was  among  those  who  parti- 
cipated in  the  affray  in  August,  1671,  because 
of  disputed  lands  between  New  London  and 
Lyme.  In  1667  Goodwife  Willey  was  brought 
before  court  and  fined  five  shillings  "for  not 
attending  public  worship  and  bringing  her 
children  thither." 

He  married  (first)  Joanna ,  who  died 

in  New  London.  He  married  (second)  af- 
ter 1670,  Anna,  widow  of  Edward  Lester, 
and  she  died  in  1692.  Children,  by  first  wife : 
Joanna,  birth  not  recorded;  (Savage  doubts 
her  existence;   Miss   Caulkins   says  she  was 


second  wife  ol  Robert  Hempstead,  who  died 
at  New  London  in  June,  1655,  after  which 
she  married  Andrew  Lester)  ;  Isaac,  baptized 
on  his  mother's  right  at  Boston,  August  2, 
1640;  Hannah,  baptized  in  Boston,  March  6, 
1641-42;  Sarah,  born  at  Charlestown,  June 
19,  1644;  Mary,  born  about  1646;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Abraham,  at  New  London, 
perhaps  about  1650. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Isaac  Willey,  was  born 
at  New  London  about  1648.  He  was  one  of 
those  who  made  the  mill  dam.  He  lived  be- 
yond the  head  of  Nahantic;  when  the  bounds 
between  New  London  and  Lyme  were  settled, 
his  farm  was  split  by  the  line,  leaving  twenty 
acres  with  his  house  in  New  London.  On 
September  23,  1682,  land  was  confirmed  to 
him  in  Lyme,  and  this  land  with  some  in  New 
London  was  sold  February  17,  1692-93. 
There  are  records  of  other  land  bought  by 
him.    He  died  at  Haddam,  Connecticut,  May 

2,  1688,  and  his  wife  was  administratrix  of 
his  estate.  He  married,  at  New  London, 
March  18,  1668-69,  Miriam,  daughter  of 
Miles  and  Isabel  (Joyner)  Moore,  and  she 
married  (second)  in  1689,  Samuel  Spencer. 
Children,  born  at  New  London:  Isaac,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1670-71;  Isabel,  October  21,  1673; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Miriam,  November 
I,  1677;  Allen,  June  25,  1680;  Abel,  March 

3,  1682-83;  Mary,  December  10,  1685. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Willey, 
was  born  at  New  London,  February  24, 
1674-75.  He  and  his  wife  joined  the  church 
in  Hadlyme,  Connecticut,  May  18,  1752, 
when  she  was  baptized  and  was  called  sev- 
enty-two years  old.  He  died  there  June  19, 
1754,  according  to  his  gravestone,  while  the 
church  record  says  June  20,  1754,  aged 
eighty-two.  He  received  grants  of  land  In 
1727  and  1750,  when  he  was  called  sergeant. 
He  sold  land  to  his  son  Allen  in  1727  and 
to  his  son  John  in  1752,  his  house  lot  with 
house  and  twelve  acres.  He  married,  at  East 
Haddam,  in  October,  1698,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Harvey,  of  New  London.  She 
was  born  about  1680.  Children,  born  at  East 
Haddam:  John,  May  24,  1699;  Allen,  Sep- 
tember 29,  1700;  Elizabeth,  December  29, 
1701 ;  Mary,  December  13,  1703-04;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Lydia,  April  15,  1707; 
Phebe,  January  6,  1709:  Mehitabel,  Septem- 
ber 14,  171 1 ;  Lucretia,  June  7,  1713;  Noah, 
August  28,  1716;  Benajah,  birth  not  recorded; 
Sarah,  baptized  at  Hadlyme,  April  10,  1748, 


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being  about  twenty-two  year^  old;  Rachel, 
birth  not  recorded. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Willey,  was 
born  in  East  Haddam,  April  16,  1705.  He 
married  (first)  at  East  Haddam,  May  22, 
1727,  Lucretia,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Willey)  Holmes,  who  was  less  than  sixteen 
years  old  at  the  time  of  her  marriage,  hav- 
ing been  born  July  14,  171 1.  She  died  be- 
tween 1742  and  1746,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond)   Rebecca .      He    died   January  9, 

1790,  aged  about,  eighty-five,  and  his  widow 
died  November  2,  1807,  aged  eighty-two. 
His  children  by  first  wife,  born  at  East  Had- 
dam: 

Elizabeth,  January  24,  1728;  Mary,  October 
18,  1730;  Lucretia,  July  9,  1732;  Joseph, 
March  22,  1734;  Esther,  May  i,  1736;  Benja- 
min, September  6,  1737;  Ephraim,  July  18, 
1740;  Grace,  October  6,  1742.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Barnabas,  mentioned  below; 
Rebecca,  August  20,  1749;  Aaron,  Septem- 
ber I,  1751;  Dimmis,  May  27,  1754;  Seth, 
December  2j^  1756;  Jemima,  August  6,  1758; 
Cyrus,  March  22,  1762;  Titus,  July  3,  1764; 
Caroline,  October  22,  1767. 

(V)  Barnabas,  son  of  Joseph  Willey,  was 
born  at  East  Haddam,  December  27,  1747, 
died  about  1829,  aged  eighty-two,  being  bur- 
ied in  the  neighboring  town  of  Cambridge. 
In  a  deed  of  August  29,  1786,  he  and  his 
wife  are  called  of  Walpole,  New  Hampshire, 
'^yeoman  and  spinster."  He  went  from  there 
to  Waterville,  Vermont,  where  some  of  his 
children  were  settled,  and  lived  with  his  son 
Abner. 

He  enlisted  in  1776  in  a  company 
under  Colonel  Benjamin  Bellows  from  New 
Hampshire,  went  to  Ticonderoga,  and  was 
away  for  a  month.  (See  "New  Hampshire 
Revolutionary  Rolls,"  vol.  iv.)  In  1777  he 
again  enlisted  in  the  same  company,  going 
to  Ticonderoga.  (See  vol.  II,  page  25.)  He 
married  Mercy  Harvey.  Children,  two  bom 
at  Surry,  New  Hampshire,  remainder  in  Wal- 
pole: Delilah,  November  15,  1767;  married 
Abraham  Smith  (see  Smith  VI)  ;  Barnabas, 
November  7,  1769;  John,  April  18,  1771 ; 
Amos,  September  7,  1772;  Nathan,  April  18, 
1775;  Mercy,  April  17,  1777;  Abner,  March 
20,  1779;  Asenath,  November  10,  1780;  Jo- 
seph, August  28,  1782;  Abel,  July  11,  1784; 
Seth,  September  30,  1786;  Huluth,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1788;  Leah,  March  18,  1790;  Lois, 
September  16,  1793. 


(The  Remington  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Remington,  grandson  of  John 
Remington,  the  pioneer  in  this  country,  set- 
tled at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  and  mar- 
ried there,  March  16,  1687,  Remember, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Farrow) 
Stowell.  She  was  born  in  Hingham,  April 
22,  1762,  died  November  5,  1694.  Children, 
born  in  Hingham;  Jael,  April  22,  1688; 
Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  May  9, 
169 1 ;  Abigail,  February  27,  1692-93. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  Remington, 
was  born  at  Hingham,  in  1889-90,  died  there 
June  I,  1733.  He  left  an  estate  valued  at 
four  hundred  and  ten  pounds.  He  married 
Elizabeth  — — .  Children,  born  at  Hingham : 
Joshua,  1714,  died  1730;  Elizabeth,  1716; 
John,  17 18;  Elisha,  January  17,  1719-20; 
Mary,  June  13,  1722;  Sarah,  June  23,  1723; 
Thomas,  May  22,  1724;  Thomas,  May  22, 
1726;  Olive,  September  28,  1728;  Joshua, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Rem- 
ington, was  born  at  Hingham,  February  14, 
1730-31.  He  removed  to  CuYnmington,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  was  a  soldier  from  Hampshire 
county  in  the  revolution,  (p.  113,  vol.  xiii, 
"Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the 
Revolution.")  He  was  a  private  in  Captain 
Joseph  Clapp's  company,  Colonel  Israel  Cha- 
pin's  regiment.  He  married  Ruth  Cary. 
Children,  bom  at  Hingham:  Ruth,  August 
5>  1755;  Uriah,  baptized  June  26,  1757; 
Joshua,  mentioned  below.  Probably  others 
at  Cummington. 

(IV)  Joshua  (3),  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Rem- 
ington, was  born  in  Hingham,  baptized  there 
September  14,  1760.  He  removed  to  Rutland 
county,  Vermont.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion in  Captain  John  Sprague's  company,  Col- 
onel Gideon  Warren's  regiment,  in  1780,  and 
in  the  same  company  in  1781,  also  in  Captain 
Orange  Train's  company.  Colonel  Lee's  regi- 
ment (see  ''Vermont  Revolutionary  Rolls," 
pp.  211-379-475).  He  lived  at  Wallingford, 
and  his  daughter  Lydia  married  Reuben 
Smith  (see  Smith  VII). 


Several  members  of 
L'HOMMEDIEU  the  L'Hommedieu  fam- 
ily fled  from  LaRo- 
chelle,  France,  after  the  revocation  of  the 
Edict  of  Nantes.  Pierre  and  Osee  (or 
Hosea)  were  the  sons  of  Pierre  L'Homme- 
dieu  and  Marthe  Peron,  his  wife.    The  hus- 


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band  died  in  France  before  September  29, 
1685,  on  which  date  the  name  of  his  widow 
appears  in  a  "list  of  Religious  Fugitives  from 
La  Rochelle,  whose  goods  have  been  seized." 
Marthe  accompanied  her  children  to  England 
and  came  to  America  with  Pierre,  who  settled 
in  Kingston,  Ulster  county.  New  York,  and 
died  while  on  a  visit  to  New  Amsterdam  in 
1692.  Benjamin  and  John  L'Hommedieu, 
born  at  LaRochelle,  France,  were  natural- 
ized in  New  York,  September  27,  1687.  Ro- 
sea L'Hommedieu  fled  from  LaRochelle  sev- 
eral months  previous  to  the  flight  of  his 
brother  Pierre  and  their  mother  Marthe.  Per- 
haps he  was  accompanied  by  Benjamin  and 
John,  who  may  have  been  his  brothers.  The 
existing  tradition  among  the  descendants  of 
Benjamin  L'Hommedieu  agrees  perfectly 
with  these  facts.  Benjamin  and  a  brother 
left  France  together  and  their  widowed 
mother  went  with  them  to  the  shore  at  La 
Rochelle  and  as  a  parting  gift  confided  to 
one  a  Bible  and  to  the  other  a  silver  watch. 
They  fled  to  Holland  and  thence  came  to 
America.  The  watch  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  Eben  Norton  Horsford,  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. A  monument  in  memory  of  Nathan- 
iel Sylvester  has  been  recently  erected  on 
Shelter  Island  by  the  daughters  of  Professor 
Horsford,  descendants  of  Benjamin  L'Hom- 
medieu  and  of  Patience  Sylvester,  his  wife. 
The  foregoing  data  was  taken  from  a  His- 
tory of  the  Early  Huguenots  and  from 
American  Ancestry  the  following  facts  con- 
cerning Benjamin  L'Hommedieu  have  been 
gleaned : 

Benjamin  L'Hommedieu  was  born  in  La 
Rochelle,  France,  in  1665,  died  at  Shelter 
Island,  Long  Island.  He  married,  in  1695, 
Patience,  born  in  1664,  died  in  November, 
1 7 19,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Grissel 
(Brinley)  Sylvester,  of  Roxbury,  England, 
who  bought  Shelter  Island,  upon  which  the 
old  manor  house  stands  to-day.  Benjamin 
was  a  son  of  John,  born  in  England,  in  1618, 
died  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  in  1708.  John 
L'Hommedieu  married,  in  1655,  Patience 
Throckmorton.  He  was  a  son  of  John 
L'Hommedieu,  who  was  born  in  Essex  county, 
England,  in  1591,  and  died  at  Newport,  in 
1647.  The  above  two  records  differ  concern- 
ing the  ancestry  of  Benjamin  L'Hommedieu 
but  as  the  first  one  merely  infers  that  he  was 
a  brother  of  Pierre  and  Osee,  it  is  possible 
that   the   latter   is   correct.     That   the    same 


Benjamin  is  referred  to  in  both  instances  is 
certain  because  they  agree  concerning  his 
marriage  to  Patience  Sylvester.  Children: 
I.  Benjamin,  referred  to  below.  2.  Osee  (or 
Hosea)  died  November  6,  1752;  married,  in 
17 18,  Freelove  Howell.  3.  Sylvester,  born 
January  5,  1703,  died  March  9,  1788;  mar- 
ried, in  1737,  Elizabeth  Booth.  4.  Peter,  mar- 
ried, February  13,  1723,  Sarah  Corwin.  5. 
Susanna,  married,  February  22,  1722,  Jona- 
than Tuthill. 

Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i)  and 
Patience  (Sylvester)  L'Hommedieu,  was 
bom  in  Southold,  Long  Island,  about  1698. 
He  was  a  harbor  merchant  there,  corner  of 
Town  street  and  Harbor  lane,  which  had 
formerly  been  owned  by  his  father-in-law. 
Here  he  died,  September  17,  1755.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  1716,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Hannah  (Mulford)  Conklyn,  of 
Southold,  who  died  there  June  19,  1730.  He 
married  (second)  July  i,  1731,  Martha 
Bourn,  of  Sandwich,  Massachusetts. 

The  L'Hommedieu  family  was  one  of  un- 
usual importance  in  the  early  history  of  Long 
Island.  One  of  the  foremost  citizens  of 
Southold  was  Ezra  L'Hommedieu,  a  son  of 
Benjamin,  whose  father  was  Benjamin 
L'Hommedieu,  of  La  Rochelle.  Ezra  L'Hom- 
medieu  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  and 
was  a  lawyer  by  profession.  He  represented 
Long  Island  in  the  congress  of  the  United 
States  as  a  member  from  the  state  of  New 
York  during  the  course  of  the  revolutionary 
war — four  years — from  1779  to  1783.  After 
the  close  of  the  war  he  was  state  senator  for 
a  period  of  sixteen  years — 1784-99 — with  the 
exception  of  the  year  1792-93.  He  was  a 
member  of  all  the  privincial  congresses  of 
New  York,  including  the  fourth,  which 
framed  and  adopted,  at  Kingston,  the  first 
constitution  of  the  state,  in  the  spring  of 
1777.  In  1801  he  was  a  member  of  the 
celebrated  convention,  which  was  elected  to 
interpret  some  of  the  points  of  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  state  and  to  determine  how  many 
members  there  should  be  in  each  house  of 
the  legislature.  He  was  repeatedly  a  member 
of  the  council  of  appointment,  which  had  the 
power,  until  1821,  to  select  civil,  miHtary 
and  judicial  officers  of  the  commonwealth. 
He  was  foremost  of  all  men  who  had  lived 
from  birth  until  death  at  Southold.  From 
1737  until  his  death,  September  28,  181 1,  he 
was   a   regent  of   the  state   university.      As 


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chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee  of  the 
senate,  he  wrote  many  of  the  laws  which 
were  enacted  by  the  legislature  after  the  es- 
tablishment of  peace  and  which  were  so  pro- 
Hfic  in  advancing  the  state's  prosperity.  He 
was  an  ardent  church  worker  and  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Church  of  Southold. 
He  was  influential  in  passing  the  statute  for 
the  election  of  trustees  of  churches,  and  the 
First  Church  of  Southold  was  the  earliest 
in  Suffolk  county,  and  on  Long  Island  also, 
to  elect  its  trustees  and  file  its  certificate  of 
incorporation.  (This  was  taken  from  Whit- 
aker's  "History  of  Southold,  Long  Island.") 

(I)  Mulford  L'Hommedieu,  the  earliest 
member  of  the  branch  of  the  family  at  pres- 
ent under  consideration  of  whom  we  have 
definite  information,  was  undoubtedly  a 
grandson  of  Benjamin  (2)  and  Mary  (Conk- 
lyn)  L'Hommedieu,  and  was  named  for  his 
maternal  great-grandfather.  He  enlisted  in 
the  patriot  army  during  the  revolution,  just 
before  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  and  served 
until  the  end  of  the  war.  He  enlisted  July 
26,  1776,  from  South  Hampton,  under  Cap- 
tain Jeremiah  Rogers,  First  Regiment  of 
Minute-Men.  He  then  removed  to  Swanton, 
Franklin  county,  Vermont,  where  he  died. 
Among  his  children  was  Henry,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Mulford  L'Homme- 
dieu, was  born  at  Swanton,  Franklin  county, 
Vermont,  January  13,  1799,  died  in  July, 
1898.  In  the  spring  of  1826  he  removed 
to  Shelby,  Orleans  county.  New  York.  He 
married  Almira  Hathaway,  born  in  Granville, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Mary,  married 
Morgan.  2.  Asahel.  3.  Wallace,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Charlotte,  married  Horace 
Linsley.  5.  Nancy,  still  living.  6.  Marshal, 
residing  at  Denver. 

(III)  Wallace,  son  of  Henry  L'Homme- 
dieu, was  born  in  Shelby,  Orleans  county. 
New  York,  September  8,  1833.  Until  he  ar- 
rived of  age  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm 
and  received  his  education  from  the  common 
schools  of  the  neighborhood  and  the  Gene- 
see Wesleyan  Seminary  at  Lima,  New  York. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Republican  party  at 
its  formation  in  1856,  and  held  several  pub- 
lic appointments  of  trust.  From  1869  ^^  ^876 
he  was  assessor  of  the  town  of  Shelby.  In 
1887  he  was  elected  supervisor  of  Shelby, 
being  the  first  Republican  to  hold  the  office 
in  eleven  years.    He  was  re-elected  in  1888-89 


and  declined  a  renomination  in  1890.  In  the 
fall  of  1889  he  was  elected  to  the  New  York 
state  assembly,  and  in  1890  served  on  the 
committees  on  commerce  and  navigation,  on 
banks  and  excise.  As  assemblyman  he  was 
active  and  prominent,  and  secured  the  pas- 
sage of  two  general  and  several  special  and 
local  acts.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  at  Medina,  Orleans  county. 
New  York,  and  for  a  long  time  was  a  mem- 
ber of  its  session  and  board  of  trustees  as 
well  as  a  trustee  of  the  Slater  fund  of  the 
Niagara  Presbytery.  When  not  in  Albany 
he  spent  his  life  on  his  large  farm  at  Maple 
Ridge  near  Shelby.  He  married,  in  1862, 
Frances  M.,  daughter  of  Colonel  John  Berry, 
of  HoUey,  New  York.  Children:  i.  Avis 
Marion,  married  Hervey  D.  Jump,  of  Sayre, 
Pennsylvania.  2.  Irving,  mentioned  below. 
3.  John  Berry,  first  deputy  health  officer  of 
New  York  City.  4.  Jessie  Belle.  5.  Albert 
Warren. 

(IV)   Irving,  son  of  Wallace  and  Frances 
M.   (Berry)  L'Hommedieu,  was  born  on  his 
father's  farm  at  Maple  Ridge,  near  Medina, 
Orleans  county.  New  York,  January  12,  1865, 
and  is  now  living  in  that  town.    He  received 
his  early  education  in   the  common   schools 
of  Orleans  county  and  in  the  Medina  Acad- 
emy.    In  1884  he  began  studying  law  in  the 
office  and  under  the  tutelage  of  the  Hon.  Ed- 
mund L.   Pitts,  of   Medina,  and  during   the 
winters    of    the    two   ensuing    years    taught 
school.     In  1886  he  graduated  from  the  Al- 
bany Law  School  and  was  admitted   to   the 
bar  in    New   York   later  in   the  same    year. 
From  1886  to  1888  he  practiced  his  profes- 
sion at  Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1888  returned  to  Medina  where  he  inaugu- 
rated the  law  partnership  of  Simon  &  L'Hom- 
medieu.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Free   and 
Accepted  Masons  of   Medina,  and  has   held 
many  Masonic  offices ;  a  member  of  the  coun- 
cil and  chapter  of  Medina,  Genesee  Comman- 
dery,  of  Lockport;  Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles 
of  the   Mystic   Shrine,   of   Buffalo;   through 
all    Scottish    Rite    bodies,    including    thirty- 
second  degree.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  was 
president  of  the  Alert  Hose  Company  of  Me- 
dina.    In  March,  1893,  he  was  appointed  vil- 
lage attorney  of   Medina,   and  the  previous 
August   elected   to    the   board   of   education. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.     He    was  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  committee. 


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1890-92,  postmaster  at  Medina,  1898- 1902. 
Having  been  elected  to  the  state  senate  in 
1902,  he  served  on  the  committee  on  cities, 
codes,  and  that  of  taxation  and  retrenchment, 
and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  trades 
and  manufactures ;  and  was  also  on  the  com- 
mittee on  canals.  He  was  re-elected  to  the 
senate  in  1904,  and  served  on  the  same  com- 
mittees, except  the  one  on  canals  from  which 
he  resigned.  He  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
political  affairs  since  he  became  of  age. 

He    married,    June    29.     1887,    Christina, 
daughter  of  Charles  H.  Breed,  of  Medina. 

The   independent  and  adven- 
HARMON     turous   spirit  of   the   men  of 

this  name  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  of  their  being  very  early  settlers  in  the 
wilderness  of  New  England.  Francis,  of 
whom  very  little  is  known,  came  in  1635 ; 
Nathaniel  settled  at  Braintree  before  1641 ; 
John  was  of  Plymouth  in  1643,  ^^^  o^  Dux- 
bury  in  1657;  a  second  John  was  a  member 
of  Pynchon's  colony  at  Springfield  in  1643; 
James  was  of  Saco  in  1655 ;  and  there  were 
others  later.  They  have  ever  been  men  of 
enterprise  and  courage,  leaders  in  business 
and  brave  soldiers  in  war. 

(I)  John  Harmon,  the  progenitor  of  the 
Harmon  family  of  Suffield,  Connecticut,  was 
born  in  England  in  161 7,  died  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  "ye  7th  of  ye  i  mon.  1660-61," 
aged  forty-three  years.  He  settled  in  Spring- 
field in  1643,  ^^^  was  granted  land,  February 
12,  1649,  the  record  stating:  "It  is  ordered 
ye  Geo.  Colton  and  Thomas  Cooper  who  is 
ye  Towne  treasurer  should  with  yr  best  dis- 
cretion lay  out  the  severall  parcells  of  Mea- 
dow granted  ye  last  yeare,  to  Henry  Burt  4 
acres,  Tho.  Mirick  4  acres,  Alex.  Edwards 
4  acres,  Jno.  Harman  4  acres.  In  ye  Longe 
meadow  over  ye  Brooke.''  January  22,  165 1, 
John  Harmon  was  grantee  of  lot  6,  two  and 
one-half  acres  "on  Pacowick."  "February 
8th  (1654)  thease  parsells  of  meadow  com- 
monly called  by  the  name  of  Wattchnett  was 
granted  these  inhabitants  as  foUoweth  vid 
John  Harman  3  acres,"  etc.  He  also  received 
a  grant  of  land  "over  ye  mill  river"  contain- 
ing three  acres,  in  1655.  lie  also  received 
other  grants  of  land.  In  '*a  rate  for  ye  ray- 
singe  of  30  pounds  for  the  purchase  of  -the 
lands  of  the  Plantation  1646."  John  Har- 
mon is  assessed  9s.  2d.  on  the  thirty- 
three    acres    of    land.      John    Harmon    was 


one  of  six  persons  seated  by  the  select- 
men in  the  third  seat  of  the  church,  De- 
cember 23,  1659.  He  was  a  man  of  good 
character,  and  was  made  fence  viewer,  1635; 
surveyor  of  highways  of  the  lower  part  of 
the  town,  November  2,  1647,  ^ind  November 
2,  1658;  November  4,  1656,  he  was  chosen 
to  the  office  of  "presenter  to  present  breaches 
of  the  laws  of  the  county  or  of  town  orders 
and  to  which  service  he  took  his  oath."  He 
married,  in  1640,  Elizabeth,  whose  surname 
does  not  appear.  She  was  born  in  England 
in  1 617.  After  the  death  of  John  Harmon 
she  married  Anthony  Dorchester,  who  died 
in  Springfield,  August  28,  1683.  She  died  in 
Springfield,  May  16,  1699,  aged  ninety-one 
years.  The  children  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
were:  John,  Samuel,  Sarah,  Joseph,  Eliz- 
abeth, Mary,  Nathaniel,  Ebenezer.  The  first 
two  were  born  before  John's  settlement  at 
Springfield. 

(II)  Joseph,  third  son  of  John  and  Eliz- 
abeth Harmon,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, "11  mon.  4  day,  1646,"  and  died 
in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  October  28,  1729, 
aged  nearly  eighty-three  years.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1664,  upon  the  request  of  Anthony  Dor- 
chester, there  was  granted  by  the  town  of 
Springfield  to  his  own  and  to  his  wife's  sons 
thirty  acres  of  land  each.  Joseph  Harmon 
was  one  of  those  who  received  one  of  these 
portions  of  thirty  acres.  In  1676  Samuel  and 
Joseph  Harmon  were  two  of  several  persons 
desiring  grants  of  land  at,  towards  or  about 
Stony  river  on  the  west  side  of  the  great  river 
toward  Windsor;  and  the  selectmen  granted 
to  the  Harmons  "30  acres  of  land  apiece  there 
and  six  acres  of  wet  meadow."  Joseph  Har- 
mon's place  in  the  church  was  "in  ye  south 
side  at  ye  upper  end  of  the  Backer  seate,"  in 
1662-63.  In  1670  Samuel  and  Joseph  Har- 
mon were  required  to  furnish  one  load  as 
their  part  of  the  minister's  wood.  Samuel 
and  Joseph  Harmon  seem  to  have  been  suc- 
cessful hunters;  on  the  town  books,  among 
similar  entries,  of  date  January  11.  1668,  are 
the  following:  "To  Samuel  &  Joseph  Har- 
mon for  killing  6  wolves  this  Summer  past  3 
pounds."  December,  1670,  "To  Samle  &  J. 
Harmon  for  killing  4  wolves  2  pounds." 
January  14,  1670,  the  settlement  of  Suffield, 
Connecticut,  was  begun  by  the  grants  of  land 
to  Samuel  and  Joseph  Harmon,  Benjamin 
Parsons  and  others,  says  Burt  in  his  "History 
of  Springfield."    D.  W.  Norton  in  his  "State- 


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ment  at  the  Bi-Centennial  Celebration  of  the 
Town  of  Suffield,  October  12,  1S70,  states 
that  the  settlement  of  the  town  was  begun  in 
1670."  John  Lewis,  Esq.,  at  the  same  place 
says,  "Unfortunately,  no  documents  have  yet 
been  discovered,  that  definitely  state  the  time, 
place,  and  sircumstance  of  the  first  settlement 
of  Suffield.  .  .  .  While  it  is  quite  certain 
that  the  Harmons  were  the  pioneers  of  the 
town,  and  that  they  came  here  in  1670,  the 
exact  date  of  their  settlement  is  not  known." 
"In  1669  ^he  selectmen  of  Spring^eld  as- 
sumed authority  to  form  and  direct  the  set- 
tlement of  Springfield.  They  made  several 
grants  of  land,  and  among  others  to  Samuel 
and  Joseph  Harmon,  who  it  is  thought,  in 
the  following  summer,  took  up  their  abode  on 
the  Northampton  road,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Stony  Brook."  This  was  about  one  mile  west 
of  High  street,  on  what  is  now  the  road  lead- 
ing from  High  street  to  West  Suffield. 

Joseph  Harmon  married  Hannah  Philley, 
or  Fille,  in  Southfield,  Massachusetts,  now 
Suffield,  Connecticut,  January  22,  1674.  She 
was  born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  July  3, 
1653,  ^^^  d^^d  ^^  Suffield,  August  28,  1729, 
aged  seventy-six.  They  had  ten  children: 
Hannah,  John  (both  born  at  Springfield), 
Samuel,  died  young;  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Sa- 
rah, Samuel,  Ebenezer,  Mary,  Nathaniel. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  tenth  child  and  sixth  son 
of  Joseph  Harmon,  was  born  at  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut, July  30,  1695.  He  married  and 
among  his  children  was  Phineas. 

(IV)  Phineas,  son  of  Nathaniel  Harmon, 
was  born  in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  January  4, 
1720.  He  married  and  among  his  children 
was  Elijah. 

(V)  Elijah,  son  of  Phineas  Harmon,  was 
born  in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  June  18,  1747. 
He  married  and  among  his  children  was 
Elias. 

(VI)  Elias,  son  of  Elijah  Harmon,  was 
born  in  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  November 
19,  1774.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel 
and  a  farmer.  He  settled  in  Onondaga,  New 
York.  He  married  and  among  his  children 
was  Eleazar. 

(VII)  Eleazar,  son  of  Rev.  Elias  Harmon, 
was  born  in  Onondaga  county,  New  York, 
February  28,  1808,  died  in  EUicottville,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York,  November  22, 
1882.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
the  poorly  conducted  schools  of  the  district, 
but  he  eagerly  availed  himself  of  every  ad- 


vantage they  offered.  At  an  early  age  he  be- 
gan the  study  of  law  beginning  his  prepara- 
tory course  at  Aurora,  New  York.  In  1832 
he  came  to  EUicottville  where  he  continued 
his  law  study  in  the  office  of  Anson  Gibbs. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as  an  attorney 
and  counsellor  and  at  once  began  practice, 
becoming  one  of  the  most  prominent  lawyers 
of  the  Cattaraugus  county  bar.  The  county 
then  was  comparatively  new  and  EUicottville, 
the  county  seat,  was  the  location  of  the  Hol- 
land Land  Company  offices,  and  a  most  thriv- 
ing town.  Important  litigations  frequently 
grew  out  of  the  real  estate  transaction  of  the 
land  companies  as  well  as  out  of  the  exten- 
sive '  lumbering  operations  along  the  Alle- 
ghany river  and  its  tributaries.  Mr.  Harmon 
was  employed  and  thereafter  continued  to  be 
engaged  on  one  side  or  the  other  of  nearly 
every  important  case  that  was  brought  before 
the  courts.  Whatever  controversies  there 
were  he  was  called  on  as  a  lawyer  to  adjust 
them,  many  being  thus  settled  out  of  court 
The  most  important  question  that  arose  in 
the  county  for  many  years  related  to  the  title 
of  the  Holland  Land  Company.  Every  land 
owner  was  interested  in  it  and  the  excitement 
became  so  intense  as  to  endanger  the  public 
peace.  Mr.  Harmon  was  engaged  as  attorney 
of  the  land  companies,  and  by  his  great  influ- 
ence with  all  parties,  induced  them  finally  to 
abide  peaceably  by  the  decision  of  the  court 
in  a  case  pending  therein,  wherein  the  ques- 
tion of  title  was  the  only  issue.  The  case 
was  brought  to  trial,  where  full  documentary 
and  other  evidence,  procured  at  great  trouble 
and  expense,  clearly  established  the  title  and 
no  doubt  was  thereafter  entertained  in  re- 
gard to  it.  Few  lawyers  in  western  New 
York  equalled  Mr.  Harmon  in  the  knowledge 
of  the  law,  fewer  still  in  the  ability  to  pre- 
sent a  case  in  the  most  forcible  manner  be- 
fore a  court  or  jury.  He  was  of  a  nervous 
temperament  and  threw  his  whole  soul  into 
his  case.  Possessed  of  a  logical  mind  he 
drew  his  conclusions  with  unerring  judgment. 
He  never  went  into  court  unprepared,  hence 
in  all  the  cases  in  which  he  was  retained  he 
showed  a  remarkable  familiarity  with  the  le- 
gal questions  that  arose  in  the  progress  of 
a  trial,  and  which  the  ordinary  practitioner 
finds  it  difficult  to  meet.  In  the  preparation 
of  his  cases  his  power  of  concentration  was 
intense.  No  point  escaped  him  and  he  was 
always  fully  equipped.    He  could  not  be  sur- 


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prised  by  the  citation  of  an  authority,  nor 
deceived  by  mistaken  analogy.  His  manner 
was  candid  and  courteous,  apt  at  repartee, 
though  rarely  indulging  in  wit  for  effect,  yet 
ready  in  parrying  an  attack.  As  an  advo- 
cate he  was  earnest,  logical,  effective  and  very 
successful.  He  was  not  a  fluent  speaker  but 
had  that  powerful  eloquence  that  convinces 
a  jury.  By  his  sincerity  of  manner,  his  re- 
markable power  of  analysis,  his  judgment  of 
the  bearing  of  evidence  and  power  of  mar- 
shaling it,  he  frequently  put  aside  the  most 
eloquent  efforts  of  an  adversary  and  rescued 
his  case  when  defeat  seemed  inevitable.  He 
will  long  be  remembered,  not  only  as  stand- 
ing at  the  head  of  the  Cattaraugus  county 
bar  of  his  time,  but  as  ranking  high  among 
eminent  contemporaries  in  the  profession  in 
western  New  York.  He  retired  from  active 
practice  in  185 1  on  account  of  failing  health 
and  thereafter  devoted  himself  to  private 
business  enterprises  of  various  kinds  until  his 
death  in  1882.  From  the  date  of  his  retire- 
ment from  the  bar  he  lived  amidst  the  refine- 
ments and  quiet  pleasures  of  his  beautiful 
home  in  Ellicottville,  where  his  later  years 
were  spent  in  the  enjoyment  of  his  family 
and  friends  with  whom  he  had  lived  for  half 
a  century. 

He  married  (first)  Harriet  Goodspeed, 
who  died  March  24,  1839,  leaving  two  sons: 

1.  Luke  Goodspeed,  born  October  4,  1836, 
died  July  i,  1908;  married  Margaret  Mar- 
vin. 2.  Clarence  Gillette,  born  March  24, 
1839;  married,  August  i,  1868,  Mary  Patter- 
son ;  child,  Mary,  married,  December  30,  1903, 
James  Dudley  Tupper  and  has  Clarence  Har- 
mon, born  in  eastern  Pennsylvania,  February 
7,  1907.    Mr.  Harmon  married  (second)  July 

2,  1840,  Caroline  Goodspeed  (sister  of  his 
first  wife)  who  died  in  June,  1842,  leaving 
a  daughter,  Harriet  CaroUne,  bom  1842,  died 
in  Florida,  March  30,  1872.  He  married 
(third)  March  18,  1847,  Hannah  Maria  Thal- 
heimer  (or  Thalhermer),  of  Montezuma, 
New  York,  born  February  23,  1825,  who 
survives  him.  Children:  Jennie,  born  March 
27,  1851,  died  March  27,  1852;  Eleazer,  of 
whom  further. 

(Vni)  Eleazar  (2),  son  of  Eleazar  (i) 
and  his  third  wife,  Hannah  M.  (Thalheimer) 
Harmon,  was  born  in  Ellicottville,  Cattarau- 
gus county,  New  York,  February  28,  1853. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  school  and  at 
Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Institute,  where  he  took 


a  general  course,  covering  a  period  of  three 
years.  After  completing  his  studies  in  1870 
he  went  to  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
was  employed  in  a  bank.  In  1877  he  located 
in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  wh^ere  in  association 
with  John  Thompson  he  established  the  firm 
of  John  Thompson  &  Company,  dealing  in 
dairy  products.  They  continued  in  success- 
ful operation  until  1892  when  Mr.  Thomp- 
son retired.  Mr.  Harmon  continued  the  busi- 
ness under  the  firm  name  of  E.  Harmon  & 
Company  until  1899,  when  he  retired  and  the 
business  was  closed  out.  He  then  became 
a  member  of  R.  B.  Stewart  &  Company,  of 
Baltimore,  dealers  in  produce,  fruits  and  gro- 
cers' specialties,  continuing  until  1905,  when 
he  withdrew  and  formed  the  firm  of  Cook, 
Harmon  &  Company,  of  Baltimore,  dealing 
in  the  same  lines.  This  is  an  incorporated 
company  of  which  Mr.  Harmon  is  vice-presi- 
dent and  treasurer.  He  is  also  president  of 
the  Manchester  Produce  and  Fruit  Products 
Company,  of  New  York  City,  manufacturers 
of  evaporated  fruits,  etc.  Mr.  Harmon  is  a 
successful  business  man,  of  sterling  character 
and  high  standing.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, and  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  in  Baltimore  and  in  Corry,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  Clarence  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar  is  named  in  honor  of  his 
half-brother,  Clarence  Gillette  Harmon.  He 
is  also  affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Knights  of  Honor,  Order  of  United  Ameri- 
can Mechanics  and  the  Royal  Arcanum. 

He  married  (first)  April  30,  1878,  Helen 
Chase,  bom  November  3,  1858,  died  Decem- 
ber 30,  1878.  He  married  (second)  Septem- 
ber 27,  1881,  Minnie  House,  born  July  26, 
1856,  died  January  12,  1910.  Mr.  Harmon 
Boaintains  his  residence  at  Ellicottville,  where 
all  his  hours  "off  duty"  are  spent.  This  has 
been  the  family  home  since  1832. 


This  surname  is  derived  from 
CURTIS     a  Norman  French  word  Curteis 

or  Curtois,  meaning  courteous, 
civil.  The  family  settled  very  early  in  Kent, 
England.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  of 
Kent  and  Sussex  is :  Argent,  a  chevron  sable 
between  three  bulls'  heads  cabossed  gules. 
Crest:  A  unicorn  passant  or  between  four 
trees  proper.  The  pedigree  of  this  family  is 
traced  as  far  back  as  Stephen  Curtis,  of  Ap- 
pledore,   Kent,   about    1450.     Several  of  his 


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descendants  were  mayors  of  the  town  of  Ten- 
ter den  from  which  came  some  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Scituate  and  Roxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. Four  Curtis  brothers  settled  in  Scituate 
— Richard,  William,  John  and  Thomas. 
Thomas  Curtis  went  to  York,  Maine;  John 
appears  to  have  left  no  descendants,  while 
those  of  William  and  Richard  are  numerous 
in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut.  There  are 
three  distinct  families  of  this  name  in  Con- 
necticut early  records,  and  two  men,  John 
and  Thomas  Curtice  (Curtis),  were  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut. Some  of  the  descendants  of  this  branch 
spell  the  name  Curtis,  the  Stratford  branch 
descendants  retaining  the  double  "s". 

(I)  Thomas  Curtice,  born  in  England, 
1598,  settled  in  Connecticut  about  1636.  He 
had  a  home  lot  of  six  acres  by  the  common 
on  High  street,  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
purchased  of  Richard  Montague,  February 
20,  1659,  and  also  a  meadow  and  other  lands 
granted  later.  He  practiced  medicine,  and 
was  relieved  by  an  order  of  the  general  court 
May  21,  1657,  from  "training,  watching  and 
warding  during  the  practice  of  phissicke." 
He  was  a  man  of  good  reputation,  a  freeman 
in  Wethersfield  in  1669,  and  doubtless  before 
that,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  had  a  large 
estate  for  those  days,  viz.,  £717.  He  died 
November  13,  1681,  in  Wethersfield,  Connec- 
ticut.    His  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth  . 

Children:  John,  born  January  i,  1639; 
James,  September  15,  1641 ;  Joseph,  of  whom 
further ;  Samuel,  born  April,  1645 ;  Isaac, 
1647;  Ruth,  married  Hon.  Eleazer  Kimberly, 
secretary  of  the  colony;  Elizabeth,  married 
John  Stadder. 

(H)  Joseph  Curtis,  third  son  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  Curtice,  was  born  March  31, 
1644;  died  December  31,  1683.  In  1681  he 
was  surveyor  of  highways,  and  also  served  as 
haywarden.  He  owned  land  and  made  several 
transfers.      He    married,    February    8,    1674, 

Mercy    .      Children:      Meribah,    died 

aged  ten ;  Joseph  Jr.,  of  whom  further ;  Henry, 
born  September  2,  1676;  Mary,  September  2, 
1677;  Sarah,  September  28,  1679;  Thomas, 
December  24,  1680;  David,  November  29, 
1682. 

(Ill)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Mercy  Curtis,  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  there  December  31,  1765, 
aged  about  ninety-two  years.  He  married 
Dorothy  Edwards,    December  7,    1708,  born 


September,  1681,  died  April  18,  1760,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Edwards.  Children : 
Dorothy,  baptized  August  21,  1709,  married, 
November  12,  1746,  Oliver  Atwood,  a  chair- 
maker,  residing  in  Newington,  Connecticut, 
1776;  Katherine,  baptized  December  31,  17 10, 
married  at  Hartford,  April  21,  1737,  Daniel 
Hinsdale;  Joseph,  baptized  January  25,  1712; 
Daniel,  born  March  29,  1715;  Sarah,  baptized 
May  26,  1717;  Zachariah,  of  whom  further; 
Joseph,  born  December  12,  1721. 

(IV)  Zachariah,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Dorothy  (Edwards)  Curtis,  was  born  in 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  September  13, 
1719,  died  in  Dorset,  Vermont,  May  14,  1805. 
He  bought  land  in  Goshen*,  1749,  and  moved 
to  Redhook-on-the-Hudson,  in  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  in  1750.  From  there  he 
moved  to  Dorset,  Vermont,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  land  one  mile  wide  and  six 
miles  long.     He  was  twice  married,  his  first 

wife  being  Mary  Ann  .     She  died  and 

he  married  Lena,  daughter  of  Jacob  W. 
Wheeler,  of  England.  By  his  first  wife  he 
had  thirteen  children;  by  his  second  wife  he 
had  twelve.  Several  of  his  sons  served  in 
the  Continental  army.  Twenty-one  soldiers 
by  the  name  of  Curtis  appear  on  the  Ver- 
mont revolutionary  rolls.  Names  of  some  of 
his  children :  Josiah,  of  whom  further ; 
Joshua,  born  1742;  Salathial,  1743;  Elias, 
1745 ;  George,  April  6,  1797,  died  Septem- 
ber 4,  1867  (father  of  Henry  C.  Curtis,  the 
shirt  manufacturer  of  Troy,  New  York) ; 
Horace,  Lewis  and  John. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Zachariah  Curtis,  died 
at  Elbridge,  New  York,  in  18 — .  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation.  He  was  religious,  and 
a  noted  student  of  Holy  Writ.  He  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war  from  the  state  of 
Vermont,  as  a  sergeant  of  Captain  Nathaniel 
Smith's  company,  Colonel  Ira  Allen's  regi- 
ment of  militia.  He  moved  from  East  Dor- 
set, Vermont,  to  Elbridge,  New  York,  about 
1805,  where  he  resided  until  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  a  very  patriotic  man.  He 
always  wore  Union  blue.  He  married  Tam- 
son  Gale,  of  Holland  Dutch  ancestry.  Chil- 
dren: Walter,  Hamilton,  Heman,  Minerva, 
and  Alonzo  Mead  Curtis,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Alonzo  Mead,  son  of  Josiah  and 
Tamson  (Gale)  Curtis,  was  born  1817,  and 
died  May  22,  1890.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Elbridge,  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
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teacher,  later  turning  his  attention  to  agri- 
culture. He  was  twice  married.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Arthur,  Edward  and  Jennie  E. 
Children  by  second  wife  (Electa  A.  Townsend 
Curtis):  Heman  De  Lett,  born  1866;  Clara 
B.,  1868;  Jessie  W.,  1871;  Fred  Mead,  1874; 
Don  Allen,  1876;  Frank  George,  of  whom 
further;  Caroline  V.  Curtis,  born  1884. 
Electa  Adelaide  (Townsend)  Curtis  was 
born  in  Auburn,  New  York,  April  17,  1846; 
died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  August, 
1900. 

(VII)  Frank  George,  son  of  Alonzo  Mead 
and  Electa  A.  (Townsend)  Curtis,  was  bom 
August  8, 1878,  on  a  farm  in  the  town  of  El- 
bridge,  Onondaga  county,  New  York.  He 
received  his  early  schooling  in  a  country 
school,  and  later  education  in  Jordan  Free 
Academy,  Jordan,  New  York;  Jamestown 
High  School,  Jamestown,  New  York,  and 
Cornell  University,  having  graduated  from 
Jamestown  High  School  and  Cornell  Univer- 
sity. He  is  now  a  practicing  attorney  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  where  he  has  been  so 
engaged  since  January  15,  1904.  On  Janu- 
ary I,  1905,  he  became  assistant  district  at- 
torney of  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
which  office  he  filled  until  June  i,  1906.  In 
September,  1908,  he  married  Harriet  C. 
Smith,  of  Jamestown,  New  York. 

(The  Townsend  Line). 

Philetus  Edward  Townsend,  bom  June  4, 
18 1 8,  son  of  Marcus  Townsend  (of  whom 
further),  was  the  father  of  Electa  A.  Town- 
send  Curtis.  He  married  Caroline  Dodge, 
daughter  of  Don  C.  Dodge  (of  whom  fur- 
ther). His  children  were:  George  E.,  born 
1844;  2i"d  Electa  Adelaide,  born  1846,  men- 
tioned, and  Virginia  A.  Townsend,  born 
1848 ;  and  one  other  child  who  died  in  infancy. 
Philetus  Edward  Townsend  was  a  railroad 
contractor,  and  for  some  years  the  warden  of 
Auburn  Prison,  at  Auburn,  New  York. 

Marcus  Townsend,  born  September  8,  1784, 
was  a  son  of  Zephaniah  Townsend.  In  i8o(5 
he  married  Mary  Bemus,  daughter  of  Eph- 
raim  Bemus,  of  whom  further.  Mary  Bemus 
was  born  December  9,  1786.  Children  of 
Marcus  and  Mary  (Bemus)  Townsend:  Ju- 
liana, Roxana,  Elijah,  Martha,  Martin,  Phi- 
letus Edward  (mentioned  above)  ;  Mary  and 
Sarah. 

Zephaniah  Townsend  (first  name  some- 
times spelled  Zepheniah)  lived  at  Esopus-on- 


the-Hudson.  He  was  a  descendant  of  the 
Townsends  who  settled  at  Oyster  Bay,  Long 
Island,  in  1622.  They  were  descendants  of 
Sir  Lodovic  (Townsend)  Townshend,  a 
knight  of  Normandy,  who  came  into  Eng- 
land with  William  the  Conqueror  in  1066. 
This  family  has  furnished  leading  men  lor 
England  from  1066  to  the  present.  The  Oys- 
ter Bay  Townshends  were  Quakers. 

Zephaniah  Townsend  was  a  revolutionary 
soldier.  He  served  as  a  sergeant  in  Captain 
Myrick's  company  of  Rangers  from  New 
York.  This  company  was  active  from  the 
early  beginning  of  the  revolution.  He  was 
later  a  corporal  in  Captain  Elijah  Townsend's 
company,  of  Colonel  Morris  Graham's  regi- 
ment of  New  York  militia,  revolutionary  war. 
At  another  time  he  served  in  Captain  Heze- 
kiah  Mead's  company  of  Ludington's  regi- 
ment. New  York.  He  married  Sarah  Woo- 
din,  an  English  girl.  Children:  Marcus, 
mentioned  above;  Richard,  Nathan,  George, 
Emily,  Angeline,  Betsey  and  Kate. 

Don  C.  Dodge,  great-grandfather  of  Frank 
G.  Curtis,  moved  from  Dorset,  Vermont,  to 
Geddes,  New  York,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers.  He  was  in  the  war  of  1812 
in  the  United  States  Commissary  Depart- 
ment, operating  between  Oswego,  New  York, 
and  Syracuse,  New  York.  He  married  Electa 
Curtis,  bom  July  5,  1793,  a  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Curtis,  of  whom  further.  He  died  in 
1832.  He  was  a  merchant  and  a  son  of 
Thomas  Dodge,  of  whom  further.  Don  C. 
and  Electa  (Curtis)  Dodge  had  children: 
Caroline  (Dodge)  Townsend  (mentioned 
above),  and  George  Dodge. 

Thomas  Dodge,  father  of  Don  C.  Dodge, 
was  a  revolutionary  soldier.  He  served 
through  most  of  the  war,  and  at  one  time 
was  a  fifer  in  Captain  Jotham  White's  com- 
pany, of  Colonel  Samuel  Fletcher's  battalion 
of  Vermont  troops,  revolutionary  war.  He 
was  with  Washington's  army  a  part  of  the 
time,  and  spent  one  winter  at  Valley  Forge. 
He  was  a  cousin  of  Colonel  Ethan  Allen,  of 
Vermont. 

Joseph  Curtis,  a  son  of  Zachariah  Curtis 
(before  mentioned),  lived  in  East  Dorset, 
Bennington  county,  Vermont.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier, servin|;  through  most  of  the  revolution- 
ary war  with  different  Vermont  companies, 
mainly  under  Colonel  Ira  Allen  and  Colonel 
Stephen  Pearl.  Joseph  Curtis  held  the  ranks 
of  corporal,   sergeant  and  orderly   sergeant 


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He  also  served  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  was 
born  at  Nine  Partners,  Amenia  Precincts, 
Dutchess  county,  New  York,  January  28, 
1759,  and  died  December  27,  1833,  at  Dorset, 
Vermont.  He  married  at  Manchester,  Ben- 
nington county,  Vermont,  March  4,  1784 
(Adelia)  Delia,  daughter  of  Timothy  Mead. 
She  was  born  May  18,  1766. 

Timothy  Mead,  father  of  Delia  Mead,  who 
married  Joseph  Curtis,  a  son  of  Zachariah 
Curtis,  was  a  revolutionary  soldier.  He  was 
at  one  time  a  member  of  Captain  Thomas 
Bull's  company,  Colonel  Ira  Allen's  regiment, 
Vermont  militia,  revolutionary  war.  Timothy 
Mead  Jr.  also  served  in  the  same  company; 
also  Timothy  Mead  (3d),  served  in  the  same 
company. 

Ephraim  Bemus,  father  of  Mary  (Bemus) 
Townsend,  served  as  a  sergeant  in  Captain 
Solomon  Strong's  company,  Fifth  Connecti- 
cut Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel  Phillip 
B.  Bradley,  revolutionary  war.  He  married 
Ann  Bolyn,  of  pure  Scotch  ancestry.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  famous  Scotch  family 
of  that  name.  Ephraim  Bemus  lived  at 
Esopus-on-the-Hudson. 


Walter  Palmer,  the  immi- 
PALMER    grant   ancestor,  was   a  citizen 

of  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, as  early  as  1634,  and  May  14,  1634  was 
made  freeman  there.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  he  came  from  County  Nottingham,  Eng- 
land, and  that  Abraham  Palmer,  also  of 
Charlestown,  and  a  freeman  at  the  same  time, 
was  his  brother.  He  owned  considerable  real 
estate  there,  and  received  land  in  the  first  di- 
vision in  1637  ^^d  again  in  the  division  of 
1643.  He  ^vas  among  those  who  met  to  pre- 
pare for  the  new  settlement  at  Seacuncke,  af- 
terwards Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  and  settled 
there.  At  this  time  he  gave  the  value  of  his 
estate  as  £419.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  from  Rehoboth,  and  in  1653  moved  to 
what  is  now  Stonington,  Connecticut.  He 
bought  land  from  Governor  Haynes  on  the 
east  bank  of  the  Nequetequoc  river.  His 
whole  tract  of  land  contained  about  twelve 
hundred  acres.  His  will  was  dated  May  19, 
1658,  and  proved  May  11,  1662.  He  died  in 
Stonington,  November  19,  1661.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  in  England,  Ann ;  (second) 

Rebecca  Short,  a  member  of  Rev.  John 
Eliot's  church  in  Roxbury.  Children  of  first 
wife:     Grace;  John,  died  unmarried;  Will- 


iam, died  unmarried ;  Jonas ;  Elizabeth.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Hannah,  bom  June  16, 
1634;  Elihu,  January  24,  1636;  Nehemiah, 
November  2j,  1637;  Moses,  April  6,  1640; 
Benjamin,  May  30,  1642;  Gershom,  men- 
tioned below;  Rebecca. 

(H)  Gershom,  son  of  Walter  Palmer,  was 
baptized  in  Charlestown.  On  June  5,  1684  he 
received  from  his  brothers,  Nehemiah,  Moses 
and  Benjamin,  five  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
Stonington,  as  his  share  of  his  father's  es- 
tate. 

On   May   3,    1693,   there   was   laid  out  to 
Lieutenant  Gershom  Palmer,  first,  fifty  acres, 
then  one  hundred  acres,  and  again,  fifty  acres. 
On  November  20,  171 1,  he  received  four  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  in  the  purchase  of  Catta- 
peset.      In   this    deed    he    is    called   Deacon. 
Most  of  this  property  he  distributed  to  his 
sons  before  he  died.     He  married  (first)  in 
Stonington,  November  28,  1667,  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  George  and  Ann    (Borodel) 
Denison.     She  was  from  a  fine  old  English 
family,  and  from  her  Mrs.  Palmer  inherited 
such    stately    manners    that    she    was   called 
"Lady  Ann."     She  was  born  May  20,   1649, 
and  died  in  Stonington,  1694.     He  married 
(second)  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Major  Samuel 
Mason,   of   Stonington.     Her   maiden    name 
was  Peck,  and  she  was  from  the  Rehoboth 
fatnily  of  that  name.     Gershom  Palmer  died 
September  27,  1718.     Children  of  first  wife: 
Mercy,   born   1669 ;  Gershom,  baptized   Sep- 
tember 2,    1677;   Ichabod,   baptized   Septem- 
ber   2,     1677;    William,    mentioned    below; 
George,    baptized    May    29,    1680;    Rebecca, 
baptized  1682,  died  young ;  Ann,  baptized  May 
20,    1682;    Walter,    baptized    June   7,    E685; 
Elihu,   baptized    May   6,    1688,    died   young; 
Mary,  baptized  June  8,  1690;  Rebecca,  bap- 
tized July  I,  1694. 

(HI)  William,  son  of  Deacon  Gershom 
Palmer,  was  baptized  April  25,  1678.  On 
May  9,  1716,  he  received  by  deed  from  his 
father  lands  at  Puckhunganuck,  which  on  his 
death  were  to  go  to  his  three  sons — William, 
Elihu  and  Wait.  He  was  living  in  1728,  when 
he  gave  rights  in  two  parcels  of  land  to  his 
three  sons.  He  married,  January  10,  1701-2, 
in  Stonington,  Grace,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Hannah  (Avery)  Minor,  born  in  Ston- 
ington, September,  1683.  They  lived  first  at 
Tangwonk  and  moved  later  to  Punhungne- 
nuch  Hill,  in  North  Stonington.  Children : 
Grace,  baptized  June  2.J^  1793 ;  William,  born 


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March  i,  1705 ;  Elihu,  baptized  December  6, 
1706;  Wait,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Elder  Wait  Palmer,  son  of  William 
Palmer,  was  baptized  in  Stonington,  May  2,7, 
171 1.  He  lived  on  Pendleton  Hill  in  Ston- 
ington, and  was  active  in  church  interests 
there.  On  April  10,  1772,  he  sold  to  his  son 
Wait  the  farm  where  he  lived,  on  condition 
that  the  latter  give  to  him  and  his  wife  one- 
half  the  profits  yearly  during  their  lives.  He 
married,  1727,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Ann  (Pendleton)  Brown,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1703.  Children:  Wait,  born  May  5, 
1728 ;  Amos,  mentioned  below ;  Israel,  Janu- 
ary 16,  1730;  Isaac,  September  15,  1732; 
Mary,  May  4,  1735;  Content,  January  27, 
1736-7;  Ebenezer,  January  21,  1738-9;  Elihu, 
March  10,  1741. 

(V)  Amos,  son  of  Elder  Wait  Palmer,  was 
born  August  2.7,  1729.  On  November  21, 
1784,  he  bought  seventy  acres  of  land  in  Exe- 
ter, Rhode  Island,  and  on  April  6,  1793, 
eighty-three  and  three-quarters  acres  in  Ash- 
ford,  Connecticut.  In  the  census  of  1774  of 
Rhode  Island  he  had  a  family  of  four  males 
over  sixteen,  five  under  sixteen,  two  females 
over  sixteen  and  three  under  sixteen  years 
of  age.  His  son  Amos  had  one  male  over 
sixteen,  two  under  sixteen,  one  female  over 
sixteen  years  of  age;  he  married  Mary  Aus- 
tin, daughter  of  Ezekiel  Elder  Palmer,  late 
of  Hoj^kinton,  Rhode  Island,  February  15, 
1770.  He  married,  November  5,  1749,  Mary 
York.  Four  of  their  sixteen  children  were 
Baptist  ministers.  Children,  order  of  birth 
not  known:  Amos;  Uriah,  born  1753;  Asa- 
hel,  mentioned  below ;  Joel ;  Stephen,  born 
August  22.y  1758;  Ziba:  Bossell,  born  1762; 
Ezra;  Phineas,  born  October  19,  1765;  Ben- 
jamin; Ezra;  Desire;  Comfort;  Hannah; 
Pollv;  Ellen. 

(VI)  Asahel,  son  of  Amos  Palmer,  was 
born  January  22,  1755.  He  lived  in  Han- 
cock, Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts.  In 
1790  he  had  at  Hancock  four  sons  under  six- 
teen and  two  females.  Among  his  sons  were 
Amos,  mentioned  below,  and  Nathan,  who 
settled  in  Canada. 

(VII)  Amos  (2),  son  of  Asahel  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Berkshire  county,  April  11,  1789, 
and  died  in  Fredonia,  New  York,  in  1836. 
He  moved  from  Massachusetts  to  New  York 
state,  settling  first  in  Madison  county,  and 
in  1827  in  Chautauqua  county,  at  Fredonia, 
ried,    March    4,    1808,    Dorcas    Burlingham, 


He  was  also  engaged  in  distilling.  He  mar- 
ried, March  4,  1808,  Dbrcas  Burlingham, 
born  in  Windsor,  now  Cheshire,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  June  25,  185 1.  Children:  Al- 
vinza,  mentioned  below ;  Nelson  (John  Hora- 
tius  Asahel  Nelson),  born  181 1,  died  un- 
married, July  13,  1878;  Alonzo,  born  at  Will- 
iamstown,  Massachusetts,  April  17,  1813,  died 
May  2T,  1895,  married  Harsha  Terwilliger, 
who  died  March  20,  1908,  in  her  eighty- 
seventh  year;  Levi,  June  11,  181 5,  at  Will- 
iamstown,  died  in  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  September  10,  1897,  married  Elizabeth 
lichnor;  Stephen,  November  20,  1819,  ^^^^ 
at  Fredonia,  May  23,  1873;  Charles  Leland, 
born  in  Easton,  Madison  county.  New  York, 
February  21,  182 1,  died  in  Fredonia,  April 
7,  1836;  Orange,  born  in  Easton,  New  York, 
October  7,  1823,  died  in  Fredonia,  October 
13,  1861,  married  Lucy  Comstock,  who  died 
May  I,  1876,  aged  fifty-seven  years. 

(VIII)  Alvinza,  son  of  Amos  Palmer,  was 
born  in  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
April  21,  1809.  He  came  to  Chautauqua 
county  with  his  father,  settling  in  the  town 
of  Arkwright,  New  York,  where  he  died  Sep- 
tember 22,  1892,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three 
years  five  months  one  day.  He  married 
Nancy  Sellew,  who  died  April  17,  1892,  aged 
seventy-seven  years  eleven  months.  Children, 
born  in  Arkwright,  New  York :  Alonzo,  born 
February  7,  1835,  now  a  resident  of  Ark- 
wright, married  Elizabeth  Clinton ;  George 
H.,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah  P.,  married 
George  Corey ;  Charles,  died  unmarried ;  Ste- 
phen, resident  of  Stockton,  New  York; 
Frank,  resident  of  Fredonia,  New  York,  mar- 
ried Mrs.  J.  Raney;  Lucy  P.,  married  (first) 
Orling  W.  White,  (second)  Frank  Healey; 
Orange,  resident  of  Arkwright. 

(IX)  George  H.,  son  of  Alvinza  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Arkwright,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  January  26,  1842,  and  died  in 
Fredonia,  New  York,  January  17,  1901.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Fre- 
donia, where  he  lived  most  of  his  hfe.  He 
was  a  butcher  and  cattle  dealer.  He  mar- 
ried Jane  A.  Hills,  of  Villenova,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Hoel  and 
Harriet  (Dye)  Hills.  Children,  born  in  Fre- 
donia: Nelson  J.,  mentioned  below;  George 
A.,  married  Mary  Wolleben. 

(X)  Nelson  J.,  son  of  George  H.  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Fredonia,  New  York,  March  15, 
1874.     His  early  education   was  received  in 


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the  public  schools;  his  preparatory  education 
at  the  State  Normal  School,  from  which  he 
was  graduated.  He  then  entered  the  Buffalo 
University  Law  School,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated, Bachelor  of  Laws,  class  of  1899.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar  in  1899, 
and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Fre- 
donia,  forming  a  partnership  with  William 
S.  Stearns.  The  firm  of  Stearns  &  Palmer 
continued  until  1902,  when  Mr.  Palmer 
moved  to  Dunkirk,  New  York.  He  continued 
his  professional  career  with  Joseph  C.  White 
as  partner  until  1904,  when  the  firm  dis- 
solved, since  which  Mr.  Palmer  has  practiced 
alone.  He  is  well  versed  in  the  law,  skillful 
in  its  application,  has  high  standing  among 
his  professional  brethren,  and  the  confidence 
of  his  clients.  He  is  an  ardent  Republican, 
and  an  active  worker  for  party  success.  In 
1909  he  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Dunkirk, 
which  office  he  now  capably  fills.  He  has  also 
been  since  1902  continuously,  village  attorney 
of  Fredonia.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  church  and  of  the  Masonic 
order,  belonging  to  Forest  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  Dunkirk  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons.  He  is  also  an  Odd  Fel- 
low, of  Olympia  Lodge,  No.  602,  and  an 
Elk  of  Dunkirk  Lodge,  No.  922. 

He  married,  June  10,  1903,  at  Fredonia, 
Katherine  Gertrude  Washington,  born  at 
Lockport,  New  York,  daughter  of  George 
and  Katherine  (Kennedy)  Washington,  and 
granddaughter  of  George  Washington,  born 
in  Virginia  between  1800  and  1812.  Child: 
Robert  Nelson,  born  in  Dunkirk,  April  30, 
1904. 


This   distinguished   family   is 
ENDRESS    of  extremely  ancient  lineage. 

Im  Hof,  a  baronial  race, 
spreading  out  into  many  branches,  is  still 
flourishing  in  the  principal  lines,  namely,  the 
Swabian,  the  Franconian  and  the  Italian,  with 
manv  subdivisions.  In  the  records  of  the 
twelfth  century  it  is  frequently  found  under 
the  name  of  "de  Curia,"  or  "in  Curia."  As 
early  as  the  thirteenth  century  it  divided  itself 
into  two  prinicpal  branches,  which  assumed 
different  arms.  The  elder  branch  remained 
at  the  original  seat  of  the  race,  in  the  city  of 
Laningen,  in  Swabia  (now  Bavaria)  where  a 
village  called  Imhoff  may  yet  be  found. 

(I)  Johann    Im    Hof,   called   Johann    (2) 
who  died  A.  D.  1341,  is  the  progenitor  from 


whom  all  the  race  is  descended.  He  dwelt 
upon  his  estates  at  Laningen  and  procured 
through  his  wife,  Anne  Von  Gross,  citizen- 
ship in  Nuremburg.  He  was  adopted  among 
the  families  capable  of  holding  the  office  of 
senator.    He  had  issue. 

(II)  Konrad,  married  and  had  issue. 

(III)  Konrad  (2),  died  in  1449.  He  had 
issue. 

(IV)  Johann  (3),  born  in  1419,  died  in 
1499.     He  had  issue. 

(V)  Johann  (4),  born  in  1461,  died  in 
1526.  He  was  burgomaster  of  Nuremburg; 
married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  Johann  (5),  born  in  1488,  died  in 
1526.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(VII)  Andreas,  otherwise  called  Endres, 
was  born  about  1490,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  senate,  or  Rath,  of  Nuremburg,  in  the 
year  1530.  As  senator  he  attended  the  Diet 
of  Augsburg  and  is  styled  "Herr  Endress  im 
Hoff"  by  Saubertheim  in  his  History  of  the 
Augsburg  Diet,  written  in  163 1.  He  married 
and  had  issue. 

(VIII)  Endress,  born  about  1513,  married 
and  had  issue. 

(IX)  Nicholas  Endress,  removed  from 
Nuremburg  to  Wertheim,  on  the  north  bank 
of  the  Mayn  river,  about  1560. 

(X)  Peter,  son  of  Nicholas  Endress,  born 
about  1569,  was  judge  of  the  criminal  court 
of  the  district. 

(XI)  Nicholas  (2),  son  of  Peter  Endress, 
was  born  in  1603.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(XII)  Andress,  son  of  Nicholas  (2)  En- 
dress, born  in  1634,  married  and  had  issue. 

(XIII)  Philip  Jacob,  son  of  Andress  En- 
dress, born  in  1682,  died  in  1762. 

(XIV)  John  Zachariah,  son  of  Philip  Ja- 
cob Endress,  was  born  in  1726  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  University  of  Tubingen,  now 
the  University  of  Wirtenburg.  He  was  an 
extensive  traveler ;  was  captured  in  the  Medi- 
terranean sea  by  Corsairs  of  Algiers,  the  fam- 
ous sea  pirates  of  that  day,  and  sold  into 
captivity  in  Algiers.  Subsequently  a  Neapoli- 
ton  merchant  (a  Roman  Christian)  redeemed 
him  into  freedom,  took  him  to  Italy  and  fur- 
nished him  with  means  to  return  to  his  na- 
tive land.  In  1766  he  came  to  America  and 
located  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  accumulated  considerable  property  near  the 
corner  of  Vine  and  Third  streets.  He  was 
an  officer  in  the  continental  army  in  the  war 
for  independence,  was  captain  of  the  Philadel- 


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phia  Guards,  and  as  a  result  of  his  action  in 
the  federal  cause  his  buildings  were  burned 
to  the  ground  when  the  British  occupied  the 
city.  He  died  in  1810  and  was  buried  at 
Easton,  Pennsylvania.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1768,  Mrs.  Maria  (Henrici)  Sansfelt, 
a  widow,  of  French-Huguenot  extraction. 
They  had  a  child,  Christian  Frederick  Lewis, 
mentioned  below. 

(XV)  Dr.  Christian  Frederick  Lewis  En- 
dress,  son  of  John  Zachariah  Endress,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  March  12,  1775.  He 
was  graduated  in  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, which  institution  honored  him  with  tihe 
title  of  Doctor  of  Theology  in  1820.  Through- 
out most  of  his  lifetime  he  was  connected 
with  Trinity  Lutheran  Church,  pastor  from 
18 1 5  to  1827  at  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 
About  1814,  with  his  friend.  Colonel  Nathan- 
iel Rochester,  he  removed  to  Dansville,  New 
York,  where  they  purchased  large  tracts  of 
land.  Subsequently  Colonel  Rochester  went 
further  on  and  established  the  city  which  now 
bears  his  name.  Dr.  Endress  did  not  remain 
in  Dansville  but  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  lo- 
cating at  Easton,  where  he  died  September 
27,  1827.  In  iSioi  he  married  Margaretha 
Fries.  They  had  a  son,  Isaac  Lewis,  men- 
tioned below. 

(XVI)  Isaac  Lewis,  son  of  Dr.  Christian 
F.  L.  Endress,  was  born  in  Easton,  Pennsyl- 
vania, September  14,  1810,  died  in  1870.  He 
was  educated  in  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania.  When  his  family  left  Penn- 
sylvania for  Western  New  York  he  entered 
the  law  office  of  Judge  Ewing,  of  Trenton, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  about  one 
year.  He  then  went  to  Rochester  and  entered 
the  law  offices  of  Messrs.  Rochester  &  Ford 
and  later  was  in  the  offices  of  Messrs.  Bar- 
nard &  Hill.  Eventually  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Rochester,  where  he  initiated  the 
practice  of  his  profession  and  whence  he  re- 
moved to  Dansville  in  1832.  He  continued  to 
reside  at  Dansville  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  and  as  a  lawyer  obtained  an  enviable 
reputation  and  lucrative  practice.  For  some 
thirteen  years  he  was  associated  with  Judge 
John  A.  VanDerlip  in  the  practice  of  law, 
under  the  style  of  Endress  &  VanDerlip.  He 
was  an  old  line  Whig  as  a  young  man,  and 
after  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party 
transferred  his  allegiance  to  that  organiza- 
tion. He  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  judge 
in  1840  by  Governor  William  H.  Seward ;  was 


presidential  elector  in  1856;  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  state  constitutional  convention ; 
was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Republican 
nominating  convention  of  1868;  and  was  sev- 
eral times  a  member  of  the  Republican  state 
committee.  He  was  president  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Dansville  Seminary,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  was  one  of  the  town  rail- 
road commissioners.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  vestry  of  St.  Peter's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  and  it  may  be  said  concerning  him 
that  his  charities  knew  only  the  bounds  of 
his  opportunities.  He  was  a  brilliant  lawyer 
and  business  man,  always  fair  and  square- 
minded  in  his  dealings  with  his  fellowmen, 
and  was  ever  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

He  married,  October  29,  1849,  Helen  Eliza- 
beth Edwards,  daughter  of  William  and  Ma- 
ria (Fitzhugh)  Edwards,  the  former  of  whom 
was  a  direct  descendant  of  Pierpont  Edwards, 
a  brother  of  Jonathan  Edwards.  Maria  Fitz- 
hugh was  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Perregrine 
and  Elizabeth  Crowley  (Chew)  Fitzhugh,  the 
former  of  whom  was  an  aide  to  General 
Washington.  Colonel  Fitzhugh  was  a  son  of 
the  distinguished  Colonel  William  Fitzhugh, 
born  January  16,  1721,  died  February  11, 
1798;  at  one  time  commander  of  all  the  Brit- 
ish forces  in  America;  married  Mrs.  Anne 
Rousby,  nee  Frisby. 

Children. born  to  Judge  and  Mrs.  Isaac  L. 
Endress:  i.  Anna  Maria,  born  September 
26,  1850;  married  James  M.  Edwards,  a 
prominent  banker  at  Dansville.  They  reside 
at  the  old  Endress  Homestead  and  have  two 
children,  Helen  and  Katharine.  2.  Elizabeth 
Chew,  born  October  11,  1852.  3.  William 
Fries,  mentioned  below. 

(XVII)  Colonel  William  Fries  Endress, 
son  of  Isaac  Lewis  and  Helen  Elizabeth  (Ed- 
wards) Endress,  was  born  August  2,  1855,  ^^ 
Dansville,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in 
the  United  States  Naval  Academy,  at  An- 
napoHs,  and  in  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  In- 
stitute, of  Troy,  New  York.  He  followed  his 
chosen  profession,  civil  engineering,  for  a 
time,  but  gave  it  up  soon  after  his  marriage, 
in  1879,  and  removed  to  Jamestown.  Here 
he  purchased  the  old  established  coal  and 
building  material  business  of  J.  Baldwin  Jr., 
with  which  line  of  enterprise  he  has  contin- 
ued to  be  identified  during  the  long  interven- 
ing years  to  the  present  time  (1912).  He  is 
also  the  president  and  sole  owner  of  the  Chau- 


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tauqua  Refrigerating  Company  of  Jamestown, 
combining  an  ice  and  cold  storage  plant  with 
the  coal  and  building  material  business.  He  is 
now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Endress&  Mitch- 
ell, wholesaling  coal  through  Western  New 
York  and  North-Western  Pennsylvania.  In 
the  early  eighties  he  owned  and  operated  a 
soft  coal  mine  at  Milliards,  Butler  county, 
Pennsylvania,  and  for  many  years  was  a  job- 
ber and  wholesaler  of  soft  coal.  In  1886, 
when  natural  gas  was  piped  into  Jamestown, 
thus  destroying  temporarily  the  coal  business, 
he  devoted  his  attention  to  the  development  of 
electric  lighting,  then  in  its  infancy,  organiz- 
ing and  building  the  plant  of  the  Jamestown 
Electric  Light  &  Power  Company.  He  even- 
tually disposed  of  his  interests  in  the  electric 
business  at  Jamestown  and  was  induced  to 
visit  the  island  of  Cuba  in  the  interest  of  the 
Thompson-Houston  Electric  Company,  made 
up  of  New  York  and  Havana  capitalists.  He 
succeeded  in  introducing  the  "luz  electrica,'* 
and  was  instrumental  in  lighting  up  the  cities 
of  Havana,  Matanzas,  Cardenas,  Puerto 
Principe,  and  many  of  the  great  sugar  plan- 
tations. After  a  two  years'  residence  in  Ha- 
vana he  returned  to  Jamestown,  where  he 
found  the  coal  business  much  improved  by 
the  decreased  consumption  of  gas. 

During  his  residence  in  Cuba,  Colonel  En- 
dress  became  proficient  in  the  Spanish  lan- 
guage and  familiarized  himself  with  Spanish 
methods.  While  there  he  contracted  yellow 
fever,  from  which  he  recovered,  thus  making 
him  immune  from  that  epidemic.  It  will  thus 
be  seen  that,  when  the  Spanish-American  war 
broke  out,  in  1898,  he  was  wonderfully  well 
equipped  for  service  in  the  United  States 
army.  On  the  inception  of  that  conflict,  he  at 
once  offered  his  services  to  the  government, 
and  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  on 
Governor  Black's  staff.  Throughout  the  five 
months  of  the  war,  including  the  campaign 
in  Porto  Rico,  he  served  as  aide  to  General 
Guy  V.  Henry  and  he  has  many  gratifying 
evidences  of  the  latter's  appreciation  of  his 
valiant  services.  He  held  superior  rank  to 
any  officer  from  Jamestown  and  was  the  only 
one  to  see  foreign  service. 

Colonel  Endress  is  an  officer  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Porto  Rican  Expedition,  and 
bv  inheritance  is  a  member  of  the  Militarv 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  and  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Camp  Porter,  United  Spanish  War 
Veterans.     About   1900  he  became  interested 


in  association  work,  seeing  the  great  benefits 
to  the  retail  dealer  which  should  come  from 
organized  effort.  To  his  efforts  can  be  traced 
the  splendid  success  now  enjoyed  by  the  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania  Association,  of  which 
he  was  president  for  five  terms.  He  was  an 
important  factor  in  the  organization  and  de- 
velopment of  the  International  Council  and 
in  1905  was  elected,  unanimously,  to  be  the 
executive  head  of  all  organized  retail  coal 
merchants  in  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

Colonel  Endress  resides  at  the  old  Newland 
place,  500  Pine  street,  Jamestown,  New  York. 
This  is  considered  one  of  the  finest  homes  in 
Jamestown.  He  has  always  been  identified 
with  St.  Luke's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
of  which  he  is  now  junior  warden. 

He  married,  August  27,  1879,  Dora  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Charles  B.  Willey,  of  Dans- 
ville,  New  York.  Children:  i.  Captain  Will- 
iam Fitzhugh,  mentioned  below.  2.  Helen 
Elizabeth  Chew,  born  October  18,  1895 ;  now 
in  attendance  at  the  National  Cathedral 
School,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

(XVni)  Captain  William  Fitzhugh  En- 
dress, U.  S.  A.,  son  of  Colonel  William  Fries 
Endress,  was  born  July  17,  1880.  He  was 
graduated  at  West  Point,  in  1905,  and  is 
now  head  of  the  Engineer  School,  Washing- 
ton Barracks,  D.  C.  He  married  Abbie  Van 
Buren  Wright,  November  20,  1908,  and  they 
have  two  children :  William  Fitzhugh  Jr.  and 
James  Wadsworth. 


There  were  four  broth- 
RICHARDSON     ers,  Ezekiel,  Samuel, 

Thomas  and  James  Rich- 
ardson, who  came  to  America  within  a  few 
years  after  the  founding  of  the  Plymouth  col- 
ony. They  were  sons  of  Thomas  and  Kath- 
erine  (Durford)  Richardson,  who  lived  at 
West  Mill,  Herts  county,  England.  The  mar- 
riage date  of  Thomas  Richardson  and  Kath- 
erine  Durford  is  recorded  as  August  24,  1590. 
Ezekiel,  the  eldest  of  the  four  brothers,  came 
in  the  fleet  with  Winthrop  in  1630.  Samuel 
and  Thomas  followed  in  1636.  They  were 
men  of  the  middle  class  of  life,  of  discretion 
and  piety.  James  settled  in  Chelmsford.  Eze- 
kiel, Thomas  and  Samuel  lived  first  at  Charles- 
town,  and  a  little  later  were  associated  with 
Captain  Edward  Johnson  in  the  founding  of 
Woburn.  Samuel  was  already  married  at 
the  time  he  left  England,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren born  at  West  Mill:  Samuel  in  1633,  and 


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Elizabeth  in  1635.  The  date  of  his  admis- 
sion to  the  church  at  Charlestown  was  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1637-38,  and  he  was  admitted  a  free- 
man at  Charlestown,  May  2,  1638.  He  re- 
moved to  Woburn  in  164 1.  It  was  the  custom 
among  the  Puritans  of  New  England,  when  a 
new  church  was  to  be  founded,  to  designate 
seven  men  of  eminent  piety  and  sound  judg- 
ment to  be  the  *'seven  pillars"  of  the  new  or- 
ganization. They  constituted  the  nucleus  of 
the  church  and  had  the  responsibility  of  de- 
ciding what  other  members  should  be  added. 
It  was  also  their  duty  to  lay  out  the  new  town 
which  was  to  be  formed  in  connection  with 
the  church  and  make  all  needful  arrangements 
for  the  same.  The  seven  commissioners  ap- 
pointed by  Charlestown  to  establish  the  new 
church  at  Charlestown  Village,  afterward  Wo- 
burn, included  Ezekiel,  Samuel  and  Thomas 
Richardson.  The  fact  that  all  three  brothers 
attained  this  distinction  so  soon  after  their 
a^rrival  in  the  colony  testifies  to  the  esteem  in 
which  they  were  held  by  the  community.  The 
three  brothers  settled  on  a  road  which  re- 
ceived from  them  the  name  of  Richardson 
Row.  It  is  now  within  the  limits  of  Win- 
chester. Their  names,  of  course,  are  recorded 
among  the  original  members  of  church  at 
Woburn,  which  was  the  twenty-third  church 
founded  in  the  Massachusetts  colony.  Sam- 
uel's house  was  occupied  by  several  genera- 
tions of  the  family  and  was  at  one  time  the 
scene  of  an  Indian  massacre,  but  that  was  not 
in  his  time.  Samuel's  birth  date  is  very  closely 
fixed  by  the  fact  that  he  was  baptized  at  West 
Mill,  England,  December  22,  1602  or  1604. 
He  died  at  Woburn,  March  23,  1658.  His 
wife's  given  name  was  Joanna  and  she  died 
in  1666.  Their  children,  besides  those  already 
mentioned,  were:  Mary,  born  February  25, 
1637-38;  John,  November  12,  1639;  Hannah, 
died  in  infancy ;  Joseph,  July  27,  1643  J  Samuel 
(2d),  May  22,  1646;  Stephen,  August  15, 
1649 ;  Thomas,  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Stephen,  fourth  son  of  Samuel  and 
Joanna,  married,  at  Billerica,  January  2,  1674- 
75,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Abi- 
gail {Read)  Wyman,  of  Woburn,  who  was 
born  about  1659.  They  lived  at  Woburn. 
Stephen  became  a  freeman  in  1690,  and  died 
March  22,  1717-18.  His  widow  died  Septem- 
ber 17,  1720.  Their  children  were:  Stephen, 
born  February  20,  1675-76,  died  1718;  Fran- 
cis, died  in  infancy:  William,  born  December 
14,  1678;  Francis,  born  January  15,  1680-81; 


Timothy,  died  in  infancy;  Abigail,  bom  No- 
vember 14,  1683,  married  March  9,  1702-03, 
John  Vinton;  Prudence,  born  January  17, 
1685-86,  married  Lieutenant  Samuel  Kendall, 
died  in  1720;  Timothy,  born  January  24, 
1687-88,  died  June  i,  1717;  Seth,  born  Janu- 
ary 16,  1689-90;  Daniel,  born  October  16, 
1691 ;  Mary,  born  May  3,  1696 ;  Rebecca,  born 
June  10,  1698;  Solomon,  born  March  2^^  1702. 

(Ill)  William,  the  third  son  of  Stephen 
and  Abigail  (Wyman)  Richardson,  married, 
September  15,  1703,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
John  Vinton,  of  Maiden,  and  later  of  Woburn, 
who  was  born  March  2,  1650,  married  August 
26,  1677,  Hannah  Green,  and  died  February 
5,  1687-88.  He  was  the  sou  of  John  Vinton 
of  Lynn,  ancestor  of  the  Vinton  family  in 
America,  who  came  to  this  country  probably 
prior  to  1640.  Little  is  known  about  him,  but 
the  family  is  believed  to  have  been  of  French 
origin  and  to  have  been  naturalized  in  Eng- 
land from  the  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  or 
the  latter  part  of  the  sixteenth  century.  Re- 
becca Vinton  was  born  March  26,  1683.  Will- 
iam Richardson  was  a  husbandman,  and  lived 
at  Woburn  till  1709  or  1710,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Charlestown  End,  now  the  town  of 
Stoneham.  On  December  25,  17 10,  he  bought 
land  from  the  proprietors  at  Attleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  about  17 18  he  removed  thither. 
His  death  is  not  recorded.  The  children  of 
William  and  Rebecca  (Vinton)  Richardson 
were:  Rebecca,  born  August  4,  1704,  died 
October  28,  1788;  Hannah,  born  October  28, 
1706;  Abigail,  born  April  18,  1709,  married, 
August  8,  1728,  John  Shepard,  died  Novem- 
ber 27,  1730;  William,  born  April  17,  171 2, 
married  Mary  Coy ;  Stephen,  born  September 
7,  1714,  married,  November  11,  1736,  Hannah 
Coy ;  Mary,  born  April  18,  1717,  died  unmar- 
ried, November  i,  1797;  John,  born  Novem- 
ber 2^,  1719;  Joanna,  born  September  17, 
1722. 

William  Richardson,  son  of  Vinton  Rich- 
ardson, and  a  descendant  of  William  and  Re- 
becca (Vinton)  Richardson,  was  born  at  At- 
tleboro, Massachusetts,  January  5,  1820. 
When  he  was  an  infant  his  parents  removed 
to  Pennsylvania,  traveling  overland  by  wagon. 
After  a  short  residence  there  they  removed 
to  DeWitt,  Onondaga  county,  New  York, 
where  Mr.  Richardson's  boyhood  was  spent 
on  a  farm  and  where  he  obtained  a  common 
school  education.  The  Erie  canal  was  then 
in  process   of  construction,  and   for  several 


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years  Mr.  Richardson  was  employed  by  one 
of  the  contractors  on  repair  work  between 
Syracuse  and  Chittenango.  Later  he  helped 
to  build  the  reservoir  at  Cazenovia,  and  after- 
ward was  engaged  in  dredging  operations  at 
Detroit.  From  an  employee  he  developed  into 
a  contractor,  and  his  business  rapidly  grew  to 
large  proportions.  He  constructed  a  large 
piece  of  the  embankment  for  the  Great  West- 
ern railroad.  He  carried  on  the  first  dredg- 
ing work  ever  done  on  the  St.  Clair  flats  in 
the  Detroit  river.  He  dredged  out  the  chan- 
nel at  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin.  In  1854  he  had 
the  contract  for  enlarging  the  Erie  canal  be- 
tween Tonawanda  and  Black  Rock.  He  had 
many  commissions  from  the  United  States 
government  for  improving  harbors  on  the 
Great  Lakes.  He  removed  to  Buffalo  in 
1850,  where  he  gradually  became  active  in 
both  business  and  public  affairs.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  People's  Bank  and  of  the  Niag- 
ara Bank.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  supervisors  for  three  years,  and  repre- 
sented the  old  eleventh  ward  in  the  board  of 
aldermen  from  1884  to  1887.  It  has  been 
justly  said  of  him  that  he  never  found  it 
necessary,  ini  order  to  achieve  success,  to 
depart  from  the  pathway  of  integrity  and 
honor.  Having  acquired  a  competence,  he 
retired  from  active  business  in  1890.  He  be- 
came a  member  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church, 
and  was  for  many  years  one  of  its  vestry- 
men. He  is  still  living  (1912),  in  his  ninety- 
third  year.  He  married,  in  November,  1852, 
Anne  O'Day  (originally  spelled  O'Dea), 
daughter  of  Michael  and  Anne  (O'Dea) 
O'Day.  She  died  February  21,  1912,  aged 
eighty-one  years.  Children:  Ida,  married 
Charles  R.  Huntley,  of  Buffalo;  May;  Eliza- 
beth, twin  of  May,  married  Charles  E.  He- 
bard  (q.  v.),  of  Buffalo;  Walter  William, 
mentioned  below. 

Walter  William,  son  of  William  and  Anne 
(O'Day)  Richardson,  was  bom  in  Buffalo, 
March  11,  1873.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Episcopal  Academy 
of  Connecticut,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1891.  He  entered  business  with  the  Buf- 
falo Natural  Gas  Fuel  Company,  was  elected 
a  director  and  manager  in  1905,  and  was 
elected  president  of  the  Buffalo  United  Nat- 
ural Gas  Company  in  1908.  He  is  president 
of  the  Franklin  Natural  Gas  Company,  vice- 
president  of  the  Natural  Fuel  Gas  Company 
of  New  Jersey,  president  of  the  Salamanca 


Gas  Company,  vice-president  of  the  Provincial 
Natural  Gas  Fuel  Company  of  Ontario,  presi- 
dent of  the  Commercial  Natural  Gas  Com- 
pany, director  of  the  Clear  Creek  Oil  and 
Gas  Company,  director  of  the  Springville  Nat- 
ural Gas  Company,  president  of  the  California 
Natural  Gas  Company,  and  director  of  the 
People's  Bank  of  Buffalo.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  Grace  Episcopal 
Church;  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
thirty-second  degree,  and  of  all  local  lodges 
and  chapters;  a  member  of  the  Buffalo,  Elli- 
cott,  Accacia  and  Automobile  clubs  and  of  the 
Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  Manufac- 
turers' Club. 

He  married,  September  30,  1900,  May, 
daughter  of  Frederick  Ogden,  vice-president 
of  the  Banner  Milling  Company  of  Buffalo- 
Children:  William  Frederick,  died  Novem- 
ber 21,  1905;  Ruth  Anne;  John  Walter,  born 
May  23,  1906,  died  November  4,  1909. 


Elizabeth     Richardson,     third 
HEBARD     daughter  of  William  and  Anne 

(O'Day)  Richardson  (q.  v.), 
married,  October  5,  1888,  Charles  Edgar,  son 
of  George  Frederick  Hebard,  born  in  Con- 
necticut, in  1825,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
1881.  He  was  an  officer  of  the  United  States 
navy,  and  after  his  retirement  spent  several 
years  on  his  plantation  in  the  West  Indies. 
A  few  years  prior  to  his  death  he  came  to 
Buffalo.  He  was  a  Democrat  and  an  Episco- 
palian.   He  married  Susan  Gillespie. 

(II)  Charles  Edgar,  son  of  George  Fred- 
erick Hebard,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
December  10,  1855,  died  in  Ashtabula,  Ohio, 
December  10,  1908.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Buffalo  and  at  Cheshire, 
Connecticut.  He  was  for  several  years  super- 
intendent of  the  Buffalo  branch  at  Picando, 
Mather  &  Company,  shippers  of  coal  and  iron 
ore,  with  principal  offices  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
In  1904  Mr.  Hebard  was  transferred  to  the 
superintendency  of  the  branch  at  Ashtabula, 
Ohio,  continuing  until  his  death  in  1908.  He 
was  vestryman  of  St.  Mark's  Episcopal 
Church,  Buffalo,  later  removing  his  member- 
ship to  Grace  Church.  In  Ashtabula  he  was 
a  member  of  St.  Peter's.  During  his  Buffalo 
residence  he  enlisted  and  served  in  the  Sev- 
enty-fourth regiment,  New  York  National 
Guard.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  holding  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree, Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  and  in 


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the  York  Rite  held  the  degrees  of  Master 
Mason,  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  Knight  Tem- 
plar. He  also  was  a  Noble  of  Ismailia  Tem- 
ple, Mystic  Shrine.  He  held  membership  in 
all  Buffalo  Masonic  bodies.  Politically  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  man  of  high 
character,  good  business  capacity,  and  was 
held  in  high  regard  in  business,  fraternal  and 
social  circles.  After  his  death  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Hebard,  his  wife,  returned  to  Buffalo,  where 
she  now  resides.  Children,  all  born  in  Buf- 
falo: I.  Margaret,  married,  December  i8. 
•1909,  James  M.  Helsdom,  of  Buffalo;  now 
with  the  Williams  Coal  Company ;  child :  Eliz- 
abeth Ann.  2.  Henry  DIalton,  born  August 
12,  1893  'y  graduate  Lafayette  high  school,  class 
of  1909;  took  a  post-graduate  course,  1910; 
now  with  the  Natural  Gas  and  Fuel  Company 
of  Buffalo.    3.  George,  born  May  31,  1896. 


The  Irwins  of  Buffalo  descended 
IRWIN  from  an  Irish  progenitor,  Will- 
iam Irwin,  who  came  to  the  Uni- 
ted States  early  in  the  eighteen  century,  being 
then  a  lad  of  fourteen  vears.  He  settled  in 
Dutchess  county,  New  York.  His  ancestors 
were  of  Scottish  birth  and  settled  in  the 
north  of  Ireland  about  1650.  William  Irwin 
was  born  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  and  was 
a  relative  of  the  Earl  of  Antrim.  He  came 
to  America  with  an  elder  brother,  who  later 
returned  to  Ireland  to  receive  some  property 
to  which  he  had  fallen  heir.  On  coming  again 
to  America,  Ije  sailed  on  a  ship  bound  for  Bal- 
timore and  he  ever  afterward  lived  in  Mary- 
land. William  Irwin  was  seventy-five  years 
of  age  when  the  American  revolution  broke 
out.  He  was  a  strong  Whig,  a  friend  of  Gen- 
eral Washington,  and  acted  with  the  patriots 
in  an  advisory  capacity,  but  was  too  old  for 
military  service.  On  account  of  the  troubles 
of  the  times,  he  was  obliged  to  leave  Dutchess 
county  for  the  more  quiet  region  west  of  the 
Hudson.  He  settled  in  Orange  county,  five 
miles  west  of  Newburgh,  where  he  died  about 
1787,  aged  eighty-six  years.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  McClane,  who  bore  him  a 
son,  Joseph.  He  married  (second)' Jane  Hoff- 
man. Children :  Robert,  married  Mary  Pell ; 
James,  mentioned  below;  William,  married 
Jane  Ennis ;  Allen,  married  Esther  Townsend ; 
Mary,  married  Samuel  Wickman;  Margaret, 
married  Jacobus  Ickmoody;  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Simmons.    * 

(II)   James,    son    of    William    and    Jane 


(Hoffman)  Irwin,  was  born  in  Dutchess 
county.  New  York.  He  married  Margaret 
Patten.  Children:  William  Patten,  men- 
tioned below;  Robert,  Israel,  James,  Jane, 
Ann,  Elizabeth,  Allen,  John. 

(III)  William  Patten,  son  of  James  and 
Margaret  (Patten)  Irwin,  was  born  in  Dutch- 
ess county.  New  York,  February  21,  1789, 
died  in  Sodus,  Wayne  county.  New  York, 
where  most  of  his  life  was  passed.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  a  breeder  of  fine  stock.  He 
was  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  Wayne  county 
militia  in  the  old  "general  training"  days  and 
was  a  man  of  prominence  in  the  county.  He 
married  Mehetable  Hayward,  a  descendant  of 
the  Pilgrim  Hayward,  Children:  Theodore, 
who  was  a  leading  banker  and  business  man 
of  Oswego,  New  York;  Dudley  Martin,  men- 
tioned below;  David  Wickham,  Daniel  Pat- 
ten, William  P.,  Frances  Mary,  Eliza  Maria, 
Theresa  Mehetable,  Evelina  Margaret,  Har- 
riet Ann, 

(IV)  Dudley  Marvin,  son  of  William  Pat- 
ten and  Mehetable  (Hayward)  Irwin,  was 
born  in  Sodus,  Wayne  county,  New  York, 
March  17,  1829,  died  January  24,  i860,  at  Al- 
bany, New  York,  as  a  result  of  an  accident 
on  the  New  York  Central  railroad  at  Tarry- 
town.  He  married,  January  11,  1859,  at  Ful- 
ton, New  York,  Mary  Elizabeth  Miller,  born 
in  Hillier,  Upper  Canada,  December  9,  1837, 
died  at  Fulton,  New  York,  April  22,  1866, 
aged  twenty-eight  years.  Her  mother  was  a 
Townsend  of  Connecticut. 

(V)  Dudley  Marvin  (2),  son  of  Dudley 
Marvin  (i)  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Miller)  Ir- 
win, was  born  at  Fulton,  New  York,  June  10, 
i860.  He  was  educated  in  a  private  school 
at  Oswego,  New  York,  and  at  Lafayette  Col- 
lege, Easton,  Pennsylvania.  He  did  not  com- 
plete his  college  course,  but  in  1898  Lafayette 
conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  Mr.  Irwin  having  continued  his  studies 
and  earned  his  degree  while  engaged  in  busi- 
ness. He  was  for  many  years  the  junior  part- 
ner in  the  firm  of  Irwin  &  Sloan,  grain  deal- 
ers. In  1896  he  was  located  in  Chicago,  and 
in  1898  he  made  his  permanent  home  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  where  his  interests  are  now 
largely  centered.  He  handles  grain  in  im- 
mense quantities  and  in  that  trade  is  regarded 
as  an  expert.  He  is  also  largely  interested  in 
other  fields  of  activity.  He  is  vice-president 
of  the  Great  Lakes  Construction  Company, 
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for  piers  and  breakwaters  along  the  lake 
coasts.  It  also  has  contracts  for  sections  of 
the  new  Erie  barge  canal.  He  is  president  of 
the  United  Producers'  Company,  which  owns 
and  operates  -  oil  wells  in  Pennsylvania  and 
Illinois.  He  is  a  director  of  the  American 
Savings  Bank,  the  Buffalo  General  Hospital 
and  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts  Academy.  He  is 
a  man  of  energy  and  public  spirit,  holding 
high  position  in  the  commercial  world.  He 
is  a  Republican,  but  thoroughly  independent 
in  political  action.  In  religious  faith  he  is  an 
Episcopalian  and  a  vestryman  of  Trinity 
Church,  Buffalo.  His  college  fraternity  is 
Zeta  Psi.  He  belongs  to  the  Ellicott,  Buffalo, 
Saturn,  University,  Country  and  Automobile 
clubs  of  Buffalo,  and  to  the  Grolier  Club  of 
New  York. 

He  married,  December  14,  1892,  Jennie, 
daughter  of  William  Marsh,  of  Schooley's 
Mountain,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Marsh  died  in 
July,  1892.  Mrs.  Irwin  is  a  graduate  of 
Madame  de  Silva's  Young  Ladies'  School  of 
New  York.  She  is  a  granddaughter  of  An- 
drew H.  Reeder,  of  Easton,  Pennsylvania, 
who  was  appointed  in  1854  the  first  governor 
of  the  territory  of  Kansas.  He  was  a  Demo- 
crat, but  the  conduct  of  the  "border  ruffians" 
shook  his  partisanship.  After  his  removal 
by  President  Pierce  he  was  chosen  by  the  Free 
State  party  as  territorial  delegate  to  congress. 
In  1856  he  and  James  H.  Lane  were  chosen 
United  States  senators  by  the  Free  State 
party,  but  congress  refused  to  recognize  the 
election.  He  and  General  Nathaniel  Lyon 
were  the  first  brigadier  generals  appointed  by 
President  Lincoln,  but  he  was  too  far  ad- 
vanced in  life  to  accept.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Irwin  are:  Katherine  Penn  Gaskill, 
Theodore  Hayward,  Gwendolyn  Reeder,  Dud- 
ley Marvin  (3). 


This  well-known  Scotch 
MacDONALD    name     is    widely    spread 

over  the  English-speaking 
world.  The  family  with  which  we  have  now 
to  deal  is  of  that  Scotch-Irish  stock  which  is 
so  prominent  in  American  life  and  history. 
Their  family  home  had  long  been  in  Scotland, 
previous  to  the  time  of  emigrating  to  Canada. 
(I)  Donald  MacDonald,  the  founder  of  this 
family,  was  born  in  Cumberland,  Ontario, 
Canada,  died  about  1870,  his  death  due  to 
drowning,  by  an  accident  in  rafting.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business.    He  married 


Margaret  McLaughlin,  whose  family  are  old 
settlers  in  the  Ottawa  valley,  Ontario.  Child, 
Peter  Daniel,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Peter  Daniel,  son  of  Donald  and  Mar- 
garet (McLaughlin)  MacDonald,  was  born 
near  Rockland,  Russell  county,  Ontario,  in 
1858,  died  February  14,  1899.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  the  high  school,  also 
the  Collegiate  Institute  at  Colling^ood,  Sim- 
coe  county,  Ontario.  He  received  a  teacher's 
diploma  of  the  highest  grade,  and  took  first 
class  honors  in  Queen's  University  in  his  year. 
Successively  he  was  principal  of  the  George 
street  school,  the  Mutchmor  street  school,  and 
the  First  avenue  school,  all  in  Ottawa ;  he  was 
engaged  in  this  work  nine  years.  He  also  had 
public  service,  as  political  secretary  to  William 
C.  Edwards,  then  a  member  of  the  house  of 
commons,  now  a  senator  in  the  Dominion 
parliament.  He  was  an  active  Baptist,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Ottawa, 
many  years  librarian  of  the  Sunday  school, 
and  much  interested  in  Sunday  school  work. 
He  married,  in  February,  1884,  Janet  Lamb, 
daughter  of  Alexander  and  Janet  (Lamb) 
MacLean.  Her  father  was  bom  in  1824,  in 
Abau,  Scotland,  died  August  17,  1906;  he 
lived  at  Thurso,  Labelle  county,  Quebec,  and 
was  for  twenty-five  years  secretary  of  the 
town  council.  Her  mother  was  a  member  of 
an  old  Scotch  family  from  Sterling,  Scotland, 
long  settled  at  Ottawa  valley.  Children:  i. 
Norman  Alexander,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Wilford  Donald,  born  February  21,  1887;  with 
the  Saskatchewan  Lumber  Company,  Sas- 
katchewan ;  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church ; 
married  Jean  MacTavish,  a  graduate  of  the 
London  Normal  School ;  her  parents  were  de- 
scendants of  the  Selkirk  pioneers.  3.  Er- 
nest Stanley,  born  March  12,  1889;  lives  in 
Buffalo,  and  is  with  Spencer  Kellogg  &  Sons. 
4.  Everett  John,  bom  May  2,  1891 ;  lives  in 
Buffalo,  and  is  office  manager  for  the  Empire 
State  Ring  Company.  5.  Stewart  Kenneth, 
born  in  1893 ;  lives  at  Crooked  River,  Sas- 
katchewan, and  is  with  a  lumber  company.  6. 
Herbert  Keith,  born  in  1895 ;  lives  at  Crooked 
River,  is  with  a  lumber  company. 

(III)  Norman  Alexander,  son  of  Peter 
Daniel  and  Janet  Lamb  (MacLean)  Mac- 
Donald, was  born  at  Cumberland,  Russell 
county,  Ontario,  June  24,  1885.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  the  high  school,  but  did 
not  graduate  from  the  latter.  In  190T  he 
graduated   from   the  Metropolitan   School   of 


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Business  at  Ottawa.  In  1900  he  was  page  in 
the  Canadian  house  of  commons;  the  next 
year  he  was  employed  in  the  general  man- 
ager's division  of  the  Canada  Atlantic  rail- 
road. In  March,  1902,  he  came  to  Buffalo, 
and  he  was  for  two  years  in  the  office  of 
the  Hugh  MacLean  Lumber  Company.  He 
entered  the  service  of  the  Citizens*  Bank  of 
Buffalo  in  January,  1904,  as  city  collection 
clerk;  the  next  year  he  was  promoted  to  be 
secretary  to  the  president,  and  in  another  year 
was  made  assistant  to  the  officers.  In  1908 
he  was  made  assistant  cashier,  and  in  1909 
cashier.  Mr.  MacDonald  is  independent  in 
politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Buffalo,  the  Buffalo  club,  the 
Country  club,  the  Buffalo  Canoe  club. 

He  married,  June  19,  1907,  in  Buffalo,  Ma- 
bel, daughter  of  William  J.  and  Annie  M. 
(Davis)  Crawford.  'Hqr  father  is  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  William  J.  Crawford  & 
Company,  Delaware  and  Delavan  avenues, 
Buffalo,  manufacturers  of  mausoleums  and 
statuary;  both  her  parents  are  living,  and  re- 
side at  840  Potomac  avenue.  She  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  .the  Masten  Park  high  school,  in  the 
class  of  1904.  Children:  Janet  Crawford, 
born  October  30,  1908;  Norman  Alexander, 
February  19,  191 1. 


This  name  is  common  to  all 
SMITH  lands.  Every  country  that  has 
its  workers  in  metal  has  its 
smiths,  and  from  this  occupation  came  the 
surname  Smith,  with  its  varied  forms  of  spell- 
ing. The  family  was  an  early  one  in  the 
American  colonies,  but  there  seems  to  be  no 
clews  by  which  the  earlier  families  can  be 
connected  with  William  Smith,  of  Vermont, 
founder  of  the  line  in  Erie  county,  New  York, 
herein  recorded,  and  a  pioneer  settler  of  the 
town  of  Concord.  Since  his  advent  the 
family  have  been  prominent  in  the  public 
and  business  life  of  the  town. 

Governor  William  Smith  came  from  the 
state  of  Vermont  to  the  town  of  Concord,  Erie 
county,  New  York,  in  the  spring  of  1810.  He 
obtained  his  title  at  the  time  of  the  raising 
of  the  first  liberty  pole  at  the  Four  Corners,  a 
mile  east  of  Springville,  which  has  ever  since 
been  known  as  Liberty  Pole  Corners.  The 
time  was  July  4,  about  18 19.  The  ceremony 
of  raising  a  flag  to  the  top  of  the  long,  grace- 
ful pole  was  accompanied  by  the  firing  of 
guns,  the  cheers  of  the  crowd  and  the  music 


of  fife  and  drum.  There  was  an  absence, 
however,  of  notables,  and  to  supply  the  de- 
ficiency titles  were  invented  for  many  of  those 
present,  and  a  list  of  the  gathering  included 
"President  Adams,"  "General  Knox,"  "Gov- 
ernor Smith,"  etc.  To  many  of  these  pioneers 
these  names  ever  afterward  clung,  and  they 
were  known  to  rising  generations  by  no  other. 
The  writer,  after  searching  in  vain  for  the 
state  which  elected  William  Smith  as  its  gov- 
ernor, applied  to  a  descendant  of  the  "Gov- 
ernor," and  received  the  foregoing  explana- 
tion. 

William  Smith  was  a  man  of  tall,  command- 
ing presence,  and  was  once  asked  by  an  In- 
dian whom  he  had  asked  to  join  in  a  social 
glass,  "Be's  you  the  governor  of  New  York 
state?"  The  governor  replied  in  his  heavy, 
guttural  voice,  "Not  exactly,  but  I  am  gov- 
ernor of  Dutch  Hollow."  His  farm  was  lots 
fifty-six  and  fifty-seven  on  Cattaraugus  Creek, 
where  he  built  a  log  house  and  in  the  fall 
of  1810  moved  his  family  there.  He  was  a 
very  strong,  energetic  man  and  in  a  few  years 
had  made  many  improvements.  In  18 16  or 
1817  he  sold  his  farm  receiving  his  pay  in 
silver,  of  which  there  was  nearly  half  a 
bushel.  He  then  located  on  lot  forty-nine 
and  later  made  several  removals  in  the  same 
locality.  He  died  December  29,  1853,  and 
his  wife  Hannah  died  October  9,  1857,  aged 
eighty  years.  Sons:  Stephen,  William  and 
Calvin,  all  lived  and  died  in  Concord.  Daugh- 
ters: Deborah,  married  Samuel  Wilcox  and 
died  November  15,  1850,  in  Concord,  ?iged 
fifty  years,  five  months ;  Sally,  married  Clem- 
ent Carney  and  moved  to  Michigan. 

(II)  Calvin,  son  of  "Governor"  William 
Smith,  was  born  in  Vermotj^,  September  30, 
1803,  died  in  Concord,  Erie  county.  New 
York,  February  4,  1879,  and  was  buried  at 
Block  Schoolhouse  cemetery,  later  his  re- 
mains being  moved  to  Maple  wood  cemetery. 
He  came  to  Erie  county  with  his  father  in 
1810  and  spent  his  after  life  in  Concord.  He 
was  a  farmer  owning  land  on  Sharp  street, 
three  miles  distant  from  Springville,  which  he 
purchased  and  cleared.  As  he  prospered  in 
business  he  added  to  his  holdings  until  he 
had  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  under 
cultivation.  He  was  a  hard-working,  upright 
man,  an  active  member  of  the  Free  Baptist 
church,  and  a  good  citizen.  He  married, 
March  12,  1826,  Harriet  Mayo,  born  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  4,    1809,  coming  with 


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her  parents  from  Oxford,  Worcester  county, 
Massachusetts,  in  1816.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  Mayo,  who  died  in  1859,  aged 
eighty-two  years,  his  wife  dying  several  years 
before  him.  They  had  six  sons  and  three 
daughters.  Harriet  (Mayo)  Smith  died  at 
Springville,  New  York,  August  21,  1894,  aged 
eighty-five  years.  Children  of  Calvin  Smith: 
I.  Cynthia,  born  January  20,  1827,  died  Janu- 
ary 28,  1863 1  married  Abram  Patch.  2.  Mal- 
vina,  born  September  28,  1828;  married 
Archibald  C.  Preston.  3.  Stephen,  born 
June  27,  1830;  married  (first)  Mary 
Gardinier;  (second)  Anna  Krieger.  4. 
Lucy  Ann,  December  23,  1832,  died  August 
31,  1884;  niarried  A.  Jackson  Backus.  5.  Jer- 
emy, March  3,  1836;  married  Marion  Palmer. 
6.  Calvin  C.  (of  further  mention).  7.  Lo- 
rinda,  December  29,  1840.  8.  Selinda,  No- 
vember 6,  1842;  married  Yates  Gardinier.  9. 
Philena,  December  2,  1844,  married  Murray 
Chandler.  10.  Zelia  M.,  May  17,  1847;  "tar- 
ried John  H.  Melvin. 

(Ill)  Calvin  C,  sixth  child  and  third  son 
of  Calvin  and  Harriet  (Mayo)  Smith,  was 
born  on  the  old  homestead  farm  near  Spring- 
ville, Erie  county.  New  York,  September  27, 
1838.  He  attended  the  district  public  school, 
finishing  his  studies  at  Springville  Academy. 
He  grew  up  a  farmer  and  followed  that  voca- 
tion until  reaching  adult  years.  He  then  loca- 
ted in  the  village  of  Springville,  where  he 
established  a  general  store  which  he  conducted 
for  several  years.  He  then  sold  out  and  re- 
turned to  the  farm.  He  continued  his  agri- 
cultural business  until  1910,  when  he  retired 
from  active  life  and  moved  to  a  comfortable 
home  in  the  village.  He  was  active  in  town 
affairs;  was  roed  commissioner  fourteen 
years,  and  also  served  as  town  clerk.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  November  15,  1864,  Josephine 
Fleming,  a  great-granddaughter  of  James 
Fleming,  born  in  Ireland,  his  wife  in  Wales. 
They  emigrated  to  the  United  States  prior  to 
1786.  Their  son,  James  (2)  Fleming,  was 
born  in  Massachusetts,  in  1786.  He  married 
Sally  Loomis,  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1789. 
They  came  to  New  York  state,  settling  first  in 
the  town  of  Boston,  in  18 19,  and  in  1823  com- 
ing to  the  town  of  Concord,  Erie  county. 
James  Fleming  died  December  29,  1866,  aged 
seventy-nine  years,  his  wife  Sally,  March  14, 
1854,  aged  sixty-five  years.     They  had  seven 


children:  i.  Jane,  married  (first)  E.  T. 
firiggs;  (second)  William  Field;  she  died  in 
Springville,  New  York,  January  14,  1892.  2. 
James  (3),  died  in  Springville,  September  6, 
1867,  ^"  his  fifty-fifth  year;  he  married  Mary 
Norcutt.  3.  Hannah,  died  in  Concord,  New 
York,  September  24,  1841,  aged  twenty-five 
years ;  she  married  Samuel  Wheeler.  4.  Sally, 
married  (first)  Adoniram  Blake;  (second) 
Elam  Chandler;  she  died  February  25,  1880. 
5.  Joseph  B.,  born  March  11,  1822,  died  in 
Buffalo,  December  11,  1904,  in  his  eighty- 
second  year ;  he  married,  in  1842,  Harriet  Bis- 
bee  (see  forward).  6.  Parker,  died  in  Ash- 
ford,  New  York,  in  1873,  ^S^^  forty-seven 
years;  he  married  Susan  Babbitt.  7.  Mar- 
garet, died  in  Ellicottville,  New  York,  in  1861, 
aged  thirty-one  years;  she  married  H.  B. 
Harrington. 

Joseph  B.  Fleming,  the  fifth  child,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Concord,  Erie  county. 
New  York,  and  is  buried  in  the  Block  school- 
house  cemetery  by  his  wife,  Harriet  (Bisbee) 
Fleming,  who  died  November  18,  1897.  She 
was  born  at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  May 
29,  1824,  daughter  of  William  Bisbee,  bom 
in  England  in  1778,  married,  in  1810,  Mary 
Frye,  born  in  Massachusetts,  August  16,  1786. 
Children  of  Joseph  B.  and  Harriet  Fleming: 
Josephine,  married  Calvin  C.  Smith;  Ernest 
B.,  born  February  27,  1856,  married  Jean 
Parker,  child,  Josephine,  married  C.  Mause 
and  has  Nellie,  Joshua  and  Harriet  Children 
of  Calvin  C.  and  Josephine  Smith:  Grant 
Fleming  (of  further  mention)  ;  Ira  Wood- 
ward (of  further  mention). 

(IV)  Grant  Fleming,  eldest  son  of  Calvin 
C.  and  Josephine  (Fleming)  Smith,  was  bom 
in  Springville,  Erie  county.  New  York,  Au- 
gust 19,  1865.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  began  business  life  as  a  clerk, 
continuing  in  mercantile  life  for  sixteen  years. 
In  the  fall  of  1899  he  came  to  Ellicottville, 
Cattaraugus  county,  entering  the  employ  of 
the  Bank  of  Ellicottville.  He  passed  through 
several  promotions  and  in  1901  was  chosen 
cashier,  a  position  he  yet  most  capably  fills. 
He  is  a  vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  church; 
was  town  clerk  of  Ellicottville  five  years,  and 
is  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  May  3,  1888,  Ella  Abbott,  born 
June  30,  1868,  daughter  of  Delos  and  Ella 
(Hardy)  Abbott.  Child,  Gertrude  Odell, 
born  June  26,  1892. 

(IV)  Ira  Woodward,  youngest  son  of  Cal- 


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vin  C.  and  Josephine  (Fleming)  Smith,  was 
born  in  Concord,  Erie  county,  New  York, 
October  12,  1871.  His  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  public  schools  and  at  Griffith  In- 
stitute. On  reaching  years  of  maturity  he 
decided  upon  the  legal  profession  and  prose- 
cuted his  studies  with  Edwin  A.  Scott,  a  law- 
yer of  Springville.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  New  York  state  at  Rochester,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1896.  After  his  admission  he  spent 
two  years  in  association  with  Mr.  Scott,  his 
former  preceptor,  then  started  in  practice  for 
himself.  He  conducted  a  successful  general 
practice  until  1906,  when  he  admitted  as  a 
partner  William  E.  Bensley,  the  firm  being 
Smith  &  Bensley.  Mr.  Smith  has  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  law  and  has  won  recogni- 
tion as  one  of  the  sterling  members  of  the 
Erie  county  bar.  He  served  four  years  as 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  eleven  years  as  vil- 
lage clerk  of  Springville.  In  1904  he  was 
elected  supervisor  and  has  held  that  office  con- 
tinuously, this  being  his  seventh  year  in  that 
office.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
follows  his  fathers  in  their  religious  belief, 
the  Baptist.  He  is  prominent  also  in  frater- 
nal circles:  Is  past  master  of  Springville 
Lodge,  No.  351,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
past  high  priest  of  Chapter  No.  275,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  member  of  Salamanca  Com- 
mandery,  No.  62,  Knights  Templar;  past 
sachem  of  Running  Deer  Tribe,  No.  442,  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men;  member  of 
Springville  Lodge,  No.  588,  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  Salamanca  Lodge, 
No.  1025,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks. 

He  married,  February  27,  1895,  I^^^a  A., 
daughter  of  Eugene  and  Lottie  (Crary)  Mills, 
and  granddaughter  of  William  P.  and  De- 
borah Mills,  early  settlers  in  Erie  county, 
coming  from  Orange  county.  New  York.  Her 
mother  Lottie  was  a  daughter  of  Frederick 
Crary.  Mrs.  Smith  died  August  13,  191 1. 
Children  of  Ira  W.  and  Inda  A.  Smith :  Crary 
C,  born  April  7,  1896;  Richmond  Pearson, 
October  8,  1898;  Josephine,  April  23,  1901 ; 
Janice,  November  2^,  1903 ;  Charlotte,  March 
I,  1906. 


The  Clairs  of  Little  Valley,  New 
CLAIR     York,  descend  from  Louis  Clair, 

born  in  Hesse,  Darmstadt,  Ger- 
many, about  1815.  He  was  a  carpenter  and 
builder,  having  also  a  knowledge  of  the  ma- 


son's trade.  He  married  in  his  native  land, 
and  in  later  years,  with  wife  and  children, 
came  to  the  United  States,  taking  passage  in 
a  sailing  vessel  in  the  year  of  1848.  He  set- 
tled in  Sardinia,  Erie  county.  New  York, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  on  which  he  re- 
sided until  death.  He  married  Helena  Am- 
mertroudt.  Children:  i.  Conrad,  who  en- 
listed in  the  civil  war,  serving  three  years  in 
the  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteers.  Hie  married  Eliza- 
beth Frye;  children:  Lavina,  married 
Charles  Hartman,  and  Frank,  married  Anna 

.     2.  John  W.,  married  Alice  Frank ; 

children:  Louis  P.,  married  Bertha  Chesbro; 
Albert,  married  Bessie  Briggs  and  has  daugh- 
ter Violet.  3.  Henry  C.,  married  Sarah 
Perry;  children:  Minnie  M.  and  Dr.  Frank. 
4.  Fred  K.,  married  Julia  Loth;  children: 
Lora  and  Claude.  5.  Elizabeth,  married  Mar- 
tin Merwin ;  children :  Lena,  married  E.  Far- 
land,   two   children;    Mabel,   married  ■— 

Vaughan.  6.  Charles  J.  (of  further  mention). 
7.  Carrie,  married  Erhart  Schwertz ;  children : 
Clyde  and  Avery. 

(II)  Charles  J.,  son  of  Louis  and  Helena 
(Ammertroudt)  Clair,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Sardinia,  Erie  county.  New  York,  June  22, 
i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
at  Sardinia.  Worked  in  early  life  on  the  farm. 
At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  went  to  Coopers- 
ville,  Michigan,  where  he  was  employed  as  a 
helper  in  a  cheese  factory.  During  the  next 
three  years  he  was  employed  by  J.  B.  Lewis 
as  cheesemaker  at  Elton  and  Fish  Lake.  In 
1879  he  went  to  Reading,  Michigan,  to  work 
at  his  trade.  Returning  to  New  York  state 
he  resumed  his  work  .at  Farmersville  and  Lime 
Lake.  In  1881  he  was  married.  He  then 
moved  to  East  Java,  Wyoming  county,  where 
he  resumed  his  trade  for  three  years.  He 
then  located  at  Ellicottville,  where  he  and 
his  brother,  J.  W.  Clair,  formed  partnership 
and  bought  about  twenty-five  factories.  He 
resided  at  this  place  for  eleven  years.  In 
1896  they  purchased  other  factories  and 
Charles  J.  located  at  Little  Valley,  New  York, 
where  he  was  engaged  as  cheese  manufacturer 
and  dealer  until  19 10.  He  sold  his  plants  and 
became  a  wholesale  dealer,  buying  and  ship- 
ping to  outside  markets.  He  is  a  stockholder 
and  director  of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Bank, 
Buffalo  &  Porto  Rico  Fruit  Company,  and 
president  of  the  Little  Valley  Realty  Com- 
pany; a  member  of  the  board  of  trade.     He 


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has  served  eight  years  on  the  village  board 
of  trustees.  He  is  an  energetic,  progressive 
business  man,  and  is  highly  regarded  by  his 
associates.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
member  of  the  Masonic  and  Odd  Fellows  fra- 
ternities, and  a  communicant  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  June  19,  1881,  Lucetta  J.  Pot- 
ter, born  April  29,  1856,  daughter  of  Silas 
Potter,  born  18 18,  died  1899,  a  farmer  of 
Lime  Lake,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
son  of  Daniel  Potter,  born  in  Vermont,  set- 
tled at  Lime  Lake,  New  York,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  married  Lydia  Hale. 
Silas  Potter  married  Mary  Anne,  bom  1816, 
died  1892,  daughter  of  Isaac  Waite,  of  Eas- 
ton.  New  York.  Children:  i.  Maryette,  mar- 
ried Riley  Hodges.  2.  Isaac,  married  (first) 
Speedy  Hall;  children:  Nettie,  married  (first) 
Ellsworth  Holbrook;  (second)  Lenard  Cran- 
dell;  Fred,  married  Matilda  Sanford;  chil- 
dren, three  boys  and  two  girls.  Married  (sec- 
ond) Mary  Twomly.  Married  (third)  Ida 
Baker.     3.  Merritt,    married    Lois    McNall; 

children:     i.  Effner,  married  Blanch ; 

child,  Alice,  ii.  Ethel,  married  Edward  Cham- 
berlain; children,  four  boys  and  four  girls, 
iii.  Mabel,  married  Victor  Chamberlain;  two 
children,  iv.  Effie,  married  Walter  Milholn; 
two  children.  4.  Sarah,  married  Milton  H. 
Watson ;  children :  i.  Gertrude,  married  Orrin 
Wright;  child,  Mildred,  ii.  Clyde.  5.  Wil- 
bur, married  Celia  Laff erty ;  children :  i.  Inez, 
married  Manley  Wright;  four  children,  ii. 
Ward,  married  Mary  Toner,  iii.  Irving,  mar- 
ried Nettie  Ashcraft.  6.  Lucetta  J.,  married 
Charles  J.  Clair.  7.  William  J.,  married  Linda 
Harmon;  children:  i.  Edgar,  married  Nina 
Thompson,  ii.  Clayton,  iii.  Lamont.  Charles 
J.  and  Lucetta  J.  Clair  have  one  child,  Eva  M., 
bom  November  28,  1890. 


The  Harris  family  of  James- 
HARRIS  town  is  represented  in  the  pres- 
ent generation  by  George  A. 
and  Alfred  T.  Harris,  representative  busi- 
ness men,  whose  energy  and  enterprise  have 
aided  considerably  in'  the  development  and 
progress  of  their  adopted  city. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  family  herein  recorded 
of  whom  we  have  knowledge  was  Otis  Har- 
ris, a  resident  of  Garry,  New  York,  where 
he  followed  the  occupation  of  farming,  de- 
riving therefrom  a  comfortable  livelihood.  He 
was  a  man  of  energy  and  thrift,  and  was 


highly  respected  in  the  community.  He  mar- 
ried Maria  Van  Houten  and  among  their 
children  was  Alfred  T.,  see  forward. 

(II)  Alfred  T.,  son  of  Otis  Harris,  was 
born  in  Garry,  New  York,  in  1838,  died  No- 
vember 13,  1867,  his  death  resulting  from  a 
fall  from  a  wagon,  his  spine  being  seriously 
injured.  He  attended  the  common  schools 
of  the  neighborhood,  and  throughout  his  ac- 
tive career  devoted  his  attention  to  farming. 
He  was  a  man  of  high  character  and  his  in- 
fluence for  good  was  brought  to  bear  upon 
all  with  whom  he  associated.  He  married 
Annis  Elizabeth  Day,  bom  January  23,  1841, 
now  (1912)  living  at  North  Warren,  Penn- 
sylvania, daughter  of  Anson  R.  and  Elizabeth 
(Heath)  Day,  who  were  the  parents  of  four 
other  children,  namely:  Electa  C,  bom  De- 
cember 21,  1835,  died  September  21,  1866, 
was  the  wife  of  Stephen  L.  Mead,  who  is 
now  living  at  Forrestville,  New  York;  Mor- 
gan H.,  bom  October  26,  1837,  now  living  in 
Syracuse,  New  York ;  Waty  Ann,  bora  April 
30,  1839,  di^d  February  6,  1854;  John  A., 
born  September  16,  1844,  ^ow  living  in  Aber- 
deen, South  Dakota.  Anson  R.  Day  was  bom 
in  Tioga  county.  New  York,  September  20, 
181 1,  died  June  21,  1877,  at  EUery,  New 
York;  Elizabeth  (Heath)  Day  was  born  in 
Washington  county.  New  York,  October  4, 
1813,  died  September  23,  1904.  She  was  a 
daughter  qf  James  Heath,  born  in  July,  1784, 
and  his  wife,  Azuba  Heath,  born  July  14, 
1 79 1.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heath  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  named  children:  Morgan, 
Elizabeth,  Isaac  T.,  Ruth  A.  Langford,  Lydia 
M.  Smith,  Waty,  Diana,  Mary  Grossman,  now 
living  at  Jamestown,  New  York ;  Laura  Lang- 
ford,  Austin,  James,  Ebenezer,  killed  in  the 
first  days  battle  of  Gettysburg ;  Arville  B.  Pe- 
terson, now  living  with  her  sister  in  James- 
town. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harris  were  the  parents 
of  two  children,  George  A.  and  Alfred  T.,  see 
forward. 

(Ill)  George  A.,  eldest  son  of  Alfred  T. 
and  Annis  E.  (Day)  Harris,  was  born  in 
Garry,  New  York,  November  25,  1866.  He 
was  reared  on  the  farm,  remaining  there  until 
fourteen  years  of  age,  during  which  time  he 
attended  the  district  school.  He  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  A.  D.  Sharpe  Dry  Goods 
Company,  of  Jamestown,  New  York,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  nine  years,  thoroughly 
mastering  the  business  in  all  its  branches. 
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Clark  in  the  baking  business,  which  connec- 
tion continued  until  1890,  when  his  brother, 
Alfred  T.  Harris,  purchased  Mr.  Clark's  in- 
terest and  formed  the  partnership  of  Harris 
Brothers,  which  still  continues.  They  con- 
duct an  extensive  and  profitable  business,  their 
cash  receipts  for  the  past  year  (1911)  being 
$60,000.  They  give  employment  to  eighteen 
men,  have  three  route  wagons  and  eight 
horses.  Their  bakery  occupies  a  building  one 
hundred  and  twenty  feet  deep  on  a  lot  twenty- 
five  feet  wide,  and  consists  of  three  stories 
and  a  basement,  thoroughly  equipped  for 
their  line  of  work.  The  brothers  are  men  of 
high  character,  enterprising  and  progressive, 
and  all  their  transactions  are  conducted  in  a 
practical  and  business-like  manner,  and  thus 
they  merit  the  success  which  has  attended 
their  efforts.  Mr.  Harris  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  and  of  the  Fraternal  Or- 
der of  Eagles.  He  married,  January  9,  1907, 
Minnie,  bom  May  16,  1876,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Jannet  Jackson,  of  Westminster, 
county  of  Middlesex,  province  of  Ontario, 
Canada. 

(in)  Alfred  T.  (2),  youngest  son  of  Al- 
fred T.  and  Annis  E.  (Day)  Harris,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Ellery,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  March  27,  1868.  He  was  reared 
on  the  farm,  and  his  education  was  acquired 
in  the  district  schools  and  Jamestown  high 
school.  He  began  his  active  career  in  the 
employ  of  the  A.  D.  Sharpe  Dry  Goods  Com- 
pany of  Jamestown  and  in  1890  became  asso- 
ciated with  his  brother  in  the  baking  business, 
described  in  the  foregoing  paragraph.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  church.  He  mar- 
ried, July  II,  1895,  Pearl,  born  January  14, 
1872,  daughter  of  Dr.  Henry  Neville.  Chil- 
dren: Margaret  Elizabeth,  born  June  29, 
1901 ;  John  Neville,  April  30,  1907. 


The    Rath    family   of   Jamestown 
RATH     traces  back,  not  alone  through  its 

own  head,  Warren  M.  Rath,  but 
on  the  distaff  side  through  Mrs.  Rath  to  the 
Willsons.  Mrs.  Rath's  father  and  Nathan 
Willson's  father  were  brothers. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  Rath  name  to  appear 
in  New  York  state  was  the  grandfather  of 
Warren  M.  Rath,  of  Jamestown,  Casper  Rath, 
who  migrated  from  Germany  to  America 
many  years  back,  bringing  with  him  his  fam- 
ily, and  settling  in  Western  New  York.  The 
time  of  his  coming  is  not  certainly  known. 


(II)  Casper  Friedrich,  son  of  Casper  Rath, 
was  born  in  Germany,  but  was  brought  up, 
educated  and  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  died  March 
16,  1898,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six.  He  was  in  the 
live  stock  business,  handling  horses,  cattle 
and  poultry,  largely  at  Buffalo,  for  mxn<,  '^han 
twenty-five  years.  He  was  eighteen  years  of 
age  when  the  civil  war  broke  out,  and  he  en- 
listed at  Buffalo  and  saw  three  years'  service 
in  the  Union  army.  After  the  war  he  mar- 
ried, at  Lancaster,  New  York,  Mary  Nebe- 
lacker,  a  native  of  that  place,  but  like  himself 
of  German  lineage.  They  were  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  namely :  Catherine,  Annie,  Nich- 
olas, William,  Frederick,  Joseph,  Warren  M., 
of  whom  further;  Mamie,  Carolina. 

(HI)  Warren  M.,  son  of  Casper  Friedrich 
and  Mary  (Nebelacker)  Rath,  was  born  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  September  26,  1876.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  the  city  and  Catho- 
lic parochial  schools  of  Buffalo.  As  a  youth 
he  learned  the  candy  maker's  trade,  serving 
nine  years  with  A.  W.  Mauser  to  perfect  his 
knowledge  of  it.  After  he  had  mastered  it 
there,  he  went  to  other  cities  and  visited  many 
leading  factories  in  the  candy  line.  He  spent 
considerable  time  in  the  great  factory  of  C.  F. 
Gunther  in  Chicago.  He  had  experience  in 
fourteen  different  departments  of  the  business 
of  John  S.  Huyler.  He  visited  at  different 
periods  in  the  line  of  his  vocation  Detroit,  St. 
Louis,  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Milwaukee,  Cleve- 
land, Buffalo,  Albany,  New  York,  Boston  and 
Portland.  It  is  this  wide  experience  that 
gives  him  fame  as  an  expert  in  the  business. 
Mr.  Rath  left  the  Hiuyler  employ  in  1901  to 
set  up  in  business  for  himself.  This  he  did 
in  Philadelphia,  at  1609  Susquehanna  avenue, 
and  here  he  flourished  for  six  years.  He 
came  to  Jamestown,  New  York,  in  April, 
19 10,  and  opened  up  a  handsome  place,  a 
candy  store  and  factory  together,  in  the  Lilli- 
bridge  Block,  which  is  the  finest  confectionery 
and  ice  cream  parlor  in  Western  New  York. 
Here  Mr.  Rath  has  been  selling  the  highest 
grade  goods  on  the  market.  He  has  also 
opened  (1912)  another  confectionery  store  in 
the  New  Samuels  Block.  During  the  time 
that  he  has  been  established  in  Jamestown, 
Mr.  Rath  has  strikingly  displayed  his  business 
ability.  He  is  highly  regarded,  and  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  most  prominent  and  prom- 
ising of  the  younger  business  element  of  the 
town. 


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Mr.  Rath  married,  in  Jamestown,  June  28, 
1904,  Jennie  Amelia,  bom  in  Lypns,  Kansas, 
November  30,  1882,  daughter  W  Sanford 
Isaac  and  Mary  Ann  (NicholasV  Willson. 
She  was  educated  and  brought  up  tliere  also, 
while  her  father  was  engaged  in  business  in 
thj^t  -  \  art  of  the  country.  Having  traveled 
over  the  country  and  assisted  her  husband  in 
the  business,  having  served  four  years  her- 
self in  the  trade  here  in  Jamestown,  she  has 
been  of  invaluable  aid  to  Mr.  Rath  in  his 
undertakings.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Thoughtful  Circle  of  King's  Daughters,  of 
the  Jamestown  Congregational  Church  Bible 
Class  and  of  the  Daughters  of  Liberty.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rath  are  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational church. 

Sanford  Isaac  Willson,  father  of  Mrs.  War- 
ren M.  Rath,  was  born  in  English  Hill,  James- 
town, March  3,  1846,  died  in  that  city,  De- 
cember 23,  1903.  He  was  educated  at  James- 
town Academy,  and  spent  his  early  life  in 
Chautauqua  county.  He  was  in  the  lumber 
line  for  years  there,  and  had  a  thoroughly 
practical  knowledge  of  it,  and  was  specially 
expert.  After  having  operated  in  Western 
New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  he  went  out  to 
Lyons,  Kansas,  took  up  land,  and  started 
farming.  Some  ten  years  later  he  sold  this 
land  and  went  to  live  in  Lyons  village,  where 
he  was  superintendent  for  the  Martin  Lum- 
ber Company.  There  he  remained  about 
twenty  years.    In  1899  he  came  back  to  James- 


town, and  until  he  retired  was  with  the  Pearl 
City  Veneer  Works.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  early  life,  but  later  became  a  Socialist.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  in  Lyons, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  of  the 
Reformed  church,  and  in  other  ways  was  ac- 
tive in  good  work. 

He  married,  at  Hanover  Center,  New  York, 
February  3,  1870,  Mary  Ann,  born  May  8, 
1846,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Tay- 
lor) Nicholas.  Their  children:  i.  Agnes 
May,  born  January  2y,  1872,  died  February 
23,  1872.  2.  Ira  Thomas,  born  January  28, 
1873;  married  Ethelyn  Spear;  one  child, 
Douglas  Sanford  Willson,  born  November  29, 
1 9 10.  3.  Jennie  Amelia,  wife  of  Warren  M. 
Rath,  as  aforesaid. 

The  Nicholas  line,  from  which  she  traces 
on  the  maternal  side,  begins  in  this  country 
at  least  with  Thomas  Nicholas,  born  in  Cam- 
bridgeshire, England,  in  1815.  He  came  to 
America  in  1852,  and  settled  at  Hanover,  New 
York.  In  1880  he  went  out  to  Lyons,  Kansas, 
and  took  up  land.  He  died  there,  as  did  his 
wife,  he  at  seventy-six  in  1891,  she  at  seventy- 
five  the  following  year.  They  had  five  chil- 
dren, all  born  in  England:  i.  John,  died  in 
Kansas.  2.  William,  of  Lyons,  Kansas.  3. 
Sarah,  of  Smith  Mills,  New  York.  4.  Eliza- 
beth, also  of  Smith  Mills.  5.  Mary  Ann,  Mrs. 
Rath's  mother,  of  Jamestown,  New  York ;  she 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 


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